I went to work for this company, under the impression that I would be babysitting the children of the sales agents. I did babysit for a few weeks. Then I was told that I HAD to start "knocking doors" because it wasn't fair to the others that I didn't have to sell the magazines. I absolutely hate sales and talking to random people I don't know. It gives me really bad anxiety, and I'm not a good sales person. When I tried to refuse, they threatened to leave me on the side of the road over 600 miles from my home, with no money, or any of my belongings. So obviously I agreed to go try selling magazines. Like I stated before, I'm not a good sales person. After a few weeks of not selling a lot, I was screamed at, called all kinds of rude and nasty names. I was forced to sit in what was pretty much the truck of an escalade with about 5 other people, no seatbelts. After working about 10-13 hours this day I was finally picked up to be brought back to the hotel. This is the day before thanksgiving. I had only made 6 sales that day. On the ride home, stuffed in the back, the driver of the vehicle thought someone was sleeping. He decides to "wake them up" by violently jerking the wheel. I smacked my head against the window so hard, I was knocked out. When I woke up I immediately vomited. They refused to take me to the hospital because apparently I was fine and it was my own fault that happened. I made it to the hospital on my own eventually and found out I had a concussion. When I finally got back to the hotel, my bags were outside. Some of the other girls had gone through and taken whatever they wanted then tossed the rest in my suitcase and chucked outside. I was then told that I was fired. They refused to let me back into the hotel, they refused to give me any of my money that they were "saving" for me, and refused to get me a bus ticket back home. I was a 20 year old female, stranded in a really sketchy part of Nebraska (I'm from New England) on thanksgiving with no money, no place to go, NOTHING. This company abuses it's workers!! The majority of the kids working are good people forced to lie, steal, and do anything it takes to make a sale. I could write a book on the disgusting, horrific things I've seen done to these poor people. It really isn't the salesmen that are bad (mostly) it's the owners, managers and car handlers. Try asking them if they need help, NOT CALLING THE COOS ON THEM!!

I went to work for this company, under the impression that I would be babysitting the children of the sales agents. I did babysit for a few weeks. Then I was told that I HAD to start "knocking doors" because it wasn't fair to the others that I didn't have to sell the magazines. I absolutely hate sales and talking to random people I don't know. It gives me really bad anxiety, and I'm not a good sales person. When I tried to refuse, they threatened to leave me on the side of the road over 600 miles from my home, with no money, or any of my belongings. So obviously I agreed to go try selling magazines. Like I stated before, I'm not a good sales person. After a few weeks of not selling a lot, I was screamed at, called all kinds of rude and nasty names. I was forced to sit in what was pretty much the truck of an escalade with about 5 other people, no seatbelts. After working about 10-13 hours this day I was finally picked up to be brought back to the hotel. This is the day before thanksgiving. I had only made 6 sales that day. On the ride home, stuffed in the back, the driver of the vehicle thought someone was sleeping. He decides to "wake them up" by violently jerking the wheel. I smacked my head against the window so hard, I was knocked out. When I woke up I immediately vomited. They refused to take me to the hospital because apparently I was fine and it was my own fault that happened. I made it to the hospital on my own eventually and found out I had a concussion. When I finally got back to the hotel, my bags were outside. Some of the other girls had gone through and taken whatever they wanted then tossed the rest in my suitcase and chucked outside. I was then told that I was fired. They refused to let me back into the hotel, they refused to give me any of my money that they were "saving" for me, and refused to get me a bus ticket back home. I was a 20 year old female, stranded in a really sketchy part of Nebraska (I'm from New England) on thanksgiving with no money, no place to go, NOTHING. This company abuses it's workers!! The majority of the kids working are good people forced to lie, steal, and do anything it takes to make a sale. I could write a book on the disgusting, horrific things I've seen done to these poor people. It really isn't the salesmen that are bad (mostly) it's the owners, managers and car handlers. Try asking them if they need help, NOT CALLING THE COOS ON THEM!!

I ordered magazines about a year or 2 ago I've never received them I'm out $98.10 receipt a 659206

A young man came to my door and said he was selling magazines for a trip for school or something to that affect. I ordered my grandson a subscription for Batman & Robin. After the sale was completed, i noticed he was headed to a car parked down the street that was waiting to pick him up. The sale was completed and i saw him run back and put a sticky note on my front door that said "Quit it, Mike already hit it". Needless to say i was furious. I called the Midwest Circulation LLC and left a message to complain about this behavior. I have never received a call back, and needless to say... my magazine has still not arrived.

