Nov 26th 2012, 23:56:21
Red X.
Amway does have potential, if you can get a few hundred people under you who are all buying the products. It IS a pyramid scheme, so if you (or your gf) do decide to get involved, realize that you have to get many people under you to make any sort of money. There are many people making money doing Amway, but there are more who are not.
However, some of their products are amazing. Their vitamin line is top notch if you do use vitamins, their energy drinks are the only energy drinks I will drink. Roteolla is a great, natural energy booster as well. Some of their soaps and cleaning products are great as well. I use SA8 laundry soap and it costs far less overall than buying tide, while yielding similar results.
My advise would be to take it with a grain of salt. Yes you could make money, if you are really ambitious and even more convincing. It would take a lot of time, effort and frustration, but it can be done. The guy I buy my Amway products from has been doing it for 10 years and has been able to afford making it his only source of income recently, and is now dabbling into rental property.
But definitely don't look at it like it's going to be a money maker right away.