Critics, Advocates (and Rich DeVos?) Think True IBO Stories is Irresponsible

After 6 weeks of waiting, here is a link to the new "True (Quixtar) IBO Stories" post.

There was one line in the story that seemed to strike a chord with Quixtar critics and advocates:

When I got back, I didn’t check with my broke friends or some loser on the web.  And I didn’t check with my wife.

I find it sad that this guy wouldn’t have the courtesy to check with his wife about a business. Of course I know that this gibberish is (still) being drilled into the heads of IBOs from their "leaders".

Here is what is being said by other bloggers about the story:

Drew from Quixtar Blog:

What kind of friend would belittle his other friends in
such a manner as this IBO did? If all of your friends are broke and
their opinion is worth nothing to you, then are they really your
friends, or does that mean that your friendship is simply that shallow?

Insider from The Truth About Amway – Quixtar:

While I agree with the wisdom of not getting business advice from those
without success in the field, years ago Rich De Vos had quite a bit to
say about IBOs (then distributors) calling other people losers, and he
was not impressed. Yet here we have our very first "true IBO story"
spreading the very meme Rich De Vos spoke against.

Here is what Rich DeVos has to say via his Directly Speaking series:

I hear that very often. “There’s winners and losers. Are you a
winner? Are you a loser?” Almost insulting people who don’t sign up.
You even got bad terminology. “We’re the winners. Over here are the
losers in life.” They’re not losers. They may have a richer, fuller
life than those of you that got fancy cars and new clothes or big rings
have got. You know, they — Life is not geared by materialism. You do
not decide who’s a winner or a loser. There’s too — Life is too
complicated for that. We must make sure we always speak of everybody
being a winner, even though they may have different goals. My plea here
is that when you have a program, you make sure you have people on there
who are making $100.00 and thrilled with it, as well as those who make
more.