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Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
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Mon, 25 Jan 1999 03:30:45 GMT
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <36abdc17.2168556@lugnet.com>...
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> I've got a little bit of authority to speak to this. My employer, Amway
> Corporation, has (from the organizational side of things) some
> similarities to TLG[1]. They are family-owned, multi-national
> companies. They have both been in a slump lately. Amway has already
> been through a period of downsizing.
Sure, but TLG isn't a pyramid scheme, so there's a big difference. Amway
has to hit a slump, because there's only so many people willing to sign on
as salespeople. TLG is a toy producer, and as long as it can produce
high-quality, creative toys, there isn't a real reason they should slump (of
course, quality and creativity are down, as are sales...hmmm...). TLG's
product is also vastly superior to other brands of building toys (at least
in popularity), while most of Amway's products can be easily substituted by
anything from the local store.
> MegaBlox picking up the canned from TLG depends on whether TLG has
> gotten contracts from workers, preventing them from working for
> competitors for some period of time.
MB could use those people, if they are the creative ones. For some reason,
it wouldn't surprise me if TLG gets rid of some of the old-school,
high-quality people. But I can also see their contracts keeping them from
working elsewhere.
Jesse
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| (...) Right. It was just a thought, albeit not necessarily a good one. MLM wouldn't work with lego because as you indicate, it's a toy: it couldn't generate enough cash to float because the product line is too narrow. Amway is really for people who (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
| | | Re: TLG press release - not a crisis?
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| (...) I don't want to get into depth with this, since I don't consider myself an Amway apologist. But I do have to say: Amway is *not* a pyramid scheme. If anyone wants to discuss this further, let's take it e-mail. Steve (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I've got a little bit of authority to speak to this. My employer, Amway Corporation, has (from the organizational side of things) some similarities to TLG[1]. They are family-owned, multi-national companies. They have both been in a slump (...) (26 years ago, 25-Jan-99, to lugnet.general)
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