USANA Agent Complains about Losing Money
Without diminshing my sympathy for this man who lost his life savings, I have trouble with the assertion that had he known that 87% of USANA representatives lose money, he would not have joined.
Arbonne makes these representations available on its website, and I see no slack in demand amongst its prospective representatives.
I am afraid that stopping misleading advertising about network marketing schemes is far more difficult that merely disclosing the chances of losing money.
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I don't think the issue is one of responsibility for failure.
The issue is adequacy of disclosure. What was this person told about earnings, and was there a reasonable basis for it.
As I understand the claim, the agent was not told information which would have been siginificant to his decision.
Posted by: michael webster
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May 28, 2007 9:58 PM
The question really is why does a distributor of any product or service fail. If you ask a failed distributor the common replay will be "It's the company's fault" One has to wonder what a failed distributor did or did not do to a least emulate the success of distributors that have something to show for their hard work, creativity and acquired business skills Success doesn't usually come easy, or by sitting on your hands, or feeling sorry for yourself when times get tough. Not taking personal responsibility for success or treating your business like a business and not a hobby is key, and if a distributor decides to rely on upline rah-rahs and not pick up the ball and really get in the game it's a recipe for disaster. As far as the distributor in Minkow's latest smear-Usana video goes he wasn't in the business of selling UFO's to Eskimos, he was in the business of introducing potential customers to vitamins, vitamins! It's a how many billions of dollar year industry?
Posted by: Steve | May 27, 2007 10:08 PM