tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29316253.post115017029374275228..comments2023-05-11T05:37:40.288-04:00Comments on QUICK! ALERT THE INTERNET!: My two days as a professional activist.Paulohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05411367281573682781noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29316253.post-1150654697576616692006-06-18T14:18:00.000-04:002006-06-18T14:18:00.000-04:00This is definitely discouraging. I wish we had mo...This is definitely discouraging. I wish we had more alternatives!Rob!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16005048977627600996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29316253.post-1150175312508462322006-06-13T01:08:00.000-04:002006-06-13T01:08:00.000-04:00I think pretty much every flier hanging on a phone...I think pretty much every flier hanging on a phone pole is a scam, with the obvious exception of "yard sale" and "lost cat" although I suppose it's possible that some of those are scams as well as I have made fake posters for "lost bird" and "stolen airplane"<BR/><BR/>The most frequent scam around where I live is definately "work from home, make $5000 a month" As it turns out this is part of a pyramid scheme selling weight loss pills.<BR/><BR/>See a while back, the pyramid scam was outlawed. You know, you give me a dollar and get 10 other people to give you a dollar. The dudes on top make millions but the ones on the bottom get screwed. So they figured out how to make a pyramid scheme that technically qualify as legal. Basically you have to sign up with them and pay all this money to get into the program and buy a massive amount of inventory. As it turns out the diet pills are pretty impossible to sell and make money on, and the only way to make a profit is to recruit other people into the organization so you get part of thier fees and inventory money.<BR/><BR/>One thing that surprises me about this human rights group is that you get 50 percent. The average dude who calls you on the phone asking for a donation, their company is a private telemarketing group. They give like 10 percent to the charity they are working on behalf of and keep 90 percent of the money, so it's definately not a good idea to make donations on the phone.<BR/><BR/>I've never heard of this outfit before but this is a more rural area. I bet you that if I went door to door asking for money for gays, some hick would punch me in the face. I'm not going to give gays my hard earned money but I'm not gonna punch them in the face either.<BR/><BR/>I think a lot of areas have laws against door to door solicitation. Your average charity/Iehova's witness gets around this because they're non-profit. But since these dudes aren't I wonder how they're even allowed to operate. Maybe because they're political?<BR/><BR/>I guess I wrote all that because I have nothing relevant to contribute. I'm going to crawl back under my rock now.Lewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00444898332272483937noreply@blogger.com