The Real Amway Global Blog

A Blog Dedicated to Providing Information to Prospective and New Quixtar/Amway Global Distributors

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

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One More Reason Not to Trust Amway Global Scam artist Kevin Trudeau touts it (he's not only a con artist but a quack who, among other ...
Thursday, February 20, 2014

Best Posts from this Blog

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In no particular order are the following posts about Amway Global: 1. Amway Global's niche in the theocratic chain of misery . 2. A St...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Must Read Article on the DeVos Family's Plan to Destroy Labor and Defund the Left

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In Mother Jones, Andy Kroll has the article "Meet the New Kochs: The DeVos Clan's Plan to Defund the Left" I find it amazing...
Thursday, January 16, 2014

New Rolling Stone article mentions Dick DeVos' anti-union and anti-reproductive freedom activities in Michigan

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In the article, "The Stealth War on Abortion , " in the latest Rolling Stone, Janet Reitman writes: In Michigan, Amway scion Ri...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Hilarious Comix about an Amway IBO

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Read "Dinner at Dales" by Dennis Eichhorn.
Friday, September 13, 2013

Priceless!!!!!

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Read "101 Ways To Piss Off An IBO" and the follow-up post "101 More ways To Piss Off An Amway IBO" on the Married to a...
Monday, February 25, 2013

Amway's Dick and Betsy DeVos Promoting Dominionism in America's Schools

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Salon's K.C. Boyd has the story: With the money of wealth funders like Richard and Betsy DeVos (sister of Blackwater scion Eric Princ...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Union Activists Should Picket Amway Rallies

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Back in 2007, I came up with the idea of having ripped-off former Amway distributors going to Amway rallies and picketing them .  My idea di...
Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Amway Global’s Two-Pronged War on the American Middle Class

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In many ways, Amway Global is a microcosm of the winner-take-all society that the American right has been working hard to create over t...
Monday, December 17, 2012

Must-See Video: Michigan Rep. Brandon Dillon (D-Grand Rapids) Bitterly Denounces Dick DeVos for his Anti-Union Actions

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DeVos, along with the Koch brothers , is behind the Michigan right-to-work legislation.  Watch the video:
Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Jane Lynch Take on Amway

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She's joining an anti-Amway boycott for the DeVos fmaily's support of anti-gay organizations.
Monday, March 5, 2012

Amway/Quixtar makes Cracked.com's list of "5 Retarded Get-Rich Quick Scams (People Still Fall For)"

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Click here and scroll down to scam #3. The article is hilarious (and truthful). Here's a sample: Quixtar says they are a multi level m...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Amway IBO Sue Myrick (R-NC) Retiring from the U.S. House

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Read the story of her retirement here . Also, here is an article from Mother Jones about how Myrick used her power in Congress to aid Amwa...
Monday, February 6, 2012

MLM Front Group Slams Amway in Radio Ad

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I was listening to Sean Hannity's radio show and there was an ad for an "income at home" opportunity. It turns out to be a fr...
Monday, November 7, 2011

The Anti-Union Robocall from Pat Boone (Ohio Issue 2)

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A relative of mine in Ohio received a robocall from Pat Boone urging a yes vote on the anti-union Issue 2 ballot referendum . Boone has been...
Thursday, August 11, 2011

Someone at the IMF is Interested in Britt World Wide

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I was checking my Statcounter stats and found that someone from the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC wanted information about t...
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Must Read

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Check out this letter to John T. Reed about the shady dealings between Amway kingpins and financial self-help guru Robert Kiyosaki, the aut...
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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Amway is Part of a Group of Secret Political Donors

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Read Jim Hightower and Phillip Frazer's article "The Big Three secret funders of the $75 million campaign to trash Democratic candi...
Wednesday, April 20, 2011

New Anti-Amway Blog

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It's called The Amway Nightmare Stories Blog . Check it out.
Thursday, April 14, 2011

Amway Global Forced to Pay $20 Million in Lawsuit

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Amway was sued over a gift card dispute .
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Amway's Anti-Union Activities

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Andy Kroll has the details here .
Monday, February 7, 2011

Amway Profile: Richard W. Miller

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I was reading Anson Shupe's book The Darker Side of Virtue: Corruption, Scandal, and the Mormon Empire and came across an interesting...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Must Read

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The inside info on Amway "leaders"
Saturday, January 1, 2011

Amway Global in 2011

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I don't think that 2011 will be a good year for Amway.
Monday, December 13, 2010

New Article on Amway Global

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Reasons not to do Amway Global: just the facts .
Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Amway Global Gets Creamed in Lawsuit!

