Sunday, October 7, 2007

Re: [MLM Survivors Club] UK IBS groups


Hello

I heard that the Gregorys and Scrivens were no longer in the business from an ex high up distributor but cannot name names as it was in confidence.

However, I also found the following on the moneysavingexpert forum chatroom.
>
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=135071&page=3
>
> (I've copied the relevant post below to save you
> scrolling through the whole thing)

>
> >>IBS is owned by the Scrivens and Gregorys but
> because of the disproportionate profits associated
> with this and other Amway related training systems,
> the DTI has launched their investigation. Funnily
> enough because of the way IBS was set up the DTI are
> unable to touch them, however, Amway has put in
> place a stop on all training activity whilst
the
> investigation is under way. All websites have been
> taken down (hence the comments about being unable to
> find them), meetings and seminars canceled, training
> material sales stopped.
>
> Amway have canceled the contracts of the Scrivens
> and Gregorys, so although it's difficult to know
> exactly why, they are no longer involved in the
> Amway business.
>
> Stopping the IBS business has had a significant
> impact on their income stream so the 'leaders' who
> are now searching for alternative MLM systems they
> can plug their many loyal downline into. They have
> teamed up with Success University and an online
> gaming 'opportunity' - the 1st of many more. They've
> spent the past few weeks promoting this 'fantastic
> new opportunity' and trying to get all their
> downline to sign up.
>
> I was invited to attend a meeting
yesterday to find
> out what is happening. I was disappointed but not
> surprised to find that everyone was being charged
> £10 at the door. There were at least 500 attendees
> in a hall that cost £500 to hire at most. This is
> the second meeting in 3 weeks, and there are a
> series of 10 more meetings planned during October to
> recruit more searchers - cer-ching!
>
> I was told on numerous occasions that the 'con-ed'
> (continuous education) program made just enough
> money to cover the cost of the materials and
> administration only. I know from personal experience
> that this is untrue.

garyprice12000 <garyprice12000@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Hi Does anyone know if the UK IBS Scriven groups have completely folded
due to the Dept of Trade and Industry's intervention?

All their websites are offline.

Thanks in advance





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