About Home Assembly Jobs
The Better Business Bureau and the Federal Trade Commission have both issued warnings in the past about work at home assembly jobs that are scams. These scams have seen many different incarnations over the years and work in a number of ways. What rarely changes is that those who participate usually lose time and money.
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History
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Before the Internet, scam artists used to advertise their assembly jobs in magazines to those eager to work at home. Those jobs were advertised in much the same way they are now. They appealed to people who were at home all day with children or who were retired and needing a little extra money. They also asked for the same thing that they do now. They wanted money in exchange for the materials to make the items.
Function
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Home assembly jobs are usually offered with the same plan with slight variations. The home worker is supposed to pay for the instructions and for a box of parts that must be assembled. Sometimes the company also requires payment for a training kit that teaches them how to assemble the products. Once the worker has sent the money, some companies have been known to send nothing at all, but many do send exactly what they promised.
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Features
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The problem for many home assemblers often begins when they try to put the pieces together. Sometimes the kit doesn't have the right tools to do the job, or the instructions are so exacting that each item takes a long time to put together and there is a deadline for sending the items in that is too hard to manage. In other cases, the pieces are sent with broken pieces or pieces missing, making it impossible to put together the entire group of items.
Identification
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There are generally two ways that a home assembler can make money from assembling items. Some companies send them the components, give them the instructions and then tell the workers to sell their items at flea markets and keep any profit. Other companies ask for the home worker to send the products back to the company and offer to buy any items that were made correctly. Many people over the years have found that companies that buy back the items tend to reject a large number of items as being improperly made, cutting down on the profit of the home worker.
Warning
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Before sending money in to a company that hires people to assemble items at home, look online to find any fraud warnings about the company. There are many consumer fraud sites that keep collections of complaints against companies like these. You can also check the Better Business Bureau to see if complaints have been filed. This can help you to avoid spending money on something that will not lead to a legitimate job or income.
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