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(www.omegatrend.com)Re: Omegatrend. From IP Address: 203.40.61.114In Reply to: Omega trend posted by Pres-OT on 20 00, 2002 at 11:26:31:

Well I did Omega Trend for about 6 months and can happily say what a load of crap. If you actually do some research you will find that less than 1% of the people that join Omega Trend actually make more than $2,000 (Gross) a month. Has anyone else noticed that the high flyers in OT in the publications are always the same people (the rich get richer). If you think about the number of people in OT, how many new Presidential do they announce each month (2 maybe 3) (good strike rate, I don't think so).For people to make money there has to be investors losing money - fact. The OT spin on (they make the products cheap and don't have the overheads) where the money comes from is a load of rubbish. The products are priced (usually) at 25% minimum to 150% mark-up on the standard price for equivalent products. So even at half price you are still paying through the nose.OT is a carefully formulated business where you have to make 30PV a month - When you use your vouchers (half priced shopping) your PV is also 'discounted' surprise.

Also when does half of $160 you have to spend each month equal $50? (Voucher) I finished OT about three months ago and still have OT crap that I haven't finished using, I was shopping to get 30PV not to get what I wanted. OT tell you that an average people spend about $130p/w on groceries. Crap! Visit the Aust Bureau of Stats and you will see that the actual number is about $70 - $100.Then within that $100 they get everything they need, not like with OT where you get a heap of crap you don't need and still have to go shopping.

If you are into losing friends and playing guilt trips on everyone you know then this is the business for you. They mess with your head, tape of the week (brainwashing), repetitive BP's (brainwashing), repetitive workshops (brainwashing). If you are repeatedly subject to a process to convince you that process is the most suitable then that is defined as brainwashing.

When you sell OT to others are you actually selling it to them or trying to convince yourself? I challenge any person out there to disclose how long they have been with OT and how much money they have received. I got $6.12 over my time with them and lost about 10 friends and put enormous pressure on my family.Was it worth it ------ A resounding NO! As an aside does anyone know what an Omega Trend actually is. The sign for Omega is an upside down horseshoe, so if you follow this the trend would be one of quick growth a medium of success and then a quick death. The dot com bubble on the stock exchange experienced an Omega trend that went for about four years, in OT it is likely to happen over about 6 months.

*the information herein is expressly the opinion of the author.

Dear MLM survivors,Thanks to your website, my brother and I were able to uncover the true nature of the Amway/Quixtar Corporation's complex pyramid scheme (scam) before I got involved in Quixtar. Unfortunately, our father was duped and we were unable to talk some sense into him (even by showing him your website and by proving that Microsoft's and Bill Gates' involvement with Quixtar was simply a business/customer relation and not a partnership as Quixtar representatives claim).

Our father's stubborn, arrogant, and condescending attitude towards us in every aspect is so overwhelming that we decided to give up on him and let him learn the hard way. I just wanted to share my experience with Amway and now Quixtar with you. A number of years ago, I was involved with Amway for several months until I realized that it was a joke. I just had a gut feeling that this business was not viable. Anyway, I didn't feel comfortable with the concept of operating my so-called "own business" while being brainwashed and manipulated like a puppet by a bunch of superficial, materialistic bourgeois wannabes who were led to believe that they could duplicate other people's successful lives. (Quite a soap opera!)

What really got to me is the fact that my sponsors (who suddenly became my new best friends) expected me to sucker people (including friends) into joining a so-called "dream business venture" of which I knew nothing, through evasive, manipulative and deceitful techniques (invite them to come to a meeting with my sponsor(s) and let the brainwashing game begin: "Tell me about your dreams; tell me what you want in life; and I'll sell you a vehicle that will enable you to achieve a dream business that will pave the way to your future success and financial independence...) I was even told that if I worked hard within the Amway system (now called Quixtar since they got a new website in September 1999), in 2-3 years, I would be financially independent (meaning: I'd be making $ 200 000 to $ 300 000 a year). What kind of a dupe would believe in such a fantasy? How many people would I have to screw over to get there?

But they say, if successful people like the DeVos and Van Andel families (the owners of Amway/Quixtar Corporation) can make it; so can the rest of us mortals. Besides, they will provide us with the tools (tapes, books, Amvox, conventions/Rallies) we need to succeed in building and duplicating this "dream business".

How do you think they make their money anyway? If every distributor has to buy one brainwashing tape a week ($ 10), one propaganda/motivational book of the month ($ 15), subscribe to Amvox, a subliminal voice-mail service, and attend all those B.S. conventions and seminars, in reality, this so-called part-time business (they say it only takes 5 hours a week) becomes a full-time occupation with one big problem though: SHOW ME THE MONEY! How can I make money if I'm expected to purchase $200 worth of goods (100 points) in order to receive 3% of all sales ($6) and spend all that money on the above mentioned "tools". I'm not an economist, but the numbers don't add up.

