deelmakur and oz,

Please note the last sentence of my last post: "Regardless of whether you accept the numbers given me by the CO agent, my premise that Plats are a small percentage of all CO Elites still stands!"

We could go on ad nauseum on the actual numbers, and it may very well turn out that your numbers might be more correct than mine. We just don't have hard numbers, and I'm just as skeptical as you are about anything said by Elite line agents, who are not known for their accuracy.

But, the actual numbers aren't really very important. You made my point when you said that "As for gold and silver, they really pump those out, specifically silver." And oz stated, that "The gold and silver as on all plans fans out like a pyramid. It pans out pretty much like that on all schemes."

Exactly my point!!! Forget the numbers! Plats are a very small percentage of all Elites! My point is that CO has managed to alienate and disenfranchise the numerical majority of their Elites in order to give a marginal benefit to a small minority.

Granted, that small minority gives CO a large chunk of business, but I doubt if the marginal benefits will motivate them to spend even more money on CO. And I doubt if the old call-in system drove any away from CO.

Prior to EUA, Silvers and Golds were able to get upgrades fairly consistently. Under EUA, upgrades are becoming increasingly nonexistent!

I honestly believe that EUA, without a major overhaul, will motivate a very large percentage of that large Gold/Silver base to look elsewhere! And even though Plats give CO a larger per capita amount of business, I'm sure their Golds/Silvers give them a much larger aggregate amount of business, due to their large numbers!

This is a very substantial chunk of business that CO will lose, without a corresponding increase in business from Plats. Definitely not an equation that will make their Accounting Dept. smile!


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