you re watching bbc news. now the dark side of direct sales. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 in, like, road trips and stuff. wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound dramatic but it was like selling your soul. and could direct sales companies be breaking the law? i m speechless. if they were here right now, . i would ask them what on earth they think they re u
wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound dramatic but it was like selling your soul. and could direct sales companies be breaking the law? i m speechless. if they were here right now, . i would ask them what on earth they think they re up to. so, at this point in the day, i m going to explain what you can expect to be doing in the business, essentially. you re learning the very basic skills. # and a girl like me. ..sales, you get marketing. # ..making money like me. ..time management, teamwork. # high roll like me, making money like me, # taking over like me. # taking over like me! on average, you re looking at £350 to £400 a week as your starting pay. once you ve done a certain amount of sales, you re doing things like recruitment, training, running road trips, basically building your own little empire, essentially. finally, w
it was like being in a nightmare. mom was never late. mom didn t miss appointments. she didn t just disappear. a mother of two. disappears! she waved a quick goodbye. walk down the stairs, out the door. but she wasn t the only to vanish. this was a town that appeared to be haunted by a serial killer. it became sickening to hear that another girl had gone missing. and wendy, another victim? or could she have been targeted by neighbors she tangled with? she made an enemy? she made an enemy for sure. or maybe the enemy lurked within. some say she had a history of emotional troubles. she began screaming obscenities. shouting. but this beloved teacher, could she have multiple personality? when she does that she is [inaudible] . was this a woman broken or woman taken? to find out what really happened, an elite group of detectives would launch an elaborate underground operation. the stage kidnapping. the fake blood. truly phenomenal. all leading up to a s
in galicia in the north west of spain. heavy rains hampered efforts to retrieve the bodies throughout the weekend. now on bbc news, the dark side of direct sales. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 in, like, road trips and stuff. wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound dramatic but it was like selling your soul. and could direct sales companies be breaking the l
by ukrainian forces last month. now on bbc news the dark side of direct sales. the world of door to door sales and selling on the street has been rebooted for the social media age. young people are being promised big money, glam work trips abroad and the chance to work with some of the biggest brands in the uk. but the reality can be very different. i m lora jones and, for the past year, i ve been investigating the dark side of the direct sales industry. are young people chasing a dream they can never achieve? just, like, chews you up and spits you out. i probably blew about £2,000 in, like, road trips and stuff. wow! and i don t think i made that in the whole three months i was there. can t afford shampoo. you were trying so hard to project a kind of wolf of wall street image. i don t want to sound dramatic but it was like selling your soul. and could direct sales companies be breaking the law? i m speechless. if they were here right now, . i would ask them what on earth