On 2009-11-05, Stupendous Man wrote:
My brother got sucked in to Amway about 15 years ago. He asked me to help
him get a clean 300 series mercedes like mine, so he could "project success"
to potential suckers. I told him that with me 500 miles away, he couldn't
keep a car like that running without spending a lot, and if he thought it
was possible that the people above him in the pyramid were showing fake
flash like he intended to.

Of course they were. I got to wonder, however, if a Mercedes 300 is
really a big manifestation of success. That's a $30,000 dollar car? Or
am I off with my pricing?

My pickup truck, which is not a prestige item, cost $33,000 or so, if
I remember right.

I put amway and amsoil sellers in the same class as lawyers and realtors. No
time for them and their crooked "money for nothing" schemes. My brother saw
the light after a few months, he always was a bit gullible.

I did not know that amsoil was a MLM scheme. I bought some oil from
them and oil filters.

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