College student selling magazines for veterans hospitals. Cost for two was 118.00 told me it was one eighteen, didn't realize it was one hundred eighteen ...
A young man named Eddie Hoskin (s) appeared at my door this evening and said he is serving our country as a marine in Pakistan. He stated he is on leave for six months and in a contest to sell the most subscriptions to magazines to send to troops in Pakistan. He introduced himself as a neighbor a ...
A young man came to our door and said he went to a college in NC and was selling magazines for a fundraiser to go to an internship he said for the BBC in London. He said his name was Kris Allen. He was really personable and reminded us of our own son. He showed us his catalogue and we ended up ...
MFA/United Family Circulation appears to be a national scam for selling magazines to charitable homes. Two young men came to my door last week, claiming to be from the neighborhood over and were selling magazines to earn money to go to a soccer championship. Foolishly, I invited them into the foyer ...
Visited today by a young lady who claimed to live in the neighborhood (four blocks over) and was raising money for her softball team that was playing in the national championships at Disney World. She was convincing, even when she started in on her pitch (pun intended). We thought we'd done our ...
Two nice looking college age boys knocked and immediately started their pitch. One even said he lived in the neighborhood; the street is several blocks up the hill from me - Dorilee Lane, Encino. I asked for identification, they showed it and began their pitch about where the magazines would go and ...