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Bill Britt Refusing to Reimburse UK BWW IBO’s for Canceled Meetings

Posted on 23. Jun, 2007 by Ty Tribble in Amway, Amway UK - Sanctions, BWW - Britt World Wide, Quixtar

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Here is an update about Bill Britt's actions in the UK related to his BWW support system:

It would appear another potential lawsuit is on the horizon. Britt Worldwide dream builders and other network marketing mlm organizations have given the impression they were waiting for Amway to reimburse and compensate them for canceled functions.

My source, who is a diamond has told me they were given the distinct impression by Amway personnel that they would be compensated by then, for cancelled funtions. He refers to the original letter from Amway 4th may to quote

"Enquiries  For example, if any IBO has a planned meeting for which tickets have been sold (that is required to be cancelled and ticket purchases refunded), or
they have unsold inventory of BSM, or
have unsold Starter kits, or have completed applications not yet submitted to Amway, they may contact the dedicated enquiry telephone number – 01908-629400 (press option 4)."

With respect this part of the letter can be interpreted any ways.

The following emails are quite interesting it would appear Amway was prepared to come some wazs and then backed off.

The diamond has commented, luckily we did not have a seminar plan so our people are not owed monies. However I know BWW owe around $75-$100 thousand dollars to their ibos.

it is a real mess, they are blaming Amway and visa versa.

I would think that the wealthy diamonds in the USA will foot the bill.

I have met Bill Britt on one of the councel meetings in the past and would say he is one of the most genuine honest people I have met. I am surprised he has not sorted out this potential scandal earlier. He obviouly has not been informed that his Uk ibos are hurting and have not been reembursed.

It does beg the question that if the BWW Britt World wide dream builders have known Amway were not going to refund the ticket monies, what has happened to the 100k plus monies and why have the 1000 approx. ibos not been refunded.

Accountabilty is such a strong teaching point in all organizations, BWW are really sending out the wrong message and it going to affect us all, if they are not careful.

Lets hope Bill and Peggy Britt payout their uk ibos, sooner rather than later, it is the right and honorable thing to do. I think they will be horrified as to whats going on.

Lets hope the DTI in the UK, do not get involved in this.

May 15 2007

Dear Diamonds,

Please find attached a copy of the guidelines that Amway will use to address reimbursing appropriate costs for event cancellation. To treat every situation equally Amway will not stray from these guidelines. We appreciate your cooperation in this process. This attachment addresses what costs Amway will cover, what is required before this cost will be address and the duration of this support. I hope that this will answer any questions you or your groups may have on this subject.

Sincerely

Ben Woodward
Branch Manager, Amway UK/RoI
Direct Tel:   01908 629420

GUIDELINES FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH CANCELLED MEETINGS:

Amway will consider offering reimbursement to IBOs who have planned events that now need to be cancelled due to the change of UK operations dated 4th May.

Before reimbursement will be considered by Amway the following needs to take place:
1. Evidence provided to Amway to satisfy them that the meeting has been cancelled (a formalised letter sent out to the group by the provider of the meeting for example).
2. Refunds offered to those who have purchased tickets.
3. All refunds have been processed and documents that support this are provided to Amway.
4. All other supporting documentation that relates to the reimbursement are provided to Amway. This would include copies of contracts signed with venues that evidence cancellation fees are required, invoices that demonstrate charges have been made etc.
5. Amway requires that meetings be cancelled promptly in response to our original requests for suspending such events.

Amway considers its reimbursement of venue costs as appropriate support. No costs associated with speaker fees, travel arrangements, accommodation etc will be reimbursed. These are the costs of doing business and will remain the responsibility of the IBO. No other costs outside of venue fees will be reimbursed.

Reimbursement as mentioned above will apply only to those meetings that were scheduled, booked and promoted prior to May 4th and were due to take place from that date (May 4th) up to the date that meeting suspensions are lifted.

Please note that failure to reimburse ticket-holders could result in Amway seeking such reimbursement on behalf of the ticket-holder, from bonuses of responsible ticket-sellers.

From:  Ben Woodward
    Sent: 05/16/2007 10:00 AM GDT
    Subject: Important clarification to my note of yesterday re: cancellation costs

Dear Leader,

After further clarification from my upline, we need to clarify that any venue costs that Amway will consider will be in the form of a loan deducted from your bonuses. Therefore, ultimately Amway cannot bear any net financial liability for the cancellation of meetings for which tickets have been sold.

We appreciate your co-operation and understanding at this time.

Yours sincerely,

Ben Woodward
Branch Manager, Amway UK/RoI
Direct Tel:   01908 629420

Source: MLMLeads.eu

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