Vector Marketing: Scam? - Page 3

Woa I got to put a stop to all this bullshit people are saying. You people don't now anything. Vector is an amazing company. I worked with them on and off for over a year. I eventually sold over $8,000 in personal sales largely to people I didn't know.

This is and isn't a tough job. First, off it isn't door to door. You call people and ask if they're interested in doing an appointment. Secondly, you don't just call random people you call the friends of people you last did the demo for. Thirdly, those people recommended their friends and often call them just to ask permission if it is okay if you call. Word of mouth is the best form of advertising. People listen to their friends advise. You don't have to be pushy at all.

Now the thing is that this job requires discipline, and the willingness to generate your own business. I was a pretty shy computer nerd and by the time I finished I could sell your mom knives at about a 66% success rate. The hardest part is getting over your nerves and calling people and asking. That's it.

As for doing the demonstrations those are fun. You go over take out your kit and go over the knife details and start cutting up vegetables. Mom's love this stuff. Its soo easy to sell.

Now as for the quality of knives. They certainly do cost more than their materials if you hand made one but all of the knives of similar quality you can buy in stores are still more expensive. They're made from high carbon stainless steel. 440A is the type of steel if you want to know.

The one of the most important features for cutco isn't the knives themselves but the warranty. They call it the forever guarantee. Basically, whenever your knives need sharpening or break you can send them back to the factory and get it sharpened or replaced for free. You pay for shipping one way. They'll even replace something for half price if you break something through misuse/abuse ( though you don't have to mention how it broke if you don't want to)

Yeah so the pay is kind of rough at the beginning but when I finished I made 25% commission and when I sold consistently that was pretty good. It gets better too if you sell more. Its based on career sales so it doesn't go down every month to some base rate like some other direct sales companies I've heard about.

Anyway, the key to this job is a little bit of self discipline and the ability to talk to other people. Its really not too tough. The $9 an hour job I've got right now makes me want to try vector again. $13-16 dollars an appointment doesn't really matter much since your commission usually is way bigger btw.

Oh yeah for those that sell well you often get offered assistant manager positions and eventually they will even sponsor you to open up your own office in other towns. This company kicks ass but you've got to be self starter basically. I quit because of other positions I got offered in my future field of work (which sadly ended recently)

Edit: Wow I just took a look at that spamlaws link. Its so biased. You don't have to buy your basic kit. You have to put down a deposit, a check which they will hold, and if you want to you can buy it. You can get it back if you bring the kit back to the office. There are additional kits with specialty knives which you can buy.