Is this company legit - Midland Marketing - stuffing envelopes sounds good & small investment.?

Question

I got info on the program and okay, it might be a scam, but I wanna know if anyone else has done it. It says it's $35 to start & they send you the envelopes and postage. I've read all the info and I'm just wondering HOW it's a scam IF it's a scam. I think it said they pay $4 per envelope you mail out. It says the 35 dollars is for the "complete home mailer program". Can anyone enlighten me?

PS - I have a full-time job, just looking for something to get a little extra income so I'm not looking for a TON of money, but anything would help & I don't mind spending 35 dollars to try it out.

Thanks in advance,

Rob

Answer 1

Think about it do you pay your current employer to have you working for them. Stuffing envelopes is an all out scam you do the work and never get paid for it. I do an online program that is actually for real. Its not a get rich quick scheme but if you want info on what I'm doing feel free to e-mail me, I just wouldn't waste my time with stuffing envelopes I know a lot of people that never got paid for the work they did.

Answer 2

Go to this website for info on "work at home" schemes:  http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/radDoc...

More info here:

http://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/?from=...

Contact the Postal Inspection Service if you've paid any money for this scam.    For the address of the nearest Inspection Service office, call your local Postmaster.

Answer 3

Here is a common envelope stuffing scenario:

You read an ad or get a piece of junk mail claiming that "Aunt Edna" makes $1,845.20 every week by doing fun and easy work right from her favorite armchair. For every envelope stuffed you earn $1 or $2 or some other amount.

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! did you read the conditions on that guarantee?).

When your starter package arrives - assuming it does arrives - 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 on 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.

Ask yourself...

Does envelope stuffing represent a real business opportunity?

Does it provide a real service or product that has value?

While there are many variations to this envelope stuffing rip-off, they all follow the same pattern: get your money before you figure out how this scam really works.

Answer 4

Dude sorry to burst your bubble, but that is one of the oldest scams in the book.  Dont waste your money.

Answer 5

It's most definitely a scam.  Why would they pay you $4/envelope?  Let's say you do 100, they have to pay you $400, they could have bought a machine that will do like 500 envelopes a minute for $250.  You send them $35 and you'll never see it or hear from them again, I promise you.  No legit job ever asks you for $$ up front.