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- From: aem@symbiosis.ahp.com (a.e.mossberg)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Heard of Success Motivation Institute?
- Date: 5 Nov 1992 08:20:37 -0500
- Organization: Symbiosis Corporation, Miami, Florida (305) 597-4000
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- ahill@boi.hp.com (Andy Hill) writes:
- >Has anyone heard of or dealt with Success Motivation Institute? My wife
- >recently spoke to a "distributor" of that company about a job. I've never
- >heard of it, but it's evidently some sort of franchise, and the name
- >automatically makes me want to hold onto my wallet. Any pointers welcome.
-
- Yes, they have several different names, including Leadership Management
- Institute, Success Management Institute, Success Motivation Institute,
- etc etc (about 8 the last time I heard of them, 1985 or thereabouts). At
- the time I knew of them, there were about a dozen lawsuits pending
- against them for misrepresenting SUCCESS of their franchisees. They, as
- you probably know but others reading this message don't, sell motivation
- courses, tapes, videos, books, etc. They are (or were) based in the
- lovely town of Waco, Texas. :-)
-
- The product isn't bad, for what it is. The way they do business is
- questionable. As to you and your wife's success selling the tapes:
-
- a) you'll have to put out large amounts of money to get your
- initial "kit" plus training at the facility in Waco.
- b) you'll have to find stores willing to let you set up racks,
- and/or convince companies to pay you to "train" their employees.
- c) this is no longer the self-help decade.
-
- If you're still interested, call the BBB in Waco and ask for the current
- report; and make an offer for the lovely $300 sample kit I bought when
- subjected to the full-blown pitch in Waco.
-
- Oh, if it was a distributor of the products that talked to your wife,
- then it may just be a legit job, if she will get paid salary+commission.
- If commission-only, forget it. She will make pennies for the dollars she
- makes for the distributor.
-
- aem
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- andrew mossberg systems specialist symbiosis corporation
- (305) 597-4110 fax (305) 597-4002 miami, florida 33166-6202
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