Besides, how likely am I to change my consumption habits to build the impossible dream? Of course, the only feasible way to succeed in this business is through sponsorship: Getting people interested in this obscure monkey business and sponsoring (duping) them. That way you can make points whenever they (your pupils) purchase goods from the network or sponsor other people (fish). This becomes the ultimate key to success and growth in this business and translates into fast cash with the least amount of effort. What an astute plan! Wouldn’t you say? Thus, this is the way I picture this elaborate pyramid scam. The selling and purchasing of goods are only the superficial pretext of this complex scam. The only way to go is to sucker people into it and milk them for everything they have or don't have (time and money).

First of all, how can anyone do business with family and friends in such a shallow way? Every acquaintance, friend and family member becomes a potential prospect at any given time. By soliciting them, you change the basis of your existing relationship (love, trust, respect, etc.). To look at one's own son, sister or friend as a means to acquire personal financial gain is in itself distorted. This change in mindset created by trying to acquire business partners on an ongoing basis, threatens the essence of sound and meaningful human relations. Not only is this self-seeking approach detrimental and destructive to friendship and family ties but forms the basis of the breakdown and corruption of society through the promotion of selfish, materialistic and consumerist values.Secondly, how can anyone be expected to believe blindly in the prophecies of the founders of the Amway Corporation and now in "the Quixtar Revolution".

They claim that any form of employment equals exploitation and any type of traditional business is risky, harsh and likely to fail. They'll have you believe through their tapes and books that they offer the only viable and self-sustainable economic alternative. The reality is however, that in this type of pyramid scheme, only the prophets make the profit... In one of the propaganda/motivational tapes to which I was listening, a redneck from Alabama, who was talking like he had never read a book in his life, was teaching people how to contact and relate to others "with posture" (meaning: that they are doing them a favour by spending some of their valuable time with them; WHAT A CROCK!)

I'm a highly educated man who has friends from all walks of life and their time is as valuable to them as it is to me; that's why we make the most of the time we choose to spend together. This arrogant S.O.B. on the tape was training people (who obviously didn't think highly of themselves) to put themselves on a pedestal and assess whether another person is at their level of ambition or higher up in the food chain, so they can manipulate them accordingly.

For example, a poor person should be dreaming of owning a new refrigerator, not a Mercedes and a wealthy professional should be dreaming of owning an estate, not a new car. What a promising social movement!Thirdly, this so-called socio-economic program that will benefit humanity and the global economy once we all join and spread the "good news" is nothing more than a crass form of egotistical materialism and mass consumerism advocated by T.V. evangelists and religious fanatics from the southern U.S who claim to promote a Christian business and spiritual movement. This so-called spiritual movement guided by the narrowing of attention on making money results in a cult-like movement. After they brainwash you, they take you to the cleaners; the only problem is that you might end up losing your shirt in the process!

Fourthly, what does Christianity have to do with money anyway? Christ condemned the profaners of the temple of Jerusalem for using a place of worship to conduct business. The thought of anyone conducting business in church on a Sunday makes me sick. Christ said to the people who were trying to corrupt him with Roman coins: "Return to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God". As far as I'm concerned, anyone who utilizes religion as a means of acquiring economic or political power is a bigot and a profaner, not a Christian. Christ said that it was easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. A Christian is a person who loves Christ, not money. As a conclusion, I would like to say that people should have dreams and seek to fulfil them. (If you build it, it will come...) Dreams are free and can not be sold or purchased.

However, chasing after someone else's dream is like chasing the wind; it's empty. Believe in yourself and your dreams may come true but beware of those who are trying to sell you a dream; it can prove to be quite an expensive and deceptive lesson.Thank you for your attention.My advice to every one is: If you want to keep your friends and you want to sleep easy at night, do not get involved with MLM or network marketing! It will eventually rob you of your good sense and turn you into a brainless moron.All this hype about network marketing or multi level marketing or pyramid schemes, is guided by the focus of attention on making money based on the efforts of others resulting in an almost cult-like movement. A lot of otherwise sensible people cannot easily recognise or resist this type of movement and became unwitting victims of the smarter and more aggressive, predatory 1% of the MLM population! This made many people very nervous about offers of work at home.

Some are really legitimate ideas using the internet and e-mails for advertising all sorts of products out there. However, many products offered out there are imaginary or virtual products and the schemes were nothing much more than cheap scams! Internet e-commerce is creating huge volumes of junk mails for users of e-mails on the internet. My hot mail facility is choked full of junk mail. I receive at least 50 junk mails a day on my free hotmail website. I am unable to keep up with deletion. It has become useless and I now use a local ISP (ISP: Internet Service Provider eg wave, xtra, ihug, yahoo. There were a few free ISP’s last year: i4free, zfree. They have since closed down due to junk mail invasion and other virus.) for my e-mails.All these greedy people in the world are causing this huge junk mail problem that resulted in grid locks on the information high ways. A few nerds are still creating and sending out new viruses every day to millions of users by pushing a button! I do not know the answer to this problem either. My job, I think, is to point out that there may be a problem and not to provide ready made answers.

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