subject: How To Tell The Real Smc And Paid Survey Jobs From The Scams [print this page] These days, the only thing that likely outranks work at home jobs in Google searches is lose weight fast, and even that might be a close call. With the rise in unemployment, the freeze on salary increases, and the dire outlook for these to change in the future, people are trying to figure out a new way.
The truth is that there are a number of work at home jobs that could really help people make extra money in these troubled times. The problem is that so many of these jobs turn out to be a scam, that people do not really know who to trust anymore.
Some of the most popular and long running at home job opportunities are those with specialty merchandising companies and paid market research surveys. Many people are interested in these opportunities but have a hard time telling what opportunities are scams and which are legitimate.
First, working with a specialty merchandising company, or SMC, consists of getting a membership with a SMC warehouse and creating a web store where you sell these products for a profit. Market research surveys pay you when you complete a survey created with your specific demographic in mind. Neither of these are opportunities are outright scams. They are both legitimate ways to earn money.
However, the trouble comes in when people on the internet attempt to rope you into a situation where you are paying them money but are not really receiving what you are promised in return.
Perhaps the most common and worst instance of this is the survey club. It is very common that someone will start a website online trying to convince you to join their survey club for a one time fee, which sounds pretty good. In exchange, they offer you a list of paid market survey companies and sometimes advice on how to get paid more for the surveys you take.
This is a problem because paid market surveys are free to sign up for. You should never have to pay a fee to gain access to them - people who tell you that are just trying to get your money. There are many places online where you can get the same service for free.
With the potential SMC scam, things are a little different. You will see or read lots of people online claiming that these jobs are scams because it is difficult to make money with them. In general, that does not actually make it a scam. As long as the company is upfront about the time, effort, and money you have to put in yourself in order to make any profits, the SMC is not really trying to scam you.
The trouble with the SMC jobs are that the more people want them, the harder it is to make money doing it. So when you think about signing up to join, consider how many people are already doing, how many people are getting into it like you, and how much time and money you really want to put into it before make that final commitment.
