Atlantic Circulation, Inc.

Independent contractor was selling magazines at wal-mart in dallas tx. He said he was doing a contest for him to be a dj for his college in a different state and was traveling state to state. I placed an order and he didnt give me all of the receipts I needed. I wrote 2 checks and when I decided to cancel my order I put both check numbers on the cancellation notice. They still cashed one of my checks. Because of this I had FOUR overdraft fees in the amount of $35 and the $74 check cashed. The receptionist was very rude when I called and told me to fax in a refund request. I did so demanding they refund me the $74 PLUS all four overdraft fees. I have yet to see the refund check, but the lady that called me back said they could do the $74 and MAYBE one OD fee! Now I'm out $105 for sure and we'll see if I get the $109 from them? This company is full of scam artists.

This company is a scam.They call you and tell you to buy magazines and they want to charge it on a credit card which the did.Then they will not let you cancel it telling you that you agreed to this wish is acharge that no one can understand. They want you to pa 24.50 a monthfor 12 months along with a another company called the Readers club wish they charge 29.90 a month for 5 years.they will not let you cancel saying that this is what you agreed. not tell the are a scam and have scamed over 300 hundred people of there money on credit cards.can someone please check into this company.

ive run accross this one once. not necessarily as much of a circus act as yours. but, almost the same pitch. trying to win a trip. they are selling magazines. he went as far as showing me some sort of laminated badge/id/license. i never did recieve anything in form of magazines.

This company should not be allowed to sell to anyone! These kids come to my door and use this sly scaming tatics and lies and it is honestly sad to say I was put in a postion where they talked to me saying that I seem like a nice person and they like nice people, then they give me this paphlet and tell me which magazine I like to read and all this nonsense. After chatting with them, the boys asked to come into my house, because he said he had a bad knee, I kept him outside still because I did not know him and I was alone with my son at my house. He then told me it would only cost a little bit of money. That right there sent red flags flyin! I told him I was not interested and he kept on nagging me that I was nice person and it would support him into going to spain for some trip. I proceeded to tell him I really cant afford it and he just kept at it. I then felt extremely uncomfortable and just to get him to leave I agreed to pay him. Then when he was writing up the oder I saw that there was a 15.00 extra for S&H I told him, " Hey you didn't say this was included, thats just out of the question." He told me he would go half with me and meet me in the middle so I dont have to pay the whole amount. I just wanted him to leave so I agreeed. Right after he left I went online and saw mutiple complaints about this company and immiately cancelled my order through fax. This was over 2 months ago and I still have not gotten my refund. I called the company 4 times and they told me they sent it out. Come to find out they sent the refund to a completly different person at a different address. they say they are resending the refund and that I will recieve it by this Friday, but I am werry to see if I will actually recieve it. I will never allow door-to-door sales people to come and sell to me again because of this. Hope this helps and good luck to you all!

Now in Virginia Beach Virginia as of 3/2/2011 same old story, girls vs Boys, earning point for a trip to Europe, smooth talkers.If you see them...RUN...or better yet handcuff them and call police.Luckily, something didn`t feel right so i found all the horror stories by google search and was able to stop payment on my check before they could get their scam hands on my money, but hope to see them again before they move on to next area, i gotta gift for them...lol...a a** Whipping

I too just realized that I had not received my subscription. I ordered back in July of 2009. Still no magazines! I have called and can't get through either. I am going to get "Jessee"! Channel 4 news in Seattle Wa. I am from Shelton Wa. Be warned!

On May 31 2009, I as scammed by this company as well inside of a military instalation which it clearly stated - no soliciting! The girl who came said her Dad was deployed and she wanted to make him proud of her by earning a nursing degree and the magazines where going to help her through college. I related to her and felt bad as a military member myself with two children. I have since reported the company to the Department of Defense and the better business boro. I also contacted each magazine to let them know what was going on so they could proceed accordingly. Any other information anyone could provide would be great. THank you

Just realized that it had been some time since my order was placed and that my daughter hadn't started receiving the magazine I had ordered for her. Same story as the others. Fast talking college student earning points to win a discounted trip. My daughter is a college student also. Could have used this money ourselves. Who is cashing these checks? Where are they getting their supplies? They have paper work and forms in triplicate. There may must be someway to track them and make someone accountable. They were in the Troy/Albany NY area on June 29, 2009

i work currently for this com and its great yeah off coarse you don't bring in cash you shouldn't get paid BUT YOU DO IT GOES ON YOUR BOOKS DUMB ### been doing this for 10 months and never beaten nothing like they say just a bunch of lies

