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From: stew@harvard.UUCP (Stew Rubenstein)
Newsgroups: net.invest
Subject: Re: Network Marketing/Amway/Mary Kay/Shaklee
Message-ID: <565@harvard.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Dec-85 13:29:37 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 23 13:29:37 1985
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Summary: Amway is not the same as Shaklee

In article <435@whuts.UUCP> 6243tes@whuts.UUCP (STERKEL) writes:
[ Someone else wrote: ]
>> 	Like many, I am interested in developing a side business
>> 	for my non-outside-working wife and myself.
>> 	Maybe I'm a sucker, but recently I got the Amway pitch
>> 	from two different people.
[ STERKEL replied: ]
>I was suckered into a Shaklee deal four years ago by a friend,
>I paid my fees, and never sold a thing.  The key is whether you
>are or can fake being an extreme extrovert.  Blind faith in your
>product is also important.

Shaklee is not the same as Amway.  I was an Amway distributor for a year
nine or ten years ago.  I quit because I was going to go off to school
and it wasn't really for me anyway.  I never felt "suckered" by anyone
-- if you are good at meeting people and are a good salesperson then
Amway is a great opportunity.  The products are pretty good (tho a bit
expensive), and they give a money-back guarentee, even on the starter
kit fees.

Stew