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Am I the only one who had never heard of this? My wife's coworker came over last night and explained this wonderful business opportunity to us. It sounded pretty good, but then again, he never actually told us what the business was.

Anyway, thank goodness for the internet. I discovered that my suspicions were right and that it's pretty much a cult, or at least a bad idea. No thank you. Has anyone else had any experiences with Amway/Quixtar?

Quixtar is just an amway "offshoot" that claims to be an internet company, but appears to work a lot like the old amway multi level marketing garbage works.

The only way to make money off this is to get alot of other people hooked - the only reason it's not a "pyramid scheme" is that they are selling things in addition to the profits from membership fees and the like.

They are an offshoot ? I thought amway had changed their name because I only see Quixtar out there now I no longer see amway (to much of a bad rep I would guess)

The promotional information and sales pitch are all about your dreams and how this guy did this in such and such amount of time it is not until you start to commit to it that you find out what exactly they are talking about.

As you have already figured out avoid this type of stuff and if you need to start avoiding the person trying to get you into this if they dont take the hint after the first no.

It's Amway renamed! RUUUUUUUUNNNNNNNNNNNN!

Moxnix,
About Quixtar. I had never heard of it either until my hub's cousin told us about it. It IS Amway under another name, even though they'll tell you left and right that it isn't. Now, like I said, my hub's cousin does Quixtar, and believe it or not, they have made so much money that she was able to quit her house cleaning business and stay home and just do Quixtar. I think it's great, but they got lucky and her hub makes a KILLING selling energy bars and vitamins to his co-workers.
Basically, what they do is, someone gets you in. You have to buy up to 50 PV points a month to get anything back. That means, depending on what you buy, you will be spending at least $150 to get $4 back. Where you make your REAL money is by getting others under you to buy that much as well, and you get points off them, and whomever else is under you buying. Your goal is to basically have whoever is under you, pay for what YOU buy each month too. The more they buy, the more money you make. IF they buy consistantly.
That's the key.
Now, the products are great, but overpriced BIG time. They try to charge $20 for a case of toilet paper you can get at Walmart for $5.
While we are still a part of Quixtar, I only use them for certain products like their laundry stuff. It's wonderful products. Well worth the money. A big box of their laundry soap lasts our family of 4 around 6 months, and I wash almost every day. The pre-stain treater(like SHOUT) is fabulous. Got out an ink pen mark my son made on his martial arts white belt over a year ago.
If I were you, and you guys are great sellers, and I mean you can sell ice to eskimos, I would give it a try. If you know people who are really into vitamins, energy drinks, and protein bars, you could make a killing off Quixtar products. Their stuff is good. Believe it or not, the energy drinks actually help kids with ADHD stay calm enough to do their work without the aid of meds. My son tried it and it worked, but they are expensive.
So, that's about all I can tell you. Take it for what you will. Try it if you like, it's like a $90 start up fee, that comes with your Quixtar membership, a pack of samples, and your business license and insurance, because once you join them as an IBO(Independant Business Owner), you are a business legally. It's up to you to make it work. It's not a bad fee to start, and it's legit. Then, if you just decide to do like us, and stay with it just to buy what you need every once in a while, it's $30 a year. Not bad. Good luck with whatever you decide.
Renee

Unfortunately, I've known several people gullible enough to try these pyramid schemes--Amway, Mary Kay, Christmas Around the World, yadda yadda yadda. Basically they're all vendors selling repackaged or renamed stuff you can find elsewhere for less. Except now you have to say "no" to your neighbor or friend who is selling the goods instead of Wal-mart.

The most prominent sales pitch for getting into the biz is how much money you'll make by doing nothing as your recruits will be doing all the work. What they do not tell you is how much money you'll spend upfront, or how much time you will spend selling your product, or how difficult it is to sucker those new recruits. So by the time you try to calculate an hourly wage I guarantee you'd be better off behind the counter of Taco Bell.

But that's just opinion from someone who has witnessed it countless times.

What if we all join this thing? Like everyone in the U.S? Then we all get rich right? And as new people become of age to do it, they join as well, and it's a never ending cycle of rich americans. ......

If ONLY that would work Kremit, if only that would work.