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Anybody heard of Quixtar

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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 13:53:03

About 2-3 months back, I was shopping with my family in the mall. one guy came infront of me and asked whether i want to make money on top of what I have. He kept on explaining about how people became rich in 2 years. I knew it was scam so i said 'I m not interested in becoming millionaire nowdays'

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So anyone faced similar situation while shopping?

LTack
Posting Yak Master

193 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 13:55:51

Never happened...lol.

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DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

474 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 14:06:17

He wanted you to make 80's arcade games?

Too much of a stretch?

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 14:29:39

Part of Amway.
http://www.quixtar.com/About/
"Quixtar North America, part of the Amway global business"

Just another MLM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing

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LTack
Posting Yak Master

193 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 15:31:16

Avon = MLM, right?

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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 15:35:17

yup.

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rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

472 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 16:03:39

when you're talking about it I do remember one guy coming to me in the mall and talking about increasing my earnings with some similar business plan, that was about an year back.

sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 17:15:23

quote:
Originally posted by Michael Valentine Jones

Part of Amway.
http://www.quixtar.com/About/
"Quixtar North America, part of the Amway global business"

Just another MLM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-level_marketing

CODO ERGO SUM

Holy christ !!! They suck people's money like gasoline nowdays

.Their website pretty kool though.

blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2365 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 17:47:30

I don't think Avon is an MLM, is it?
But Amway and Quixtar certainly are. Amway has to change the name under which it does business every two or three years as people catch on to its racket.

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dinakar
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2507 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 21:51:24

Yep I've been approached quite a few times.. and I have trained myself to be hostile when strange people approach me..I can easily pick up the genuine ones from the scammers..I am not sure about others but I have seen quite a few indian guys doing this..and they were dumb enough to get stuck in it so they are out to find more dumber ones..if you make the mistake of giving them your phone number or address or even email expect torture...I've even had to ask people to leave my house one time (my wife let them in thinking we'd make some friends in the new neighbourhood we just moved into).

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blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2365 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-21 : 23:23:45

The Starbucks where I play chess on Thursdays is frequented by MLM sharks "interviewing" new candidates. They'll be on one side of the room laying on thick coats of buzzwords, while we are laughing and snickering on the other side of the room. On a few occasions I've walked over and warned the candidates. The interviewers don't appreciate that so much!

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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 04:20:54

acctualy amway has a great business model from the company perspective.
and no i'm not in any way related to it.

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rohitkumar
Constraint Violating Yak Guru

472 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 08:58:25

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1

acctualy amway has a great business model from the company perspective.
and no i'm not in any way related to it.

yeah...top 100 in the pyramid make a lot of money, rest are left to use same brand of toothpaste/soap/detergent for years to come.

spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master

11752 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 09:06:07

acctually that's wrong.
amway is by definition not a classic pyramid system which is illegal in my part of the world

and amway works quite well.

maybe we should define what are we talking about when we discuss amway. the company itself has i think around 8 different channels of sale. one of which is netwrok 21 which is preset and allowed here.

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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 09:39:28

quote:
Originally posted by dinakar

Yep I've been approached quite a few times.. and I have trained myself to be hostile when strange people approach me..I can easily pick up the genuine ones from the scammers..I am not sure about others but I have seen quite a few indian guys doing this..and they were dumb enough to get stuck in it so they are out to find more dumber ones..if you make the mistake of giving them your phone number or address or even email expect torture...I've even had to ask people to leave my house one time (my wife let them in thinking we'd make some friends in the new neighbourhood we just moved into).

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Exactly it is like brainwash .

blindman
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2365 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 09:44:45

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1
acctualy amway has a great business model from the company perspective.

...as long as you do not consider the employees as part of the company.

quote:
Originally posted by spirit1
acctually that's wrong.
amway is by definition not a classic pyramid system which is illegal in my part of the world

Amway is an MLM, which uses a loophole in the laws to avoid being classed as a pyramid scheme. Its business model is exactly the same as a pyramid scheme, except that it trades "product" instead of direct cash.

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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

7174 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 10:26:30

I researched and found Bill Britt is the guy who made this Quixtar.

Here is the main money suker:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britt_World_Wide

Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 10:52:21

I worked with an Amway true believer who kept trying to get me to buy from him.

I would call him occasionally to order toothpaste to get him to drive half an hour to deliver a single tube. He was self deluded enough to believe that it was worth it because I would eventually turn into a big customer. It took him a long time to catch on.

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LTack
Posting Yak Master

193 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 10:55:08

You're evil, MVJ.

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Michael Valentine Jones
Yak DBA Kernel (pronounced Colonel)

7020 Posts

Posted - 2008-07-22 : 11:00:31