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    Amway / Quixtar's Finest Fake News Source           Sep 5 2005

Quixtar Distributors Protest on Labor Day
IBOs Want Living Wage Commission Schedule
Ada, Michigan (APP) -  In what seems to be a change of heart in the free enterprise Multi-Level-Marketing industry, distributors for Quixtar (formerly Amway) have taken to the streets protesting the deplorably low commissions paid out for selling Quixtar products.  For many, Amway/Quixtar is seen as a way to retire from from a job in a life of luxury but according to the protesters, the facts are something quite different.  

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 For years now Quixtar distributors have not gotten any raises and company publications continually state the average Quixtar distributor grossed just $115/month, or $1,380 per year. 

The IBOA, the trade union for distributors has constantly pushed for Amway/Quixtar to put more money in the plan for the average guy, but the requests have fallen upon deaf ears.   Long time IBOA union representative, Dexter Yager has been on record for years asking the company to put more money in the plan.

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 A few years back Quixtar announced the Emerald and Diamond sales growth bonus award, but there was nothing for the average IBO. 

A spokesman for the group noted that the company has consistently reduced PV on products making it more difficult for distributors to qualify for the same bonus percentages.  Distributors also noted how it was more and more expensive to buy their own Amway products.   "I remember when you could buy a PV point for just $2, now they cost about $2.60 per PV point."   "With what I make from Quixtar, I can't even afford to buy 32 points in product anymore", noted one old time disgruntled distributor who was also in Amway.

According to an IBOA trade union representative, Quixtar's average income is notoriously low and somewhere between the income of someone from Nepal or Rwanda.   "If the average Quixtar distributor spend 12 hours per week on their business it comes out to $2.30 per hour without any benefits and does not include their expenses to run their business", noted the trade union representative.   

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 Quixtar's large and ever growing, highly educated, immigrant  population came out in full force claiming to be just another form of migrant worker who are being unfairly exploited, and that their wages were actually dropping.  The immigrants showed their saviness with mathematics when they pointed out that the data released on Quixtar's website, "thisbiznow.com", proved the average distributor was paid much less than the $115/month the company claims IBOs earned.  The immigrants point out that Quixtar paid out $373 million to over 380,300 distributors.   The immigrants pointed out to surprised Quixtar representatives that this comes out to just $82 per month and not the $115/month the company claims.  The immigrants noted that Liberia's per capita GDP is higher than what Quixtar's average IBOs earn. 
The trade union representative noted that with the recent rise in gasoline prices that most distributors cannot even break even on their auto expenses anymore.

"Financially, things are tight for distributors.  They are having to decide if they buy food from Quixtar to put on the table, or not buy that tape or seminar ticket from their upline", noted a IBOA spokesperson.

Public relations representatives for the company noted that the distributors are free to earn whatever they want.  "If they wanted to earn more with Quixtar, then they would be earning it."  "These Distributors must just be lazy or content with their $82 per month, or else they would use this great opportunity and make themselves all free with its unlimited income potential", noted a company spokesperson.