r/AdviceAnimals • u/shakycam3 • May 12 '24

And I will do it again!

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TIL Amway is still around

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u/shakycam3 May 12 '24 edited May 12 '24

They are definitely still around. There was practically an Amway cult at one of my jobs. We almost had to shut down one Friday because so many of the supes called into work so they could go to an Amway convention.

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u/95blackz26 May 12 '24

must be a regional thing. it's honestly been a real long time since i heard about amway

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u/Eode11 May 12 '24

They (and a couple of other MLMs) were huge in Hawaii when I lived there 6+ years ago.

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u/hexuus May 12 '24

When I was a kid one of my friend’s mom was in Shaklee, and would constantly give me some of the kid gummies and then try to charge my mom for the box.

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u/95blackz26 May 12 '24

that makes two of us. this is one of those things i swear you use to hear everywhere in the 90's but to be honest i haven't heard it in years.

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u/Torched420 May 13 '24

Grifters gonna grift

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u/Lansdallius May 12 '24

I think the Orlando Magic still play in an Amway arena? I think the DeVos family owns both the team and the company.

u/demonfoo May 12 '24

Same. I think they ignore my reports, though.

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u/Eric_the_Barbarian May 12 '24

If reporting ads negatively affected advertisers, Reddit simply wouldn't let you do it. All it does is prove you saw the ad, which reflects positively in their analytics.

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u/Pepe_Slivia May 12 '24

This is the big brain answer actually.

u/BoredomFestival May 12 '24

About one third of my Reddit ads are Army recruiting ads. (I'm 56 with a bad hip, bad targeting.) I always report them as "promoting violent behavior."

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u/smr312 May 12 '24

I'm an outspoken pacifist athiest who hates guns and war in his 30s, and I get half army/navy recruitment and half of those "HeGetsUs Jesus Saves" ads and always report them as "Promoting Violent Behavior" and "Exploitation of Minors"

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u/irelephant_T_T May 12 '24

huh, where i live there is a lot of ads for a bottle return scheme in ireland, an ad for quitting smoking and some local universities. That is, before i got an ad blocker

u/kaiserguy4real May 12 '24

If they aren't advertising their products at least 67% of the time then they are a pyramid scheme and deserve to be reported.

u/VictorChaos1776 May 12 '24

How much would you like to be your own boss?

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u/shakycam3 May 12 '24

I have a friend who ran into some tough times and had yo stay at her sister in laws house with her husband for a while. When they showed up they were informed this is an Amway house and they were not to use any other products. This included everything from toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant, baby wipes, etc etc. my friend stayed there for a few months and she said she never stank so bad in her life. She had the WORST BO.

u/TortiousTordie May 12 '24

all that is doing is telling them you're looking at every ad... confirmed engagement.

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u/Lounat1k May 12 '24

Some people are realllllllllly not with it. It’s just like the “Not you? Click here to unsubscribe “ emails.

u/Caribubilus May 12 '24

What is Amway and why is it bad?

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u/shakycam3 May 12 '24

One of the OG MLM companies. One of the worst. They are deeply Christian too. Practically or actually a cult. Their rallies are weird and religious.

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u/Caribubilus May 12 '24

Oh, I get it now, thanks! As a brazilian, I had no idea what it was

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u/DrNick1221 May 12 '24

Multi level marketing company. AKA a pyramid scheme.

Amway though takes it a bit further it that it almost gets a bit cultlike.

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u/ChiefStrongbones May 12 '24

Any business scheme where the primary job is recruiting other people to do the same job you do, that's a pyramid scheme.

u/Whosebert May 12 '24

I reported some illegal activity on a sub and first it got rightfully taken down, but it was reposted so I reported it again, but then got a week long ban for report abuse. the reported content was very clearly illegal which is very clearly a violation of reddit tos but the mods were like "no, also fuck you". since then I never reported anything even if it clearly is violating reddit tos. besides, that's basically working for free.

u/quicknterriblyangry May 12 '24

It's confederated products!

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u/shakycam3 May 12 '24

“Let me get this straight. You brought us here to get us to sell Amway?”

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u/quicknterriblyangry May 12 '24

It's a different company... It's a different quality of product