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All envelope stuffing opportunities are just a big scam.  Here is how this supposedly works:  An ad will say you are going to be paid $1 for every envelope that you stuff and all you have to do is send in $29.95 for their package.   You then receive a package which contains letters and some sample ads that you are supposed to run and get others to send in their $1 for the sample information.  Then when other people who respond to your ad sends you $1, you then are instructed to fold the letters and stuff them in an envelope and mail them back and if they purchase the $29.95 kit (just like the one you received), then you will get a commission off of that as well.  

Often the advertisement asks for an up-front fee of $29.95 or more just to make sure "you're serious" about their envelope stuffing program.

So far, so good. Easy work, big money. Being the cautious person you are, you may even read the ad several times to make sure you didn't miss anything.

Nope. Didn't miss anything. Sounds perfect!

You pay the fee and send off for the package. After all, they guaranteed your satisfaction with their envelope stuffing starter package (watch out! that guarantee is very conditional).

When your starter package arrives - assuming it arrives at all - you gleefully tear it open. Yippee!

Your family watches you from a respectful distance, perplexed that you have found salvation in such a little package, and relieved because over the last few days you've been salivating so much there isn't an unlicked envelope within 100 meters of the desk.

As you read the literature in the package, it slowly dawns you - you're not going to get paid $1 or $2 for every envelope you stuff. The instructions tell you to spread the news about the enveloping stuffing biz, then you'll get paid.

How, exactly, does that work, you ask?

By advertising the envelope stuffing program, of course.

Yep, they want you to help them earn those up-front fees by sending out the same letter you read and got so excited about.

They didn't tell you that part before you mailed your check, did they? You see, they won't pay you until they get paid. Details, details.

How might one be instructed to advertise the program to others?

Well, you can place an ad asking people to send you a dollar to find out about the envelope stuffing program. That's how you earn $1,845.20 every week.

One dollar at a time.

Uh huh.

Or they might tell you to purchase a mailing list and send out a thousand or more of their "special sales letters". Of course, the letter you send out is the same one you received from dear old Aunt Edna.

Oh boy.

Or perhaps you could put up a web site? They won't tell you this, but make sure you don't post a legit phone number or a physical address. People tend to get angry when they've been scammed.

This is a big business. There are people promoting these envelope stuffing programs making thousands upon thousands of dollars from people who send in those up-front fees.

So basically what they are saying is that if you stuff their circulars and mail out you will get maybe 1 person in like 500 that will purchase a kit like you did.  So the ratio will come out to $1 per envelope stuffed.  I don't know about you but I don't think I would want to stuff hundreds of envelopes in hoping to get one or two sales. 
And if no one buys..then you get nothing for all the work you did!

We'll be so bold as to state: Work at Home Stuffing Envelopes legitimate opportunities don't really exist. Is it possible that there is one legitimate work at home stuffing envelopes opportunity out there? Anything is possible, but we have yet to see a work at home stuffing envelopes opportunity even remotely approaching respectability.

This is one of the oldest scams around.  I saw this back in magazines about 20 years ago. It just doesn't work except for the company selling you the $29.95 kit. You might get a few people to send you the $1 for info, but not enough to make any real money.