http://pub2.ezboard.com/fjedicreedthejedireligiona nditscreed>
jesus, people really need to get out more...
"well, amihotornot?"
well, LUKE-warm! ahahahahahaha. *cough*
this is not exactly a dot-com, although there are *reams* of websites by their cultish followers.
a room-mate of mine got suckered in by them for a *short* period of time.
ever been hit on by perfume knockoff salesmen with the crazed look in their eye in a wal-mart or mall parking lot?
from http://www.detlefmp.com/vicesquad.htm
and http://www.geocities.com/scentura99
"PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU CONTINUE WITH SCENTURA!!!
IT'S A SCAM!
I assume by now that you have been told that this is a 'perfume distribution company'. Distribution in this case means 'walking the streets trying to sell perfume for pennies a day'. DO NOT CONTINUE WITH SCENTURA. Tell everyone in your 'class' who will listen the truth - Scentura is a losing battle that will leave you broke!
The 'Management' title you have is nothing but a name - you are not 'managing' anyone. The way the office is making money right now is by having you drop bottles for 29.00 in FFAR (Friends, Family & Relatives). The office keeps 19, you take 10.00. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. On the street, you will have to push the bottles for 11.00 to 19.00 to make your quota, and will have NO CASH. The office makes it's money on 'Friends and Family' - meaning yours.
Everything you have heard thusfar is scripted. The phone interview, the first meeting, and the second 'group' interview. Scam tactics such as 'fear of loss' are taught, and used on you to not only hook you in, but to get you excited about being broke for the entire time you are with this office. LARRY HAHN DID NOT CALL THE OFFICE TO START A CONTEST. This is another scam by the owners to suck as much cash out of you as possible before realizing that you are being taken for a ride.
The 'paid business trips' are a lie, as well. Called a Satellite, you basically go to another city and get rid of as many bottles as you can in a weekend. You have to pay for the hotel room by working insane hours and selling 'room bottles' - bottles that are supposed to pay for the room. All it does is take money out of your pocket, so in truth you pay for it on your own.
They define 'Job' as Just Over Broke. I guarantee that you will never be as broke as you will be with this 'company'. Fox 2 News in Detroit did an expose on Scentura, and reported exactly what I am telling you now. This is a pyramid scam (even though they tell you it's not. PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES), and the fat rolls of cash you might see in the hands of the 'owner' are nothing but bill money. They toss it in front of you so you think they are wealthy and successful. Chances are that the office is going broke, because statistically you can't keep up mass volumes of sales in one area for that long. Most offices have a 1-year lifespan, and when the office goes down, you will receive NO SUPPORT FROM SCENTURA. You will be working 16-hour days just to make a few dollars an hour.
There are other setbacks, as well:
The second you join Scentura, your name is red-flagged by the IRS. There is no accurate way to keep track of your earnings, and the IRS has been severely cracking down on Scentura 'Distribution Center' owners.
There are lawsuits being filed against these 'distribution centers' as we speak. The false advertising and stupid promises made by them have preyed on young people for far too long, and finally someone is doing something to stop it.
Police officers DO NOT TOLERATE solicitation on the streets. Business-to-business is a gray area in law enforcement, and if you are found selling (I know you are told not to use that word, but that's what you're doing!) on the street, you will be ticketed and possibly arrested. County and City ordinances vary on this topic, and it would do you good to check with the laws of your city. Your owners need to you make street sales, so they will not warn you about possible consequences.
Please realize before it's too late that this is a scam. Learn from countless others who have fallen victim. Why do you think the company website has no contact information? Because of all the complaints they would be getting! The reason the Better Business Bureau has no information on 'Scentura' is because the corporation makes no claims to the offices, and therefore cannot be legally tied to its practices. It's another scam tactic to keep you feeling safe, since you will have trouble finding information on the individual offices. Especially since they have such a short lifespan, and complaints can take up to a year to be investigated.
PLEASE MAKE COPIES OF THIS AND GIVE IT TO EVERYONE IN THE CLASS! Warn people you know not to buy the products, and help us bring this scam down! You can be successful without this, and will be happy you walked out the door."
"Listen Up-- This job is sort of a scam. See, the management people get the people who interview to think they were specially selected, though everyone gets selected. Then they tell you about this phony schooling you'll receive, all that is is some wierdo showing you how to ask (beg) someone to buy a bottle off of you. Then they get you all into the program by firing the people who can't sell any bottles, keeping the high sellers and the more professional people. Everyday from the first day until the day your "office" is about a year old, you will go sell as many bottles as you can. To get set-up in an office, your bosses tell you to sell x number of bottles in a 2 or 3 week period. The gist of this is that unless you want to sell perfume and cologne for a long time, don't let the people at the office get you hung up on thinking money is the solution to life's mystery. Forcing people to buy fake products, telling them they're sort of real, is not too respectable. Though this opportunity is good for an extremely unqualified individual, it is not good for someone who has talent in anything else. Beware of the brainwash, be aware that money is not as important as your happiness, because this job will take everything you knew from you and only give you dollars in return. I've burned many a dollar bill, but never a friend."
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that's not a troll, even though you don't agree with him, morons.
http://pub2.ezboard.com/fjedicreedthejedireligiona nditscreed>
jesus, people really need to get out more...
