Personal Experiences with HomeCS?

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)."

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Check Google's WebQuotes

[ironfrost]

Google Webquotes is one of Google Labs' projects; to quote the blurb it "annotates the results of your Google search with comments from other websites. This offers a convenient way to get a third party's opinion about each of the returns for your search, providing you with more information about that site's credibility and reputation."

Sad to say, the news isn't good. Check out this forum thread for a comprehensive bashing.

Run screaming.

[jonadab]

Let me get this straight -- this outfit wants to charge you money up front for
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).