Are work-at-home programs (like stuffing envelopes) all scams? Or are some of them legitimate ways to make a little cash on the side? How much can I really expect to earn stuffing envelopes?

nope,they are scams,what you have to remember is the internet was solely invented for two things,fraud and porn

I have worked for printers and mail houses. They have high speed folders and envelope stuffers that can do the wotk in a fraction of the time it would take them to send the materials to you. This equipment is also more accurate and incredibly cheap compared to wages. It doesn't make sense. Avoid it.

I gave here an answer to another similar question:
http://www.answerbag.com/a_view/929943
About the job of stuffing envelopes, here some supplementary information:
"Envelope stuffing work from home was popular in the 1950s onwards before the invention of cheap and easy to buy computers and printers."
http://www.findextrawork.co.uk/stuffingenvelopes.php

"EVERY ENVELOPE-STUFFING "OPPORTUNITY" IS A SCAM. As far as I know, there are NO EXCEPTIONS to that rule. "
http://www.friendsinbusiness.com/scams/envelopes.shtml

"Work at Home Stuffing Envelopes legitimate opportunities don't really exist."
http://www.home-business-savvy.com/work-at-home-stuffing-envelopes.html

I have a friend stuffing envelopes for .35 each. Apparently there is a law or something that requires certain type of mail to be manual, this rules out high speed equipment used to stuff and mail. This may explain why I get hand written envelopes with junk mail. Anybody knows about this mailing regulation?

I was going to ask same question. It would be nice to know that some are not here to scam us but hey, you don't get money for nothing in this world.

some are legit....if you consider earning $2/hr legit

Everyone has said stuffing envelopes is a scam, thats useful, but you didn't tell her what else is available

They have machines to stuff envelopes far more cheaply than you could ever hope to. Anyone who tries to tell you differently is LYING to you.

Corporate mail rooms have machinery that stuffs envelopes, and no people are needed. Occasionally we hire college kids to stuff promotional material like key chains or pens into envelopes, but that's part time low paying temporary work. If a company needed someone to stuff envelopes, don't you think they could find dozens of willing folks right in their own back yard? I could gather up enough friends and family members to stuff a million envelopes tonight... I would not have to advertise. Also, when a company ask YOU to send them money or a credit card number, you should report them immediately. Scammers!

I have done some research into this and have found no legitimate envelope stuffing jobs.

The people advertising envelope stuffing will either tell you to recruit other to make money or you just won't plain hear from them again.

I found some good information about this here

http://www.typingjobsfromhome.co.uk/work-from-home-envelopes.php

Apparently there are machines that can stuff hundreds of envelopes a minute so why would anyone employ a human to do the same job slower.

You can expect to put a lot of time and too much money into those programs...it's a law of large numbers and trust me your making them money not money for yourself or your family...I would tell you to save your time and money.

Most work at home programs are scams. What is a legitimate way to make money at home? I sure don't know. Envelope stuffing is a function of a machine these days. At my company, if something goes into an envelope besides a letter, we hire college kids to stuff the envelope and they are paid by the hour. If a company needed people to stuff envelopes for cash, they wouldn't have to advertise ... they would hire their family and friends or the people next door to do it. Don't fall for scams. Do research before you try any of these programs. If you have to give out your credit card number OR send money, that is not a job. It is a SCAM. Be careful.