Dick, one of my out of town friends arrived today, sat down at my computer, and directed my attention to FreetheIBO.com website where I glumly read the following:
Q&A
Q. What is the goal of the plaintiffs in this case?
A. They seek a judicial declaration that the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions of the uniform Quixtar distributor agreement are unenforceable as a matter of law, so that the plaintiffs who choose will be able to extricate themselves from continued participation in Quixtar’s illegal pyramid scheme and pursue legitimate business opportunities instead.
Q. Have the plaintiffs voiced their concerns about the business structure prior to filing this lawsuit?
A. Absolutely. The plaintiffs have had close relationships and engaged in private conversations with Quixtar/Amway founders and executive management for more than 30 years. They voiced their concerns on the business structure that are outlined in the complaint long before the lawsuit was filed.
Q. Have the Quixtar products recently been deemed “unsellable in the open retain market” by the plaintiffs?
A. IBOs have been complaining to Quixtar that their products are not sellable since at least 1997.
Q. Didn’t the plaintiffs realize the time and energy it takes to sell products and become successful as an IBO?
A. The inability to sell Quixtar products is not the fault of the plaintiffs. Quixtar has priced its products well above similar retail products for the purpose of increasing its own profitability. No amount of work or complaining on behalf of the plaintiffs was successful in reducing the price of the Quixtar products or making the products more saleable. In addition, the plaintiffs were some of the most successful Quixtar distributors.
Q. How can a distributor have a successful business if the products are over-priced and difficult to sell in the open retail market?
A. It is now impossible for the plaintiffs to earn money by legitimately selling Quixtar products. The only way for Plaintiffs to make money is by illegally recruiting new distributors and earning bonuses on the internal consumption of this downline—a classic illegal pyramid.
Q. Didn’t Quixtar realize its products are overpriced?
A. Quixtar has regularly, but secretly, acknowledged that its products are overpriced and not sellable.
Q. Doesn’t Quixtar need to comply with the FTC’s rules that exist to end illegal pyramid schemes?
A. Quixtar is aware of, approves, promotes and facilitates the systematic noncompliance with the FTC’s Amway rules. These rules were designed to give a company a concrete way to avoid being deemed an illegal pyramid scheme. Quixtar’s cavalier approach to these rules, while advertising the company’s legitimacy by flashing the 1979 Amway decision, flies in the face of lawful business practices. Quixtar knows that it violates the Amway rules and has disregarded this fact for years.
Q. How are distributors most largely affected by the current non-competition and non-solicitation rules?
A. Distributors are prevented from leaving Quixtar in favor of pursuing a legitimate multi-level marketing business opportunity due to Quixtar’s non-competition and non-solicitation rules.
Q. So ultimately, these provisions prevent distributors from escaping an illegal pyramid schemes?
A. Yes. So long as Quixtar is able to enforce the noncompete, these IBOs have no choice but to continue purchasing and consuming overpriced Quixtar products and recruiting new victims into the pyramid scheme, since that is the only way to make money with the Quixtar business opportunity.
Q. What monetary amount or recourse do the plaintiffs seek with this lawsuit?
A. Plaintiffs do not seek damages against Quixtar, or to shut Quixtar down. Rather, plaintiffs merely seek a judicial declaration that the non-competition and non-solicitation provisions of the uniform Quixtar distributor agreement are unenforceable as a matter of law.
Dick, these statements sound truthful to me. Remember, I was a Emerald Quixtar IBO and I must say, I agree with everything said here.
Why won't you just let these people go? Every day this legal circus continues, more voters tune in to the abysmal performance of your ring-master Mike Mohr and his clown act he calls attorneys. Certainly some of them are decent people who don't appreciate what they are being forced to do to keep their jobs. What if one of them decides to act on his conscience rather than his paycheck? What if one of them starts a mass exodus of attorneys from the Mohr / Amway / Alticor fold?
Oh sure, Mohr will be able to find some other bottom feeders like himself to keep the action going. But Dick, at the end of the day, why would you want to fight such an uphill battle to clear your name? Every day, these hired guns are putting your future in deeper and deeper jeopardy.
Why do you let it go on?!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Mike Mohr's Clown Act
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