So I responded to a craigslist job posting and got an interview that I went to today. $475 a week salary? Sounds great!

Customer service right? Oh man I go to this intervew. Strangest interview I've ever been to. No questions asked, just this guy trying to sell me this job. Seemed fishy, but hey its a job...

I get home, my dad found a similar job posting else where with slight differences, enough to make me seriously doubt the legitness of this potential "job"

Thank you internet... did some research. Its a scam of sorts to trick people into selling kirby vacuums... and not get the money promised to them.

Hey at least I didn't fall for this 100% I just wish I could get a hold of the other poor fools who fell for this. I'm also a bit pissed about my wasted gas/toll money.

How are businesses like this legal? Good god.

The world sucks don't it?

You ok MG?

yeah, just glad I'm smart enough to have been skeptical.

I'm guessing they're not.  Report them to the police and if the people you can't contact are lucky they will still actually be there next week.

Lesson learned, don't trust strange men on the Internet offering jobs. You should call the authorities and get this guy punished for running a scam operation... Perhaps a reward is involved, hmm...

i know kirby is a legit business.

Its just their main way of doing business is going door to door and selling 2000 dollar vacuums. Its a really tough job; you have to have a really REALLY thick skin.

On the same note, has anyone ever done the Cutco knife sales thing?

Kirby vacuums... this happens nationwide... worldwide even... all the time. As I've found from said research. Legal through loopholes I guess.

I used to do this, 20 something years ago. The guy is pushing it, because he once was a salesman himself, and he was so good at it, he got a region, and now he needs to recruit people.

Here is the deal. Someone books the showings for you, and all you have to do is go. If you show x number of these things in a week, he will give you $425 (or the difference if your commissions don't reach $425). The reason he will offer this, is he knows if you do that many showings, you will make at least 425 bucks.

Here is the reason why, and why I only lasted a few weeks at it. About 1 in 6 people you show a product to will buy it. The problem is, those 1 in 6 have no business buying a 1,200 vacuum cleaner. I felt like the biggest low life in the world, and couldn't do it anymore.

And, the reason this guy is good enough to be trying to sell you a job, is he was OK with it, and knows 1 in 6 people will buy anything (including a job).

My one friend did that.  Made a killing.  Of course from what i hear he mostly just intersold.  Kind of job you work temporarly if you know a bunch of people who need new knives i think.

Reminds me when i went in for an interview to refinance peoples loans... door to door. (Well phone to phone.)

"Hi do you have any debt you need help with!"

Might actually be a good job now  adays.

Funny set up they had.  It was a pyramid scam.  Literally.

Like I get paid for loans i make... if I recruit Moongoddess i'd get a small commission on the loans she got too.. if she recruits Mafoo I'd get a smaller cut of Mafoo's as well...

If you get in early enough and recruit enough people you don't have to do shit.

Funny buisness model sicne eventually your going to end up with too many agents and things are going to have to "crash" somehow.

My brother and sister both sold Cutco knives one summer each.  They both got pretty good money from it.  My sister kind of took most of the resources my brother could use because she sold hers a few years before.  It's def good money if you are in college of high school but its not really career worthy unless you know tons of people.  They don't really like it if you go door to door from what I was told.