Still Struggling to Work at Home

I received the following e-mail from my step mother yesterday regarding her continued search to find Work at Home. I thought that it was important to share with everyone and remember always look for the fine print.

I will also say that even though the fees were a surprise everything I have read on the Internet states that Arise is a legitimate work at home business click here for more information.

Lets look at the fees one by one and put this work at home business into perspective:

* Background Check - $13 or $26 (Most work at home companies expect you to pay for your own background check, this is standard.

* Incorporation - $100 +/- (Arise is unique in they expect all their home works to be incorporated, however this will save you one tax money at the end of the year and personal liability if you are sued.)

* High Speed ISP - $100 +/- (Most people already have this)

* Phone Equipment & Dedicated Line - $185 +/- (Arise accepts incoming calls for Walt Disney, I can understand why they want a dedicated line for incoming calls and I think the $185 is a bit high, I only pay $46 a month for unlimited calling)

* ACP101 Basic Certification Course - $99 (This certification weeds out the people that are serious about work at home and ensures that everybody knows what they are doing before excepting phone calls. Be warned the passing grade needed for the tests at the end of the course is 90 and if you fail, you have to take the course over again and yes that is another $99.)

* Client Specific Certification Course $50 - $225 - please see the Arise website at www.arise.com under the heading "Have Freedom" then select the FAQ's for more information on Client Specific Certification Courses.

* 24/7 Arise Technical Support & Service Desk - $39.50 per month, per each of your employees/ACPs. This is paid by the VSC in two semi monthly payments of $19.75 per pay period. This fee does not commence until your VSC commences to service its first client and is only paid when a VSC is actively servicing. (Basically this is your support line. The company is getting you clients and processing your payments and making sure you get paid. I think that is worth $40 a month.)

Arise seems to be legitimate and when thinking about starting your own business looking at these fees they seem fair and a fairly cheap way to get your own business going.

Anyway here is the e-mail from my step mother and the message from Arise.

Adele,

I thought this may be something you may want to check out, if not for
anything else perhaps to use as a heads up tool on your blog. After seeing
Arise.com on the CNN website I looked into it. Looked good, so I took all
of my assessment tests, passed and did my background check. After passing
all of that then I found that it would cost $99 to take the ACP(Arise
Certified Professional) course which I hadn't taken notice of prior but I
really didn't feel that that was horrible. I talked with your dad about
this and he was hesistant on it so I hadn't done it. I'm glad I didn't
because I didn't realize all of these other expenses you will see in this
email that were involved with the process. I went back to the Arise website
and still can not see where they are listed or spoken of. Still may be
there and maybe I have overlooked an area or read too quickly but I am glad
now that he didn't give me the go ahead on it as these are a lot of expenses
I feel and if I had moved too quickly now I'd be faced with go ahead or be
out $99 for the ACP course. Just a thought as in these times people may be
too anxious to make the money and not realize what expenses they could be
incurring.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Admissions"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 3:41 PM
Subject: Arise Contact Form


Dear Julie,

Thank you for contacting Arise! The Arise business model is based on a
business to business relationship. As a result, Arise will only contract
with incorporated entities ("Virtual Services Corporations" or "VSCs") to
provide service.

In your capacity as the chief executive officer of your VSC, you will have
the flexibly to select the hours that you desire to service on behalf on
behalf of your VSC. VSCs are compensated by Arise for services rendered in
any one of three ways - per call, per talked minute or per hour. Any of the
foregoing methods for compensating VSCs should result in an average hourly
rate of between $10 and $14 per hour.

One lump sum direct deposit is received per Virtual Services Corporation
directly from Arise. This is received semi-monthly on the 7th and 22nd of
each month (the exception is if this date falls on a weekend or bank
holiday, it will then default to the following business day). Arise will
only pay the VSC, payment will not come directly from any Client the VSC is
servicing. The VSC will receive an Invoice that breaks down how much each
individual earned for that pay period for each application (should they be
servicing more than one Client Application). Arise does not withhold any
state, local or federal taxes from the payment made to your VSC. A 1099
Earnings Statement will be issued to the VSC at the end of the tax year.
The Owner of the VSC will be responsible for earnings statements being sent
to the employees of that VSC.

As with starting any new business, there are costs involved. Below, we have
broken down the costs (assuming your PC is already compatible). These
numbers are on the high end; you may discover the actual cost is not as high
as the estimates.

The average investment ranges from $400 to $600 assuming that you already
have a computer that meets Arise's minimum technology requirements. This
covers the:

* Background Check - $13 or $26
* Incorporation - $100 +/-
* High Speed ISP - $100 +/-
* Phone Equipment & Dedicated Line - $185 +/-
* ACP101 Basic Certification Course - $99
* Client Specific Certification Course $50 - $225 - please see the Arise
website at www.arise.com under the heading "Have Freedom" then select the
FAQ's for more information on Client Specific Certification Courses.
* 24/7 Arise Technical Support & Service Desk - $39.50 per month, per each
of your employees/ACPs. This is paid by the VSC in two semi monthly payments
of $19.75 per pay period. This fee doe not commence until your VSC commences
to service its first client and is only paid when a VSC is actively
servicing.

Should you have additional questions regarding this or any other Arise
Admissions issue, you may reach us by calling 1.866.771.0041 or you may
email admissions@arise.com.

Thank you,

* * * * *
Arise Admissions Department
Arise Virtual Solutions Inc.
3450 Lakeside Drive, Suite 620
Miramar, Florida 33027
866.771.0041, option 1, Monday-Friday 10am-5pm EST
www.arise.com
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