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- From: fritz@fc.sde.hp.com (Gary Fritz)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Nope again (was Re: Yup, Amway's a scam)
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- Date: 5 Nov 92 22:28:00 GMT
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- Steve Adams (adams@spss.com) wrote:
- : Bzzzzt. The 7-11 owner gets products from multiple vendors and sells
- : directly to the public. He doesn't need to (or try) to sign up other
- : people to run 7-11's that he will supply.
-
- Those comments all show how 7-11's are different from an Amway business.
- I don't think Lou or anyone else would argue that point.
-
- : In addition, he probably sells
- : Pepsi products, too. Do you sell competing products?
-
- It seems like the major argument you have against Lou's point (that a
- distributor has an independent business) is that the 7-11 sells products
- from multiple vendors.
-
- As a matter of policy, most people belong to one MLM company, and only
- represent that company. It tends to work best for all involved.
- BUT there is nothing keeping you from belonging to more than one, and
- selling "competing" products. I know many people who represent multiple
- MLM companies.
-
- Even if "selling competing products" was the determiner, what would that
- say about many other "normal" businesses? I've never seen a Big Mac
- at a Burger King, or Exxon gas at a Shell station. Does that make
- Burger King responsible for each franchise?
-
- Gary (NOT an Amway distributor) F.
-