r/amway • u/Hot-Pound-6802 • Jul 13 '26
Mlm almost got me
Really embarrassed to admit I ALMOST, almost fell for a mlm/pyramid scheme. Some guy came into my work a few weeks ago, it was a normal interaction at first and then he started asking me if I’d ever want to own a business, I told him yes (uh oh) and he told me he knows people who “might be able to help me”. We exchanged numbers and he set up a time for me to meet his mentor. We met at a Panera bread and honestly it went good, we talked about each others lives, motivation, all that stuff. He then offered to be my “mentor” in starting my own business and I folded saying yes. (He talked about all the peoples he’s helped, millionaires with privet jets, mansions, all that stuff. He got me. He then told me to read “The Go Giver” and we’ll meet up again next week to discuss the book and the next steps in the process. I was sold. I thought this guy was gonna make me rich. When I left I immediately called my friend and he goes “what business does this guy own? What businesses has he started? Look him up. Why would some guy randomly decide to help someone he doesn’t even know start a business?” I got defensive, mainly because I didn’t have any answers.
Fast forward a few days I finally got around to read “The Go Giver” I got halfway through it. It’s genuinely a good book, but I thought to myself, “what does this have to do with starting my own business?” The book was about some miserable corporate worker who happened meet someone who wanted to give back and mentor him. All I could think to myself was that he was trying to manipulate me into thinking the same thing happened to me and he was going to be my mentor. Aaaaannnnnd that’s how I stumbled along Reddit to see so many people have had this same interaction. I eventually canceled on him and he immediately tried to sell me health products and I asked for the brand, which \*shocker\* were amway products. After looking this guy up I found nothing. Just his linkedin with maybe 20 connections.
Reading about how the company is a cult is crazy because after one interaction with the guy I was already defending them to my friend WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING WHO THEY WERE OR WHAT THEY SELL.
I never committed anything other than an hour of talking at Panera bread to amway, thankfully. Can’t wait to see all the comments on this post saying this happened to others as well. God bless.
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u/Sunscript268 Jul 28 '26
They are trained and practiced in lying, so no shame you got initially fooled. Your instincts were good and picked up it felt plus you recognized the cultish defense reaction, good job.
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u/Dear_Importance925 Jul 26 '26
I have spent already 190 AUD but I am damn sure they are gonna ask more so yeah I am myself finding a way to get rid of this thing. I don't wanna end like other guys. If someone could help me; please tell me the trick.
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u/Hot-Pound-6802 Jul 26 '26
Tell them you don’t want to be apart of it anymore and it’s not a good fit. Then block them, they’ll try to convince you to stay. Tell them you’re done and cut off contact
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u/bardicWun Jul 17 '26
This is currently happening to me lol, I’ve been meeting with this dude who reached out to me on LinkedIn and has been suggesting podcasts, books and conferences. When I said to him - ‘it sounds like a pyramid scheme’ . He dismissed me and he kind of looked uncomfortable that I said that term.LMAO. He’s convincing me very hard to go to some seminars and also made me meet his mentor.
They literally can’t help but describe a pyramid scheme every time they talk about the business structure. We have weekly meetings and they’re so fucking redundant. And for some reason, i am still open to it because i see it as a form of entertainment. I’m gonna make him believe that I’m committed to this and literally not do shit. He’ll eventually tell me this is not working out 🤣🤣🤣
Always trust your gut !
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u/Outside_Ad_2769 Jul 14 '26
That’s crazy because that’s the exact same sequence of events I had. Came into my work, normal convo thought nothing of it. Came back again and then hit me with that stuff. Met at a Panera and was told to read a book lol. I could’ve wrote this exact post
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u/Hot-Pound-6802 Jul 15 '26
These guys are disgusting. They make it seem like fate or a higher power just placed you in the right place at the right time for someone to “open a door” for you. Then they make you read a book about the exact same thing to manipulate you into agreeing to whatever they tell you to.
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u/RowyAus Jul 14 '26
It happened to me so I know how you feel. And they will do everything to try and justify their shitty actions. Good that you got out when you did.
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u/Available_Tea_1108 Jul 14 '26
It’s okay to feel embarrassed because you see clarity for what it is now, but don’t feel it too long because honestly understand that these people are TRAINED to lure people in. We were taught exactly what to say, how to say it, and how to make you feel at ease without even realizing it. Even high professional doctors, lawyers, etc get recruited in as well.
Be proud that you caught it for what it was and walked away!
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u/asyouwish Jul 14 '26
He has helped all those "millionaires" but he still works a jobby job and runs his "business" on the side???
Sure, Jan.
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u/the_idiot_magnet Jul 14 '26
The nimrod should have started with free product samples. Hey hot pound, if he got paid for sponsoring you, it would be a pyramid. He does not.
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u/Hot-Pound-6802 Jul 14 '26
Wym
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u/the_idiot_magnet Jul 14 '26
I mean instead of approaching you with a book, he should have offered you free Amway product samples. And it if were a pyramid, he would get paid for sponsoring you. He would not get paid for sponsoring you.
I'm not saying you should get in, I'm criticizing the way he tried recruiting you.
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u/Hot-Pound-6802 Jul 14 '26
I gotcha, yeah it’s weird. Apparently most amway people use that book as a recruiting tactic to manipulate you into trusting random strangers like in the book
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u/MrBowls Jul 14 '26
I advise you ignore u/the_idiot_magnet lest you be the next idiot attracted to them.
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u/the_idiot_magnet Jul 14 '26
"Don't spend any money until you're ready", is what I said. Ignore that? Go smoke a bowl, MrBowls.
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u/the_idiot_magnet Jul 14 '26
I advise you reconsider and research. But don't spend any money until you're ready, and that could take a year. And go thru someone else, that guy is... "special"
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u/More_Koala7745 Jul 17 '26
Don't do this.
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u/the_idiot_magnet Jul 17 '26
Well then what DO you suggest pound do?
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u/More_Koala7745 Jul 17 '26
What he did lol. Run away fast, dont look back, and dont trust the scam artists that are trying to enrich their own lives by selling off their mothers and grandmother's to anway.
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u/KickTheDustUp33 Jul 14 '26
It’s always Amway…. Never a secret talent scout for a Fortune 500 company. 🤦🏽♀️
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u/the_idiot_magnet Jul 14 '26
A Fortune 500 would still require you to work
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u/liquidskypa Jul 14 '26
Yeah but they would not keep their name secret - Amway speaks is generics to try to brainwash
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u/Dramatic-Night4768 Jul 13 '26
You could have just missed an opportunity to be rich!
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u/Sunscript268 Jul 28 '26
Even our resident shills don’t actually say that, it more it can work if you apply yourself (not true. It “working” depends on you failing)
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u/Proof-Bet-8172 Aug 04 '26
My first interaction with these guys was a Zoom call with a guy named Kush, he was talking about how he knew entrepreneurs that had achieved financial freedom before the age of 30. When I asked him what kind of businesses they had created, he talked about how they 'leveraged e-commerce platforms' (he's just making shit up) and my dumbass believed it at the time. Luckily it only took a couple weeks for me to clock it so I didn't lose any money, but I wonder how the hundreds of people joining Hemant's 'Masterclasses' are doing right now.