The most common doortodoor scams involve selling meat, magazines, asphalt paving and alarm systems. Hundreds of young people trafficked into doortodoor. My favorite newspaper, the wall street journal, ran a fascinating article recently on how some authors are buying their way to bestseller lists. They will typically do this by convincing you to pay cash upfront for a service that is never rendered, or distracting you while an accomplice ransacks your home. In a report published on thursday, entitled knocking at your door, the antitrafficking. Labor exploitation on doortodoor sales crews global. Are doortodoor booksellers actually sex traffickers. Doortodoor scams sales, childrens books, household items. Shady characters go doortodoor selling everything from magazine subscriptions, meat and alarm systems to roofing and tree trimming services. Doortodoor charity magazine sales scam optimum reading.
Sid kirchheimer is the author of scamproof your life, published by aarp books sterling. They also spoke of traveling, it seems that they want to take you to a different city as. But the woman who showed up at her house selling magazines had a compelling story. In order to create our list of 9 best selling products doortodoor we used reddit and warrior forum as our sources to see what are the best selling products. He promised us it was a one time only purchase and wed get our books in a month or so. In west virginia, a salesman sold coupon books offering discounts at area businesses to benefit a youth achievement program at an area college. They claim you need no isbn number for your book, dont recommend s. They claim that you can make millions by selling door to door. In a door to door scam, the fraudster knocks on your door and typically offers a product or service, but their primary goal is to steal from you.
Some door to door salesman burglars may not lure you into the door to door water heater scams, door to door childrens book scams, candy sales scam or door to door alarm scams. There have been abductions from this scam in other states. Scams arent just something for buyers to be aware of sellers can be common targets, too. It may include services such as home maintenance services such as pest control, garden maintenance, building or roof repairs, insurance or homecare products. Dont let the salesmen in especially you are at home alone. Southwestern advantage, formerly known as southwestern company, is a direct marketing sales company that recruits and trains college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, software, and website subscriptions doortodoor using direct selling methods. Apparently the receipt i signed gave sw advantage the ability to steal a monthly payment. The knock can come in the morning, afternoon or evening, in late june, midjuly, even early august. Southwestern advantage, formerly known as southwestern company, is a direct selling program that recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, software, and website subscriptions doorto door. Foreign accents, wellbuilt, persistent and seeking information about any children in the house have you seen any in your neighborhood. Trapped into selling magazines doortodoor the atlantic.
Secrets of making the sale is the book to help you improve your communication and doortodoor sales skills this is a must read for new and experienced sales reps. Today i found out there is a scam of two women with heavy accents going door to door pretending to sell children s books but who are targeting young girls for sex trafficking. The aspect of traveling and selling door to door scared me at first but it proved to be the best decision ive ever made because i worked hard and trusted the system. This summer, like every summer, deceptive doortodoor magazine sales crews are out in full force across the country. I thought it was legit when the nice looking couple, kids of neighbors they said came to my door selling childrens books. Ive read here about a scam involving supposed college kids selling magazines and am wondering if an encounter just now was also a scam. One facebook post read, there is a lady going door to door trying to sell very expensive childrens books, which is actually a scam to see if your kids are abductable.
A door to door scam artist came to my door selling books. The secret is a bestselling 2006 selfhelp book by rhonda byrne, based on the earlier film of the same name. Some door to door salesman burglars may not lure you into the door to door water heater scams, door to door childrens book scams, candy sales. The book and magazine sales outfit based in memphis has racked up complaints in 15 states. The firm sells books and magazine subscriptions door to door through independent contractors that travel from city to city and state to state all. The book has sold 30 million copies worldwide and has been translated into 50 languages. This lets potential customers know the book is the topselling item in that category. Usually sketchy book selling companies offer business internships for students of any major usually right before summer when many students. The old doortodoor scam isnt such an old trick that it no longer catches consumers off guard. A doortodoor scam artist will use social engineering tactics to play on your sympathy. That pushy doortodoor book and magazine sellers exist doesnt prove those vendors are looking for children to abduct and. If i didnt need the books myself, i could have them sent to a school or hospital. When i was a kid late 70searly 80s, my pos stepdad would buy lots of cute pencils in bulk, then make me go doortodoor selling them for school.
