By: ata2e_mtsu_f10 on 12/2/10
This is kind of funny. I had someone come to my house on Monday trying to sell my roommate and I some magazines. I do not remember what he said the exact cause was for, but I am glad I did not order anything since it could be a potential scam. I guess that shows that you have to be careful when people try to sell you something door to door or even over the internet. If they wanted to help raise some money, they should have been straight forward with the customers or went through the proper channels with the university in order to use that university’s name as part of what they are doing. I do not feel that there was any need to try and scam someone out of their hard earned money. I am pretty sure they got some unsuspecting person with this. I am glad that I am not one of these people. It would have probably been almost impossible to get my money back. Now that I think about it, the guy that came to my house said the money would be for him to take a trip somewhere and get drunk for the weekend. Also, he said I should buy something from him so that he could put a tag on my door to let the other people selling magazines know that someone had already been there. I do not think this would be the best use of my money.

By: SocEtTuem on 12/6/10
When anybody comes to your door selling magazines for charity, to put themselves through school or any other tear-jerking reason, it's a very good bet it's a scam. Never fall for these gimmicks designed to part you with your hard-earned dollars and provide you essentially nothing in return.