Personal Experiences with HomeCS? 34
whoami-ky asks: "If you believe the info on their homepage, HomeCS is 'the Internet's Premier work from home career portal which unites thousands of job seekers and employers everyday.' But, when you try to apply for a job through them, you're immediately asked to pony up $29.95 for a 'lifetime' membership. Has anyone used this company to successfully find a telecommuting job? They have a 100% satisfaction guarantee. Anybody gotten a refund? A quick Google search on the term HomeCS didn't seem to show any positive or negative feedback (I only went through the first 3 or 4 pages of results)."
SCAM! (Score:1, Informative)
RUN AWAY!
Re:SCAM! (Score:1)
Re:SCAM! (Score:1)
There's a reason.
> That's why I'm specifically interested in actual experiences with the company.
You're unlikely to get a lot of that sort of response, for a couple of reasons.
1. As uninformed and illogical as the slashdot crowd can be, I don't think
most of us are gullible *enough* to fall for something like *that*.
2. Those who are probably don't want to publically admit it; even if they
did post, it would almost surely be AC. Better browse at -1 i
Re:SCAM! (Score:1)
However, I'm not going to give someone money so I can find a job. In general, THAT is a scam.
This particular item seems a bit skeevy... (Score:5, Insightful)
From the HomeCS website under the "Companies" link:
The following is a list of employers who have historically hired telecommuters. Although they may not all have jobs posted with us currently, these and companies like these are examples of companies that could hire you via HomeCS.com.
...which sounds somewhat like a load. I work for one of the companies listed, and they do all their hiring through a company-owned hiring service. There are *no* full-time telecommuters in the division I am in, it's a "couple of days a week" thang.
Of course, I could be wrong...
Their most popular employer... (Score:5, Funny)
http://www.homecs.com/telecommuter_employers.php?
At least that way, you wouldn't have to worry about getting all of your stuff packed up and out of the office when they finally go under.
Re:Their most popular employer... (Score:3, Funny)
Doesn't date.com have a simular statement? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:This particular item seems a bit skeevy... (Score:4, Funny)
Welcome to orthogonal's DatingCS Service!
The following is a list of women who have historically dated men. Although they may not all have profiles posted with us currently (or ever!), these and women like these are examples of women who could (it's mathematically possible, especially if you become the last man on Earth and they become blind!) date you via DatingCS.com.....
For $29.95, you can join orthogonal's dating service and learn new depths of disappointment!
I know (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Office Equipment (Score:2)
Re:Office Equipment (Score:2)
Cool (Score:2)
Maybe they'll hire me [slashdot.org] to sell Michael's Computers! [slashdot.org]
[GROAN]
Check Google's WebQuotes (Score:5, Insightful)
Sad to say, the news isn't good. Check out this forum thread [wahm.com] for a comprehensive bashing.
The only listing... (Score:4, Funny)
Processing Payments from Technology Professionals!
You can earn $5 a peice for processing $29.95 payments from today's top technology professionals! We receive countless individual payments from morons^^^^^professionals every day and need your help...
Run screaming. (Score:5, Informative)
the valuable opportunity to do business with them and possibly get a job, and
you're sufficiently unsure whether this is a good idea that you have to ask on
slashdot?
Dude, nobody legitimate has to charge you for the chance to work. A temp
agency might charge your employer more than they pay you and so skip off the
top, but they don't get a *dime* until you get a paycheck. Similarly, a more
traditional employer might place expectations on you (dresscode or whatnot)
that might result in your spending money before your first day on the job,
but you don't pay *them* anything.
Work-from-home is notoriously fertile ground for scammers of all kinds, but
if they're wanting to charge you up front for a lifetime membership for the
opportunity to work, that should set off loud alarms and flashing red lights
in your brain even if the job in question were more traditional (e.g. factory).
Re:Run screaming. (Score:3, Funny)
You know you're in too-much-coffee land when after reading that your first thought is of a Manpower executive using the profit from the difference in employer's cost and employee's salary to finance dainty frolics through open fields.
(-1, Sexuality Questioning)
Re:Run screaming. (Score:2)
That's not entirely true. For instance, casting agencies often charge applicants a few bucks for the costs involved in taking a series of headshots and doing the data entry to get your profile into their system. That doesn't mean the jobs don't exist, just that there's a surplus of applicants.
I paid the sfcasting.com folks ten bucks to get into their system, and have since gotten thousands of dollars of work from them. (Most of it was duri
Very Odd Finding. (Score:4, Informative)
So the website is not even registered in the US. So good luck if you get scammed. And then when I do a whois of nssrv, I get that it's registered to 127.0.0.1.
The WHOIS for this one is interesting... (Score:2, Interesting)
Contact: dnsadmin@nssrv.com
Visit:
Domain name: homecs.com
Administrative Contact:
hostmaster mp3s (dnsadmin@nssrv.com)
+1.5095626502
Fax: +1.5095626502
Dubravska 9
Bratislava, 842 38
SK
I'd be concerned...
Who Accepted This Article? (Score:4, Informative)
Seriously, these guys are pushing one of the oldest scams in the world. Send us money for work at home opportunities has been one of the FTC's main scam warnings for years and is a common theme in spam messages.
Here are some references:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/ftc_work_at
http://www.keytlaw.com/FTC/Actions/ftc020730.ht
http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/217
The FTC should be informed of these guys so they can shut them down.
I am surprised that Slashdot's editors would let an article like this get through. Rather that posting this as a question, it should be posted as a warning. For all we know the person asking the question could be trying to attract traffic to this site.
This story should be pulled ASAP.
Re:Who Accepted This Article? (Score:2)
Not new, just less cynical than you.
Don't be fooled (Score:2)
They have hit most of the scam signs I know of, and none of the ones that might give me the benefit of the doubt. I'm not stupid, I'm not giving you money unless I think it is worth it. If they got me a job I'd give them money ($100 is cheap compared to what the other recruiters I'm talking to would get if I get hired...), but not until. Not having a free section they don't even have a chance to prove there are real jobs there, and I wouldn't pay them money for until it was proved they have jobs, right
They're a scam IMHO. (Score:5, Informative)
Haven't pursued it yet - it was a couple of months ago, and I've had other priorities. But I'm considering taking legal action if they don't respond when I get around to sending a paper letter.
Re:They're a scam IMHO. (Score:1)
Re:They're a scam IMHO. (Score:2)
>Legal action over $29.95? You must be joking. Chalk it up to experience. While you're at it, try a new hobby like opening mysterious email attachments. Good Luck!
>
That is EXACTLY what companies like this want. Why do you think it is always 19.95 or 29.95. It's always just enough that noone bothers to fight if they get screwed. The right thing to do is to fight it and then when you win make THEM pay your legal costs.
Typical work at home scam (Score:1)