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"I lost my common "cent$" in Quixtar" |
| Well, I think the above title is a little more appropriate name for a blog I
found called "Quixtar
Lost My Cents". Here is the About me from the blog:
The blog focuses on the high Quixtar prices. in the very first days of my website, then called the "Amway distributor's little white lies", my primary focus was on the "Save 30% lie", which I had heard in the Florence downline. It is now amazing that Mr. Florence is in apparent agreement with me on the Amway/Quixtar price situation. At that time, back in 1998, I had posted a price study of about 140 items showing an overall basket price premium from Amway products of about 40%. The "Quixtar lost my cents" blog is interesting since it apparently is put up by a distributor who obviously bought a lot of product from Quixtar and finally came to the realization that "buying from your own store" might not make the most financial sense. The blog highlights some of the outrageous price differences one can find in the Quixtar/Amway product line up when compared with other local retailers. I had to chuckle when I read this statement: "It all started with a dream. I wanted a better lifestyle for my family. I wanted more options. I wanted to own a business. I wanted a business that I could build to create an extra income for my family. I thought a Quixtar business would be a great one to start. I liked the idea of a business that capitalized on the hottest trends out there: the Internet and distribution. It seemed like a logical business decision at the time. What I didn't factor in was how difficult it was going to be to utilize my own business. I needed a second job just to buy the products from my business that was supposed to be making me money." Apparently the dream and the power of the Kool-aid were stronger than the common sense of many Quixtar distributors. Quixtar, the Alticor employees, and the DeVos family profited handsomely from the symbiotic relationship with the Kingpin distributors, whose systems were used to convince normally rational people to overspend on their Quixtar products just so they could participate in the Quixtar product based pyramid scheme. The blog is a good read in the transformation of a Quixtar distributor into a once again rational thinking consumer. Remember the blog is coming from a five year Quixtar distributor and shopper. I encourage you to submit your Quixtar shopping experiences to the blog as well. The blog starts with a comparison of paper products: PRODUCT #1 PAPER TOWELS Quixtar Meadowbrook Gold (heavy duty) $31.28 $5.00 (pre-set charge) $6.75 (delivery charge) _______ _______ $43.03 total ibo cost Wal-Mart Kleenex Viva (winner 2007 Chef's Best Award) 930 sheets $17.80 ________ $17.80 total DIFFERENCE OF: $25.23!
Product #2 Paper Plates Quixtar 9" coated, microwave safe paper plates 288 plates $19.32 $5.00 (pre-set deliver charge) *really, how hard can it be to
ship 288 plates? do we need this extra $5.00 charge? Wal-Mart 9" coated, microwave safe paper plates by Dixie 288 plates $9.79 _________ $9.79 total Difference of $14.53!
PRODUCT #3 Toilet Paper Quixtar Meadowbrook Gold $32.20 for 48 rolls $5.00 (There it is again...that
preset delivery charge. I think a box of XS cases is probably triple the weight of this
here toilet paper and there's no preset charge on XS....hmmmm) Wal-Mart White Cloud (I searched for the most expensive, fanciest, comparable paper I could find!) $21.60 for 48 rolls _______ $21.60 THE DIFFERENCE IS: $15.60!
Product #4 Facial Tissue Quixtar 16 boxes Kleenex Lotion Facial Tissue $30.36 $5.00 (preset delivery charge *please note, this is in addition to standard shipping ) _______ $35.36 Wal-Mart 16 boxes Kleenex Lotion Facial Tissue $23.52 _______ $23.52 The Difference is: $11.84!
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