"well, amihotornot?"
well, LUKE-warm! ahahahahahaha. *cough*
woowoo, it worked. fight the good fight :)
*sigh* mods with no sense of humor.
this is not exactly a dot-com, although there are *reams* of websites by their cultish followers.
a room-mate of mine got suckered in by them for a *short* period of time.
ever been hit on by perfume knockoff salesmen with the crazed look in their eye in a wal-mart or mall parking lot?
from http://www.detlefmp.com/vicesquad.htm
and http://www.geocities.com/scentura99
"PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU CONTINUE WITH SCENTURA!!!
IT'S A SCAM!
I assume by now that you have been told that this is a 'perfume distribution company'. Distribution in this case means 'walking the streets trying to sell perfume for pennies a day'. DO NOT CONTINUE WITH SCENTURA. Tell everyone in your 'class' who will listen the truth - Scentura is a losing battle that will leave you broke!
The 'Management' title you have is nothing but a name - you are not 'managing' anyone. The way the office is making money right now is by having you drop bottles for 29.00 in FFAR (Friends, Family & Relatives). The office keeps 19, you take 10.00. THIS WILL NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. On the street, you will have to push the bottles for 11.00 to 19.00 to make your quota, and will have NO CASH. The office makes it's money on 'Friends and Family' - meaning yours.
Everything you have heard thusfar is scripted. The phone interview, the first meeting, and the second 'group' interview. Scam tactics such as 'fear of loss' are taught, and used on you to not only hook you in, but to get you excited about being broke for the entire time you are with this office. LARRY HAHN DID NOT CALL THE OFFICE TO START A CONTEST. This is another scam by the owners to suck as much cash out of you as possible before realizing that you are being taken for a ride.
The 'paid business trips' are a lie, as well. Called a Satellite, you basically go to another city and get rid of as many bottles as you can in a weekend. You have to pay for the hotel room by working insane hours and selling 'room bottles' - bottles that are supposed to pay for the room. All it does is take money out of your pocket, so in truth you pay for it on your own.
They define 'Job' as Just Over Broke. I guarantee that you will never be as broke as you will be with this 'company'. Fox 2 News in Detroit did an expose on Scentura, and reported exactly what I am telling you now. This is a pyramid scam (even though they tell you it's not. PLEASE OPEN YOUR EYES), and the fat rolls of cash you might see in the hands of the 'owner' are nothing but bill money. They toss it in front of you so you think they are wealthy and successful. Chances are that the office is going broke, because statistically you can't keep up mass volumes of sales in one area for that long. Most offices have a 1-year lifespan, and when the office goes down, you will receive NO SUPPORT FROM SCENTURA. You will be working 16-hour days just to make a few dollars an hour.
There are other setbacks, as well:
The second you join Scentura, your name is red-flagged by the IRS. There is no accurate way to keep track of your earnings, and the IRS has been severely cracking down on Scentura 'Distribution Center' owners.
There are lawsuits being filed against these 'distribution centers' as we speak. The false advertising and stupid promises made by them have preyed on young people for far too long, and finally someone is doing something to stop it.
Police officers DO NOT TOLERATE solicitation on the streets. Business-to-business is a gray area in law enforcement, and if you are found selling (I know you are told not to use that word, but that's what you're doing!) on the street, you will be ticketed and possibly arrested. County and City ordinances vary on this topic, and it would do you good to check with the laws of your city. Your owners need to you make street sales, so they will not warn you about possible consequences.
Please realize before it's too late that this is a scam. Learn from countless others who have fallen victim. Why do you think the company website has no contact information? Because of all the complaints they would be getting! The reason the Better Business Bureau has no information on 'Scentura' is because the corporation makes no claims to the offices, and therefore cannot be legally tied to its practices. It's another scam tactic to keep you feeling safe, since you will have trouble finding information on the individual offices. Especially since they have such a short lifespan, and complaints can take up to a year to be investigated.
PLEASE MAKE COPIES OF THIS AND GIVE IT TO EVERYONE IN THE CLASS! Warn people you know not to buy the products, and help us bring this scam down! You can be successful without this, and will be happy you walked out the door."
"Listen Up-- This job is sort of a scam. See, the management people get the people who interview to think they were specially selected, though everyone gets selected. Then they tell you about this phony schooling you'll receive, all that is is some wierdo showing you how to ask (beg) someone to buy a bottle off of you. Then they get you all into the program by firing the people who can't sell any bottles, keeping the high sellers and the more professional people. Everyday from the first day until the day your "office" is about a year old, you will go sell as many bottles as you can. To get set-up in an office, your bosses tell you to sell x number of bottles in a 2 or 3 week period. The gist of this is that unless you want to sell perfume and cologne for a long time, don't let the people at the office get you hung up on thinking money is the solution to life's mystery. Forcing people to buy fake products, telling them they're sort of real, is not too respectable. Though this opportunity is good for an extremely unqualified individual, it is not good for someone who has talent in anything else. Beware of the brainwash, be aware that money is not as important as your happiness, because this job will take everything you knew from you and only give you dollars in return. I've burned many a dollar bill, but never a friend."
Chao the Clockwork Maus