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Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies
AP via Fox News ^ | 12/7/04 | Unknown

Posted on 12/07/2004 1:04:29 PM PST by Pest

Amway Co-Founder Jay Van Andel Dies Tuesday, December 07, 2004 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jay Van Andel (search), the co-founder of Amway Corp. (search) who helped parlay neighborhood soap sales into a billion-dollar business and later became a leading philanthropist for conservative causes, has died.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: amway; greatman; jayvanandel; obituary
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To: MineralMan

RIP, Mr Van Andel.

Unfortunately, they ran your business into the ground. It's shameful compared to what you made it.


61 posted on 12/07/2004 3:17:38 PM PST by xzins (Retired Army and Proud of It!)
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To: mict42

ROTFLMAO


62 posted on 12/07/2004 3:20:59 PM PST by y2k_free_radical
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To: usafsk

you,sir,are correct


63 posted on 12/07/2004 3:23:59 PM PST by y2k_free_radical
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To: usafsk

based on the multitude of little people working for nothinhg or losing money


64 posted on 12/07/2004 3:26:12 PM PST by y2k_free_radical
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To: usafsk

How about a great salesman?


65 posted on 12/07/2004 3:29:57 PM PST by em2vn
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

You're bad. LOL!


66 posted on 12/07/2004 5:19:54 PM PST by EveningStar
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To: Pest

Buried with her SA-8 and LOC...garbage that made them billions of dollars.....


67 posted on 12/07/2004 7:57:10 PM PST by Cardician (This is a Republic not a democray, let us keep it that way.)
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To: RedWhiteBlue

Do not liken it to a religion, it is closer aligned to a cult. There is a difference.


68 posted on 12/07/2004 7:58:19 PM PST by Cardician (This is a Republic not a democray, let us keep it that way.)
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

They don't have to die! They just have to use the services of the mortician and recruit other people to use the services of the mortician.


69 posted on 12/07/2004 8:08:06 PM PST by tiki (Won one against the Flipper)
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To: Pest

the company that has split more churches and friendships than any other I know. ... dont bother refuting it I will never change my mind on it.


70 posted on 12/07/2004 8:31:24 PM PST by Walkingfeather (q)
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To: mict42

It is not a pyramid. Many people below a sponsor make much more money.


71 posted on 12/07/2004 9:36:17 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Constitution Day

Why are you so sarcastic? Many people work very hard as entrepeneurs -- owning their own business.


72 posted on 12/07/2004 9:41:37 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Pest

Thanks for speaking the truth here -- it seems that many are uneducated about what the VanAndel and DeVos families have done for the Republican Party and for America in general.


73 posted on 12/07/2004 9:43:32 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: cccellar

Thank you for you remarks -- some people were way off base here.


74 posted on 12/07/2004 9:44:13 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: AmishDude

Your remarks are ofofensive and out of order here. This man was a great Republican and a great American.


75 posted on 12/07/2004 9:46:16 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: usafsk

You are vastly misinformed.


76 posted on 12/07/2004 9:47:25 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: birbear

**From my experience there were two (or more) totally different forms of AMWAY. I think Van Andel and De Vos basic idea was genius. I sell to my friends and family, they sell to their friends and family, they in turn sell to their friends and family,*8

And this is exactly what Karl Rove patterned the neighborhood home parties support Bush/Cheney after in the lead up to this election. Rove is no dummy. The system worked well. (In both the business and in the elction cases.)


77 posted on 12/07/2004 9:54:41 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Cardician

Those remarks weren't needed.


78 posted on 12/07/2004 9:57:29 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Cardician
Actually Amway's products were often better than "Brand name" products purchased at the grocery store.

At the pizza dive I worked at, we all made fun of the owner for being involved with Amway, but nothing made the floors shine and the silverware sparkle than the Amway soaps and cleaners.
79 posted on 12/07/2004 10:00:42 PM PST by birbear (Whiskey for my men, beer for my horses.)
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To: Puppage
Something about Amway didn't gel with me when I was first introduced to it in the mid 80's. I never became involved with it heavily although I knew an old friend who did. He wasted a lot of time and effort for nothing. It was based on charm and subterfuge, not merit and openness.
80 posted on 12/07/2004 10:03:15 PM PST by Bandaneira (The Third Temple/House for All Nations/World Peace Centre...Coming Soon...)
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