Comments on: Duped by a Magazine Salesman and My Experience with Unlimited Sale, INC.

By: Jayde getchel

Jayde getchel — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 08:31:12 +0000

i just got a job offer to work for the magazine salesman. they told me that every third of their profit will go to the troops which i believe is a good cause. apparently they have been looked at by the irs and everything is legit. i just wanted to do some background on mag scams to see what it was about.

By: Carol

Carol — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:43:52 +0000

The exact same thing happened to me today. I called my bank and put a stop on the check, but the penalty fee from the stop payment is almost as much as the check I wrote out to the scam artist. I am a disabled old woman on Social Security and it was a very nasty thing for this young man to have done.

By: gbaby

gbaby — Fri, 28 May 2010 16:25:45 +0000

I mailed in the cancellation form yesterday and just talked to my bank to put a stop on the check. I’m worried that he could buy things online and use electronic check to pay for them.

Did you end up cancelling your account or did you just keep it?

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 May 2010 14:42:28 +0000

I followed the cancel instructions on the back and I received my check back in the mail a few days later with a giant void stamp across the front.

Luckily I wasn’t charged for anything.

By: gbaby

gbaby — Fri, 28 May 2010 09:19:35 +0000

uhh same exact thing just happened to me today except he said if he won he would be headed to Ireland and golf for 10 days. I filled out the back of the receipt he gave me to cancel the subscription 10 min after I read this . I’m going to call my bangk first thing in the morning to put a stop on my check. should I cancel my account period since he has my account and routing number? I would like to know if they tried to send the bill to collections after you put a stop on the check and if you’ve gotten money taken out randomly from them. I’m freaking out and totally feel stupid.

By: BTDT

BTDT — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:27:47 +0000

Actually, I meant the sign that says “No solcitors.” Thanx, BeenThere, Done That.

By: BTDT

BTDT — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:17:35 +0000

People, If you want to not get taken advantage of by door-to-door salesmen, then don’t put out the sign that says, “Take all of my money, please.” By this I mean, the sign that says, “No salesmen.” When a good door-to-door salesman (oxymoron) sees this, it basically tells him you can’t of don’t know or won’t say no to any and all offers and so you depend on a sign to say it for you. This is as dangerous as cutting yourself and then going for a swim in shark-infested waters. Thanx-Been There, Done That.

By: Howie

Howie — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 06:45:58 +0000

Heh I just got one of these today. Glad I got rid of him quickly.

The little bastard acted like he was a poor minority trying to make his way through college, then was rather rude at the end about me denying him the educational opportunities that had been afforded to me (note I’m a minority as well).

I figured if he was smart enough to get into college, he would have taken out a student loan like the rest of us.

By: Cody

Cody — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 02:48:11 +0000

So after reading all these posts i realize that i just got caught up in the same Damn scam. I am calling my bank first thing in the morning to stop payment, but my biggest concern is that they have my routing number and account number on my check. Has anyone had any problems with any other withdrawls or transactions that you havent made maybe from the people running this opperation? I would like to know for my own security. And this will be the last time my door will open for a stranger.

By: Silencer

Silencer — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:17:47 +0000

So a young guy knocks on my door and I foolishly open it. He looks like a college student talking to me about how he is in Mass Communications and they are doing a short comment form and magazine subscription sale to “improve his public speaking”.

He first asks me to start to fill out what I later found out was the receipt to the magazine subscription which I reluctently do, first+ last name, address and cell #. I then notice a place for a signature and immediatly I am thinking “now what in the hell is this for”.

I ask him and he says that is for the magazine subscriptions, taking the receipt from my hands. He presents to me some magazines and asks 3 times if he can come inside to write on his litle tablet and receipt… all 3 times I said no….

(this entire time I have the door cracked so he can not see inside my apartment) I explain that I do not have the money to donate or purchase a magazine due to it being near christmas time and I am short on money after buying christmas gifts… of course he didn’t take this as a good excuse…

He offers to pay $20 out of pocket for a magazine for me, he says just so he can record the sale and get the points for himself… I still decline…

He then tells me to write “void” out over my name/address and phone number.

I ask him for both copies of the receipt and he tells me “See, I can’t give you that due to if I am missing the receipt whether it is written on or not, I lose $50 per receipt”. To me this was complete bull**** and I was angry. He left after that and went on to my girlfriends apartment the next door down, but sadly she did not get my phone call and signed the same thing I did BUT THANKFULLY she did not pay anything.

I am just worried now that they have my name / phone number / adress because honestly I thought that it was a setup for someone to try and rob me, “scouting” the place out ahead of time before the college christmas season.