This job... scam or not?

by **Donatello** on Thu May 11, 2006 5:56 am

Scam or not?

The guys says it's not working on comission, you get paid hourly. 4 hours a day, 6 days a week.

http://www.celebrityfoodscareers.com/Jo ... 06Y0427DAS

It feels like it might be shady, I can't put my finger on it. What do you guys think?

by **Jing** on Thu May 11, 2006 5:57 am

.... it just sounds weird.

by **Eugene** on Thu May 11, 2006 6:01 am

Sounds like telemarketing. Even if it isn't a scam, I don't think you'd want this job.

by **Donatello** on Thu May 11, 2006 6:09 am

Eugene wrote:Sounds like telemarketing. Even if it isn't a scam, I don't think you'd want this job.

For four hours a day like 5 minutes from my house... I'll do anything

...except a scam. :lol:

I can't figure out how it COULD be a scam, with no commissions and no deposit. Something just feels fishy

by **Donatello** on Sat May 13, 2006 8:00 am

Well, I got the job- it's not a scam, and it's not really telemarketing either.

It's just calling people back who've already made an order to set the appointment... no selling.

8 bucks an hour for the first month, and $15/hr after that. (Y)

by **The X** on Sat May 13, 2006 8:17 am

sounds good man (Y)

good luck with it (Y)

by **dada** on Sat May 13, 2006 9:18 am

I occasionally work from home and when I first started this telephone thingy I thought it was scammish. I receive orders for companies and I cant really complain, I make at least $10/hr just sitting in front of the pc in my boxers, scratching my balls and chatting with folks. I'm in college so its pretty good cuz I choose the hours I work. If I wanted to work 2 in the morning I could. Its way better than the last job I had which felt like slavery.

by **Fitzy** on Sat May 13, 2006 1:14 pm

$15 an hour sounds really good
thats about $20-30 australian

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Sat May 13, 2006 4:52 pm

Doesn't sound like a bad gig at all. Congrats.

by **Scotty** on Sat May 13, 2006 9:21 pm

yeah good work on going with it, even though you couldn't be sure. that's instinct stick with it

by **Donatello** on Fri May 19, 2006 12:55 am

It was a scam.

by **#12** on Fri May 19, 2006 1:02 am

how'd they scam you?

by **Donatello** on Fri May 19, 2006 1:42 am

I got out before they did, but as I was reading over the encyclopedia-sized stack of forms I had to sign I came across a small paragraph in which it told me that you are required to open an 'account' with the company. When you start a call with a customer, it takes money from YOUR account, usually the minimum order of $125. If the sale is successful, that $125 is erased, but if it's not- you owe the $125 for not making the sale. And then the $8/hr they'd be paying me would work me out of that $125 hole.

No thanks.

by **dada** on Fri May 19, 2006 1:55 am

lolololol WOOOOOOOW!!! :lol:

Oh well, you can move on.

by **Unrestrict3D** on Fri May 19, 2006 3:00 am

Donatello wrote:I got out before they did, but as I was reading over the encyclopedia-sized stack of forms I had to sign I came across a small paragraph in which it told me that you are required to open an 'account' with the company. When you start a call with a customer, it takes money from YOUR account, usually the minimum order of $125. If the sale is successful, that $125 is erased, but if it's not- you owe the $125 for not making the sale. And then the $8/hr they'd be paying me would work me out of that $125 hole.

No thanks.

A, I think I'll start reading forms now, ouch! I would've been that idiot who just read a little bit and then went ahead and signed it.

by **dada** on Fri May 19, 2006 4:15 am

Unrestrict3D wrote:
A, I think I'll start reading forms now, ouch! I would've been that idiot who just read a little bit and then went ahead and signed it.

I've done that a couple times and it came back to hurt me. An example is my current lease where I was lead to believe they wouldnt increase my rent but they did. Oh well. I know better at the time but I was so tired from apartment hunting and this place was so nice. Its funny because I read lthe fine print of the crappier places more thoroughly before.

by **cyanide** on Fri May 19, 2006 4:26 am

Donatello wrote:I got out before they did, but as I was reading over the encyclopedia-sized stack of forms I had to sign I came across a small paragraph in which it told me that you are required to open an 'account' with the company. When you start a call with a customer, it takes money from YOUR account, usually the minimum order of $125. If the sale is successful, that $125 is erased, but if it's not- you owe the $125 for not making the sale. And then the $8/hr they'd be paying me would work me out of that $125 hole.

No thanks.

wow, you got to be kidding. You would have to work a little over 15 hours to pay that off!

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Fri May 19, 2006 8:32 pm

Donatello wrote:I got out before they did, but as I was reading over the encyclopedia-sized stack of forms I had to sign I came across a small paragraph in which it told me that you are required to open an 'account' with the company. When you start a call with a customer, it takes money from YOUR account, usually the minimum order of $125. If the sale is successful, that $125 is erased, but if it's not- you owe the $125 for not making the sale. And then the $8/hr they'd be paying me would work me out of that $125 hole.

No thanks.

No thanks indeed. You wouldn't think such a business practice would be legal.

by **alexboom** on Sun May 21, 2006 6:03 pm

Andrew wrote:No thanks indeed. You wouldn't think such a business practice would be legal.

Please tell me that US laws do not allow this kind of business! :shock:

Bluesky · by **Andrew** on Sun May 21, 2006 7:02 pm

It's probably barely legal, scraping by on exceptions and loopholes.

This job... scam or not?

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