Money for money?

Malaysia
March 24, 2007 8:00pm CST
This is probably something awkward to talk about but hey, it's a norm nowadays. What do you guys think about this where money is required to earn more money? It's no more like before where you have your knowledge and capabilities to earn money but now you need to put money upfront before earning something out of it?
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@miejanne (222)
• Finland
25 Mar 07
I think they are mainly selling nonsense. When you start own business, sure, it costs money, but it's your business. You'll make business plans, take loan, work like long hours and you sell something real. But if these all internet thingys which make you a billioner in a year would really be that good, they could easily give the membership for free and withdraw expenses from your profit later. No, this is not the case, but you need to first pay your hard earned money to them, and only then they'll tell you the BIGGEST secret of money making.
• United States
25 Mar 07
I think it depends on what it is you are trying to earn money with. I did have to pay a fee to enroll with the comapny I work with but it is because I am a home-based business. If you were to open a physical store down the road you would have a start up cost you would have to pay, same thing goes for building a home-based business. There are a lot of scams out there, so what I did was check with the BBB and looked at a businesses report before deciding anything.
• United States
25 Mar 07
i'd be very leary of any 'money for money' pitch. it's probably a scam or a come on and the minute you give up your $$ they will disappear like a ghost in the breeze. there are sooo many scams on the internet, it's hard to pick out the real stuff from the baloney.