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Book Sale
February 27, 2010 - 8:57 pm
Tags: Amway, Amway Motivational Organizations, Behind the Smoke and Mirrors, MLM, Quixtar, Ruth Carter
Posted in Amway, Books | No Comments
Hi all,
Trying to move the remaining copies of Amway Motivational Organizations: Behind the Smoke & Mirrors. You can find more information about the book here.
Regular price is $14.95, but we don’t want to keep them around. So, for a limited time (until they are all gone!), we’re offering readers of this site the chance to [...]
Merchants of Deception Site to Close
February 5, 2010 - 9:37 pm
Tags: Amway, Eric Scheibeler, Merchants of Deception
Posted in Amway, Books | No Comments
After 10 years of fighting against MLM behemoth Amway and its kingpins, Eric Scheibeler is stepping back. He sent an email today to his subscriber list. In part, it stated:
“Thank you for being part of the Merchants of Deception community that has grown to over 40 nations. It has been ten years of effort [...]
Emerald Passport Scheme Shut Down in Australia
January 19, 2010 - 9:05 pm
Tags: Australia, Emerald Passport, pyramid scheme
Posted in Pyramid Schemes | No Comments
According to information at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the pyramid scheme known as Emerald Passport has been shut down there.
Emerald Passport, which was established in Panama, is a self-help type of pyramid scheme.
Read the full details here.
Hundreds of Amway Victim Testimonies
December 23, 2009 - 2:00 pm
Tags: Amway, Eric Scheibeler, fraud, Merchants of Deception, testimony, victim
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The Merchants of Deception blog has uploaded hundreds of victim testimonies over the past couple of months, alleging losses of a few hundred dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars, destroyed marriages, bankruptcies, tremendous family problems, and generally a lot of misery.
If you haven’t yet read the book, you should. It’s available here. Author [...]
Pyramids and Ponzis: New Radio Show
November 16, 2009 - 10:39 pm
Tags: ponzi schemes, Pyramid Scheme Alert, Pyramid Schemes, Robert Fitzpatrick
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Robert Fitzpatrick of Pyramid Scheme Alert has just announced he will be doing a weekly internet radio show called Pyramids and Ponzis. The show will air on Media On Tap.
If you would like more information, or if you would like to support the show, please contact Pyramid Scheme Alert. Emails may be sent to [...]
Judge Rules Against Amway in Binding Arbitration Case
October 27, 2009 - 12:51 pm
Tags: Amway, arbitration agreement, Judge Bruce Jenkins, US District Court
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According to a local Grand Rapids, MI TV station, a federal judge has slammed Amway’s use of binding arbitration. According to the article,
“United States District Court Judge Bruce Jenkins further decided “the public interest is also advanced by preventing parties from wielding their arbitration processes as a weapon to harass … and ultimately bankrupt their [...]
Class Action Suit Filed Against Amway in Montreal, Canada
October 25, 2009 - 10:00 pm
Tags: AMO, Amway, book, Eric Scheibeler, Merchants of Deception, motivational organization
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Williamsport, PA October 26, 2009
New Class Action Lawsuit Names Amway
A class action litigation was filed against Amway Global on behalf of defendants alleging a loss in excess of $15,000. The complaint states that “The Defendants sell dreams of wealth, independence and success when in fact the overwhelming majority of distributors recruited into this dream world [...]
Uh Oh. . .
October 24, 2009 - 8:05 pm
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Did you reach this page by mistake?? If you’re looking for a page on the Original MLMSurvivor.com site, try adding the word “original” to the URL like this:
http://mlmsurvivor.com/index.htm
changes to
http://original.mlmsurvivor.com/index.htm
It’s all still there! All those hundreds of pages of news, testimony, opinion, reader posts, still available.
It’s Been A Long Time
October 24, 2009 - 12:49 am
Tags: MLM, Welcome
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It’s been a very long time since I updated MLMSurvivor.com. Health and other problems forced me to cut back. I have to admit, also, that the political climate during the Bush administration was such that no real legal changes could possibly rein in this out-of-control “industry,” and I felt very discouraged.
However, it’s a new day [...]
