There's a rumor out there that in April of 2000, the IBOAI conducted a “Confidential Competitive Analysis” of Quixtar products. FALSE.
There is no record of any such analysis in minutes of Board and Committee meetings. There were, at a couple of different points in time, INFORMAL comparisons of Quixtar products with other commercial products made by a handful of IBO leaders and members of their downline. One such comparison helped Board representatives, on behalf of all IBOS, negotiate favorable pricing for energy bars with Quixtar.
Can the IBOAI provide proof about the "negotiated" pricing with the energy bars? If there was pricing being renegotiated, wouldn't formal documentation be available? I believe it would be in all IBO interests to see the documentation, minus any confidental information.
[Moderator: Obviously the Corporation sets all prices - to do otherwise is in violation of law. The "negotiation" was informal, not formal. And even if there was a record, it would be confidential, as is any discussion of product pricing. Manufacturers/suppliers/distributors in the for-profit sector would never negotiate if details of those negotiations were made public. What is for the record is the successful results.]
Posted by: BenE | March 01, 2008 at 08:23 PM