Door-to-Door Magazine Selling Kids: Protecting Yourself While Helping Them
It may have happened in your neighborhood: the doorbell rings. At the door, a clean-cut young adult smiles at you, brochures in hand. "Hey, listen, I'm trying to win points toward a scholarship, and I'm hoping you can help me out." He extends his hand to shake yours, and you extend your housework-stained hand to him. "Great! My name's Jim. Your neighbor Julie just told me you might be interested in taking a look at this." And he places a brochure into the hand you don't quite jerk back fast enough.
What just happened? Most people assume the following:
The kid's from around here; if you ask, he might cite the local high school or a community college.
FALSE.
The kid's really looking for ways to raise college money.
FALSE.
You're pretty safe in this situation.
FALSE.
The kid at your doorstep is a predator.
TRUE.
There is no way this predatorial embryonic salescreep is a victim.
VERY, VERY FALSE.
The Truth About Door To Door Magazine Sales
The typical young person engaging in this kind of activity is often even younger than he or she appears, but most are at least eighteen. They've been recruited by "no experience necessary - high paying sales" classified advertisements, usually in lower-income neighborhoods or mid-size cities. The sales manager gets them in, reels them in with a sales shpiel, and convinces them that, no, there are no positions left here in your hometown, but if you'll join us, we're driving over to Dayton (always a town hundreds of miles away) and you can work with us there for a while before coming back here.
After a hard-sell pitch, enthusiastic encouragement by the other young salespeople, and a pack of lies about the great future there is for the kids who go through this process, the young person -- almost always naive and inexperienced -- joins the van crew. He or she is in for a big surprise.
Life In A Door-To-Door Sales Crew
What just happened? Most people assume the following:
The kid's from around here; if you ask, he might cite the local high school or a community college.
FALSE.
The kid's really looking for ways to raise college money.
FALSE.
You're pretty safe in this situation.
FALSE.
The kid at your doorstep is a predator.
TRUE.
There is no way this predatorial embryonic salescreep is a victim.
VERY, VERY FALSE.
The Truth About Door To Door Magazine Sales
The typical young person engaging in this kind of activity is often even younger than he or she appears, but most are at least eighteen. They've been recruited by "no experience necessary - high paying sales" classified advertisements, usually in lower-income neighborhoods or mid-size cities. The sales manager gets them in, reels them in with a sales shpiel, and convinces them that, no, there are no positions left here in your hometown, but if you'll join us, we're driving over to Dayton (always a town hundreds of miles away) and you can work with us there for a while before coming back here.
After a hard-sell pitch, enthusiastic encouragement by the other young salespeople, and a pack of lies about the great future there is for the kids who go through this process, the young person -- almost always naive and inexperienced -- joins the van crew. He or she is in for a big surprise.
Life In A Door-To-Door Sales Crew
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Opey MuthaFuckin Tailor POWER AGENT
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01/25/2010
oh and btw only fuckin douchebags like this so called "magazine thug" below who would wab every fuckin day and has no pride in himself would get on the internet and bitch and moan every fuckin other line fuck you dude!!! I bet you got big gulpped your first fuckin week!! they curbbed you didnt they??? Get off the roof you little fuckin bitch MAGazine Thug??? dont make me fuckin laugh!!!ill cum2 wherre your at, be balls deep in a fat bitch on territory, have u wlk in2 me bonin your mom, youll say what r u doing, & ill say nuttin' then Ill sell you and that piece of rabbit fur you rub on your dick every bnight teen ppl cuz ill get double the points bitch
Opey MuthaFuckin Tailor POWER AGENT
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01/25/2010
oh and btw only fuckin douchebags like this so called "magazine thug" below who would wab every fuckin day and has no pride in himself would get on the internet and bitch and moan every fuckin other line fuck you dude!!! I bet you got big gulpped your first fuckin week!! they curbbed you didnt they??? Get off the roof you little fuckin bitch MAGazine Thug??? dont make me fuckin laugh!!!ill cum2 wherre your at, be balls deep in a fat bitch on territory, have u wlk in2 me bonin your mom, youll say what r u doing, & ill say nuttin' then Ill sell you and that piece of rabbit fur you rub on your dick every bnight teen ppl cuz ill get double the points bitch
Opey MuthaFuckin Tailor
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01/25/2010
yall are fuckin retardid of course its a scam!!! but look at it this way, it is a hard fucking job and we take shit from ppl all over america non fuckin stop from the joust to the tick tack they hate us why? because were mixed up youth who have made a few mistakes and cant get jobs elsewhere? I did my five fucking years in prison, paid my debt2 society, and u still wont let me work? fuck you so what do we do to feed our families? we use our gift of gab and the undeniable urge to make good money.. Fuckin sue us.. would you do it to feed your twin daughters born with lukiemia? by any mutha fuckin means, btw startin another crew up and ashton kan get butt hurt all he ants you want me douchebag? kum find me, we both lost a nutt what now bro? u wnt to join the highest paid crew with the lowest priced books? try mine BNP bugging the neighbors program, 52 % of all not a front or a fuckin balance,%48 percent goes to crew fees opeytailor@yahoo.com SLAP
mag agent for 7 years now!!!!!
