Envelope Stuffing
The envelope stuffing business is a big industry, companies by the hundreds of thousands post ads in every imaginable place, offering you the consumer the chance to make big money sitting at home. It’s easy work, you just stuff and mail envelopes, the ads claim.
They offer to get you started quickly and easily. They tantalize you with the promises of profits in excess of fifteen hundred a week, and all of it sounds great so far. So you the consumer, wanting that kind of money for yourself, dial the number in the ad, and that’s when you find out. First of all, it’s going to cost you at least thirty dollars and in most cases more, just to get started, to receive your first “packet”. So you the consumer does some math in your head, and with some swift mental juggling, manage to convince yourself that you can afford to part with that money for a short while because if you work hard you can make it right back. It’s stuffing envelopes …how hard can it be? So you send away for the packet and cross your fingers till it arrives. Okay, you the consumer have received your first package from the company. You tear into your office, or if you don’t have an office the kitchen, or wherever you can find the largest amount of well lighted workspace. You are prepared to lick and stick your way to the good life, no pun intended. So you get all ready, you have your coffee, you’ve eliminated all the distractions. You tear open the envelope and find. Not envelopes, stamps and addresses, which is what was said to have been included. What you actually got instead was a list of companies that sell lists of people’s names to home based entrepreneurs and telemarketers alike, usually at considerable profit to them and not you. What the company forgot to tell you before they cashed your check was that the way that they wanted you to make money was to advertise for the same program that you had just sent away for all the information on. That’s how you earn the promised thousands of dollars a week. By selling the same information you just paid for to someone else, or hopefully a lot of “someones”. Envelope stuffing is not really in itself a standalone money making opportunity. Perhaps in the future, the nature of the market will change as more legitimate companies use this market to advertise. As it stands right now it is hard to separate legitimate offers, from outright dishonest ones.
And the ones that do deliver always seem to disappoint, or misrepresent when sending out information. Having sent away for several envelope stuffing jobs while I was living in the Midwest, I can honestly say I never found a way to make money in this business and would not recommend it to anyone else at this time. There are far easier, less risky ways to make money, some of which I’ve already written about. If you're looking for a real opportunity without all the hype and B.S., then simply join my newsletter and I'll help you avoid the potholes and show you how I work the business of my dreams... it's a lot easier than you think and you can do it too!
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