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Getting paid to work from home

  • 22-07-2008 8:59pm
    #1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭


    Can yu really do it?
    i see all these sites that say get paid from working at home easy peasy lemon squeezy,
    but most/all are scams but is there any site that you do some work for that theyll accually pay you?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭sickpuppy32


    quick answer is no!
    dont go near them, a friend of mine got into it, ended up spending hours going around estates distributing brochures and then waiting for the phone to ring with loads of orders - which of course it didn't. course he had to pay for the brochures then!
    "if it sounds too good to be true - it usually is!"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 111 ✭✭skaterdude


    there must be someting to them though at least ne out of the hundred they hve on the internet must be for real?
    paid surveys and whatnot


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭sickpuppy32


    there are hundreds of people offering you money, sex, drugs etc on the internet - dont be fooled .
    They are mostly based on you approaching people on the street / in their homes, trying to sell them something and then getting a "commission" or you buying a product/brochure and selling it on. Another one is you getting your friends to do it too and then getting a commission on their sales. Either way you end up losing ur friends, pissing off ur family (cause you sold to them and they have to bail u out) and owning/losing all your money.
    Dont just believe me, i'd say there are lots of horror stories on the web about this scam. Use ur timeinstead to get trained and get a proper old boring job like the rest of us plebs
    or invent a longer lasting lightbulb!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,477 ✭✭✭azzeretti


    there are hundreds of people offering you money, sex, drugs etc on the internet - dont be fooled .
    They are mostly based on you approaching people on the street / in their homes, trying to sell them something and then getting a "commission" or you buying a product/brochure and selling it on. Another one is you getting your friends to do it too and then getting a commission on their sales. Either way you end up losing ur friends, pissing off ur family (cause you sold to them and they have to bail u out) and owning/losing all your money.
    Dont just believe me, i'd say there are lots of horror stories on the web about this scam. Use ur timeinstead to get trained and get a proper old boring job like the rest of us plebs
    or invent a longer lasting lightbulb!

    Not true. I gave up my job as an IT Consultant (for over 10 years) to start working from home with one of these companies. Just this year I turned over my 10th Million euro*. Send me on your details and a postal order for €1000 and I'll get you sorted.....no problems.


    *None of this is true, I just want your money, now....please?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 507 ✭✭✭sickpuppy32





    found this :

    If you are not ready to take the big step of starting your own business, there are companies which offer work from home opportunities. However, beware! Unfortunately, homeworking - due to its popularity - is subject to many scams, rip-offs and dodgy dealers. Generally speaking if a money making opportunity sounds too good to be true, then it probably is! There are legitimate companies who will pay reasonable rates for working from home, but they are few and far between.
    Scams

    Be especially careful of any companies - both on and off the internet - which request your money up-front - be it for registration, stock, materials, etc.
    'Envelope stuffing' can be a classic example - when you respond to a homeworking advert you'll be asked to send a registration fee to receive details about earning money at home by stuffing envelopes for mail order companies.
    Sounds good so far - BUT all you'll receive in return for your fee is a letter telling you to put an advert up in your local newsagent or post office, asking people to send you a registration fee. These days all commercial mailings are automated and there is no requirement for homeworkers in the envelope stuffing field.
    Another popular con-trick is to offer simple assembly work at home - this can be anything from greeting cards to gifts or crafts, but again you'll probably be asked to pay up-front for materials. You are then likely to find that the materials you receive will be worth a fraction of what you've paid, and when you've finished the assembly or painting work and send it off, you won't receive any payment as your efforts are likely to be rejected and returned to you as 'sub-standard' or 'failed quality control'.
    The online versions of the above scams are many and varied, but some of the ones to look out for are: Buying e-books which promise to tell you how to get rich and which turn out to contain very little but instructions on how to resell copies of the e-book you've just bought! Signing up to take surveys or act as a 'mystery shopper' is another job opportunity which should ring your alarm bells if it asks for a registration or joining fee.
    Finally watch out for unsolicited emails promising easy work at home 'administrative' , sales co-ordinator' and 'data entry' jobs - these will promise high hourly and monthly rates but will typically require you to send money to train or register and not produce any work and worse still may use your details for fraudulent purposes.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15 moverandshaker


    Does any1 have any info on legite work from home opportunities????


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,382 ✭✭✭✭AARRRGH


    There are three options:

    1. Join a MLM scheme. These make a lot of money from joining fees. The products they sell seem to be an after thought. I would avoid.
    2. Typing/posting letters/other crappy work from home jobs. You will work long hours and earn little money.
    3. Become self employed (e.g. an online business) or get a skill which allows you to work from him. This would be the only option I would recommend.


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