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canuckledragger

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15. I liked the products too

Reply to marble falls (Reply #14)

Sat Jul 23, 2016, 02:30 PM

Jul 2016

Especially their laundry soap which lasted a single guy like me for a year or so.

The big scam that took a while for folks to catch on to was the ones that pushed the tapes, promotional gear, seminars, etc. which you had to pay for, of course.

THAT's where the real money was made...not the selling of the products.

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Amway faces boycott over donation to anti-gay group [View all] Playinghardball Aug 2012 OP

Who the Hell actually buys Amway...anyway. alphafemale Aug 2012 #1

Amway's owned by right-wing extremists. backscatter712 Aug 2012 #2

Besides the fact that scamway is a pyramid scheme, this is another reason muntrv Aug 2012 #3

I doubt any LGBTers buy Amway products. DURHAM D Aug 2012 #4

I didn't even know they were still around. modem77 Aug 2012 #5

There's always someone else you can sucker into buying thousands of dollars of inventory. alphafemale Aug 2012 #7

the Amway name became hard to sell as so many people caught on to the scam canuckledragger Aug 2012 #12

They had good products. My problem with it was nobody wanter to the sell the product - marble falls Jul 2016 #14

I liked the products too canuckledragger Jul 2016 #15

DeVos also owns Peregrine Aug 2012 #6

His Wife's brother owns Blackwater. slampoet Aug 2012 #8

Yep! Erik Prince is brother of Betsy DeVos... backscatter712 Aug 2012 #10

Oh, well I'll stop buying Amway products then. gollygee Aug 2012 #9

Most people boycott Amway because it's overpriced crap jmowreader Aug 2012 #11

I joined up around 1998/99 canuckledragger Aug 2012 #13

Scummy bastards with good products. I atarted using their products in the 60's and the MLM was .... marble falls Jul 2016 #16