ever wonder what's up with the teens selling magazines door to door?

[undergroundpanther]

Slave labor in another unregulated disgusting abusive scheme.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/us/21magcrew.html?_r=1&hp

[alp227]

1. I read about that trend before. What brought you to this story?

Did such teens recently pass by your neighborhood?

[blogslut]

2. Every six months they would show up in my town

Years ago, when they first started coming around, I called the local Chamber of Commerce to see what was up and the person that I spoke to instructed me to call the sheriff's office to let them know they had returned. Apparently, it was a semi-annual ritual. The crew hits my town. The cops find out and run them off. The kids are often runaways and at the mercy of their crew leaders.

I haven't seen the magazine kids in a couple of years but yes, this is a bad, dangerous situation for them.

[mfcorey1]

3. OMG! This story needs nationwide exposure. I have encountered these sellers many times. nt

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. my brother was on one of those crews for a few months...

this article is absolutely true.

[Frank Cannon]

5. This and the guys selling speakers in the white panel vans...

are two scams that I can't believe are still going on after decades.

[Pab Sungenis]

6. When I was growing up, kids sold GRIT for pocket money and "valuable prizes."

This, however, is nothing but a distributed sweatshop.

[soleft]

7. I bought a subscription from one of these kids

I had no idea. I notice the article is from 2007. I'm interested in reading more about this.