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- From: adams@spss.com (Steve Adams)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Nope again (was Re: Yup, Amway's a scam)
- Message-ID: <adams.721000176@spssig>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 21:49:36 GMT
- References: <1992Nov1.152753.14007@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <2070031@hpkslx.mayfield.HP.COM>
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- lou@hpkslx.mayfield.HP.COM (Lou Kvitek) writes:
-
- >In misc.consumers, jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr) writes:
- >
- >> Right. I guess I didn't make my point very clearly but the poster I'm
- >> replying to put it well. After all, it's not just that local individuals
- >> are reluctant to spill the beans about it being Amway, but that it's so
- >> ingrained that it seems to be a matter of corporate policy to pretend you own
- >> this little local business that COULDN'T POSSIBLY be AMWAY.
- >
- >I must repeat Joel, it IS the truth (believe it or not), Amway distributors
- >run there OWN business. Their business merely uses Amway as a supplier.
- >The same is true for your local 7-Eleven. The 7-Eleven owner carries
- >Coca-Cola products, but he is not IN Coca-Cola. Here merely has Coca-Cola
- >supply him with products.
-
- 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. In addition, he probably sells
- Pepsi products, too. Do you sell competing products?
-
- -Steve
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