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Jdawg2013


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stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash
#3721204 - 02/02/05 08:14 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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this is in no way an advertisement
hey i picked up this flyer for www.businessmailsystems.com -- supposedly you can make hundreds a week just by stuffing envelopes for various companies, and work on your own schedule ... decide your own workload and whatnot.
im thinking of signing up but it requires that i send them $40 to get all the materials (1-time fee) so i dont want to do it if its a scam or if ill have to mail thousands of letters a week or something ridiculous
anyone ever tried a program like this or know someone who has? let me know whats up.
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3721247 - 02/02/05 08:18 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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if it sounds to good to be true it probably is. and lots of money for unskilled labor sound too good too be true.
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Jdawg2013


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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: dressel11]
#3721301 - 02/02/05 08:26 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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that doesnt really help me dude
these flyers are up 365 days a yr on my campus... makes it seem legit
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3721319 - 02/02/05 08:29 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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pyramid scheme.
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: dressel11]
#3721320 - 02/02/05 08:29 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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my friends mom used to do stuff like that. I think that there is a slight catch though. I think you get paid by how many of the envelopes get business or something. I'm not sure about that part though. I think that its relatively legit though. In any case I dont think they'll steel your $40 cause there seems to be a large business revolved around this. I wanted to try it when I was younger, but nothing really came of it. My own lack of initiative I think. I say give it a shot and if it works, spread the word to us shroomerites.
I'm sure quite a few of us wouldn't mind sitting on our asses stuffing envelopes while smoking hookahs all day in return for some fatty pay checks. Think of it. We are the perfect work force for them. I bet I could stuff more envelopes in a day than some sober ass housewife. It's the ones hopped up on amphetamines that you gotta watch out for. If I'm getting payed per envelope I'd stuff a shitload in a day.
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Vvellum]
#3721331 - 02/02/05 08:31 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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yeah thats what I thought. Its all based on responses to the specific envelopes you yourself mail out. Is that about the gist of it Bio?
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Vvellum]
#3721340 - 02/02/05 08:32 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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bi0 said: pyramid scheme.
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: 40oz]
#3721342 - 02/02/05 08:32 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3721352 - 02/02/05 08:33 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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THIS IS A SCAM!
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3721361 - 02/02/05 08:34 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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did you read the fine print?
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Please note: all income claims are theoretical and based on the highest possible level of income, and are not necessarily representative of the average income of program participants. Actual income varies, of course, with the individual effort applied.Duties not limited solely to the stuffing and mailing of letters, though this is key to success of program. See program for complete details.
Read everything closely. Try doing a check on them from the BBB.
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3721369 - 02/02/05 08:36 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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j2012b said: these flyers are up 365 days a yr on my campus... makes it seem legit
Trust me, it IS a scam and hardly legit, as the others have said....
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Le_Canard]
#3721482 - 02/02/05 08:50 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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so theyll steal my 40 dollars and never send me anything?
my buddy did something like this where they would send him cabinets to assemble and then hed mail them out
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: 40oz]
#3721490 - 02/02/05 08:51 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: 40oz]
#3721557 - 02/02/05 09:00 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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thanks for the warnings everyone. have any of you known someone who actually tried a program like this?
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3721656 - 02/02/05 09:16 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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"The Better Business Bureau suggests using extreme caution when responding to any such offer. While ads claim high earnings and short hours with little or no experience, Bureau files nationwide indicate no evidence of anyone making the promised money. Rarely, if ever, are these ads an offer of legitimate employment. Generally, these "jobs" require up-front fees for information or supplies, and only the person who ran the ad makes any money."
god i am a fucking sucker ... thanks guys ... you saved me 40 bucks
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#3721697 - 02/02/05 09:24 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: ricochet]
#3721741 - 02/02/05 09:31 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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i want to find someone putting up one of those flyers and give them a piece of my mind
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3721885 - 02/02/05 09:47 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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I had a buddy do somthing like this but it was door to door.. 2 weeks later it turnes out hes in a cult.. He tried to quit but they would come and harass him at home and work. He said getting out of that job was like quiting the hells angels
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Legoulash]
#3722497 - 02/02/05 11:15 PM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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dude, all they're going to do is send you a piece of paper telling you to put an ad in the newspaper for people to send you 40$ to learn how to stuff envelopes
the classic pyramid scheme.
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Re: stuffing envelopes at home for extra cash [Re: Jdawg2013]
#3723368 - 02/03/05 02:57 AM (18 years, 11 months ago) |
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I found this pretty humorous, as I actually make money taking care of mail myself.
Except I do it..
With this:

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