It was because of this guy (stranger) that I met in 711 store closeby who introduced himself,
looked very friendly, and assured me that if I come to the conference, it would be a very good business opportunity,
how I coudl make big bucks, bla bla bla, and asked me to wear business suit for the conference.
So I went to one of their introductory meeting held in a nice hotel conference room in Virginia.
I found bunch of Indian folks along with other folks wearing business dress trying hard to convince the participants.
I remember one of them was saying that he just upgraded his car from Lexus to BMW lol. At the tiem I didn't have car, and it did sound too good to be true.
After the event, I felt that I wasted my time, and in a way lied to.
I was pretty naive as I had only been to the US for less than a year.
 
For most people it may seem easy, but the reality, I think, is way different.
I just find it awkward that your friend (!) told you that Amway is not a pyramidal scheme.
Like all pyramid scheme, people who benefit are those on the top, those few people who have been with the scheme since the beginning.
Most people can't go on with the activites, dedication and time needed to garner profit.
By now, I would think that most people are aware of these business scheme, (there's also dateline show exposing how fradulant these pyramidal scheme is),
so it would be hard to get good number of people to sign up, hence in the end, frutration craves in, you lose your friends in most cases.