I see a lot of people calling these kids "scammers" but not many (including law enforcement) realize that most of these kids are being scammed as well.

I had two come to my door today I told them I'd buy but I had to go to an ATM to get cash, when I got away I did a little research on my phone, found out it was a scam, and told the two to get lost... but then I went home and did a little more research; turns out this can be just as bad for the kids doing the selling.

Many young adults can be lured into these sales crews with the promise of rewards, travel, high pay, and sales experience. However the reality is that once they are taken away from home they can be forced to work 10-12 hour days with little pay, live in over-crowded hotel rooms and even threats of violence or abandonment in a strange town if they do not meet quotas.

The National Human Trafficking Resource Center has more information about these situations as well as a 24 hour hotline to report cases to if you suspect the seller to be a victim of labor trafficking.

http://www.traffickingresourcecenter.org/what-human-trafficking/labor-trafficking/sales-crews-peddling-begging-rings

If you suspect the kids selling may be victims you should report it to the NHTRC and local law enforcement

National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline

1-888-373-7888

Keishu Reid Code 096 came to my door and sold me a magazine subscription on 8-26-14. As of today 2/16/2015 I have not received it. I called both phone numbers provided and faxed my complaint. I have not heard back from them.

Just got scammed. Literally just an hour ago... They are in Pensacola, Florida now! Residents beware! They had the same story... military, girls vs boys, magazines will benefit service members, they get "points based on how many sales". Yep... That whole story...

I have been staying in a camp ground with my boyfriend because he works on the road, and this is a quiet camp ground not many people that stick out. But two teenagers came to my door and asked if I knew much about the military and I told him my boyfriend brother was in the National Guard, and the proceeded to ask me if I would be interested in subscribing to magazines that help our troops. He said "All i need is to sit at a table", so me being dumb let them in and showed them to the table. They talked and played with my dog and cracked jokes and we friendly. They asked me to pick 4 magazines out of a pamphlet they had. So i did, and I just asked them right off, "How much money are you needing?" And they said I could get a subscription for $42. and I said I didn't have any cash and we don't have checks. He then said "Well lets go to the ATM" I refused, and once I had gotten it through their head that I wasn't going to be able to get any. They guy's attitude changed, he wasn't as professional, he started asking me, "Where are the people that are cool around here? The people that will be drunk right now, that I can get money from" Well, I said that I was sorry I couldn't help them, but the guy behind me in the camper seemed pretty cool, and maybe he would want to donate.. So that's where they walked. Well, about 45 minutes later The neighbor came over and asked if I bought any and said that they were over there and told him that we bought 7 magazines. And we would have bought more, but we couldn't. Blah blah blah, and they neighbor said that he DID give them money! But after they left he looked it up and it was a scam. He called the owners of the campground, and they were looking for them to kick them out of the campground. But the guy took off running and the girl started crying, because she knew they were caught. And turns out there were a bunch of the people in the campground. Don't give money to these people!! I should have known when I asked them if they had away I can reach them if we changed our mind and they said "NO" WATCH OUT FOR THESE PEOPLE

The whole thing with magazine sales is this.. They take kids across country and promise them the world. If these kids are truthful to you why not help them. If you catch them lying tell them to kick rocks. The true stort is that they are enrolledbin a contest called the NCA contest.. if they collect a certain amount of points the win a cash reward and a trip out of the country... But mainly they get paid for each magazine they sell.. they arent bad people they are justbstuckbdoing a job they probably hate because there is so much bad press about them.. like this guy in the post above he saw the guy that "scammed them" helping put bags into the car.. that doesbt sound like a bad person.. maybe the girls helped him because they thought he was a nice guy not because of what he was selling... everytime one of these sales people come to my apartment i invite them in offer them some food or a drink then buy a mag.. same thing if they come up to me at a walmart.. ive always got my magaxinesand ive never had a bad experience with them.. i bet that you have been to bestbuy and the salesman there has told some sort of fabricated story of the product they were selling but there has never been bad press about them.. im just saying if they are blatently lying to u then yea but if theybare trying hard and polite than why not help some kid out.. give them a break jeeze