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This is great news: a $155 million judgement!
Saturday, November 6, 2010

Dateline NBC Investigation of Amway Global/Quixtar

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In 2004, Chris Hansen and Dateline NBC did an yearlong hidden camera investigation of Quixtar and the tools scam put forth by the kingpin p...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Why Success in Amway is So Rare

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Blogger Joe Cool succinctly gives the reasons .
Friday, July 16, 2010

Great Amway Blog I Just Discovered

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It's called Amthrax (get it?) and there are some interesting posts such as the one that reports that Penn & Teller regard MLMs as ...
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010

DeVos Inlaw to Flee Possible Extradition?

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Erik Prince, brother-in-law to Dick DeVos (son of Amway founder Richard DeVos) and the head of Xe (formerly Blackwater) is possibly moving t...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Bad News for Amway Global

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Amway to Close Lakeview, MI, Nutrilite Facility
Sunday, May 30, 2010

The Late Gary Coleman Sold Amway

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Story here .
Monday, April 26, 2010

Must Read

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An article on kingpin IBO Bill Britt --it's scary.
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Articles on the Web

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Joe Cool asks if tools have any value . The answer: not unless you're selling them. . . Corporate Frauds Watch Versus an Amway IBO . . ...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Must View

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Along with my blogs devoted to exposing Amway, I have a blog that looks at the insidious influence of The Reverend Sun Myung Moon . The Uni...
Tuesday, December 1, 2009

New Articles on Amway Global

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Check them out: "Life after Amway" , "Mother of Mercy, Could This Be the End of Amway?" , "Another Interesting Amw...
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Monday, October 26, 2009

Updated: Eric Scheibeler's Book Merchants of Deception

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When I first read Eric Scheibeler's book Merchants of Deception, it was shocking to me even though I was familiar with Amway. Because S...
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Thursday, October 8, 2009

Must Read

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Amway--The Dream or the Scheme addresses the sophistry of Amway Global IBOs who say that a college education is a waste of time and money.
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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Announcing the Amway Global Video Blog

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I've seen a lot of good, critical YouTube Videos about Amway Global. I decided that one way to spread the word about Amway would be to ...
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Must Read

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David Brear on the questionable past of Carl F. Rehnborg, the man who established Nutrilite.
Friday, August 7, 2009

DeVos In-Law Implicated in Murder, Arms Smuggling, Child Prostitution

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Erik Prince, brother-in-law to Dick DeVos (son of Amway founder Richard DeVos) and the head of Xe (formerly Blackwater, is implicated in th...
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Friday, July 10, 2009

Amway Versus Costco: There Isn't Much of a Comparison

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Click here . Also, check out this hilarious YouTube video comparing Quixtar with Meijer. I'm not a big fan of Walmart ( Robert Greenw...
Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Must Read

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Quixtar Cult Intervention blog article on the similarities between Amway Global and the Church of Scientology. I have a previous article ...
Sunday, July 5, 2009

Failed MLM Schemer Robertson Has a Book on Financial Advice

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I went to a Barnes & Noble the other day and prominently displayed in the window was a copy of Pat Robertson's new book Right on th...
Thursday, July 2, 2009

Must Read Article on "Pro-Sumer" Hoax

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Amway Soap Box has a comprehensive article.
Friday, June 12, 2009

Go Lakers!

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I don't follow the NBA so it wasn't until last night that I found out that the LA Lakers were playing the Orlando Magic in this year...
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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Does the business work if you work it?

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No. Amway-The Dream Or The Scheme explains: Let me make a disclaimer that some people do make significant money from Amway, but most of tho...
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Monday, May 18, 2009

Donald Trump Starting a MLM/Network Marketing Company The Trump Network

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The Trump Network , which will focus on vitamins and supplements, will launch October 2009.
Thursday, April 30, 2009

Hilarious Anti-Amway YouTube Video

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Watch it:
Thursday, April 23, 2009

The Theocratic Chain of Misery

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I have previously discussed the concept of what I have dubbed "the hierarchy of misery." The term refers to organizations or movem...
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Friday, April 3, 2009

Amway and the Facts

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A saying used by Amway kingpin distributors like Dexter Yager is "If you have a dream, the facts don't matter" (to no big surp...
Thursday, March 12, 2009

