The Southwestern Company Difference Blog
In researching traveling sales crews (as I often do…), I came across an interesting blog: Philadelphia Moms Blog. Dated May 10, 2010, it was titled “What you don’t know about door to door magazine sales.” I found this to be informative to the intended audience of “moms” and a great summary of what traveling sales crews are and do to those who have not been exposed to them… yet.
The author, named Bay (www.queenmotherblog.com), talks about her first experience with a door-to-door magazine sales person. The experience which she details led her to Google “door to door magazine scam.” What she found was more information than she ever wanted to know.
If you are a regular to this blog, you know I have some serious issues with traveling sales crews – the abuses, scams and the black eye they give legitimate direct sellers – specifically door-to-door, immediately come to mind. In her blog, Bay briefly chronicles the various horrors associated with many magazine sellers: the abuse, lies, deceit, violent crimes and “indebtedness” to their “crew.”
I think Bay has it right when she says, “I hope this opens your eyes to an unfortunate industry that is taking place right in our own neighborhoods.” This is common ground on which Bay, Southwestern Company and I all find ourselves walking.
