How do you feel about work at home sites that wants you to pay them to work?

[monkey9r]

most are not scams but some that are mulilevel marketing may be ok.

[schoolvan]

I am doing one and I am thinking of not doing it anymore it is a small amount. I'll make it up with the other free ones that I am doing.

[inertia4]

Well how I feel about this is that most of of those sites are total scams. No one should be asking you to pay them in order for you to earn money online.

[lvstephanie]

I think that kinda of defeats the purpose of you working for them. In a sense I guess you could call the company a "pimp" and the workers for the company that pay them the "hoes". I only use this as a reference because its the only "job" that i know of where the employees have to pay their boss to work.

I think my friend that is a tattoo artist would be troubled to hear you say that.... He has to pay a small fee in order to work at the tattoo parlor. But after paying that monthly fee, anything he makes from his clients is his alone. I think some carnies work under the same principle; you may have to pay a small fee to the fair / carnival but afterward anything they make is their own money. Also many strippers dancers work under the same model, but that may be getting closer to your original analogy... 

Similarly, some on-line businesses (Avon has been mentioned a few times) require a small fee but then anything you earn is your own money. However you have to determine what the fee is going towards before declaring it a scam. For my friend the skin artist, he pays the tattoo shop a fee that goes towards building rent, utilities, advertisement, etc. There are also other shops where there are no fees for this stuff, but then the shop gets a cut on all sales that the artist makes. Similarly, I could see an on-line business charging a small maintainence fee for their software, space on their servers, etc. but any sale you generate from the web-site that they give you is your own earnings. A different business may handle those maintainence costs differently by not charging you any fess, but then taking a cut off of your sales.

I've also heard some people mention that selling educational / informational material is just a scam, esp. if that information can be found for free... But this too may have an underlying reason behind the fee. Even though the information may be found for free, time is money, and if it would take you several days doing the research for yourself, it may actually be more worthwhile to pay a fee for that information rather than spend so much time finding this "free" information yourself.

Thus I'd never say that all of these businesses are scams; although this does tend to be the case more often than not. So I'd say to be cautious about these sites. Check the BBB, Google them to read up on any complaints, and determine the reason why the fees are necessary. In the end, no one is forcing you to accept any of these jobs, so even if after doing your research and the company seems legit, if you still don't feel comfortable with it, then just skip it and move onto something more suitable to you.

[egypt31]

I don't think you should have to pay someone to work for them.

You're right they should have to pay a person to work for them not vice versa, if my luck on this doesn't change soon I may give up on the whole trying to use the computer to make money, I'm really getting tired of wasting my time

[saquoia810]

Have you not had luck with anything? I dont' think these sites are here for people to quit there day jobs. These work from home sites are just to supplement and give people something to do..I guess.

[BlackSheepNY]

C'mon now, when you're looking for a job in the real world, would you pay someone to find it for you?  It's normal practice for the COMPANY to pay any fees.  I won't touch anything that asks me for money, it reeks of SCAM!

[joyroos18]

if i have to pay someone to work for them i had rather clean my own house lol, i go across the street every week to get my neighbors trash bins to take them to the road for pick up , and help with her limbs. it would never occur to me to charge her, so doing something for someone else for free why would you pay to get help for yourself. makes no sense and these people are not only crooked they are just plain wrong.

[Azanne07]

I keep on going and i dont look back because i dont believe they work

[mhleming]

You definitely should never have to pay someone to work for them. That makes no sense and defeats the purpose entirely. There are plenty of people who are willing to pay you for the work they need done.

There are other opportunities that claim to have a home based business for you and you have to pay for their information and start up package, which is fine if it is a legit company and you are really interested and have confidence in your ability to succeed with such a business, but that is different than actually working for somebody. Avon is one of these companies and many people have said it's worked for them.

[lynnc35]

I think these people have no morals that make you pay to earn money, wrong.

[tyrabalogun]

I've never heard of any legitimate work at home sites that charge you.  Seems to me that an employer should be paying employees instead of the other way around. Please beware of these scams!!!

[kqa]

That's easy.  Scam!

[vickysue]

I think it is a scam also, I would never send them any money, if you do then they have access to you bank account and then there are some of them even want you ss# Who knows wht they would do with that info. Scary thought.

[raepadilla123]

I think its absolutely bogus i get so frustrated because of course  they dont bring up the price untill ur stoked about doing the darn thing and its just dissapointing.. are there anyu dont have to pay for that will actuall bring me income??