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Posted By: Bill Carton - the Roadie <wcarton@flash.net> In Response To: Tye At Home (Peggy)
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, at 8:57 p.m.
> I just signed up with Type at Home(www.type-at-home.com). It cost me
> $49.00.
Hope that wasn't rent or food money, seriously.
> Next day I come upon this web site. Now I am really confused.
Me, too. Please enlighten me. Why would you run research AFTER you paid to get in? Isn't it clear it should be the other way around? I'm only asking you because we see this kind of thing day after day, people doing due diligence research AFTER they spent money they might not be able to get back.
Any way you can help me understand this order of things?
> Does
> anyone know if I have been scammed? I guess I should have done the
> research before I plunked down my money.
Yes, but $49 is a relatively cheap lesson, unless you've done it before.
> Are there any legit type at home
> business on the internet?
I suspect it's the "next big scam" after "$50,000 in 90 days" pyramid schemes, home assembly, pay-to-surf, pay-to-read-emails, and HYIP.
If there were any legitimate ones, they're now crowded out by the con artists who have saturated the market looking for victims who want money for nothing, or for very little work.
What is that bad about going to an office anyway, that people think working from home is like a day at the beach? My office is a mile from the ocean, my house is seven. I'd rather go to the beach from my office at lunchtime than drive a 15 mile round trip from home.
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