Is it true that any home business where you are sked to pay to start is scam?

By Nic
@academic2 (7000)
Uganda
March 17, 2008 10:51am CST
I came accross a very worrying oppinion today here on mylot-a couple mylotter wrote to strongly discourage any business site that requests you to make a startup fee inorder to earn-I amost want to agree with them because nearly all opportunities i apid to start have paid me nothing! Could they be right!
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6 responses
@youless (112103)
• Guangzhou, China
27 Mar 08
I think so. There is no way that you have to pay for and then you can have an earning from it. It doesn't make a sense. I never want to pay for it. It should be free of charge. If not, I don't join it anyway.
• India
18 Mar 08
yeah, most of those sites try so scam people...these scammers make fake interviews from people that dont know about this.. and make fake proofs that this is valid and not a scam... i strongly recommend NEVER pay money for sites which require money before you start earning...why to pay before u can earn???
• United States
17 Mar 08
I don't believe that is the case. I think you are paying for the info on how to succeed with the business, but I'm not a big fan of sites where you need to pay before you can earn.--- afterall, you don't know if you'll even make your money back. I guess there are many scams out there on the internet and perhaps that's why I have chosen to earn mostly with free affiliate sites. There is little downside, you may have to spend more time earning with them, but I can say that some of them do work, so the upside is huge! But to answer your question, no, I don't believe all sites that charge are scams, I know of several that are making people money from these types of sites. But the reality is, for every "real" site, there's probably a scam site lurking about too.
@gem4678 (220)
• United States
17 Mar 08
I have done a lot of research here and the problem is that if you have to pay for it it is not a "job" it is information letting you knwo how to do something that may or may not work. I have tried many and only one ever made me anything and it wasn't much. I went to a sight once that went over this all in details and told you what to do to find real jobs on the internet but I don't remember where it was and I have the sight saved on another computer, but in the end it seems that its not worth it to waste your time. None of them tell you the truth and they won't get you anywhere. Good luck to you though, that is just what I have seemed to learn.
@JoeMel (41)
• Australia
17 Mar 08
I think so. If any sites need us pay for the money first, then we can earn money from them. I will guess it is a scamer. Why they need us pay for it first? If it tell you that you need find more downline and you will get more, it should be a scamer.
@s2a2n2 (1732)
• India
17 Mar 08
not all sites are scam, but some sites pay really. but we need to be aware of those asking for money to signup, most of them are not trustworthy