Amway

By Stephen Butterfield

Book Overview

Butterfield, an ex-Amway distributor, dissects the dynamics of this "Free Enterprise" empire with an insider's insight. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0920057632
• ISBN13: 9780920057636
• Release Date: January 1986
• Publisher: Black Rose Books Ltd
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Yep, it's accurate.

I noticed that a bunch of Amway-ers and MLMers jumped on board real quick-like to rate this book with one star. A friend of ours gave up everything he had, including his college education, family, and friends, to do Amway. Now this young man is disillusioned and penniless, and NOT because he didn't put in tremendous effort. Amway will say it is your own fault if you don't make it. Their products aren't that whoopy either; just average. Give this book a read and make up your own mind... and by the way, not all of us "right wing Fundamental Christians" buy into this MLM garbage. Most of us most certainly do not.

What they don't want you to know about Amway

I read this book when it first came out. It was in a local library and I devoured it cover-to-cover. The sociological observations were striking.Several years later something reminded me of it. I looked for a copy online. I checked eBay and found a copy for sale. I bid on it, and immediately got a "friendly warning" from an Amway person saying, "you don't want that book, it's full of lies." Then they outbid me, so I couldn't get the book.Obviously, if it's that important for Amway to keep it out of circulation, it's full of good information. So, if you can find it, buy it.

In Memoriam

Steve was a very successful Amway person, making about 80K per year on it. Knowing what kind of person he was, I held aloof in disbelief as he tried to drag me into the cult. That is part of the Amway method, to drag the friends and relatives in. He played the game up to the hilt, but stopped short of total success. Later he redeemed himself by publishing this book. You should know that the book was used in evidence in a case against Amway. Steve was a witness. Steve's intent was to show clearly how "ye cannot serve both God and Mammon." He does state that he was never willing to give up his immortal soul. According to him, the cult takes over your entire life and you cannot hold any values that are not directed to making money for them (and yourself). I know this because he was my brother. For you, Steve, now that you cannot speak for yourself.

Think Amway is different 13 years later? It isn't.

A chilling and necessary read if you are thinking of joining Amway, or recovering from your Amway experience. The same old deceptions of where the Diamond's income really comes from and the need for controlling peoples lives and thoughts to get their money still exist 13 years after this book was orginally published.