I was approached by 2 girls in a Walmart parking lot in Fayetteville, AR. I am a college student and was caught off gaurs by these girls. They seemed to be around 19-21 in age. I was initially scared that I was about to be robbed, but let my guard down after I realized that wasn't going to happen. They told me they worked for Midwest Circulation LLC and gave me a trove of info about themselves and about raising money through magazine sales. They proceeded to tell me about trying to beat 'the boys team' in a competition for a trip. After they have me the sales pitch, I informed them that I couldn't afford to spend over $100 on some magazines. Then they practically begged for a donation, so I gave in. I told them I had no cash and they said they would go with me to the Walmart ATM... I had a bad feeling and should've gotten out of it but I didn't. I told them all I could give was $20 and only did so because they said they could produce a receipt for tax donation. I gave them the $20 and they left. I googled the name of the company after I left because I was rightfully suspicious. I'm saddened to know the truth but am glad it was only $20. I plan on calling Walmart and alerting them of the scammers in their parking lot shortly after this posting.

We took a group of college aged students on a weekend getaway to Gatlinburg, TN. On our first night (7/24/14), we stopped by Walmart for groceries, and four of our girls were approached and solicited by three young white male representatives of Midwest Circulation LLC, with stories about helping children through magazine subscriptions. Unfortunately, all four of our girls gave them cash (and personal information). I was not present at the time, or they would have not had the chance to work this scam on our young girls. As my group met up at our van to go back to our hotel, I spotted the three guys in the parking lot. One of them followed a couple of our girls to the van and proceeded to help unload groceries. Then he followed one of our guys to the cart corral and tried to talk him out of money, but he was unsuccessful since I interrupted him.
Fortunately the girls told me about all of this before we left Walmart (they gave the scammers a total of $115 cash), so I took two boys into Walmart with me and notified a store manager. Then as I exited the store, I saw the guy who helped unload groceries into our vehicle. I confronted him, made him come back to our vehicle for the girls to identify him. Although he was not one of the guys that took money from our girls, he was working with them. I asked him to contact his associates, but he didn't know where they went. We had him place a call to his boss, and we also talked to his boss to let them know that our girls were scammed. Meanwhile, Walmart management and loss prevention came out to our vehicle and confronted this guy too. Walmart contacted the police, and as the officer was approaching, the scammer agreed to give back all of the money that his associates had taken from our girls.
Beware of anyone that solicits, especially in a public place. Ask to see credentials, ask if they have permission from the store/business that they are at, and ask them to go with you to the store manager to verify before you give them anything other than the brush off.

These people are scamming outside Walmart doors in Johnson City, Tennessee now- they got my daughter tonight for 56 bucks saying it was to buy a child books, thank goodness it was cash- the girl went with her to the ATM - these people are slick and manipulate you to feel guilty if you don't follow thru and help! I've reported it to the manager but of course he didn't see anything when he went out- like I said these people are slick!

Omg. On June 2nd this guy claiming to be military just brought home from Afghanistan with ptsd, he needed to learn how to communicate with the publuc again. Thomas "420" was this jackass' name. I swear if I ever see this criminal again, I'm calling the cops and then beating his ass! He told me I was only writing a $68 check and it would never be cashed it was just for points. Idk y I brought into his bs. Ugh. I explained I had no $ to cover that check at the time. Said I had 3 days to cancel and after he left I researched and then drove around looking for him for 2hrs, I immediately canceled my subscription. Now I had to cover a nsf fee and the checck was cashed on the 3rd. Why was I so seriousstupid that afternoon. He was a smooth talker too. Do not give these people any money. Damn scammers!

One of these kids knocked on my door on Sunday afternoon with the same story about earning points for a trip, getting over fear of public speaking etc. He told me that the magazines I ordered could be donated either to the military or to a children's hospital. I decided to write a check for $56 for Jack and Jill Magazines to be donated to the hospitals. However as soon as I came back inside I felt uneasy and decided to research this company. There are multiple complaints about this company on BBB and other sites. I decided to cancel my check the next day. My bank charged me $20 to issue the stop payment but i prefer to pay the $20 then let some scam artists have my hard earned money. I am a bit concerned about them having my account information but hopefully they won't try anything. I hope I see them again in my neighborhood so I can call the police immediately.