How Amway Fraud Makes Bernie Madoff Look Like an Inept Schoolboy

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Quixtar Cult Intervention has the details : Amway has been allowed to operate their form of Ponzi scheme by masking their ‘closed market swi...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Lanny Davis: Glutton for Punishment and Ridicule

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When I was doing research for a post on my main blog about why taking on Rush Limbaugh is a winning strategy for the Obama administration, I...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Amway and the Movies

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On my personal blog , I mention a film that mercilessly lampooned Amway. Read the post here .
Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Amway Global in 2009: Aiming for a Comeback

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One of the big ironies of 2008 is that the recession, largely created by GOP economic policies and an incompetent Bush administration, has c...
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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

One More Reason to Dislike Amway

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They hired John Tesh . Note: They already have Pat Boone on board.
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Monday, December 1, 2008

Welcome to Viewers of the Amway Global TV Commercials

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(Updated below) Yesterday when I was flipping through the television channels, I noticed that Amway had bought some airtime for the NFL game...
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Friday, August 29, 2008

Really Bad News for Amway/Quixtar/Alticor (It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Bunch)

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Quixtar Cult Intervention has the scoop; also, read their other recent posts .
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Friday, August 15, 2008

The U.S. Justice Department Apparently Likes My Blogs

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I have noticed that someone from the U.S. Justice Department has been lurking on my main blog and my anti-Amway blog for the past several ...
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Amway/Quixtar on Countdown: Say it Ain't So, Keith

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I was just watching Countdown with Keith Olbarmann and there was a commercial for Amway/Quixtar. To give the devil his due, the commercial ...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Dick DeVos: A Glutton for Punishment?

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After getting trounced in the 206 Michigan gubernatorial race, Dick DeVos is planning to run again in 2010, according to the IBO Rebellion .
Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Bankrupting Amway: A Worthy and Attainable Goal

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Would a bankrupted Amway/Quixtar/Alticor be a good thing? Fucking-A! The following are just a few reasons why a financially ruined Amway w...
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Monday, June 16, 2008

Must Read

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Quixtar - Brainwashed IBOs?
Monday, May 19, 2008

Amway Dodges a Bullet in Great Britain

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Bad news: Amway avoided closing its doors in the UK .
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Monday, May 5, 2008

Tools - The Big Deception?

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A former Amway/Quixtar IBO gives the details .
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Thursday, April 24, 2008

Quixtar's Cultish Control of its Downline

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On Quixtar:The Dream Or The Scheme .
Saturday, April 19, 2008

Quixtar Distributor and Member of Congress Wants to Pull Jimmy Carter's Passport

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Rep. Sue Myrick (R-NC), the subject of a revealing Mother Jones article on her ties to Amway, called for former president Jimmy Carter...

More ReasonsWhy the Amway/Quixtar System Doesn't Work

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JoeCool of the blog "Quixtar: The Dream or the Scheme" gives the details .
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Thursday, April 17, 2008

The World's Most Powerful Cult

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I have a YouTube video, "The World's Most Powerful Cult." It deals with the Unification movement ( here's my blog that a...
Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Book Review

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Here's a succinct review of Eric Scheibeler's online book Merchants of Deception .
Thursday, March 20, 2008

A Quixtar Family Tragedy

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Quixtar Cult Intervention has the sad details .
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Video: "Is Quixtar a Cult?"

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Someone spliced together footage from "Mind Control Made Easy" and the Dateline NBC segment (part 2 here ) on Quixtar to make th...
Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The Web Vs. Cults: The Cults are Losing

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A while ago, I did a post on why the Internet is the bane of totalistic movements . I gave examples of three destructive organizations (Sc...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Deception in Quixtar/Amway Global

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Quixtar Cult Intervention has a thought-provoking post .
Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Legal Trouble for Quixtar in Missouri?

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The IBO Rebellion thinks so .
Saturday, March 8, 2008

Doug Wead: Amway Kingpin and "Compassionate Conservative" (As If)

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In the past few weeks, I have read two excellent books that mention Amway/Quixtar IBO kingpin Doug Wead: The Bush Tragedy by Jacob Weisbe...
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Thursday, March 6, 2008

Rich DeVos is the 288th Richest Person in the World

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The Grand Rapids reports that DeVos and another western Michgan billionaire Fred Meijer of the retail chain Meijer, Inc. That's amusing...

