# stuffing envelopes for money? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 1, 2001, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-envelopes-for-money/84791 "2001-10-01T17:19:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Payne\_N.Diaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Payne\_N.Diaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payne_N.Diaz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-envelopes-for-money/84791/21 "2001-10-01T21:09:42Z")
I actually answered an ad for something like this–all I got for my money was a poorly produced book of addresses of companies that supposedly paid people to stuff envelopes at home. What a crock. I also read somewhere that somebody sent their money in and what they got was instructions on how to send out flyers on “How you can make easy money at home…etc.” I also have heard it said that ALL envelope-stuffing schemes are just schemes, or scams, or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2001, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-envelopes-for-money/84791/22 "2001-10-01T22:08:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by doggus \* > **For the one I’m talking about, They ask for $10.00 to cover the cost of sending you start up material, but they say there are no further charges after that.** They are right about the ‘no further charges’ bit, but as well as that, there will be ‘no further anything’ - they will vanish with your $10, or if they are really devious, they will string you along for a bit in an attempt to ‘build’ you up to parting with larger sums. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuffing-envelopes-for-money/84791.md?page=1)