Stuff Envelopes for Money – Can This be Real?
You’ve seen the ads – “stuff envelopes for money”. Seems like an easy way to make money, doesn’t it? Almost too good to be true. Some are scams, some aren’t. Here is a little information about making money by stuffing envelopes that you may want to know.
First of all, there are some real companies that will pay you to prepare and send out their mail. These companies have you send out circulars, flyers and newsletters for their business. Why do they pay you instead of having employees do it? It saves them BIG money.
Think about this. If you stuff envelopes for money from your own home, these companies don’t have to provide benefits. They also don’t have to provide the extra working space they would need to add on additional employees. So they save money, and you benefit!
Now, other companies will advertise that you can make big money stuffing envelopes from home. These aren’t really scams, but here’s what they do. They send you a mailing, and you are to send out the exact same thing you received, trying to get others to join this same scheme for a price. While this isn’t exactly what you were hoping for when you were looking to stuff envelopes for money, you CAN make money, it’s just more difficult.
Most people aren’t interested in the second scenario. They want a legitimate envelope stuffing job, mailing REAL information for legitimate companies. These types of work at home jobs are hard to find, but there are a few.
Of course, when you do find a genuine company that provides this type of work, there is one requirement. You must be able to meet deadlines. That is usually the only condition you have to meet.
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Tess Tackett
How To Avoid Some Of The More Common Home Business Scams
We’ve all seen the ads that proclaim you can earn thousands of dollars working from home. Some even state, “Fire your boss”. The problem with the vast majority of these ads, if not all of them, is that they are getting people all hyped up over something that doesn’t even exist. The truth is that 99 percent of the home business offers that you see are bogus. That’s right, they are just scams. When you see an ad claiming you can make thousands of dollars working from home and the ad has a 1-800 number you can bet they are going to try to sell you some report on how to do it that isn’t worth the paper it is printed on. Let’s take a look at some of the biggest scams so you don’t get taken in by them.
First off you need to look at where the ad was placed. Where did you see the ad? When you receive these ads in your email, regular mail, or on a poster stapled to a telephone pole you can rest assured it is garbage. Ads placed in legitimate newspapers or trade magazines may be more likely to be legitimate but it is still unlikely. The best defense is to be on guard and assume that any home business offer is a scam until proven otherwise.
One of the biggest work at home scams around is that of envelope stuffing. This one has been around for years. I can remember seeing these ads as a teenager and I am 45 today! What these companies usually do is charge you a fee to become involved and then what they do is send you envelopes and ads to place like the one you answered. Yeah, you guessed it; you are stuffing envelopes and sending information to other suckers like you who got roped into the scam. These types of operations are illegal in almost every jurisdiction. Don’t fall for the envelope stuffing scams.
Another way to identify if a home business opportunity is a scam is if they are charging for supplies. Nearly all of these bogus work at home offers will ask you to put up money for supplies that they say are needed to do the work. If anyone asks you to invest in materials it isn’t a legitimate offer. A reputable company that is seeking people to work from home will not require you to pay for anything upfront. If there are things needed such as computer software, they will either provide them free or deduct the fees from your earnings.
Another bogus work from home opportunity you need to be aware of is the one where they send you the materials upfront to make items for them such as clothing, toys, crafts, or other items. At first you may think that it is a reputable operation because they didn’t charge you for the materials. However, what you quickly find out is that when you send in your completed work, they refuse to pay you because it isn’t “up to their standards”. If you are going to do this kind of work do it for yourself.
So there you have it. Some of the more common work at home, business opportunity scams. Just remember the old adage, “If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is”.
Gregg Hall
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