Posted by Shanira Banks on November 12, 19101 at 20:58:55:
In Reply to: BEWARE - NAME CHANGE - "International Design posted by JeffODW on May 02, 19101 at 19:16:34:
: : : PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU BUY ANYTHING FROM OR CONTINUE
: : : WORKING WITH SCENTURA!!!
: : : IT'S A SCAM!
: : : IF YOU MEET SOMEONE SELLING THIS:
: : : Please do NOT buy anything from this SCAM COMPANY! They
: : : sell cheap rendition cologne door-to-door, and if you ever
: : : meet one of these salespeople DO NOT PURCHASE THE PRODUCT!
: : : It's a fake, and countless hopeful teenagers are being
: : : fooled into peddling this stuff! Only by cutting off the
: : : flow of buyers and salespeople can it be stopped!
: : : FOR THOSE INVOLVED:
: : : 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.
: : : 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 office owners need
: : : you to 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.