[Envydia]

Is there anyone on here who has had success with the home based business Quixtar? If so please let me know, since I am not sure if it's worth joining or not.

[akula]

i'm sure a cursory look at all the hundreds of court actions launched against this company would answer your question

[radreality]

Originally Posted by akula

i'm sure a cursory look at all the hundreds of court actions launched against this company would answer your question

every billion dollar company has stuff like to some extent. The vast majority of the issues have actually been against individuals that have misrepresented quixtar and have crossed over into illegal actions.

But to offer neither a yay or nay answer to your question:
If you are able to be successful with quixtar, you can be successful with something else also. Its certainly not your only hope. If you are seriously thinking about joining, make sure you join a team that has a really good trainer (most of them will say they have one of the best, but use your own judgment). Also, take all the time lines they give you and double them, and that’s only if you are extremely aggressive with it. You should probably quadruple the time lines and amount of work they tell you it takes to have any sort of an accurate idea of what reality will be.

As with anything, there are those that are successful and those that fail. Make sure you have good sales techniques or at least start reading some good sales tips to improve your skills. With quixtar you will be having to sell yourself, sell products, sell the opportunity, and all that while fighting an uphill battle because most people have already heard about Amway/Quixtar and have formed an opinion.

Just educate yourself on how the corporate side of quixtar (Alticor) and how quixtar runs. So many people in "the business" think they know how the business works, but are actually extremely ignorant because they don't fully understand WHY things are done a certain way.
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[sjtweblife]

I was raised in Amway/Quixtar (parents are Diamonds) and I myself became an IBO 13 years ago. I understand this business and how it works. So you know, I'm writing this with the intentions of never promoting Quixtar/Amway ever again. (Quixtar will be fading away and called Amway offically again in 2009)

First a lot of things have changed in the past 3-5 years which are not for the better of the IBOs. IBOs have been trying to get prices reduced for years but the corporation has refused. The prices are usually 4-5X the price you would pay at Walmart. Because the prices are so high getting customers is extremely difficult. I personally never built a business over 2000 PV (points on the performance scale) and that is not for a lack of trying. I have placed dozons of people personally into this business and each year I watched the 99% of them not renew and their main complaint was they couldn't afford to buy the product or get others to buy them. Now the products are extremely good, I don't disagree with that, but still don't justify the cost.

Secondly, as mentioned above Quixtar is changing its name back to Amway. This change was voted against by the IBOAI (board represting the IBOs) because it was felt to be a negative move which would hurt the IBOs businesses. Since the beginning Amway/Quixtar has stated that no changes would be made without the approval of the IBOAI but this past year they decided to make the change even though the board was 100% against it. We have lost all hope in the IBOAI to keep our businesses safe. A/Q can and will change the rules whenever and however they see fit....NOT a good thing.

Third, the government in the UK is trying to completely shut Amway down because of their pricing and structure. Because prices are so high Amway has become an internal consumption pyramid which is illegal. The same fate will probably happen here if the UK gov't succeeds.

There is a lot of information on the web about everything I stated here and I highly recommend reading it before making any decisions. I wish I could honestly say that Quixtar was a good company, it use to be, but I can no longer with good conscience say that it is. Even my parents who have been in the business for 30+ years are no longer promoting it because it has changed so much since they started.

Do a google search for "iborebellion" or "quixtar lost my cents" to find websites of current and former IBOs sharing their experience and comparing prices....should give you a good idea about Q/A and what you are thinking of entering.

Its a sad time for all IBOs and hopefully things will be corrected but it will be at a major cost to everyones income and the faith and trust in the company has been lost. I recommend to everyone just to sit out on this business opportunity until things shake out. Look at it in 2-3 years if it is still around then.

Something you may also want to do is create a couple of Google Alerts for Amway and Quixtar. Watch what comes into your email inbox for a couple of weeks and make a decision after that.