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Petitioners continued their allegedly business-related
travel in 2000. During 2000 they traveled to Atlanta, Georgia,
from January 14-16; Knoxville, Tennessee, from March 3-5;
Greensboro, North Carolina, from May 5-7; a Renaissance hotel at
an unspecified location from June 30 through July 2; Columbia,
South Carolina, from July 22-23; and Atlanta from November 4-5.
In addition to the travel-related expenses, petitioners also
had expenses of $3,571 in 1999 and $710 in 2000 for professional
books and other materials that were part of Amway’s “training
program”. These books were recommended by petitioners’ upline
network and may be described as general self-motivation books.
Petitioners also purchased various audio tapes that included
stories told by other Amway distributors of how they built
successful networks.
As noted above, petitioners’ revenue from the Amway activity
for the years in issue was minimal, and even that amount was
attributable in part to petitioners’ purchases of household goods
for their own personal use. When asked about how they intended
to turn their losses into profits, Mr. Ollett responded: “The
only way I can solve it is to talk to more people. And there, in
essence, is the challenge that I have, which is finding those
people”.
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