[Matthew-Spaltro]

Has anyone here had one? Like you saw something in the paper that was too good to be true. And you got there, and it was.

I ask because I see some ads in the paper for delivery jobs that promise $690 a week for someone with no experience.

 

[braillediver]

Those usually end up being sales jobs.

I went to a few a long time ago and they paid well as long as you knew people who wanted to buy the stuff.

Usually if it is too good to be true it is.


Good Luck

Mitch

 

[plainsong]

When I was a horse-crazy little girl, saving up my pennies to one day get a horse, I saw an ad in the classifieds that read "Free Filly to Good Home"

Yeah, that horse was supposedly taken when I called, but the scheme was the horse was free in return for a promised boarding period at that stable of 6 months.

I do not reccommend any beginner do this. The horses were in bad bad shape, and the stalls themselves were fetlock-deep in mud and muck. The next week I did actually get a horse from this place. Mom saw me fall in love with this half-Arab yearling and said "oh alright." 14hh and 600lbs - skin and bone. She could still arch her neck and flag her tail though.

And that was my best friend through thick and thin. I got her the heck out of there after the 6 months, though. But this whole scheme is a bad idea and instead of rescuing her through buying her, we should have called the SPCA.

Later - the woman and her husband were convicted of child molesting. When she got out of jail she briefly had a stable elsewhere in the state, but I've heard she's back in her old location, and even was interviewed on the local news as a horse expert!

So parents - check this stuff out. It may have worked out well for me, but I was lucky.

 

[mbriant]

Quote:

I ask because I see some ads in the paper for delivery jobs that promise $690 a week for someone with no experience.

Braillediver's correct that most of these ads with an attractive wage posted in the ad, tend to be sales jobs ... often commission phone sales. The ad you're talking about sounds like it would be delivering something and it may very well be ( flyers, phonebooks, etc) but the $690 per week part is probably exagerated. A best case scenerio ... almost impossible to reach.

And, it could still be a sales job. I once responded to a similar ad and it turned out I was "delivering" discount coupon books ($300 worth of coupons to restaurants etc. for $14.00). Unfortunately, they lied to me, as most of the time, the book(s) I was delivering weren't actually pre-sold by telephone .... I was expected to finalize the sale to the reluctant, not-really-interested people they had convinced on the phone to at least "have a look at it".

A phone call to check out the ad isn't a waste of time. Just make sure they're willing to explain...on the phone...exactly what you'll be expected to do and what the pay will actually be. If they insist you come in for an interview or orientation meeting first, it's likely a crappy, commission job.

 

[wallijonn]

Matt,

be especially wary if they ask for money up front for "training".

i goy suckered out of $100 for a "management trainee position" that way. At least I pulled out before I had to pay another $500 to secure the "training materials".

live. learn. move on.

it' summer. hire out your services for cutting lawns. or installing pools. or cleaning out pools. or planting trees. or repaving driveways. etc. all it takes is alittle advertising and the correct tools to do a professional job. what's a professional job? one that takes the least amount of time to do the same job that would have taken you 10 times the amount of time to accomplish.

 

[Matthew-Spaltro]

There is $160 "fee" it says at the end of the ad. I dunno if that is upfront or after the job is officaly yours. It's actually a employement agency.

 

[mbriant]

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There is $160 "fee"

Take a pass.

 

[NotoriousBIG_PJ]

Stop looking for the easy way out.. you make a thread like this every week heh.

Biggie.

 

[Matthew-Spaltro]

Quote:

Originally posted by NotoriousBIG_PJ Stop looking for the easy way out.. you make a thread like this every week heh. Biggie.

Ah, darn. You figured me out

 

[wallijonn]

Quote:

There is $160 "fee"

see, i saved you $160.

time to go and apply to EVERY store in your area. EVERY STORE!!!

EVERY BUSINESS!!

stop playing games.

you need a job.

if you can not find one, then create a demand.

simple, really.

taxes is another matter.

 

[crazychile]

Find a place that you want to work at and then bug them weekly until they hire you or tell you to piss off. I got my first job that way and kept it for 3 years while my friends made the rounds of the local fast food places every 90 days.

 

[Audio Redneck]

Quote:

Originally posted by crazychile Find a place that you want to work at and then bug them weekly until they hire you or tell you to piss off. I got my first job that way and kept it for 3 years while my friends made the rounds of the local fast food places every 90 days.

That's one of the best pieces of advice that I have read in a long time.

Matt, have you taken a personallity survey and an apptitude test? They might help get you pointed in the right direction.

 

[Chinchy]

Hey I hear they have good jobs in Texas mowing lawns at $55 a pop.

 

[Matthew-Spaltro]

I still have a job. I'm just looking for a better one. But in this economy I know college graduates who are moving back in with their parents because there are no jobs available.