What to Do Instead

If you want to work from home there are many ways you can do so. The most important thing to remember is that if sounds too good to be true, it is! There are easy ways to earn working from home (here’s a list of them ) but they will NOT provide you a livable income.

If you’re looking to pull in a full-time income from home here’s a list of jobs. Be aware it will take time and hard work to find a good online job just as it takes time and hard work to find a solid day job.

Perform your due diligence, check with the BBB website and read many online reviews before forking over any money to a work from home company.

These Companies Prey on People Desperate For Work

As I researched many of the popular work at home packing companies I noticed a theme: people desperate for jobs were getting ripped off by these companies. Senior citizens on a fixed monthly income, disabled women looking to work at home and those who have not been able to obtain employment locally.

So please, if you’re looking at work at home packing jobs look somewhere else. While there may occasionally be a legit one to pop up the chances are slim.

Impossible Standards

The last type of job in this area is more legit than the rest but most likely won’t produce you any profits.

Many companies who advertise work at home assembly or packing jobs will charge you a fee for a startup kit and then you’ll be instructed to either assemble or specifically package their products.

After assembly you’ll have to send the products in for the company to inspect. The problem is that you’ll never meet the company’s expectations and will instead just be out of the money for the startup kit.

Paying for “Directories”

If you’ve searched for work from home packing jobs I’m positive that the first few sites you’ve come across have wanted you to pay $30-$50 for a directory.

This directory is nothing more than a list of work from home opportunities you could find yourself for free.

Sending Stolen Goods

Another work at home packing job scam comes in the form of shipping stolen goods. In this instance you will actually be sent physical goods with reshipping labels and instructed to pack and ship internationally. While you most likely will get paid there’s a major catch.

The goods you’re shipping have been purchased with stolen credit cards and your “employer” is using your home as a way to avoid getting caught…

Chain Letter Scams

Many looking for work from packing jobs start looking into stuffing envelopes. There’s normally a fee to get started with a promise that you’ll be told what to do next.

After paying a fee you’re sent instructions to send a letter out to people telling them how they can earn money stuffing envelopes at home. If interested they then send you a fee and you then instruct them to send letters to people.

Sound confusing? It is. There’s no product at all and you’re not actually stuffing envelopes for a company. This is very similar to posting links online scam.

Work at Home Packing Jobs: Are They Real?

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If you’ve been thinking of taking a work from home job it’s likely that packing jobs have popped into your head. Believe it or not, this is the type of work most people start looking for.

There’s a couple reasons that packing jobs are in high demand 1) they’re promised to be easy work and 2) they’ve been advertised in newspapers and online for as long as I can possibly remember. I even had a couple of friends in high school try to give this type of “work” a go.

But like most things in life that are too good to be true, there’s a problem with these jobs. Most work from home packing gigs can be fit into one of these four categories.