I am SO SICK OF these work-at-home links that look GREAT but when you get to....
By mommyboo
@mommyboo (13174)
United States
April 3, 2010 4:42pm CST
...the end of the information, it turns out you have to PAY for something, a kit or training. Ok, I am NOT AN IDIOT. I could probably go to sites and list things for companies on ebay RIGHT NOW without ANY training whatsoever! As long as I had an online manual that I was given access to when I accepted the stupid job, it should tell me everything I need to do, right? I see no reason why I would need training or certification or to pay ANYBODY even 50 CENTS in order to be able to do something like that. Sure I'd LOVE to make $5 per listing! On a non busy day, I could seriously make $500 a day and see it in my paypal the next morning! How nice that would be! I don't get why they wouldn't just accept me and IF I made at least $200 in the first 30 days, that would go to pay for the 'training'. I wouldn't mind IF I saw proof that I actually DID get $5 per listing and I was actually able to list at least 10 things an hour. 50 bucks an hour, not so shabby.
Gah I am crabby now. I actually clicked on a link and it really did look GREAT except for THAT part. Of course people want nothing to do with it! If you have any experience with these things, why the hell do you think they do this?
Has anybody here found anything legitimate where you can make a minimum of $50 a week doing something simple? LOL! I'm not talking about having to spend 15 hours a day on it either.
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7 responses
@34momma (13882)
• United States
6 Apr 10
are you asking about a real online job where you can make $50 per week, or just a way to make about $50 per week? I just wanted to be sure what you are asking. are there real jobs you can do online to make money, i would say so. i use to have a list of them. i have to look for it. but are there ways to make about 200 bucks a month online? i would say yes there is
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@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
8 Apr 10
For the sake of argument, I figured it would be easier to find out if there was a way to make approx 10 bucks a day. A long time ago I asked that question here in a discussion and I got a lot of off the wall answers. Specifically I was hoping to find a legitimate longstanding site where in a minimum of a couple hours per day, you were able to earn around 10 bucks, either through something like this, editing and proofing things (and getting say... a dollar for each page), typing codes, writing articles, or answering questions.
I have several reasons for not having a huge goal for a day. First, I think it's easier to think small in terms of amount per day. I also felt it was important to find something where you could CONSISTENTLY make around 10 bucks a day. That would mean a consistent 50 bucks a week which is enough to put aside for something or pay a particular bill.
I didn't want to rely on a bunch of different things and have to keep swapping what I was doing and have it take hours and hours either. I was also looking for something that just kept on going, not something where eventually you'll run out of stuff to do or have to 'generate your own leads' or 'sell stuff' lol.
As far as offline, if I take care of kids, I make more, but I don't do that every day.
@MeganK (88)
• United States
4 Apr 10
I have yet to find an efficient, easy way to make money online. The most productive website I've found so far is ChaCha, where I transcribe questions and earn $.03 for each one. The time it takes to do each question varies from 5 seconds to 30 seconds, but I can usually do at least 150 in an hour, and so I average between $4-$5 an hour. This isn't even minimum wage, but I think it's a fair trade off for such an easy job, and I can do as little or as much as I want, whenever I want, and in my sweat pants.
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@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
8 Apr 10
I checked this one out and registered, so far it seems closest to what I want aside from what I do here. Thanks so much for the info 
. As I said before, it is really tough to find legitimate ops that you actually get paid per thing you do, it's something you do anyway, and it works out to being worth doing.
. As I said before, it is really tough to find legitimate ops that you actually get paid per thing you do, it's something you do anyway, and it works out to being worth doing.
@HADDOWZ (1469)
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3 Apr 10
My simple advice would be.. If they want money upfront dont join. After all if you go to work say in a supermarket for example, they dont ask you for money to join their company they just train you what needs to be done, After that they pay you. Sadly there is no easy way to make real money, unless you were born with a silverspoon in your mouth. Have a happy, healthy , fun day.
@CJscott (4187)
• Portage La Prairie, Manitoba
4 Apr 10
You are most right sir, when you work for someone else, you only have to spend your time upfront to get your money. And you make a most excellent point in stating that only easy way to "make" real money is if you are born into it. I would say that is an easy to get money, and that there is no easy way to make it, lots of simple ways.
When you work for yourself, you have to spend both time and money. To achieve great financial success. You can make loads of money in the stock market, or this forex thing, with out much work or time, and you are required to make an initial investment.
People that offer to train you, in something, for a fee, are simply doing what the higher education institutions are doing. Charging you for their time and knowledge to help you get an edge in succeeding in life.
With appreciation.
@newzealtralian (3930)
• Australia
6 Apr 10
There are so many of those scams out there these days, and while some people do make money from them, they do have to spend hours every day to do it.
My partner supplements our income with his blogging and likes, but he is being paid by another company to do it, and he does spend about 6 hours a day doing the research and writing the posts (note: he also looks after 5 kids during this time as well- we both do).
The income is nothing more than a couple of hundred dollars a month, and he has to work seven days a week, but it at least pays for our phone bill and internet connection, with maybe a little bit extra for a couple of take away meals, so it can't really be considered to be a living.
Probably the best way we have been able to supplement our incomes, with minimal effort and no outlay cost, is by filling out surveys and the likes (I'm picky with the ones I choose to do, he isn't). Most of the ones we have signed up for don't pay you in cash, they pay in gift cards, which we are then able to redeem at certain shops. Sure, it doesn't contribute to the weekly budget, but those cards certainly come in handy when we have to buy a birthday present for one of our kids friends etc.
To earn a real living from the internet, you do have to have high qualifications. Computer game programming is one industry that is booming, and money is to be made from it, but unless you have the right qualifications, you won't get a job in the industry.
@firemom31 (598)
• United States
4 Apr 10
I had the same experiences and got really frustrated with the whole thing. I now work through oDesk and make pretty good money doing data entry. I've ben working through them for a little over a year, and I love it.
@kakashi2510 (163)
• Malaysia
3 Apr 10
I have a few offers, you want to do? You just need to request free insurance quote. $5 for each offer. Immediate payment via Paypal.
@Downwindz (2537)
• Netherlands
3 Apr 10
Nothing that pups upon top of my mind, my best job is about $15 an hour translating from English into Danish, but i also have other jobs paying at a far lower rate.
Reminds me it is actually against PayPals terms of service to do dropshipping, so they will close down your account if you are found to do such activity.