former magazine thug
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01/19/2010
to in the struggle....that money promise is ficticious. you will receive ok money at first and that will be bait...you can easily be trapped in this world, please research the company on the internet and you will see it is a sweatshop and extremelly dangerous. I did it for 3 yrs and am still traumasized to this day..don't do it!!!
In the struggle now: I hope you've read the other comments throughout this thread and do your homework on the company you have that offer from. Many of these companies promise $500/week (or similar guarantees) but then charge you for everything, even things you were promised for free. Once you're hundreds of miles from home with no resources, you're out of luck. Try it if you must, but at least have a backup plan.
in the struggle now
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01/19/2010
everything is what you make it. just because you got scammed or pushed over doesnt mean everyone will. im a young person that graduated very high in my class and just cannot afford to pass up making the money. 500 a week while they pay for room and travel. i mean its not a life for me of course but it can help me stack some money for college and living. build yourself a life?? with what bricks sir? I worked all day everyday pulling in as many lawn and landscaping jobs possible in South MS and when winter hit i had nothing hardly. work at UPS now but only part time because they dont allow full time employees, so... off i go!!!
Former mag thug
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01/11/2010
And yes..... they do not give a dam about you. To anyone who may stumble upon these comments who sell door to door.....
I know it's a rush, you think you are seeing the country, you have virtually no responsibilities, but please take your skills that you have learned and find a job in sales in your hometown. Every business owner who has products that they want to push will pay a talented salesperson big money FOR REAL. I make 6 figures now and what I sell in much easier than pushing unwanted mags door to door for some rich thug in Florida. Check it out ASAP and good luck. That job is a sweat shop and you lose touch with reality. Build a life for yourself.
Former mag thug
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01/11/2010
Most of these "kids" were uneducated rejects looking to escape reality. We were very easy to manipulate and the management was great at it. You have to understand that this business will always be there and the crimes associated with it will thrive because of who is hired. I feel sorry for those involved because they do not realize what a terrible hell this job is.. I didn't until I left. Sorry for those who have been scammed and victimized but we were naive and brainwashed and they still are. The magazine crews pick up all the crappy kids even the military didn't want. The manipulation was more powerful than anyone could imagine.
Visited by Mag Crew....
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01/04/2010
Yep, i was visited by a very charming YOUNG lady pushing overpriced magazines for scholarship points.
Ive made it a point of pride that i can usually size people up in just a few minutes, and i can shoot a line of bull better than most Psychologist.
This girl was hot sweaty and hadnt slept.
She was a great con artist and a trained observer. Also most girls here would NOT enter the home of man they didnt know well.
She was a little to touchy feely for comfort which i suppose was her way of putting you off guard.
There are too many fast food jobs out there to work in these sweat shops. Its true most youngsters crave stimulation and adventure.... nothing wrong with that, but remember that there are people out there who crave the money you can make them.
You are working for some old geezer who drive a Bently and who has a trophy wife, who doesnt give a Darn about you.
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