"Are you from India?" - the Amway/Quixtar pick up line
Saturday, July 29, 2006
I am not from India - I am from Pakistan. But I have been approached a couple of times by Amway/Quixtar people with this "pick-up line". Other pick-up lines might be "Didn't you go to Cal State Fullerton?" or "Don't you work at Cisco?". Whether you answer yes or no, what the person is trying to do is strike up a conversation with you (a complete stranger) and "become your friend". Typical places where this might happen include Walmart, Target, Barnes and Noble, and desi grocery stores. After a few minutes of conversation, they tell you how they have a business opportunity they would like to discuss with you. They might refer to the nature of the business as e-business, franchising, outsourcing, individually owned business, marketing, or a number of other things. They will talk to you about "residual income" and "owning your own business" and how to get rich quickly.
Amway/Quixtar s a multi-level marketing scheme that you should stay away from. There is so much information on it on the web, with numerous sites dedicated to the topic - I am not going to go into the details. Check out http://www.amquix.info. There a ton of eBook and paperbacks available - if you have time, read the free eBook - Merchants of Deception. And remember - when things look/sound too good to be true, they usually are.
Next time someone approaches you with the "Are you from India?" question, respond back with "Not if you are going to talk to me about Quixtar!"
Amway/Quixtar s a multi-level marketing scheme that you should stay away from. There is so much information on it on the web, with numerous sites dedicated to the topic - I am not going to go into the details. Check out http://www.amquix.info. There a ton of eBook and paperbacks available - if you have time, read the free eBook - Merchants of Deception. And remember - when things look/sound too good to be true, they usually are.
Next time someone approaches you with the "Are you from India?" question, respond back with "Not if you are going to talk to me about Quixtar!"
2 Comments on ""Are you from India?" - the Amway/Quixtar pick up line":
A~ at 2:00 PM:
Yeah... that happened to me at the BN at the Spectrum a few weeks ago. It was pretty sick... the guy was just not letting up.
Tarra at 1:09 PM:
I was too in Quixtar at one point in my life and was approached by some Pakistani's (i'm too pakistani btw) that they are so supportive towards our Pakistani brother and sisters and they should look out for them and blah blah crap. I got out of it after 6 months, after spending so much time and figured so many things and also calculated so many things like my time and money etc. And it is total waste of time.
I hated mostly my uplines who were complete idiots and so stupid. They used to talk so bad about ppl who didn't know one another or were friends from other groups etc etc. They would even talk about ppls characters that oh look this girl is talking to other guy and they should not be cuz they are cross lines and crap.
Typical Paki mentality they had. This business is full of Indians and Pakistanis and trust me, they are the same.
Also if they claim they make 7 figure income etc then its a lie because they all are doing side businesses. It is seen and proven.