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distributorship and to place the distributorship in Mrs. Meyer’s
sole name.
In addition to the $1,500 in negotiated child support to
which she was entitled, Mrs. Meyer hoped to receive from the
Amway distributorship “enough money so that I could continue
staying home with my kids.” In this regard, Mrs. Meyer estimated
that monthly Amway income of $1,000 would be sufficient to
sustain herself and her children. In order to produce that
income, Mrs. Meyer estimated that 25 “downline” distributors were
required, each of whom needed to purchase $200 of Amway products
for their personal use each month. In so estimating, Mrs. Meyer
relied on a profitability worksheet that was included with the
“9-4-2" plan given to her by her “upline” distributor.
Mrs. Meyer devoted “very little” time to making retail
sales. Rather, she “was out for distributors”. In this regard,
Mrs. Meyer attempted to recruit “downline” distributors by
“talking to anybody and everybody I knew. Anybody that shops.”
In order to talk to anyone who shops, Mrs. Meyer would frequent
public areas, such as churches, malls, and parks, in order to
make contacts so that she could “distribute hope back into
people’s lives.”.
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