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To: diana g who wrote (627)	7/30/2013 1:55:44 PM
From: ManyMoose	1 Recommendation Recommended By Woody_Nickels Respond to of 671

That's a very interesting response. Thank you. These days kids will come to our door at the beginning of the school year selling something, popcorn, cookies etc., in order to finance school functions. That's not the same at all, but I've never been harassed by salesmen of any age. Part of it is I am quite able to say NO, but I usually say yes to the kids.

To: diana g who wrote (627)	7/31/2013 2:14:23 PM
From: stock leader	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 671

door-to-door sales magazines, avon, etc.. just another pyramid scheme ... those lured in are mainly naïve high school types or other rubes.. the kids mostly earn nothing or little from such endeavors. The good example is cutco knives..Cutco (also known as vector marketing) lures them into their tiny branch affiliate offices and the kids or rubes are offered so-called "jobs" of selling wildly overpriced knives to family , friends etc... Cutco actually requires "new hires" to purchase a big set of knives themselves. In essence these "employment applicants" actually are customers of cutco. it becomes embarrassing for the kids and most quit shortly afterwards..