MLM Survivors Club: Re: [MLM Survivors Club] Quixtar/Worldwide Group

At 12:07 AM 12/12/2007, jennasknnr wrote:
>Tonight when he came over to use my printer (it's pick-up night and he
>needs his receipts) I reminded him that he had rent to pay in a few
>weeks and he assured me he was "doing fine". I know tough love is
>necessary here. I will not pay his rent. And if he gets kicked out
>and lands on my doorstep again, I may have some leverage with him.

Hi Jenna,

When my daughter, a college graduate with a good job, got mixed up in
Quixtar, she had been in for almost two years. I let her be (she was
already living on her own). I just loved her as much as I could
without supporting her ideas. In fact, once when she ask her father
and I to attend a Quixtar meeting, we very politely declined and told
her that we did not believe in getting involved in that type of
enterprise. So, she knew that we did not approve of Quixtar and all
the wildly outrageous things they told her (she would be a
millionaire in less than 5 years, etc.) One day she called me, in
tears telling me that she couldn't make her payments, that she was
going to have to get rid of her nice car and look for something
cheaper. She and I had a long conversation on the phone, I explained
that I would be very happy to help her out on one condition. She had
to stop spending money on Quixtar stuff. I explained that how could
I give her money, if she was just going to turn around and give the
money to Quixtar? She agreed. She continued to purchase a few
products (hair care, etc.) that she liked, but she stopped with the
biggest amount of stuff, no more motivational stuff and most of the
other products she had been purchasing. She worked two jobs to get
out of debt (she was over $13,000 in credit card debt, I found out later).

Today I don't believe she buys anything from Quixtar (she never has
any of their products when she comes home to visit or in her house
when we visit her). She's recently moved to another state with her
boyfriend, a very nice, smart young man who has encouraged her to
pursue certifications and more education in her field. I expect they
will plan to get married in the next year or so.

I was lucky. She got out quickly, but she saw what can happen
too. I think she had already reached the conclusion that she needed
to quit spending money on Quixtar before she even called me, so it
was easy for me to get her to agree to stop.

One other big deciding factor about how Quixtar really works too, was
that once she decided to quit attending the meetings, etc. all those
wonderful friends who "loved" her quit associating with her. They
wouldn't return her calls, they ignored her completely. We both
agreed that they really hadn't been her friends in the first place,
she was only their friend as long as she was doing what they
wanted. Her real friends (non Quixtar) stuck by her through it all
and are still her friends today.

Best wishes to you and your son. I hope that eventually he will see the truth.

RoseLea