Are there any worthwhile work at home opportunities out there? I gave the survey signup a shot, got 20% more spam in my email, plus no one's really interested in the opinions of a 21 year old female, they're too common to sign up for surveys. I tried the mystery shopper network and ended up spending more time signing up for mystery shopper networks than actually mystery shopping. Two new opportunities have come up both in at home data entry. One says it is to process applications (I'm guessing financial applications for mortgages or something like that), says the average person makes $200 - $400/week and that they pay $15 - $20/application. The one-time fee (to ensure seriousness of the inquiry and to cover the costs of training materials) is $20.

The other is also a data entry position. It says the average person makes $600/week. They pay $10-$20/application processed. They also mention keeping track of your own taxes, which the other one did not (though I most definitely assume they don't keep track of money earned for taxes either). Their start up fee is $12.

If anyone wants to test these and report back, I'll give you the paypal addresses. If anyone knows anything about either, I'd appriciate that too.

I know there are legitimate work from home opportunities out there, my office employs at home workers, but I already have a job here. Any information is appriciated. I'm looking to make at least $100/week extra income. More is definitely appriated though.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

I thought that work at home stuff was how they tricked stay at home moms and elderly people into doing work for little or no pay? I don't know anything about them personally, just always assumed they were a scam. Regardless of how much big money they promise.

My ex did a envelope packing scam. They'd send her pamphlets and she had to put them in envelopes and add the stamps and mail them out. It seemed dumb to me and she made like 20 bucks after doing it for a month. Maybe they aren't all bad, but thats the only thing I've ever heard about these type of programs, but yours sound a little different.

I looked them up on the ftc website and either they're too new or they're legit, because I couldn't find any mention of them.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

Government conspiracy! Run! Run! By now they've already tapped your phone!

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the kid's getting old, the kid's getting old

Prostitution.

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Dad was flammable

Yeah right, you still haven't paid your bill.

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Mediocrity at its most average.

Babysitting.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

I'm naturally suspicious of anyone who wants you to give THEM money to have YOU work for them.

The persuit of an easy buck is usually futile. But keep dreaming.

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peddling the funny around since 09/24/2002

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Ham-fisted ham fisting.

I'LL TAKE ALL YOU GOT!!!

HCRoyall's idea is a good one.

Some of the pros: Travis would have company, learn to share, play with others, not run with scissors, etc. And it's decent money, you set your hours, no exceptions, and still have your evenings and weekends free.

Cons: You'd need to check into your state's guidelines on the maximum amount of kiddies you could take in. You'd need to be tolerant of allergies, rampant colds and other germs, and if you don't want to be changing other diapers, limit the age group. You'd also be self-employed, which is a bit more complicated come tax time. Most people paying out for child care would claim this on their taxes, meaning you would have to claim the income.

All of this advice from your friendly neighborhood pita is free, provided HC meant "babysitting" children :P

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“It is only with the heart that one sees rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” - The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1945)

I like Artemis's idea better. Tell me more!

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the kid's getting old, the kid's getting old

I have a feeling that business is like any other discipline. There's really no secret. Anyone who makes you pay them to tell you how to make money (or to hook you up in some money-making network) has found *his* money-making secret, but I doubt he'll tell you anything you couldn't have learned for free.

There are turnkey businesses out there, where you pay for a load of equipment and some instruction and support. Those are legit and anything but easy money. You're paying money for equipment.

Similar but different for genuine franchises (as opposed to pyramid schemes like Uknowwhoway).

You can also Google up sample business plans for at-home businesses and other start-ups. This info is free.

Most of those things where they say "send us $35 for our money-making package" or whatever will take your $35, send you a bunch of crap, and ask you to send them more money for even more exciting crap. And it goes that way until you figure out that the only ones making money are them.

Then there are those networks that seem to refer mostly to themselves.

I think if you're going into business, there are certain things you simply can't get around: investment, risk, legwork, and so on. If I had to start a business right now, I'd probably do flooring, or light hauling, or something like that. I'd ask myself what I would pay someone for and go from there.

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What others say about boorite!

Listen to boorite. Figure out some service you're good at or enjoy doing and find a way to get people to pay you for that service.

The secretary/accountant at the place I used to work tried out things similar to what you mentioned. They sent her legitimate information about how to earn money by filling out forms and claims and whatnot and contacting people about funds due them and other crap like that.

However, in order to make any money, you had to track down the people and convince them to pay you money for the research you had done. It's a lot of work, and there's little likelihood anyone will pay you for the information you do find.

I told the lady my opinion before she even sent off for the information, but she was the type who liked to talk and seldom listened. She gave up after a couple of weeks.

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This lady was the same one who bought a few of one of our company's most popular products (at wholesale price, of course) and tried auctioning said product on eBay. Even though it was a popular product with a low price point, she sold exactly zero of them online.

The problem was that no one really knew this product existed outside of the retail businesses to which we sold it. People who saw it in those specialty retail shops bought it on sight (and site) and thus would never need to look for one online. It wasn't a common item that anyone would search for on eBay, either.

Again, I tried telling her these things to no avail. I also mentioned that her scheme was ethically questionable because she would be competing with her own company for sales, but we'll just say ethics was not something that concerned her. I think she eventually sold the pieces back to the company for the price she had originally paid, so at least she didn't lose any money on the deal.

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If you really need an extra $100 a month, cut back on whatever expenses possible. After I lost my job and became a stay at home Dad, certain things became extraneous. We reduced our cable bill $30 by getting rid of digital cable. I switched to a cheaper ISP and saved $15 a month. I told BellSouth to suck the big one and signed up with a new company which provides a better level of service for about half the cost. Every little bit adds up.

The data entry things you mentioned sound a bit more legit than stuffing envelopes, but there's a good reason those companies outsource that type of work, and it's not because it's expensive for them.

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