One way that slimy Amway IBO’s
latch on to people is by asking them if they’d like to earn an extra $200 a
month or an extra $1000 a month or fill in the blank with whatever amount you
want extra a month working part time 10 to 15 hours a week.
Sure most people could use a few extra hundred dollars a month. That might mean
a car payment, a mortgage payment, a new wardrobe, indulging a much loved
hobby, getting debt paid off.... The possibilities are endless. I’d wager a
guess that most people would probably not answer that they’re not interested in
making extra income each month.
The real issue is that most people want to do it legitimately. They want to get
paid for their efforts. They don’t want to be the one paying somebody else in
order to take part in their scam.
Most people are wary enough to realize that when some scumbucket comes up to
them and asks them if they want to earn extra money each month it probably has
something to do with MLM, network marketing, Amway, or Monavie or some kind of
commissioned sales.
I read a half assed article on Yahoo Finance that listed some ways to make
extra money, mostly going at it on your own type of things. None of these will
make someone a full time income but they are some ideas to make a little extra
money each month and anything is better than Amway. None of these
ways will force the entrepreneur into coming up with “up front” money to
register nor force the entrepreneur into continuously putting money into the
system in order to succeed. I’ve listed them below with a couple of my own
comments. Why do I think its a half assed article? The suggestions are mainly
good but at least two of them a person can run into scams. The article did not
provide legitimate resources to find further information.
Don’t click the below link cause its now dead! Just rely on the interpretation
that I came up with when I could still read the damned article!
http://financiallyfit.yahoo.com/finance/article-113433-10890-4-true-stories-finding-ways-to-make-extra-cash?ywaad=ad0035&nc
- Mystery Shopper - as the article says, watch out for scams but doesn’t tell you how to watch out for them! The biggest clue is if the mystery shopping company wants you to pay a registration fee. Its kind of like the Amway scam. Never pay a fee.
- Sell art on Ebay and Craigslist - that could also apply to just about any other kind of item. We’ve sold stuff on both mostly downsizing type of things but also some rare items (to other people maybe!) that we’ve made a few hundred on. Best month was around $2700 on Ebay sales. I bought Ebay for Dummies a few years ago when Amazon had it on for half price but it wasn’t something I really followed up on.
- Donate plasma - here I think the correct term should be “sell” plasma!
- Play music at bars and functions - well not everyone is musically gifted. Trust me on this one - no one wants to hear me sing!
- Type foreclosure data - I tried a Google search to see if I could find more information or how readily available these jobs are but no luck. Mostly web pages with links pointing to various employment databases that may or may not be legitimate. However I do know a woman who works at home doing legitimate data entry for a local business and earns $10 an hour (the minimum wage has gone up since this blog post first appeared) but its got nothing to do with foreclosures so I know data entry type work is out there.
- Sell old clothes - easier said than done if you’re talking Ebay or Craigslist. A consignment store might be another story but some stores take your clothes on a credit system instead of paying cash and you get credit to buy clothes in their shop.
- Teach night classes - just like the musicians this type of work may require some kind of education and special skills. Not everyone has what it takes.
So my overall take on this
article is I barely give it a passing grade. It gives some ideas but does not
expand on them or tell readers where they can find this type of legitimate
work.
You’re better off going to a library and picking up a book that is devoted to
starting a low cost home based business.
You are better off doing anything than Amway Scamway!
Hi Anna. Yeah, Scamway is a classic pyramid scheme. Starting from the bottom somebody will spend a few pity sale dollars on some crappy Amway vitamins, soap or cat piss energy drinks to get their Ambot friend to shut up. And while they hope and pray for their Ambot friend to wake up and bust out of the cult they remove those Amway boxes from their house before somebody sees it. Then they hide it in the dumpster at work when nobody is watching or put it in a trash receptacle outside a Mcdonalds or someplace like that. Nobody wants to risk placing it in their own trash can. I mean, what if the trash collector sees you have Amway inside your house? How embarrasing! Meanwhile, the Ambot gives money he earns from his J.O.B. up to his upline to get the asshole to stop berating him, who in turn pays off HIS upline and on and on. Kind of like the Mafia. Except that the Mafia deals only in drugs, pornography, extortion and such. Not as embarrasing as Amway.
ReplyDeleteHi Ray. Yeah its' really fucking embarrassing to admit to people that you're an Amway sales reps or that you have Amway's shitty products inside your house. Or as you pointed out - in your trash! It's better to find an unrelated dumpster and unload your Amway shit in the middle of the night.
DeleteThose Amway pity sales dry up fast. And people avoid the Ambot because they know they'll be in for a sales pitch. Yeah I'd think I'd rather be friends with someone in the mafia than friends with an Amway loser.
If you're a woman and you still have your looks, you could make plenty by doing a little hooking on the side. If you do it only from your private residence, and only by phone appointment, the law can't touch you.
ReplyDeleteIf you stand on a busy street corner begging, you will most likely take home from fifty to one hundred dollars on a clear day (tax-free). How does that compare with a ten-buck refund check from Amway, after you have spent $300 on useless crap?
You're right Anonymous. There are ways to make money where you don't have to spend any money on your "business" and probably can find ways to avoid reporting it on taxes too.
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