Penn and Teller did an episode (5th) on MLM companies in Season 8 of their ShowTime series, Bullsh*t!. For those who haven’t seen it, here’s the gist: if you join an MLM company, you have a 99.6% chance of losing money and never turning a profit. These companies can be recognized by requiring you to recruit other people into the organization; the products are simply a smoke screen. Exactly how much money you’ll lose depends on how gullible you are. For example, train529 will lose everything.

let’s all get scammed together!

anyone who is too blind to see the amazing opportunity in this business is a fool. no need to call people names or make false accusations. if your an IBO, then you know what an amazing gift it is, and what an honor it is to share this opportunity with someone!

much love from the homeland, grand rapids michigan!

thats becuz in this biz if you work a little then you make a little. if you work alot, then you make alot. at least IBO’s have something you dont: hope. God bless.

Well, I can tell you that $166 a month is not enough money for me to bother taking the time earning it. That’s a day’s pay, for a month’s part time effort? Not worth it, at all. Especially since for most people, it’s going to be substantially less than the average.

You cynical folks complaining about Amway Global are not only Ignorant… but take pride being ignorant.. !!

$6 Billion in revenue spread around 3 million people is less than $2000 annual revenue for most Amway “business owners”.

Whats the jingle? It sound so much like one used in the radio show This American Life on one of the episodes.

every time i see this commercial on tv, it puts a smile on my face=]
i think it because this buisness can actually change our lives forever!
the love of Quixtar just keeps getting bigger and bigger!!

I thought Amway Global might be a scam, but I thought to myself – what if it isn’t? & I was so sick & so tired of being bossed around for 40+ hrs/wk by someone who didn’t appreciate me & would eventually fire me the first chance he got, just to save a few bucks. I thought, if not Amway Global then what? So I gave it a shot. I’m now able to retire myself & my hard working Dad & have 168hrs/wk to live my life & help others to live theirs. God bless Amway Global for everything you do!

amen sevanna. Stop complaining over the internet and go talk to the owners of Circut City, Barnes and Noble, Petco, Home Depot, the YMCA, Pac Sun, Office Depot, and all the other 600 companies working with us. Tell them how stupid they are. We don’t want to hear it because we already know it works.

Keep arguing with me, i can not care less what you think. You ignorant fools who bash a company on youtube. Good luck with that. To bad people who do REAL research and take time to actually look at everything involved actually like what they see. Keep sitting there at your computer doing nothing with your life.

You’re just a god damn ignorant fool. That is all.

Hey Thanks 4 saying that to the public, becuase 1/2 of the people dosen’t know the Compensation Plan. Nice job.

-An IBO too

You’re obviously the kind of moron who thinks that just because an invention is registered with the U.S. patent office, then it must be legitimate. Tell you what, you just keep plugging away at your station in the Church of Amway and maybe one day you too can reach the Diamond level in the PYRAMID. Thanks for the laugh, tool.

Anyone with money can make a commercial, but can they TRICK companies like Circuit City and Barns and Noble to partner with them if they were a scam?? I don’t think so. You have fun getting laid off in this depression that is hitting, and is going to be worse than the last great depression. And have fun being in debt! AND! Have fun emptying out your children’s bank accounts when gas goes up to o10 dollars a gallon, and your hair falls out from stress, and have fun having a heart attack from it.

Hey idiot, look at the FTC approved compensation plan and study the numbers before you go out there saying it’s a pyramid. Thanks.

-an IBO

I lived with a family for 5 months that were high up in the pyramid. They never sold anything to customers, just to other lower level distributors. So the answer would be yes. Also, anyone with money can air a commercial.

now does everyone still think its a pyramid scheme? i dont know of many illegal companies that can air a commercial. do you?

Ever wonder if founders of companies like Microsoft, Amway Global, Apple Computers, Darden Restaurants, Frito Lay, etc. ever thought they’d have massive companies?

finally!!!