Two people who looked to be teenagers came to my door fast talking about points and trips and children and vets... i didn't know what was what... but since my war veteran neighbor had just donated to them i figured it was safe. They were asking a minimum of $56.00 "donation" for books and magazines to go to children's hospitals and veterans. I make only $100 per week and offered my sincere apologies but could not afford that. He then said that there was an order which needed $28 to complete for children's books to be sent to a hospital. That i could scrape together so i wrote a check. After getting my information (address, phone< etc..) He then asked "Are you 420 friendly!?" I was shocked and asked why in the world he would ask me that!? he proceed to tell me he asked certain younger people that in hopes that they would "donate buds" to him.... i asked for my check back and they promptly left. I then looked up online what Midwest circulation LLC was and was flooded with complaint forums and news pieces headed BEWARE!!!! it cost me $30.00 to stop payment on that $28.00 check i wrote but better than it going into the hands of such arrogant thieves! please do not make the same mistake as i did. Good luck.

They are in Tuscaloosa, AL. CALL THE POLICE TO STOP THEM.

ordered magazine got home looked at order since the 2 guys selling them in WalMart said they could be bought for the military.I would do anything for the guys and gals serving our country.So when I looked at the order their was nothing about sending it to the military.So I cancelled. Ordered on Oct.27 2012 sent them the required fax that the check had cleared Nov.13 2012 I'm still waiting on refund of $56.00 as of 1/6/2013

Winston-Salem NC.

Two kids came to my door, one with a lot of tattoos the other claiming to be military. They were obviously not legit. Played me for my not needing of magazines and said they would give them to sick kids at St. Jude's. I bought in not realizing that they never wrote down any of this information. Just a receipt that is pretty much blank.

My girlfriend and I were (almost) scammed in Winston-Salem, NC a couple days ago. 2 kids, one black and one white, came to our door at 8pm on a Friday night. Why I thought this was normal for someone to be selling something at 8pm on a Friday, I'll never know. They gave us the same lines as everyone else has gotten "Raising money for college, have a fear of public speaking, can win a trip to Cancun, the magazines get sent to troops overseas, etc.". After a severe lapse of judgment by my girlfriend and I, these kids walked out the door with 2 checks totaling $50 or so, $40 in cash, and $25 in coins. They also gave us some line about how if they collected coins, their program director gave them "extra points" just because she thought it was funny. I'm an idiot, I know. I do have to admit that this black kid was an extremely smooth talker, telling jokes, being very friendly, had a quick answer to everything. Pretty impressive for a criminal.

Anyway, as soon as they left I Googled Midwest Circulation LLC, and obviously the scam alerts popped up everywhere. I then put my shoes on, grabbed my 100 lb. dog and my 9 iron, and took a little stroll around my apartment complex looking for these punks. After a few minutes I noticed a woman in her 40's driving a black SUV who pulled into my apartment complex, beeping her horn and stopping every few seconds. It dawned on me that this was their little getaway car, and that was probably their "manager" driving around to pick them up. Yes people, these idiots have getaway cars. Totally legit business, right? Well, for some reason the SUV just left after a few minutes. Must not care much about their "employees" I suppose.

I luckily caught them in the parking lot after 20 minutes or so of searching. They acted friendly towards me and asked me if they had seen an SUV driving around beeping its horn. I said "Yep, sure did... that's actually what led me to find you guys!" I then told them to put the checks and cash on the ground, and put the Ziploc bag of coins on top of them so the wind wouldn't blow them away. Told them to turn around and walk in the other direction, and that would be the end of it. When they resisted and tried to convince me they were legit, I told them to do as I said or the dog would come off the leash, and there would be a 9 iron sticking out of someone's skull in a minute. That convinced them. Got my money back and that was it. I'll be watching my bank account like a hawk for the next couple of months though. Who knows if they got my account number and wrote it down or something.

The next day, I talked to my apartment complex manager. She said she was aware of the issue and that police would start doing more rounds in the complex. She also said that they were kicked out of the apartment complex at 4pm that same day! They got kicked out and still came back later when it was dark out. Beware of these people, they are relentless and you never know what people are capable of. I've read online that some of the really bad people will take stock of what is in your house and ask you what you do for a living (so they can try to figure out when you're at work), so if there's an easy situation for them they come back to your house and rob you. That's also what the stickers they put on your door is for, so they can recognize your place. It's really sad that we live in a world where you just can't trust people anymore. Unfortunately I'll never be able to trust door salespeople again. I hope these criminals in this "company" die in a grease fire.