Post by "Pop" Stran on Oct 25, 2008 0:03:04 GMT -5
This one is a double-con...
First, the Headline always pushes some inflated number such as, "$75 per hour" or "Up to $150/hour"...that's con #1...and we'll get to that in a minute.
Second, the overall impression you're expected to get from this teaser is that you can start a home-business, making tons of cash, by taking surveys a few times a week...that's con #2.
Taking surveys at home, from the computer, is possible. There are dozens of legitimate companies offering a small incentive to answer a list of consumer questions.
Many don't pay you, but will enter your name into a drawing for a prize...and those that do pay, pay very little.
This however has been turned into a very lucrative con by dozens of websites who push affiliate links disguised as a survery.
For example, "Do You need a creditcard, but have trouble getting one?"
Clicking "yes" will open a window to an affiliate site pushing an over-burdened "second chance" card with ridiculous fees attached...and the "survey" site gets a kick-back from the card pushers, which they will share with you, calling it your "pay".
The card costs you $200, and you get $10 for taking the so-called "survey".
There are hundreds of variations on this theme, and some legitimate surveys are peppered with affiliate hooks, but all have a common thread: The affiliate marketer posing as a survey company is raping you and forcing you to feed his bank account.
The majority of the better-paying "jobs" are valuable affiliate links; Apply for a home loan and you get $16...Take a new credit card and you get $22...Buy magazine subscriptions you get $10...and if you actually went through as many of these as you can in an hour, you could very well average $75 per hour or more.
You would no doubt be going broke in the next 3 months...but you did average $75/hour taking "surveys".
This type of affiliate con isn't new...but the sites pushing it are hoping that you are.
First, the Headline always pushes some inflated number such as, "$75 per hour" or "Up to $150/hour"...that's con #1...and we'll get to that in a minute.
Second, the overall impression you're expected to get from this teaser is that you can start a home-business, making tons of cash, by taking surveys a few times a week...that's con #2.
Taking surveys at home, from the computer, is possible. There are dozens of legitimate companies offering a small incentive to answer a list of consumer questions.
Many don't pay you, but will enter your name into a drawing for a prize...and those that do pay, pay very little.
This however has been turned into a very lucrative con by dozens of websites who push affiliate links disguised as a survery.
For example, "Do You need a creditcard, but have trouble getting one?"
Clicking "yes" will open a window to an affiliate site pushing an over-burdened "second chance" card with ridiculous fees attached...and the "survey" site gets a kick-back from the card pushers, which they will share with you, calling it your "pay".
The card costs you $200, and you get $10 for taking the so-called "survey".
There are hundreds of variations on this theme, and some legitimate surveys are peppered with affiliate hooks, but all have a common thread: The affiliate marketer posing as a survey company is raping you and forcing you to feed his bank account.
The majority of the better-paying "jobs" are valuable affiliate links; Apply for a home loan and you get $16...Take a new credit card and you get $22...Buy magazine subscriptions you get $10...and if you actually went through as many of these as you can in an hour, you could very well average $75 per hour or more.
You would no doubt be going broke in the next 3 months...but you did average $75/hour taking "surveys".
This type of affiliate con isn't new...but the sites pushing it are hoping that you are.