While I agree with your commentators points about Amway having been too focused on new international markets rather than consolidating and improving existing markets, some basic maths proves his assertion that "the REALITY is that 95% of those who have managed to reach Diamond once" is false. The Amway Australia article on Amway Wiki lists 72 Diamonds and above. If 95% only reach Diamond once, then this means at most 4 have requalified at Diamond Four? The problem with that is that 28% of Australian Diamonds have gone on to reach levels higher than Diamond, which they can clearly only do by requalifying as Diamond as well, and many of these have qualified at these higher levels within the last decade. Clearly, unless there's more than 400 "unknown" Australian Diamonds (there isn't), the posters claims are bunk. If I look at the eight iboships who were already qualified at Diamond or above in the organisation I joined with 10 years ago in Australia five have gone on to qualify at higher levels. Whether the other three requalified or not I don't know, but clearly the rate is well above 5%. What's more, there's been at least 5 new Diamonds in that organisation in recent years. Perhaps your commentator needs to consider that IBO leadership matters as much, if not more, than any action (or inaction) that Amway may undertake. As for the removal of qualifiers based on a "rumour", it's my information that is completely false. I believe the people concerned were asked to sign a statutory declaration regarding their involvement with Amway's competitors. Clearly you do not want people working for and with the competition attending your private business conferences discussing future strategies. These people refused to sign the declarations, clearly removing any semblance of "rumour" from the belief they were working with the competition. Amway has faced serious challenges in various markets, and in my opinion there has been a failure of management and many IBO leaders to respond to market changes. It's a shame that, even with the "truth" being "bad enough", some folk feel the need to persist in spreading falsehoods.