I'll stick with my 30.00 buck oil change 1 2.5 gallon jug of shell and a ac filter other then shell I only run the Mobil Delvac 1300 thats 8.50 a gallon at Wally Worlds.
As with any pyramid scheme the motto is "Push, Push, Push" although I used to run Amsoil I see no real benefits to it. I am not comfortable running my oil for 10k+ between changes and therefore I don't see the benefit. I run Mobil 1 Synthetic because it's reasonably priced and my motor runs just fine with it. I think as with a lot of things in the diesel community people overanalyze everything and are so GD paranoid about a friend of a friend whose cousins brothers kids nephew had a truck that they didn't run Amsoil (or other said overrated product) in and it had a catastrophic failure. Guess what...there are plenty of diesels out there that have run for 100's of thousands of miles without synthetic this or Amsoil that without any premature failure. Although I'm no engineer like our friend KB if regular off the shelf oil is good enough for every other diesel motor it's good enough for mine.
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Ugh. Mike, do you even know what a pyramid scheme is? Since you're saying being an Amsoil dealer sounds like a pyramid scheme, I'm guessing not.
The first and most important attribute is that a pyramid scheme involves only money, which the Amsoil obviously does not.
Amsoil dealerships are no more a pyramid scheme than being a PPE dealer or Diablo dealer....
Back the the regularly scheduled ranting
tell me why that doesn't look like a pyramid scheme? Or is it just a 'one of a kind' business model that Amsoil created along with their hundreds of articles to sell this to their dealers.Person X may own a motorcycle and have a requirement for motorcycle engine oil. This person X goes on to become a distributor and while using the engine oil for the motorcycle, also recognizes that most people in the community have cars and other vehicles, for which they have a constant requirement for various types of motor oil. All people X needs to do is approach these people and let them know that the product they require, would be stocked by him/her. In this manner, person X would e able to develop a sales network.
However, there’s more to the network marketing system than this. Person X would also have the opportunity to recommend and introduce another person (lets call this person Y) to become a distributor. X may introduce as many people that are willing to become distributors. When Y invests in the starter kit, person X would avail of an introducer’s fee. Such a fee would also be made available to the person who introduced X as a distributor as well, and so on up the chain of introducers – up to a certain limit. The more people X introduces, the more fees person X would make. Other than this fee of introduction, person also receives a small percentage of compensation for any product that Y sells. This is called residual income and is the key to network marketing.
Yea I am pretty sure I know what one is and how it works... and yes pyrmid schemes do have products to back them, usually a shitty product that nobody buys, but its there to create a market.
Maybe amsoil doesnt appear to be much of one, as its called network marketing, but if you look closely it resembles one pretty good.
Its apparent some amsoil dealers dont even know the marketing tactic they are lead into.
tell me why that doesn't look like a pyramid scheme? Or is it just a 'one of a kind' business model that Amsoil created along with their hundreds of articles to sell this to their dealers.
Another thing, EVERYTIME a dealer talks to me about product, he mentions he can "Sign me up" as a dealer to save more. Do you know why that is? brainwashbrainwashbrainwashbrainwashbrainwash
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"High Price" is a negative... Keep drinking the Koolaid. It seems to be working for you...
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Huh, I pay less than 30 a gallon for amsoil intercepter their ves 2cycle oil for my snowmobile. I go to the dealer and buy the polaris 2cycle ves oil for 39 a gallon. To me that looks like amsoil is cheaper. Sure a few of their products are more expensive but being a dealer and using several of their products at a discounted rate. I come out ahead. Again each is their own.
Mike I understand there are way pushy dealers. I have seen them too. There are always a few bad apples in every basket. I am mainly a dealer for the discount. I sell just to friends at cost. I would never try and make money at it. I guess some do and get greedy and pushy. Don't lump all of us in with the a$$holes.
Can I interest anyone in some "MonaVie"?