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There are many ads that promise to generate hundreds or thousands in weekly income. Before you invest even a small amount do your homework. At the very least check the BBB.org (Better Busniness Bureau). If you can't find the company name listed, use their email address, and try the phone number. If they have a negative report at all steer away from them unless you want to make a contribution to them getting your money (making them rich)and you getting virtually nothing. Check on and report them with the FTC if necessary. Filling out survey's, data entry, stuffing envelopes, etc. will cost you more in time and heartache than you will ever earn. Most Secret Shopping type jobs pay a small amount that does not nearly pay the minimum wage, does not cover the high expense of gas not to mention the amount of time it takes to input their survey questions. Also, usually the jobs that pay fairly are so far and few it would be embarrassing to say you do Secret Shopping. They will only allow you to do so many within a period of time to avoid shopper recognition. Merchandising may be slightly better if you can do physical work because you can establish more of a routine. It's definitely worker beware. Some Secret Shopping Agencies seem to pay themselves well but pay the Shopper very little. Example: $5.00 to shop major home improvement centers is sad. Your gas, ink and paper to photocopy Shopper directions, location and the report, time at the site, computer expenses, time to enter the report are hardly covered. I've felt sad for others taking such jobs feeling they are spending more than the pay. They should be paid fairly.

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