Seriously, there are still ENVELOPE STUFFING work-at-home "opportunites" in 2018???
Yes, there sure are...
You've probably noticed that I make fun of envelope stuffing schemes...a lot.
So...back in the late '90s...
I was once a dumb 18-year-old kid in the late who actually perused through work-from-home magazines trying to figure out a way to make money from home, because I grew up poor, with parents who didn't believe in allowances, or letting the kids find ways to make or have access to their own money. If we wanted something, we had to ask them if we could get it, and they decided whether or not we could have it. They’d give us money to go to the movies or for things kids do for entertainment that require money, but the model was that they were in almost complete control. Still I found ways to save up some money (usually by asking for more than I needed to go to the movies.
Well, I saw an ad for something that said you could make $2,000 a week stuffing 1,000 envelopes. This sounded intriguing. Well, by 18, I'd pretty much mastered the art of asking for a few bucks here and there, to go out for a bit (no, I still did not have access to my own money even by then), and all this "company" needed was a $40 membership fee to get started. I sent it. Six weeks later (things used to run really slow in the days before Amazon Prime offered two-day shipping, or even most people had Internet, for that matter.)
A few weeks later, I received a thin book, mostly fluffed with pictures of people holding hundred dollar bills, checks for large amounts of money (which now that I think of it, were probably fake), smiling, and a pad of 8½” by 11” flyers (I think about 25) with an order form to purchase more flyers as needed. The first couple pages of the book basically consisted of instructions for “securing” envelopes to “stuff.” It said to post flyers on bulletin boards in places like laundromats, college campuses, grocery stores, asking for $2.00 and a self-addressed stamped envelope for a work-at-home opportunity. The flyer was roughly similar (but slightly different) for a different company offering a work-at-home directory, also for about $40. It also said you could sell recipes, or anything that could fit in an envelope, for $2.00 to most people.
Honestly, if you really think you can make money doing that, I just gave you all the information a so-called “envelope stuffing” opportunity will charge you $25 to $100 for. You can get started today. It didn’t really pan out for me, and this was in 1998. If you actually make it work, contact me, I might just buy you a beer!
I bought a home business opportunity magazine fairly recently (this year) and noticed that there are still ads in them, telling people they can make "$2,000 weekly stuffing 1,000 envelopes" and to send a self-addressed, stamped envelope for free information. Some of them even have an order form to enclose a money order for a "small fee" (usually $20 to $100) for a starter kit. If you really think you can get 1,000 people a week to send you $2.00 and a self-addressed stamped envelope for a recipe or work-at-home opportunity flyer in the digital age, make something up, print it out and knock yourself out. I've already told you everything they will for free. You might actually do better selling a recipe for something really awesome for $2.00 and a self-addressed stamped envelope, to be honest. I'll stick to doing what I do for extra income, and be waiting when you're ready to join me at Your Future is Now.
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