Quixtar is a new, online version of Amway. It is legal. It is not a "pyramid scheme."
I would expect the "lefties" to bash it because the people in it tend to be very conservative.
It is like anything else (flying for example.) Some people get way too involved in it and start looking at everyone as a "potential distributor." I think it is a terrific business model except for the vertical nature of the relationships. Everyone is either "upline" or "downline" from you and you are discouraged from exchanging information "crossline."
Still, I learned some amazing business techniques and principles from Amway and Quixtar. We don't actively recruit anymore, but we do subscribe to the "Ditto Delivery System" which is amazingly accurate in determining when you will be needing the household items such as Shampoo, Conditioner, tooth paste, etc.
Most MLMs have amazing, terrific products which are unfortunately accompanied by a high price, loaded up to pay all the people between you and the company.
The Quixtar plan has the lowest prices of any MLM I know, and it maintains a constant relatinoship with the FTC to make sure it is
always legal.
Eagle's link up there shows some distributors behaving badly and a bunch of urban legends about Amway/Quixtar. Which leads to my next point.
Quixtar feels that it should not exercise that much control over some of their distributor groups in a free enterprise system. As a result, some of them of course, will abuse and/or bend the rules. Many of them require you to subscribe to weekly tape programs which should be optional. (Team In Focus comes to mind here - a group which split from Quixtar Icon Dexter Yager.) They do lots of Ra Ra stuff at the rallies, which can be enjoyable or annoying, depending on your mood at the time I guess
The Partner Stores program is great! You can buy thngs from companies like Bass Pro Shops, Office Max, etc at regular prices and still get pts for it.
My advice? Check it out thoroughly, especially the people you will be involved with. It may or may not be for you. If it is going to make you go head over heels and start bothering everybody even after they say "NO" a few times, then
please don't do it!