Rodney McKay
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So my girlfriend has been looking into a thing call World Wide Group or World Wide Dream Builders and I was wondering if this is some kind of harmful pyramid scam.
From what I could find online, WWDB sounds like it was a business made by Amway to get people to join Amway, but what my girlfriend is describing to me sounds less scummy than what I've heard about Amway.
Basically if she pays $100 or so she gets a website that is essentially her "business". All the website is is a portal that let's you (and the people you give the link to) buy stuff from a bunch of different companies at a discounted price (Macy's, Home Depot, Apple, etc, but also Amway). The more stuff you spend through this portal, the more "points" you get, and the more "points" you get the more you're paid at the end of the month (or something like that). I worked for a tech company that offered a similar portal and rewards program to employees and it was pretty nice.
There're also apparently perks like getting to write off certain things on your taxes relating to your site (like going on a vacation but if you get someone to use your site on the vacation it's suddenly a "business trip").
She has been going to some meetings and interviews in the last few days with (seemingly) nice people and is getting more interested in at least trying it out. She's not looking at a way to" make millions" and stuff, more as a way to get discounts from stores she already goes to regularly and get discount for her friends too, so I'm not worried about her becoming one of those people that gets taken in by the cult of Amway and it becomes their life's goal to sell the products to everyone they know and meet.
Has anyone had experience with this company? My worry is that it's so closely linked with Amway, but it doesn't seem exactly the same from what I can tell.
I've told my girlfriend to be cautious before doing anything and the fact that she's really only interested in the discounts (as opposed to a way to make money or "get rich quick") makes me less worried about her getting as obsessed as the hardcore Amway people can get.
From what I could find online, WWDB sounds like it was a business made by Amway to get people to join Amway, but what my girlfriend is describing to me sounds less scummy than what I've heard about Amway.
Basically if she pays $100 or so she gets a website that is essentially her "business". All the website is is a portal that let's you (and the people you give the link to) buy stuff from a bunch of different companies at a discounted price (Macy's, Home Depot, Apple, etc, but also Amway). The more stuff you spend through this portal, the more "points" you get, and the more "points" you get the more you're paid at the end of the month (or something like that). I worked for a tech company that offered a similar portal and rewards program to employees and it was pretty nice.
There're also apparently perks like getting to write off certain things on your taxes relating to your site (like going on a vacation but if you get someone to use your site on the vacation it's suddenly a "business trip").
She has been going to some meetings and interviews in the last few days with (seemingly) nice people and is getting more interested in at least trying it out. She's not looking at a way to" make millions" and stuff, more as a way to get discounts from stores she already goes to regularly and get discount for her friends too, so I'm not worried about her becoming one of those people that gets taken in by the cult of Amway and it becomes their life's goal to sell the products to everyone they know and meet.
Has anyone had experience with this company? My worry is that it's so closely linked with Amway, but it doesn't seem exactly the same from what I can tell.
I've told my girlfriend to be cautious before doing anything and the fact that she's really only interested in the discounts (as opposed to a way to make money or "get rich quick") makes me less worried about her getting as obsessed as the hardcore Amway people can get.
