There are so many ads to work from home stuffing envelopes and it plays on people's desire to work at home and stay with their kids. Is this a viable job that pays reliably?

Sadly these offers often contain bait that entails paying for processing fees, only paying you IF the person responds to the lead or sales offer in the envelope as well as covering a "starter" kit. Some of these work at home stuffing envelope programs even just include a letter telling you to run ads telling others how they can make money stuffing envelopes! Basically you get that letter to use and the ad, but most people can't live with themselves advising something so unethical.

The FTC has gone after many of these companies for swindling people so they are on to these work from home stuffing envelopes offers that are all over the net. Yes working at home would be much more harmonious for many people and this is the reason why the movie Office Space has been so popular.

If you already bought one of these programs, see if it's within 30 days since purchase as you can call your credit card company or do a refund with many online processors.

Yes, there are legitimate ways to make money at home and these can involve setting up a blog and putting up some ads for amazon, selling on ebay or selling information you compile about something you love like how to crochet a blanket, reviews of new movies or building a bird house.

Look at your interests and hobbies to try to find something that is not in the internet marketing field as this is quite competitive. Do you know how to write a good cover letter? You can also sell as service like that on elance or craigslist. There are other services you can offer such as copywriting or writing a press release for someone.

There are instant businesses where you can sell products and put up a paypal button and these are popular purchases as we live in an instant delivery culture and also one where environmental concerns of saving paper are valued. Please do your homework and don't lay out money for something that looks questionable and is too good to be true such as taking surveys or working at home stuffing envelopes.