Working from home to earn a few extra quid....

PammyD

Does anyone work from home to make a few extra quid??

Im trying to figure out what I could do from home for a little extra income..

I've been looking online about data entry from home etc but there are a lot of scams out there so im cautious...
Can anyone possibly give me some tips, ideas, help or know of any genuine sites to use??

fAzI

PammyD wrote: »

Does anyone work from home to make a few extra quid??

Im trying to figure out what I could do from home for a little extra income..

I've been looking online about data entry from home etc but there are a lot of scams out there so im cautious...
Can anyone possibly give me some tips, ideas, help or know of any genuine sites to use??

Hi
Did you ever try direct selling like Avon or MonaVie?

let me know

Sleepy

If anyone could recommend data-entry from home type positions I'd greatly appreciate it too (for the other half).

PammyD

Iv tried Avon b4 but was great for d first couple of weeks den customers dwindled and because there are soooo many people doing avon it proved harder to get new customers..

fasttalkerchat

The only jobs are scams, Avon or Kleneeze. You will make €2 per hour or they just want your details for identity theft.

wheretheskies

PammyD takeaway deliveries is another way, I used to do it when I was stuck for cash, even in a recession I got a good few tips, politeness goes a long way.

fasttalkerchat

wheretheskies wrote: »

PammyD takeaway deliveries is another way, I used to do it when I was stuck for cash, even in a recession I got a good few tips, politeness goes a long way.

Theses days its not worth the risk. If the guards stop you you can get done for no insurance. I don't know of any take away that provides insurance for its drivers.

Delancey

There must be legitimate work from home schemes. Problem is finding them among the plethora of scams which work in 1 of 2 ways - either they seek an upfront payment or they simply never pay you for your work.

kegzmc

I do some programming work from home at weekends or evenings when I need extra cash.

Small jobs only

fasttalkerchat

Delancey wrote: »

There must be legitimate work from home schemes. Problem is finding them among the plethora of scams which work in 1 of 2 ways - either they seek an upfront payment or they simply never pay you for your work.

Even some genuine schemes have a structure that a supervisor is responsible for paying everyone in a certain area. They hold off paying for as long as possible because a few new starts wont bother chasing up and just stop working.

Eod100

I remember Amazon were looking for someone to work from home. Basically it involved receiving calls from customers etc.

Could be worth checking the Amazon site to see if any of these positions are still available.

glagirl

There is also another one which is advertised as envelope stuffing..stay away. It is always advertised in the galway papers and says that if you send thirty euro(unless amount has changed) that they will send you info and if you are not interested they will return your money,,,you will never hear from them again. What they ask of you is to do the same to others

fasttalkerchat

nwatchgalway wrote: »

there is a great page on fb for neighbourhoodwatchgalway




http://www.facebook.com/pages/Neighb...5950444?ref=hl


people need to come together in areas to look out for each other, people do count on others to be completely independent from the society around them to then take advantage. Peoples attitudes will only change when it is too late.

The page is down... do they pay people to do security or what?

fasttalkerchat

For anyone who sees a work at home job, google the ad text and the phone number to see what else it throws up. I applied for a Team Leader position that was work at home with a small amount of field work... I imagined something like making rotas for care visits.
When I googled the phone number it was Kleeneze.

Mrs OBumble

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

The page is down... do they pay people to do security or what?

A reminder: please don't reply to obvious spam. Just hit the report button, and someone will deal with it.

fasttalkerchat

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

A reminder: please don't reply to obvious spam. Just hit the report button, and someone will deal with it.

You think so? A community watch scheme is unusual spam!

Mrs OBumble

fasttalkerchat wrote: »

You think so? A community watch scheme is unusual spam!

Yeah, the same poster (look at their name and sign-up date) put the same content into into multiple other forums at the same time.

I didn't even get to delete the posts here, one of the site admins beat me to it!

mikemac1

Not working from home but you can make a bit of cash doing mystery shopping

There was a poster on boards who used to recruit people

Different tasks like going to TV shop and see if they would push a particular brand.

The best one was working for Becks and going around different pubs, ordering a pint and seeing did I get it in a branded glass
Travelling around areas, drinking pints and getting paid!

The worst was a merchandising job and they send me around to B&Q shops to do displays for Durcell batteries. Took me aaaaaages per store. Never again

The easiest was going to Subway and ordering certain products and seeing did they give recommendations like sub of the day, did they try to upsell, did they offer every option.
Dead easy, in and out in no time

Pay isn't much but you get all your expenses. Bus, luas or if it was well out of the way or late at night you claim for a taxi.

If you made 20 to 30 euro per week you were doing well.
It's for unemployed people or maybe parents with time to spare or certainly students.
Nobody makes a living wage from mystery shopping

Lingua Franca

I signed up with a major, legitimate mystery shopping company a few months back. They put the word out for an operation in my area last week and I responded. They asked me to go and do a preliminary check on a business before doing a purchasing operation. I went and snapped a pic for them, evidence they had requested I gather, but had to let them know that I'd been told by the business that I could not shop there.

I've heard nothing since. They didn't even throw me a few quid for my time, my petrol, my pic and for putting myself in a very dodgy situation. They haven't responded to my emails.

Fuck mystery shopping.

fasttalkerchat

I do a fair bit of mystery shopping. I make good money because I'm the only one in my area who does a good job so I can ask for better money. If a big paying job isnt done right the agency stand to lose a lot so will usually be open to negotiation. My last job was on Thursday night, I got £30 for my fee £15 expenses and a free pair of trainers for a 30 min visit and an hour driving. Before that I made £50 profit for an hours work with almost no travel.
I haven't been scammed yet because I can be choosy about the jobs I take and I'm making good money because I reject all silly jobs like bookies visits etc.

fasttalkerchat

Lingua Franca wrote: »

I signed up with a major, legitimate mystery shopping company a few months back. They put the word out for an operation in my area last week and I responded. They asked me to go and do a preliminary check on a business before doing a purchasing operation. I went and snapped a pic for them, evidence they had requested I gather, but had to let them know that I'd been told by the business that I could not shop there.

I've heard nothing since. They didn't even throw me a few quid for my time, my petrol, my pic and for putting myself in a very dodgy situation. They haven't responded to my emails.

Fuck mystery shopping.

PM me the name of the agency, I'd be surprised if they won't pay up if you send a friendly reminder. You did the right thing by not forcing entry. The one issue would be that you should take photos after the shop since part of your job is not to get spotted.

Lingua Franca

I wasn't spotted taking the pic. I couldn't shop there because it's not an ordinary shop and you need to make an account with them.

The agency told me to go out there and take the photo, then come home and email it to them and then they would issue me with funds to go back and buy the product. I went there and discreetly snapped an incriminating pic, then was approached and informed that I needed to go to the back office with my business papers to register an account to buy anything from them.

Mrs OBumble

Lingua Franca wrote: »

I signed up with a major, legitimate mystery shopping company a few months back. They put the word out for an operation in my area last week and I responded. They asked me to go and do a preliminary check on a business before doing a purchasing operation. I went and snapped a pic for them, evidence they had requested I gather, but had to let them know that I'd been told by the business that I could not shop there.

I've heard nothing since. They didn't even throw me a few quid for my time, my petrol, my pic and for putting myself in a very dodgy situation. They haven't responded to my emails.

Fuck mystery shopping.

Was it Customer Perceptions? I've got an interesting thread of their own going at the moment. http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056394603