Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Agel Enterprises - Is It A Scam? Why I Left Agel

By Joshua Valentine

On the face of it, Agel Enterprises represent all that is good about a business. Products are good, or at least they look good. Leaders are good, or least they look competent. Then why did an ordinary mortal like me leave that wonderful world of opportunities?

In Agel's scheme, each person's team members, who are recruited by him, are divided into two sections of bigger and smaller lines. The person gets $200 for recruiting someone into the bigger line or executive group, and gets $35 for recruiting someone into the lesser line or personal group. Besides this, he gets a commission based on the volume of products these team members sell. The amount of money he can make depends upon his ability to keep alive such a team. In other words, in order to stay alive in Agel's marketing system, one has to recruit people the way an army recruiter does during war times. Without this chain of paratrooper under him, the money a member earns is minimal. He just receives $6.50 for every two cases sold from his designated volume. A specific volume of products are automatically shipped to team members every month and charged accordingly. This system is known as autoship.

Agel's categories of nutritional supplements are packaged in a gel. The products are touted to give people optimum health. Maybe it will, but at the company's rate of pricing, a family of four can remain healthy only by shelling out at least $800 on nutritional supplements. The products are, anyway, seductively packed and those who can afford may now and then choose to flirt a little with any of these. For others, it is better to go in for fresh fruits or salads to find their nutrition rather than get it suspended in Agel's gel.

Agel cannot be relied upon to provide a steady income. Income is dependent solely on the high number of enlistments one can make. In practical experience it is found that most people cannot manage it. Enlists drop out all the time. Though there could be small bursts of successes when team enrolment is high, it is disappointing most of the time.

Everything about Agel is mediocre. Their business plan is nothing to write home about. Nor are their products exceptionally good. It may not be a fraud because they are not cheating anyone. But then it is not very good also. - 15485

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