Mike
Walla Walla,#2Consumer Comment
Fri, July 28, 2006
Tammy your daughter is one of many that fall for this con. Its no different than the kids traveling nationwide selling magazines door to door. All the managers in business like these are greedy, evil individuals. The sad thing is you could tell every watchdog group in the world and nothing will be done. I started in the door to door magazine sales business in 1989(Regretably) and worked in it off and on until a couple years ago(finally unbrainwashed myself and got a real job). I have no doubt that if not for your sceptisim she would have stayed at it alot longer. I'm not saying your daughter is not intellegent enough to figure it out herself but what most parents dont relize is young people but up with these "bosses" because they are together with a group of people there own age away from mom and dad. Without being there I can tell you there is a very good chance that every night she was away she and her peers partied it up. These scams will always be profitable for the person running the show because they can always hide behind the good ole' "Independant Contractor Agreement" and alot of laywers. We would sell magazine subscribtions to people for 20-100 dollars for a year or two and a 5-8(changed over the years)HANDLING FEE which the full amount was pocketed by the company owners and manager that ran "the crew". Magazines then and now cost the company anywere from 50-3.00 a year. Like your daughter needing to use her own car to travel we paid 1/3 of our hotel room cost per day(12/day). Lucky for us we used company vehicles. Anyway my point is this goes on in every city and state in america. Whether its magazines,perfume,vaccums ect...the only one getting paid is the Man In Charge.
Tammy
Lake Hopatcong,#3Consumer Comment
Thu, July 27, 2006
I wrote the original post, and ten minutes later thought of something else disturbing to add to it. Now, when my daughter was told she would be going out of state on a business trip, I was concerned. I asked her to please contact me and let me know where she was staying, etc.. Contact information. I received no call. Now, understandly, the ultimate responsibility is on her shoulders as she is a young adult, but she later informed me that they are told they are not allowed to use their cell phones while working (and their working hours, unpaid I might add, had evolved into dawn to dusk), as it creates an unprofessional appearance. Please.. How professional is pandering perfume to begin with? And worse, when I *did* contact her while she was away she only spoke to me for a few brief moments and said she had to go as if she'd be getting in trouble. So.. for parents, etc. concerned.. this outfit's tactics, which seem to be scripted and textbook by the internet material available on Scentura scammers, could potentially be dangerous to your loved one.