Are there..

toranokaze · 11-30-2007, 03:28 PM

Are there any work at home job that aren't scams?

classicman · 11-30-2007, 03:32 PM

yeah - sales & phone sex.

LJ · 11-30-2007, 04:11 PM

housewife?

toranokaze · 11-30-2007, 04:18 PM

Is it really a job if you don't get paid for it?

slang · 11-30-2007, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by toranokaze

Are there any work at home job that aren't scams?

I know a handful of people making money from home but they are not jobs. A job is completely different than working your own business.

If you are talking about over the net jobs, I would suggest looking for a small business that you can run instead. IMO online or work from home jobs are very rare.

Maybe someone will have some better info for you.

Clodfobble · 11-30-2007, 10:32 PM

I know several people that work from home (including myself,) but they were all regular employees first, who made themselves so indispensible that when they decided to stop working their workplaces were willing to compromise in order to keep them at the company in whatever capacity possible.

I also knew a guy who did tech support from home--it was set up just like a phone sex line, actually, the company had a main number that got routed to his (or some other tech's) house during his "on" hours.

jinx · 11-30-2007, 10:37 PM

A lot of answering services work like that too.

xoxoxoBruce · 11-30-2007, 10:48 PM

That worked for Mary Tyler Moore.

Cloud · 12-01-2007, 12:12 PM

Here's a list I came upon in a recent magazine. The article's thrust was making extra cash while you are working at your "real" office job. Can't vouch for any of these, but worth a look.

Virtual juror. ejury.com; onlineverdict.com

Make your own t-shirt design (or whatever) and sell it through cafepress.com or zazzle.com

Audio transcriber; productiontranscripts.com; tigerfish.com; contractedwork.com

personal assistant; redbutler.com or start your own

quality assurance specialist; voicelog.com

Mockingbird · 12-04-2007, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

personal assistant; redbutler.com or start your own

Actually, those rates aren't bad and that's stuff I need to do but suck at.

$40 isn't a huge sacrifice to try it out.

smoothmoniker · 12-03-2007, 11:03 PM

Sensual massage therapist?

Oh, you meant you wanted to work from YOUR home, not mine?

lookout123 · 12-03-2007, 11:23 PM

ah, welcome back SM.

back on topic. i work from home most of the time. but i had to spend my time in the trenches of a company before i could open my own financial planning practice.

Cloud · 12-04-2007, 08:54 AM

let us know if you try it

toranokaze · 12-07-2007, 01:28 PM

I have been poking around a getafreelancer.com

11-30-2007, 03:28 PM	#1
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Are there.. Are there any work at home job that aren't scams? __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

11-30-2007, 04:11 PM	#3
LJ i am myself Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: via blackberry, maybe Posts: 750	housewife? __________________ Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show ... -C.Dickens

11-30-2007, 04:18 PM	#4
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	Is it really a job if you don't get paid for it? __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

11-30-2007, 10:37 PM	#7
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	A lot of answering services work like that too. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

11-30-2007, 10:48 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That worked for Mary Tyler Moore. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-30-2007, 03:32 PM	#2
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	yeah - sales & phone sex.

11-30-2007, 10:32 PM	#6
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I know several people that work from home (including myself,) but they were all regular employees first, who made themselves so indispensible that when they decided to stop working their workplaces were willing to compromise in order to keep them at the company in whatever capacity possible. I also knew a guy who did tech support from home--it was set up just like a phone sex line, actually, the company had a main number that got routed to his (or some other tech's) house during his "on" hours.

12-01-2007, 12:12 PM	#9
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Here's a list I came upon in a recent magazine. The article's thrust was making extra cash while you are working at your "real" office job. Can't vouch for any of these, but worth a look. Virtual juror. ejury.com; onlineverdict.com Make your own t-shirt design (or whatever) and sell it through cafepress.com or zazzle.com Audio transcriber; productiontranscripts.com; tigerfish.com; contractedwork.com personal assistant; redbutler.com or start your own quality assurance specialist; voicelog.com __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-03-2007, 11:03 PM	#11
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Sensual massage therapist? Oh, you meant you wanted to work from YOUR home, not mine? __________________ to live and die in LA

12-03-2007, 11:23 PM	#12
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	ah, welcome back SM. back on topic. i work from home most of the time. but i had to spend my time in the trenches of a company before i could open my own financial planning practice. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-04-2007, 08:54 AM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	let us know if you try it __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

12-07-2007, 01:28 PM	#14
toranokaze I'm still a jerk Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Little Mexico Posts: 1,817	I have been poking around a getafreelancer.com __________________ "Without deviation from the norm progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa It is the ignorance of ignorance that lead to the death of knowledge The Virgin Mary does not weep for her son, for he is in paradise. She weeps for the world , for we are in suffering.

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