Posted by jkl on December 10, 19100 at 22:19:37:
In Reply to: Re: Scentura Creations purfume scam. posted by Scrappy_bgirl@yahoo.com on October 05, 19100 at 08:34:57:
: : in regards to the bulletin you posted me and my friend worked for Scentura Creations and are now out seeking a little revenge. They left us broke with bill's pilled up out the ass. Please help us! We have called News reporter's and the State Attorney's office but what to do now???????Please help!
>>Roxanne and Angela , you can call the better business bureau and write a letter to the District Attorney. or you can do this flyer below.
>>Posted by Maida on August 17, 19100 at 10:01:52:
In Reply to: Screwed ! ! ! posted by Angry In Virginia !! on August 17, 19100 at 09:16:23:
Okay, I have the solution for you. In a previous posting, I
detailed how fragile these offices actually are. The following
is a flyer I have prepared, and by using it (and making a few
random phone calls), you can actually CLOSE THE OFFICE. The way
that it has stayed afloat for so long is from the income generated
from F.F.A.R. bottle sales. Friends, Family & Relatives of new
trainees making their first sales will pay full price for this
'rendition' crap, and if you cut off that flow, you can close the
office.
PRINT UP THE FOLLOWING FLYER. Post it on every car in the parking
lot of your office. Not only will potential trainees run for their
very lives, but other legitimate businesses in the building the
'office' is in will warn other trainees that they are being scammed.
It may take a few weeks, but you will be able to save COUNTLESS
others from being involved in the same scam.
E-mail me if you need anything else. I'm sorry you are going through
this, but know you are not alone.
The Flyer:
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU CONTINUE WITH SCENTURA!!!
IT'S A SCAM!
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 an hour.
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 owners need to you 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.