AMSOIL- A brief history

STEVE07

My opinion of Amsoil is quite low,as many of you know.This is not so much because of the product,but because of the way it is marketed.They use multi level marketing,or pyramid marketing which while not illegal is immoral in my opinion,below are some facts,I have researched them and found them to be accurate

Corporate structure
Amsoil markets their products through a Multi-Level Marketing (MLM) network of Dealers who sell to defined customer types known as wholesale customers, retail accounts and commercial accounts.

Amsoil also wholly owns and manages a MLM subsidiary called Altrum, which markets multivitamins, water filters, cleaning products and gardening fertilizer.[3]


Multi-level marketing (MLM), also known as Network Marketing, is a marketing strategy that compensates promoters of direct selling companies not only for product sales they personally generate, but also for the sales of others they introduced to the company. The products and company are usually marketed directly to consumers and potential business partners by means of relationship referrals and word of mouth marketing.[1].


The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a decision, In re Amway Corp., in 1979 in which it indicated that multi-level marketing was not illegal per se in the United States. However, Amway was found guilty of price fixing (by requiring "independent" distributors to sell at the low price) and making exaggerated income claims.[8]

The FTC advises that multi-level marketing organizations with greater incentives for recruitment than product sales are to be viewed skeptically. The FTC also warns that the practice of getting commissions from recruiting new members is outlawed in most states as "pyramiding".[6] In April 2006, it proposed a Business Opportunity Rule intended to require all sellers of business opportunities—including MLMs—to provide enough information to enable prospective buyers to make an informed decision about their probability of earning money.

In March 2008, the FTC removed Network Marketing (MLM) companies from the proposed Business Opportunity Rule:

The revised proposal, however, would not reach multi-level marketing companies or certain companies that may have been swept inadvertently into scope of the April 2006 proposal.[9]


Unfortunately Amsoil falls into this last category and is still operating
Steve

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smitty901

Sad product is really not bad but why do business with them.
I saw how they were years ago when they went after the trucking industry

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glider

Wow Steve, when I saw the name of the topic, you almost got banned

Now take the Amsoil and put it out at the curb.

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Hobbit

i saw and thought who posted this then saw Steve and was what is he doing i hope Glider dont see this then read it and was like pheeeewwwww!!!!!

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kemo

I have stopped supporting Amsoil because I am finding it to expensive with shipping and currency exchange. I will use Rotella syn in my diesel truck and continue with M/1 Vtwin in the bikes. I send my wife to Costco for Castrol syn oil change because I cann't buy the oil and filter as cheap as they do the service. Plus they also do nitrogen tire service free as part of her lube package.

Big Papa Jerry

So, is Amsoil a bad product -or- is it just the way it is being sold? Just wanted to know since this is whats in my bike.

glider

It's not actually a bad product just the marketing of it, but there are better IMO that I have found.

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jkelley

And those products would be in your opinion?

TQuentin1

Check here:

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TQ

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RSQCAL

I will be making some changes for next year. Amsoil is just the easiest full synthetic to get around here as it is carried by Fleet Farm.