At 7 a.m. on a cold Saturday last winter, sophomore Peter Lang-Stanton, along with other Boston University students, met a middle-aged woman in a Dunkin’ Donuts in the theater district. She handed them each $1,000 in cash and told them to wait in line outside of theaters for three hours to purchase dozens of tickets for various shows. They were paid for the effort when they handed over the tickets.

“It was pretty obvious that 30 college kids didn’t have just a thousand bucks on them, and were buying tickets to see RENT at 7 o’clock on a Saturday morning,” Lang-Stanton, a College of Arts and Sciences student, said.

Lang-Stanton’s one-day job was one of the dozens of often-strange odd-jobs posted though the Quickie Job Service in the BU Student Employment Office. While officials say some postings are “too good to be true,” students and administrators report minimal problems with employers and advise students to use their best judgment when searching for jobs.

BU spokesman Colin Riley said the university does not conduct background checks on potential employers for Quickie Jobs, a “simple listing service,” because there are “a lot of privacy restrictions.”

Many students who use the Quickie Job board use it for jobs including babysitting, construction work or similar activities. College of Arts and Sciences sophomore Jasmine Ha said she used Quickie Jobs, picking up a job at a town fair in Bedford.

“I didn’t have any problems . . . they paid me right away, and it was really easy,” she said.

But Ha said she would never respond to one of several postings that advertise high-paying research studies.

“It seems shady,” she said. “I don’t trust it . . . I’d never do it.”

SEO Director Mary Ann French said students should follow that kind of gut instinct.

“We advise students to use good judgment when accepting a position,” she said in an email. “If a job sounds too good to be true, it probably is.”

French said the Quickie Job service has received few complaints from students over the years.

“The Quickie Job Service has been in existence since 1980, and I have been working in the Student Employment Office for all that time,” she said. “To my recollection, Quickie has never dealt with any significant safety issues with regard to students using the service.”

School of Law graduate student Ingrid Sum said she uses Quickie Jobs because “as an international student, it seems like a good opportunity to develop relations with the people here.” She said it could also help her improve her English skills.

Riley said it is “very rare to have problems,” and he has not heard of any “negative experiences” students have had with Quickie. He said students should use the same judgment they would in any job-seeking situation.

“Use common sense,” he said. “If something doesn’t seem right, follow your instincts . . . walk away from it.”

Riley said the service is valuable for students and employers alike, because it gives students a way to make some quick cash while providing “a pool of candidates” that looks “fantastic” to an employer.

Riley said if students ever have a problem with an employer, they should not hesitate to report their employer to SEO. Students should also report problems to the BU Police Department if they feel it is necessary.

Staff reporter Philip Goldstein contributed reporting to this article.