Remember that MLM schemes require all of these people to continue to gain sellers 'under' them so that their income will rise. They tend to attract extroverted sales types who aren't afraid to push, especially if they sense weakness in your response. Thick skin usually comes with that personality type, so you shouldn't worry about hurt feelings. Once you're firm, they're going to move off to greener pastures.
Just a firm no, telling them what you told us here. "Thank you for thinking of us, but we cannot afford these meetings and do not wish to hear about them anymore. We'd be glad to have a conversation about other things, but we're not interested in Amway."
A, I got sucked into an MLM once and I agree with you, it was an awful experience. They kept on trying to suck money out of me. Just tell them no firmly. Tell them that you will no longer be involved because it's been a bad experience for you and you no longer are willing to waste your money. Once they understand that you mean it, they will leave you alone because they are only willing to invest time in people who are interested in pursuing the business.
In the meantime: When they call, don't let it bother you. Don't feel guilty because you have no reason to. If they start to talk about Amway, tell them that as friends you will talk about other things with them but never about Amway again. They'll get the 'hint.' If you never hear from them again, then you'll know they weren't your friends to begin with.
When people repeatedly pester you after you politely tell them no, feel free to use stronger language, such as, "What part of no do you find so difficult to comprehend?" If that doesn't work, feel free to unfriend them for failure to treat you with respect. And if they continue, foul language and invective may be appropriate.
Stay away from Amway and other MLM schemes!
The only MLM folks making serious money are either very early investors and those who find enough friends to exploit. If Amway were such a lucrative use of your friends' time, why do they expend more effort recruiting others instead of selling Amway products?
If you are part of an MLM and don't believe you exploit members that you recruit, let me ask you this: Why won't you let the friends that you recruit buy from your upstream provider just like you? Other than getting them started, you offer little of value but take a large chunk out of their sales. In fact, your upstream provider takes a large commission from your downstream sales team, who probably never even know who is your upstream provider. Your upstream provider charges your downstream for no legitimate reason.
If you don't see this as exploitation, by all means jump right in.
Treat them like you would any troll or stalker. Change your numbers and keep them unlisted and private. Tell only your immediate family. On line, block them, report them for harassment. Make new FB etc. accounts; let the old ones run but don't use them. I can't think of all the things you can do right now - maybe the others will know. But I'm pretty sure you have to disappear. Certainly block them right now if you can. You don't owe them any courtesy.
Me and my husband are a young married couple. We were pulled into Amway early the previous year with the idea that it was a good way to make some extra money on the side. I'm not gonna argue about wether it can do that for people or not but our problem right now is not with Amway itself but with the people we got involved with. At least one or more of them are always pestering us to go to functions and meetings which happen at least 4 times a year and can cost hundreds of dollars for just one person and always happen out of state which require hotel costs along with the cost of attending!We are broke college kids we don't have that kind of money growing out if our ears! Because of spending we couldn't even get our business up off the ground even if we wanted to. Anyways several of the people have our phone numbers and text/call us pushing us to listen in and make commitments whenever we can. It's really beginning to bother me and I don't know what to do? Any helpful suggestions?
