Have any of you worked as/encountered teen door-to-door magazine sales?

Have any of you worked as/encountered teen door-to-door magazine sales?
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I just know that we had a “magazine drive” at my middle school. It was a big deal. But it wasn’t a real “job” and it was completely optional. You just won things if you sold a lot of them.
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