Sometimes they even provide false identity or contact information, making you believe them that they are genuine enough to trust. These scams typically begin with a knock at the door and a young person on the other side claiming to be raising money for a charity, school trip, or other seemingly worthy cause by selling magazine subscriptions. Sell textbooks for cash sell used books cash4books. However i contacted one that is totally a scam and people need to stay away from booklogix in atlanta. Southwestern advantage, formerly known as southwestern company, is a direct selling program that recruits college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, software, and website subscriptions doortodoor. However, there are many different industries that depend on the labor of exploited adults and children. I think of this every time i see children selling candy in this manner and wonder. Rodney hobson, author of the bestselling beginners guide to stock market investing shares made simple, has produced the first definitive guide to scams, categorising the different types, listing telltale signs and advising how to spot a fraudster and. A facebook post claiming that young women going doortodoor selling childrens books might be involved in human trafficking has gone viral.
They will attempt to make you feel horrible for not making the purchase, explaining that kids in some thirdworld country will go hungry. Beware of doortodoor magazine sales, it may be a scam. Possible bookselling scam claims to benefit seattle. Many scammers are still knocking on doors, especially as the weather warms up. Southwestern advantage, formerly known as southwestern company, is a direct marketing sales company that recruits and trains college and university students as independent contractors to sell educational books, software, and website subscriptions door to door using direct selling methods. In fact, consumers who take the bait and sign up for a subscription often report that they receive nothing in return. Southwestern advantage is a direct sales company that helps college students start their own business selling educational books door to door.
Foreign book sellers with accents going doortodoor. Doortodoor scams involve people selling products or services that are of a very poor quality, or are not delivered at all. Southwestern advantage stirs controversy on campus the. Prestige sales usa doortodoor bookmagazines sales scam. Well, the books came after about 4 months and then about a month later we received another book in the mail. Updates at end reports are being received nationwide about doortodoor salesmen selling childrens book and persistently asking for information about any children in the home or in the. I spoke with gilbert pd and they are already investigating. En espanol joe and irene pellouso of madera, calif.
At that point it was clear that the interns would be doing doortodoor sales. It would help them earn their way to a school trip to london. Every summer i wait for the knock on my front door from a heatflushed college student carrying a heavy canvas bag. Hundreds of young people are being abused and exploited within the travelling sales industry in the us. Along with a receipt, legitimate doortodoor sellers should provide you with a cancellation form. Lennys proven techniques will advance any sales reps skills from fortune 500 sales professionals to strip mall shoes salesmen. I go to my door with a bat in my hand ever since i found out a guy selling. Avoiding doortodoor sales scams aarp official site. I called the company figure out what was happening. Southwestern advantage is part of the southwestern family of companies.
Dobbs says her thenboyfriend, harvey, never let her see the books while they. Seattle some queen anne business owners believe a man going doordoor asking for donations to benefit seattle childrens hospital is all part of a bookselling scam. Upon opening the door, ill be greeted by a tall, blonde coed or a short unassuming. Virginias department of criminal justice services recently warned people about doortodoor salespeople selling alarm monitoring. Getting to the top by jeffrey trachtenberg details how several business book authors contracted with resultsource to get their books on bestseller lists published by the journal and the new york times. In my opinion, they scam some of the people, some of the timeso youre taking a chance by selling your books with them. They came to our door a few years ago selling childrens books. Unless you are extremely popular and you have a huge social circle your business will stall and you will be left selling any inventory. He was a nice enough kid, out here from the midwest to earn some money for college.
Based on commission so making money is possible, but you can also owe money, or have payout equal to profit. Be wary when a stranger shows up at your front door with a limited time offer that has to be purchased right now. The aim of this article is to fetch you information about the most unscrupulous doorto door scams that are threatening the home insiders. Many people at some point in their lives have opened their front door to face a child or adult trying to sell them a product. Once part of a travelling team selling goods door to door, however, they. In a doortodoor scam, the fraudster knocks on your door and typically offers a product or service, but their primary goal is to steal from you. Instead, they might try to enter your house and look around your home for the nexttime burglary. Southwestern advantage complaints better business bureau. However, the real scam happened when she used my bank information to pull a monthly automatic payment out of my account. It is based on the belief of the law of attraction, which claims that thoughts can change a persons life directly. Books we use cookies to improve your experience on our. Use this guide to make your transaction as safe and painless as possible. People do not need to rely on you the independent consultant because they can get these books new from any book store and amazon.