Quixtar - Anybody have bad experiences with them?
By jbl1975
@jbl1975 (374)
United States
September 28, 2006 11:42pm CST
I wonder if you had any bad experiences with them, either from being an actual member, to being asked to sign up, to any family or friendship strains afterwards.
I ask because I actually lost a friend due to it. She ended talking to me about the program, then I chose to go to a meeting with her sponsor, who talked in ways that made me feel a bit uncomfortable, then he and she came over to my apartment to sign me up, and wanted me to immediately start to make cold calls, which I reluctantly did to one person. afterwards I realized I'm making a big mistake, but didn't want to pull out of it in fear of hurting her feelings. Her sponsor calmed me down, but I got all worked up again, and realized I couldn't do this, so I decided to pull out of it, which angered her to no end, and she didn't want to talk to me anymore.
Now I basically did my best to give a brief outline of what happened. I am more then happy to go further into detail if asked to, but at the same time, I want to know who has had similar issues with them as I have.
P.S. I am technically not in the mood to hear all the "good" Quixtar is to some of you. If you make boatloads of money from them, good on you, but you truly are in the minority.
3 responses
@missybal (4489)
• United States
17 Oct 06
In my area there were a lot of people who lost a lot of money with Amway. The percentages for commission were low, you had to buy way too much of thier products to be a member, they had a very pushy sales technique and the members were talked into buying the companies business tools and that is where most of amway (quixtar) got their money. When a company keeps changing their name look out they are going down, and the change their name to survive. They have a few more A.K.A's. don't get me wrong there are people making money but they are doing it the hard way. If you like the basic idea, but with a more supportive company that cares you are welcomed to check out my company at http://healthybetterme.com
There are lots of people who were Amway/Quixtar and have switched for many reasons. Now I find myself explaining to people my company is not another A.K.A. of Amway, they have been in business for 21 years without changing there name once and are completely different. I have a very interesting comparison I could share with you if you like but only if you are interested in finding a work at home company. I hope you work things out with your friend but I think it was your decision and if you were uncomfortable you shouldn't do it. I work with people everyday and I don't want to force them to do anything. My business is about creating friendships and partnerships. No friendship should be destroyed over business. Give it time, then maybe she'll get sick of it all too, is she really doing so well at it that she is forcing you into it?
How long has she been at it?
@missybal (4489)
• United States
17 Oct 06
That's so sad, I'm sorry. I couldn't imagine losing my best friend over this sort of thing. I'm glad you got the chance to leave it on a good note. I actually haven't asked any family or friends to join my business. I show them the products and I talk about what it has been like for me. I'm still new at it, but some of my family have me buying some items for them. A couple of friends are doing research on the company incase they decide to join. I don't try to sign them up because they know what I do and if they are interested they are welcomed to let me know and I will get them started. Most companies do say to go after friends and family first (It's called your warm network) but I guess I'm not that great of a business person. I actually this weekend helped someone who found my company wasn't for them research another to see if that would work for her and showed her how to spot a scam. Hey, maybe I won't get rich quick, but I sleep well at night.
It's so wonderful that you still care so much about that lost friendship. If you can at least get her mailing address you could send her a card every once in a while just to say how you are doing and what you're up to and let her know you care. If she doesn't write back hey at least you have kept the friendship alive. She just might come around someday.
@jbl1975 (374)
• United States
17 Oct 06
Don't think it is going to happen. I'm afraid I would bring it back up. When we managed to resurrect the friendship after the whole mess, I couldn't stop saying how much I wish I hadn't asked her about Quixtar. I'm afraid I'd either do that again or complain about it in general again, like I'm prone to do with people.
She and I were supposed to be much more then we were. I had met her almost 2 years earlier and thought I met a possible soulmate, but she pissed all over my job, my family, and my way of life at the time, and unfortunately it took until about 6 months later for me to drop her like a bad habit over it (when she tried to tell me not to take a job a CitiFinancial, even though it could've made everything better for me).
I ended up reuniting with her as friends a few months later when it seemed she got better, and had she not already hooked up with another guy (whom she was going to marry, but it all fell through around the time the Quixtar incident happened), I would've taken another shot at a relationship with her. Unfortunately, our friendship was stagnet at best, then it all apparently went to hell after she introduced me to Quixtar.
@missybal (4489)
• United States
18 Oct 06
Then you are better off without her! You know it is so weird I spoke to someone today from Iowa who was interested in my company and he actually went to an amway convention thing to think about joining and he said it was so like a cult. And this friend was from his church non-the-less. Some people just get so sucked in by business tactics in a company, and if those tactics take over their normal way of thinking who knows if they will ever come to there senses. Sounds like you need to just move on, you sound like a great person to me. Don't let it get to you anymore, it's her loss.
@KrauseHome (36445)
• United States
16 Feb 07
Well, personally in my opinion, this is one of the main problems with programs and Companies such as this. They try to push you too hard to try and make them $$, and then if you cannot, they call you lazy, etc. I have been there with other companies myself, and almost lost Good friends because of it. I say let it go, and hopefully your friend will Live and learn from this experience.
@jbl1975 (374)
• United States
1 Dec 07
I have no clue where she is with this, even though I did try to contact her again a few months back (when I tried calling her parent's house to ask how all was going and SHE answered), but I did not want to bring it back up. I just wanted to catch her up on what happened with me from the last time we ever spoke to that point. but that got cut off at one point, and we never really talked again. Besides, when I look back on it from this point, I realized how bad of an apple she was in my lifetime, and should NEVER go back to her, ever ever ever.
@jbl1975 (374)
• United States
3 Jun 08
You want to get a good idea of someone any of us who tried or almost went into the nightmare of Amway, pick up comedian Rodney Carrington's book "Coming Clean". He actually had a short chapter in it about his attempt to work for Amway out of high school. He went to a rally, felt "the power", then made a fool of himself in front of his friends and girlfriend, then wound up at the mall and such trying to talk people into it, bought motivation books and such, and finally after, like, 6 months, he got a check in the mail...for like $3.68. He threw the check and his books in the trash and gave up.
I didn't go as far as he did, but I sure could relate.
@HomerBundy (1325)
• United States
29 Sep 06
i had some guy try to sign me up once...i wasted over an hour listening to his pitch at a coffee shop...he then invited me to some strange meeting that felt like a cult...after i witnessed the meeting i knew it wasn't for me...
i never returned his calls...i felt unprofessional by avoiding his calls, but that whole group was very creepy...
