work from home
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Laughing Gas
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From: Lincoln, Nebraska
work from home
You have seen those commercials about people earning $5000 a month part time.
Well my wife wants to stay home and work. I was wondering if any of you or know anyone with experiance with those online work from home things.
To me it sounds to good to be true i did go on the website for a couple but they want you to send money for shipping af the dvd info packet.
Well my wife wants to stay home and work. I was wondering if any of you or know anyone with experiance with those online work from home things.
To me it sounds to good to be true i did go on the website for a couple but they want you to send money for shipping af the dvd info packet.
More Turbo
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From: colorado
workin at home...to figure out how to work at home...
Yeah, I hear you! I was thinking if I could find something to do from home and make another $500 or so a month, I would be able to gain some ground on the bills instead of paying the intrest and hoping for the lottery. Haven't found one. I tried two of the envelope stuffing ones and lost $250.00. Those were worthless. Tried selling car parts on Ebay but that was hit os miss - worked hard at it for a month and made a profit of $32.00 for all my effort. Looked into "29gain.com" that they've been advertising on the tv, and it didn't sound like what I was looking for. If you find a company that sounds good, punch they're name in on the internet and do a search, you'll find out quick if they've got people mad at 'em! - No good advice but wanted to say "Good luck! - pullin' for ya!"
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Posting Guru
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From: charlotte nc
work from home?
If she stays home she will work alright,cleaning, cooking, laundry etc .......and there wont be no paycheck for it,,,,,,,,,I would talk to several people I know that have tried it (for at least 2 years) and see what the story is,,,,,,,prepare to learn that it didnt work out..... what kind of at home business is she talking about?
The Pacifier
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From: Cloverdale, BC
The thing you have to remember about those "part time jobs" is they have fine print saying "results not typical". Yeah, some people might make more than $5000, most will make far less.
But good luck to you and your wife. I hope it works out for you.
But good luck to you and your wife. I hope it works out for you.
Posting Guru
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From: N. Mississippi
There is no such thing as a "get rich quick" scheme. If everyone could make that kind of money working from home...part time.....they would.
I personally think those commercials should be banned from the airwaves. I think you have a better chance making it big by winning a lottery.
Plus like you said...if it's sounds too good to be true....it usually is.
This is just my opinion of course!
I personally think those commercials should be banned from the airwaves. I think you have a better chance making it big by winning a lottery.
Plus like you said...if it's sounds too good to be true....it usually is.
This is just my opinion of course!
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Laughing Gas
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From: Lincoln, Nebraska
we talked about opening a day care and watch 3 or 4 kids she really just wants to stay home and saw on of those ads and thought about that but it just sounds to good to be true. we both work hard for are money to throw at some one and not get a return on it or get scammed
Post Fiend
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From: San Francisco, Ca.
My honest opinion on these work at home scemes?
Exactly that...........S-C-E-M-E-S.
The person making the money is the one selling this BS.
Exactly that...........S-C-E-M-E-S.
The person making the money is the one selling this BS.
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More Turbo
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From: colorado
Hey, I have some input on the daycare idea! My ex wife and I started a home daycare twelve years ago. She still has it and is doing great. We started off with 3-5 kids, did well, changed the garage into a playroom and it took off from there. We moved to a bigger house, got licensed for more-we were making so much money I just worked most of the time at the daycare. We had 20 kids and were making around $65,000 a year. not bad if you like kids, Gotta do it right though, take some classes, get all the right licenses, kiss social services butt.
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Posting Guru
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From: Southern MD
The way most of those things work, you pay like $49 for the package from the ad. Then in a couple of weeks, some slick tongued Charlie will inundate you with phone calls trying to upsell you to their special program.
For $4-5,000, they will assign you a personal Guru to hold your hand, and walk you through the program to "Guarantee" you will be "Successful". After you pay your $4-5,000 the Guru plays hard to get, or vanishes. You're stuck with a program, no help and out a lot of money.
Be very careful before you commit yourself to any additional costs. Some people do make a bunch of money from some of these programs, but not many. Thus the disclaimer in their ads.
For $4-5,000, they will assign you a personal Guru to hold your hand, and walk you through the program to "Guarantee" you will be "Successful". After you pay your $4-5,000 the Guru plays hard to get, or vanishes. You're stuck with a program, no help and out a lot of money.
Be very careful before you commit yourself to any additional costs. Some people do make a bunch of money from some of these programs, but not many. Thus the disclaimer in their ads.
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From: Location, Location.
Every single one of them are scams.
The low initial investment is just the hook. Then you get harassed by high-pressure sales tactics with the argument that if you'll just invest some more, they can reveal the REALLYU big secrets that will make you rich. And it never ends.
There are lots of real and legit businesses you can run from home - programming, real estate agent, Ebay sales, book keeper, tranlsator, etc etc. But none of them come pre-packaged from a website.
The low initial investment is just the hook. Then you get harassed by high-pressure sales tactics with the argument that if you'll just invest some more, they can reveal the REALLYU big secrets that will make you rich. And it never ends.
There are lots of real and legit businesses you can run from home - programming, real estate agent, Ebay sales, book keeper, tranlsator, etc etc. But none of them come pre-packaged from a website.
Post Fiend
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From: North of Normal
If your wife wants to work at home and make some extra $$$ why not try tupperware or avon very little start up cost and a good support system and have been around for decades.
Everyone is right those info commercials are scams.
Everyone is right those info commercials are scams.
Senior User
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From: Flagstaff, AZ
There are some companies out there that hire quite a few people to just work out of the house. I think Geico and Progressive both do it. I'm sure it will require a phone and computer with high speed Internet. I also know you can do medical transcription from home. The money probably isn't great, but they are legit.
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From: north central Indiana
Been there, done that. I tried one of those deals once. Wound up costing me about $5000 when all was said and done. My wife has tried a few different programs with about the same results. Between the two of us it's cost us over $10,000. This is over a period of years. After getting burned once I won't do it again, and I think the wife may learning the same lesson now...(I hope!)