I don't have much advice for you, but I want to say congratulations,
it sounds like the light bulb in your head came on and you are asking
all the right questions. My sister and her husband have been in
Quixtar for years, and they have nothing left. Now that TEAM (their
group) has folded, they are still following them blindly and not
asking any questions at all. So I am happy for you that you are
asking good questions.
Also, you can;t ever say your upline didn't do anythign for you...at
that meeting when the platinum said $3200 that set you on the right
path. :-)
Jen
--- In mlmsurvivorsclub@
<jengerbreadnga@
>
> I am currently a Quixtar "IBO". I question that term. I have been
> in the business since 2005. I am to the point where I do like the
> products but the business itself is just not my thing. When this
> plan was first presented to me, I was extremely skeptical. I was
> approached by a guy I know very well. I learned that his parents
> were involved and he had recently joined after being around the
> business. The trouble for me is that his dad is my "real" boss so
to
> speak. At first I was awestruck just like many other first
timers.
> The promise of riches if you work hard for just 2-5 years only 15-
20
> hours a week. I think I first got involved because it made sense.
> The people were so nice and happy and they were young like me so I
> could relate to them. I have attended open meeting after open
> meeting, rally after rally and function after function. I have to
> say, they are excellent motivators but they didn't really tell me
how
> to make this work. I can't even begin to tell how much money I
have
> spent that I really don't have.
>
> The last major function I went to was where my faith in this
business
> system started to disappear. My upline platinum was paraded across
> stage and they asked them to say their name and how much their
> average check was each month. The way my upline acts and presents
> themselves I thought surely they were making the big bucks. When
> they came across stage they said their names and then they said
$3200
> a month....$3200.
> taxes are taken out. I was shocked. I still am and that's been a
> few months ago. That's a gross income of $38000 extra a year... I
> still make more than that. Not to mention the cost for the open
> meetings, rallys and functions. Now that's a little lower than
what
> they should be making at a platinum level if I understand the plan
> correctly. They seem to really be putting their all into this
> business too....At this point I have lost focus on the weekend.
>
> This last function I went to was a leadership and I think that is
> where the real "change" occured and I don't mean that in a good
way.
> I work a 40 hour week already and have other activities that I
enjoy
> doing. Am I the richest person in the world no, but I am rather
> content for the most part. They have preached this delayed
> gratification but come on life is short. We are not promised
> tomorrow so why delay now? I don't mean you should indulge but
> still..... So back to this function. I really didn't want to go.
> Besides it's 3 days of nothing but energy drinks and sleep
> deprivation. I love the energy drinks but how many times can one
> listen to the same stuff over and over and over and over again. As
> what I think was a ploy to make sure I went, my sponsor offered to
> let me ride with them and room with them to save money as well.
The
> total cost for this weekend out of my pocket was $180.00. That's a
> lot of money to me. I sat there this whole weekend and found
myself
> quietly rolling my eyes as they spewed the same stuff they spew
> everytime they talk. totalling up most functions, the ticket is
about
> $100 the hotel another $100, gas and food about $100 so $300 per
> function and 4 functions a year that's $1200. If you add in the
> smaller ones I'm sure you will get up to $2000 which after taxes
> doesn't leave my upline platinum with a whole lot of money.
>
> You know if you saved that $1200 annually in an interest bearing
> account you'd probably have more money at the end of the year than
> you would have if you did Quixtar for 2 years.
>
> I am to the point where I just don't want to hear it anymore.
There
> were so many speakers crying at this function it was really over
the
> top and I wanted to throw up. They say "get sold out to this
> business" and I really think they are crazy. I feel bad for these
> people because I am starting to see this for what it really is.
I'm
> a single person and they say buy your own products but there is
only
> so much Tea and XS someone can drink. I have so much crap in my
> closets from this it's ridiculous. They preach to you to create
> customer volume but seriously, the cost of the products are so high
> most of my friends and relatives would rather get a better bargain
at
> walmart. I don't doubt the quality of the products but on a
> financial level I spend $250 with Quixtar and I don't get a fourth
of
> what I could get at Walmart. I see how many people leave this
after
> just a few months or years the money spent versus the money earned,
> you'd be lucky to break even.
>
> I hate being cynical about this. It's not that this couldn't work
> but it's that they do this in the name of Christianity. For me it
> gets old. Yes they get you there and then there's the "optional
non-
> denomination" church service on Sunday morning. They keep saying
it's
> optional but I'll tell you upline makes you feel obligated. They
> preach that this business is what God wants and I don't believe it
> is. God wants a relationship with you. He will make everything
else
> fall into place. To make matters worse my sponsor and his wife
> wanted to talk about the function on the car ride home... I got to
> where I pretended to be asleep. Then I hear her ask the
> question "what made you mad this weekend?" his response "that we
> don't have anyone on the team than the 3 of us"...Wow... from the
way
> he talked you would think he has at least 3 legs and he is just
> dollars away from platinum. What does that do to me, makes me feel
> bad for him, because he did sound dejected and part of me wants to
> help, I think that's the brainwashing kicking in. The logical part
> of me is telling me to back away slowly. They are pumping up FED
> which is fast approaching but I have no plans to go. i am tired of
> the long rides, uncomfortable seats and sleep deprivation. They may
> call me a loser or say I'm not sold out but you know what, my
> salvation is number 1 not some "business opportunity" presented in
> the name of Christianity. I don't buy it anymore and can't say
that
> I ever truly did. I struggle with committing myself to my upline
> because I am an individual and don't like anyone to dictate my life
> for me. They say with every decision you make, counsel upline
first
> because they know what is best. They didn't know the real me
outside
> of this business so how can they say what is best for me.?
>
> My dilemma is the fact that I work with them. I'm not sure how
> to "end" this all. I have come up with excuse after excuse for not
> going to meetings and functions and I keep getting the same
> questions/answers. "We really want to get some people started for
> you" "This thing is really taking off" "The new money is coming"
> Nothing but a passive aggressive pressure. I'm really just sick of
> it all. I don't listen to the cds anymore because it's the same
> stuff over and over and over. How many times can you really do
that
> before you either become a zombie or want to throw up. I don't
read
> the books anymore either. I would like to just get the products at
> the "IBO" cost but trying to get someone signed up... that's just
not
> me. I got a friend signed up and they didn't renew. I'm glad I
> didn't ruin the friendship from all of this. I'm just apprehensive
> because I don't want to lose my day job. I know it wouldn't be
legal
> to do it and he is not the head man in charge but he is rather high
> up on the list. Sorry this is so long but any advice would be
> helpful.
>
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