New Link: Quixtar Cult Intervention

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Quixtar Cult Intervention is a blog I just discovered. It has some informative posts. Check it out.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Amway/Quixtar News (and it's not good for Amway)

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From the Quixtar Blog : 1) Amway kingpin Fred Harteis resigns from Quixtar . Harteis is a real piece of work; for more information on Harte...
Saturday, March 1, 2008

Quixtar's Sales Declined in 2007 (I can't wait to see 2008)

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According to a press release put out by Amway , Quixtar's sales declined from $1.12 billion in 2006 to $1.072 in 2007.
Monday, February 11, 2008

The Internet as Enemy of Destructive Cults: Three Case Studies

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An imbalance of information is the mother's milk of totalistic movements. Conversely, an informed citizenry is the bane of predatory cu...
Tuesday, January 29, 2008

United Kingdom to 86 Amway?

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Great Britain will decide soon whether or not to expel Amway . If they do, it will be just one more nail in the coffin of the multinational...
Monday, January 28, 2008

Destructive Cults and Legitimacy

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First let me apologize for the dearth of recent posting. I have some articles I am writing for this blog and I hope to post them soon. I br...
Sunday, January 20, 2008

Another Amway/Blackwater Family Tradition: Sponging off the US Government

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I have previously noted that brothers-in-law, Rich DeVos of Amway and Erik Prince, who runs Blackwater USA, have a penchant for high mark-u...
Saturday, January 12, 2008

Amway/Quixtar: A Blogger's Humorous Experience

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Read Brad Brown's blog
Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Synchronicity!

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Today I went into a men's room in the San Fernando Valley and there was one of those signs telling employees to wash their hands. Someon...
Saturday, January 5, 2008

Retailing in Amway/Quixtar is an Ordeal

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The Quixtar Blog on what passes for retailing in Quixtar .
Sunday, December 30, 2007

Multi-Level Marketing Mike Huckabee

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Christi Parsons and John Chase have the story: WEST DES MOINES--They came to hear Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speak, bu...
Thursday, December 20, 2007

Thorstein Veblen Would Have Had a Field Day

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Forthcoming post: "The Ostentatious Cheesiness of the Amway Kingpin Culture."
Monday, December 17, 2007

The Incredibly Shrinking Amway Rally

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As I have indicated (also here ), Amway/Quixtar is imploding. One of the indicators of this is the drastic decrease in the number of peop...
Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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Forthcoming Post "The Incredibly Shrinking Amway Rally"
Friday, December 7, 2007

A Message to Readers of my Sun Myung Moon and Amway Blogs

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A couple months ago, when I decided to create separate blogs addressing Sun Myung Moon and Amway , my aspirations were modest. In terms of ...
Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Amway is Imploding: Some Evidence

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I wrote about it a while ago. The IBO Rebellion has some recent evidence such as its report on the Achievers 2007 meeting and the drastic ...
Monday, November 26, 2007

RIP British Amway?

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Amway may be on the way out in the UK. Read the story in News Corps' London TimesOnline .
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Sunday, November 25, 2007

Working on an Anti-Amway Page in French

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In my post on countering Alticor's global community program, I mentioned that there should be more critical web sites in languages other...
Saturday, November 17, 2007

Cult Deception: A Recent Personal Case Study

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On my two anti-cult blogs dealing with Moonies and Amway, I emphasize that cults use deception about who they are to potential recruits. A r...
Friday, November 16, 2007

How Destructive Cults Recruit and Control People

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Mind Control Made Easy (or How to Become a Cult Leader) a film by Carey Burtt :
Wednesday, November 14, 2007

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The Family Tradition of High Markups, Part Deux Rich DeVos is selling his five-bedroom, 8.5 bath home . As I mentioned previously, the DeVo...
Tuesday, November 13, 2007

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Amway/Quixtar Loses in Court (Via Ed Brayton ) A Kent County (Michigan) judge sided with members of Team of Destiny (Orrin and Laurie Woodw...
Tuesday, November 6, 2007

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Tell Us Your Amway/Quixtar Story I have not encouraged the use of the comments sections of this blog. Here's a chance to use them. Tel...
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Friday, November 2, 2007

A Strategy to Address Amway's Global Community Program

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One thing I have noticed is that the critical web sites dealing with AmQuix are in English and are focused on the United States. I believe ...
Wednesday, October 31, 2007

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What Scares Amway and the Kingpins: Picketing Rallies When I wrote this post on the tactic of picketing Amway/Quixtar rallies , it generated...

Amway and the Unification Movement: Hierarchies of Misery

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When I started my main blog , it was more media-oriented. I monitored the right's media and devoted a lot of time and energy to exposi...
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