SATELLITE - Keith, SLC Utah

In the summer of 2007 I drove out to Omaha Nebraska with a friend,we were convinced we were going to make bank over the summer selling dish network door to door. If I could go back and pick selling door to door again I would definitely do security systems. They might be a little harder to sale than maybe pest control or satellite but you make a lot more money per sale as well. It doesn't take long to learn how to sell door to door but it is still a hard job. I think the worst part is, the second most people see you they want you gone and they don't want to talk to you. Not to mention you are selling in very hot weather. With dish network we made $80.00 a sale if you were a first year representative and more if it was your second or third year. I sold from the beginning of may till the middle of July that summer. It was brutal and I made okay money. The problem is the money I made went toward bills to live out in Omaha-food, gas, fun, etc. It also wasn't planned very well because we were living in Omaha and Omaha has a cable company called cox cable. Well they pretty much dominate that city in cable, phone and internet. So after a week of trying that city out we decided to try elsewhere. the problem with that is for the rest of the summer we were paying to drive 30 minutes to an hour and a half away! Needless to say we spent a lot on gas. I had a good experience as for fun and all but not a good money maker. Also something important to know is that we received draws (money) every two weeks of enough money to pay for necessities. If you were selling more than what you were getting in your draws you would receive a check of all the excess money you made at the end of the summer. Well if you don't stay all summer because you get sick of it or whatever you no longer receive that end of the summer check. I left early cause I didn't want to do it anymore and didn't see a reason to. therefore I lost out on at least $2,000! just make sure you know what your getting yourself into before going out to do one of these summer jobs.