murkywaters, i once fell for something like what youre referring too. this was for kirby vacume though. it stated i would be doing pre-arranged demonstrations of their product to people who asked to be shown the product.

the thing is, they blatantly lied. they would canvas a rich neighorhood (most people cant afford a 1,200$ vacume), stick business cards on it stating that they had a chance to enter a contest and win a free carpet cleaning.

everyone won a 'free' carpet cleaning which was just a clevar ruse to get them in the door to pitch their vacumes.

the good thing about that whole speel? i sold 3 vacumes my first day, got my check that night, and quit. they gave us a vacume to take home during the 3 week training course that i used every day. those things really are awesome. we'd vacume the carpet with a bagless vacume, then my friends hover. we'd bring in the kirby then and even though the carpet appeared clean, the kirby managed to fill its bag quickly.

i own a kirby now, but i bought it used and for way less than 1200$.