I used to be an IBO at Quixtar. I got out after a year. I joined because a good friend of mine, who I respected immensely and still do, introduced me to it. The business model looks excellent, at least on paper or on the white-board as they often show in Quixtar meetings. And it might not be outright hoax like some other pyramid schemes. But... yes, there is always this but... Illicit or uncomfortable and difficult is probably an adequate depiction. The reasons I got out are as follows: 1. It devastates your personal relationships. Since the Quixtar business model is based on making your friends and family your customers and encouraging them to do the same thing, you are bringing business to your personal life. And that, in most instances, will destroy your relationships. Suddenly, you will find your friends avoiding you. Why? Because you always talk about making them your business pawn. 2. Greed is prevalent. No matter how you skin this cat, it is what it is, manifestation of greed. The reason you join Quixtar is because you want to be rich. And as you become an IBO and go to their seminars and meetings and read their books and listen to their CDs and watch their DVDs, one common denominator is GREED. Michael Douglas, in Wall Street, said, "Greed is Good." Well, Quixtar will make you believe, "Greed is Great." 3. I was told that this was something you do on a side with minimal commitment of time and effort. That ain't so. You will need to put in extraordinary amount of time and effort, and even then, you will not make much. They tell you to go to Walmart and Target and other stores and approach strangers in order to convince them to join in as IBO. I don't know about others, but for me that would require lot of time that I do not have and very thick skin for rejections. So who benefits, it's the top guy in your line, not you. 4.Your whole life gets engulfed by this Quixtar. You talk about it all the time with your family and friends. You think about it all the time. You will have a house full of Quixtar products and your livingroom will be dedicated to be showcase of Quixtar products for your down-line and prospective IBOs. You will listen to their CDs in your house and in your car. You will read their books every day. You go to their meetings every week, maybe several times a week. You go to their conferences, spending your own money of course, several times a year. This is what they tell you to do. No wonder you will be thoroughly brainwashed. I got out. I apologized to those who I talked into becoming IBOs. They were quite relieved. I apologized to my friend who got me in, because it was not his fault, as it was my decision. He is still an IBO, I think, and is doing very well, but that is because of his education, good job and thoughtful financial investments, not because of Quixtar. (By the way, in one of the conferences, the top guy in the pyramid said, "Why do you want to educate your kids? So that they can work for somebody else? No, get them into Quixtar." At that very moment, I realized, I had to get out). So, my advice, if you see a guy asking you to join him to be a Quixtar IBO don't just walk away, RUN. You might want to watch this NBC Dateline's investigative report before you decide to join Quixtar. Part 1: Part 2: Good Luck!!!