I worked for this company before and I was one of the top mag crew agents and my boss Dave Fossel or however the [censor] you say it was a complete FN [censor] I made him a [censor] ton of money and I also hired quite a few people and than because I had a serious boyfriend and wasn't sleeping with every guy like all if the other sluts he started being an even bigger [censor] and super controlling I told hi. To [censor] off and that I wasn't his damned child I was an adult and I chose to willingly leave his piece of [censor] [censor] HE SAT ON HIS FAT [censor] ALL DAY LONG GETTING RICH OFF OF US HIS MINNIONS I would never recommend that company to anyone and if he ever reads this Just know that KARMA IS A [censor] [censor] HOLE he will get his one day I made thousands for his [censor]ing [censor] and what did I get out of it? Only the traveling and the friends that I had and the experience [censor] YOU DAVE YOU FAT [censor]

hahaha every body thats talkin shi* on A.C.I has to be a W.A.B aka Weak A** Bitc* or they was just Walkin Around Broke all the time i have one of the best managers any body could have lol but you no what they say mold em or fold em me i like to mold ppl but the ones that dont want to take the time to learn the biz i fold em quick to get them out of are hotels this is a self motavating (job) to some ppl thats what is called me i call it a hella good time all it takes is a posative attud to sell 99% attud 1% abilty a monky could sell books lol

I was with them for a while, until I was amist young kids drinking, smoking the bad stuff, not just cigerettes, if you know what i mean. And all of the foul language, was just daily talk. And the people i roomed with, torn up the hotel rooms like who cared? I was never so embarrassed. So I just quit and moved on. This is NOT for you kids just getting out of High School. And even the Managers/Supervisors in charged of us was just as bad too.

PLEASE ! ! ! Don't JOIN these animals...

I didn't like all the slander people are writing about a company they don't know anything about. My name is Dustin Levon Adams and I been with this company for four years and all of my costumers help every year. Also they remember me from the last year. We are in the bbb.gov and we pay taxes every year so what scam company would pay taxes for nothing lol! Who ever don't like what I said can call me at [protected] and that number rings its not busy!1

I Sold Mags for A while. I was good but never really cared about qouta. It was fun and [censor] at the same time. Alot of kids get mistreated and its all about greed and using people. I have a sales commission based job now and make 16$ hr, only one meeting in the morning, no constant watchfull eye or hypocrite [censor]s. The only thing I got out of it was my current girlfriend ( who was my manager and we took off-folded) and a bunch of tickets. I made ok money but never got a chance to buy anything. A million meetings and if your good you have to give meetings and train people. I made some good buddys and did alot of crazy [censor] but im done with crew. Good luck to anyone who needs a way out and finds success, but I need to lead a real life. I wouldnt knock doors for anything in the world or be a jr manager its just not me I need privacy and my own car and all that

I disagree...I sold magazines door to door and "won" the "contest"...I left the crew before they paid me and they said just come back and I would get my "winnings"...When I told them to send it to me and I would consider coming back, I never got my "winnings"...It is a bunch of ###...Granted it was a lot of fun, and I met a ton of interesting people both in the crews and door to door...I had great experiences during my time on mag crew...If I had not done mag crew I wouldnt be where I am today, I am a successful car salesman who has been at the same dealership for 9 years...I do very well, and have to give some credit to selling magazines for giving me the itch to be in sales...If your looking to have fun and "possibly" make good money then join mag crew, just beware!

I got that from a couple of things

1) the fact that he doesn't seem to have any kind of grasp on how the business works - he doesn't know where the orders are sent, he doesn't realize that cash is deducted from the manager's cut of the check orders, etc

2) the fact that he thinks you work all day for free - if you don't sell, then you don't make money, just like any other commission based job without a salary base (of which there are many)

3) the fact that he thinks there is no free time - if you're selling books, you can do what you want. It's the folks who aren't selling that are working all the time.

Listen, 9 out of 10 complaints like this come from people who couldn't cut it in the business. Magazine sales have a high turnover rate - for every 20 people you hire, 10 will stick around, 2-5 will be succesful in the long term. When folks are hired, they're told what the high end potential is, because you never know who the 2-5 will be. Of the 10 that don't stick around, 7-8 of them interpret that potential as a promise, feel somehow betrayed that they didn't reach that potential, and blame the company for their failure. You can't hold it against them, sales in general is a demanding industry, and cold call door to door sales even more so. You're selling a product noone wants or needs, and most people never move beyond that to realize that the real product is your personality. And hell, some of those that do realize it don't have the personality to sell in the first place, so there's that as well.

But the problem is that all you hear on sites like this are the misinformed rants of people who, for whatever reason, couldn't cut it. You don't hear from the people who made it, because they dont' have anything to complain about, which is why I've taken to making my rounds to do my part to let people see the other side of things.

I sold magazines door to door for over 5 years before being elevated to management. After another 3 years, I had made enough money that after selling my crew to another manager, I was able to move off the road into a 3000 square foot home, open a brick and mortar shop, and put myself through college.

Is there money in mag crew? Hell yes there is. Is there fun to be had? Hell yes there is. Is everyone who joins going to get there? Nope. But the great thing about mag crew is that whether you succeed or fail, whether you get rich or quit, the responsibility for it is all yours.

hey mike in comments section - how did you get that from what Casper wrote?

So I take it you didn't sell very many magazines?