Vector Marketing: Scam? - Page 4

R3condite

Korea (South)1541 Posts

June 17 2009 21:55 GMT

#61

my first roommate did this and he got friggin rich =.=

it all depends on how good of a salesmen you are. Their knives are pretty legit so you aren't necessarily selling crap product (more like unnecessary ones IMO), though this might have changed ever since he stopped working for them.

It's definitely not for some1 like me but ur gf might be a seller, who noes.

3clipse

Canada2555 Posts

June 17 2009 23:28 GMT

#62

On June 18 2009 05:56 Hot_Bid wrote:
There's different levels of scam. It's not a scam in the technical sense because its not like they force you to pay and then deceive you about what you're getting. It's a "scam" in the sense that this is not a long term job for 99% of the people that enter it, because they are basically using you to sell knives to your friends and family. Don't get me wrong, they are good knives, but unless you are one of the very few with legit sales talent (you could probably make more somewhere else if you are this good anyway) then you will just burn out after a short period and not make very much at all.

Just look at the guy who said it was good for him, he's the very minority of opinions, and he's not even with the company anymore after only one year. That should really tell you something about how good it is.

This. It isn't a scam, it's just a stupid investment that probably won't bring returns. If your girlfriend HAS in fact been asked to invest her own money in this, I would certianly decline.

teh leet newb

United States1999 Posts

June 19 2009 02:29 GMT

#63

So I just thought of something. What's to prevent you from offering like $5 or something to anyone who will set up an appointment with you to listen to a demo? You still maybe like ~$9-10 profit, even if you don't actually end up selling something. You'd get a lot of appointments this way right?

mikeymoo

Canada7170 Posts

June 19 2009 02:44 GMT

#64

I got a PM with some questions. In my office, the knives were refundable. 100%. It's just that management tries to talk you into staying, obviously. Just don't put up with their shit and get them to refund the knives if you need to. I kept them b/c I use them. Also, I think management gets $10 or something for every kit they give out that isn't refunded. And everyone but the division manager makes shit for money so idk maybe it means a lot to them. I did some math from the leftover propaganda I have, and the top sellers make way more than management does, in most cases.

aznhockeyboy16

United States558 Posts

July 03 2009 11:31 GMT

#65

so... I've decided to start looking up all of these things, because I'm working there now, and have had like 5 people say they didn't want to me to show them the stuff, because they'd heard it was a scam...

It costs about $145 to get the sample kit, which is 70% off, because you need it to sell stuff... and if you feel like it, you can return it for a full refund. I know a kid who just returned his stuff, after about a week, because he decided to get a different job. My manager made fun of him a little when she heard about it, but he did get a full refund. Now, my manager is kind of pushy and tries to make me sell more than I really want to, so I basically just stop picking up her calls, whenever I don't feel like working. That being said, I've been working for about 3 weeks, and I've talked to about 50 people who have owned the knives. The only person who has used them and doesn't like them is my mom... which is kind of sad really. Everyone else seems to love the knives, and they are really high quality.

Anyways, I've made about $1500, and I'm about to get like a $700 paycheck (we get paid per week). Of course, they hire like 200 people in my office every week during the summer, and there's only about 100 people working... so, most people quit really quickly, either after they get the sample kit, or when they hear they'll need to put a deposit down for a sample kit. Course, I really am only working here because I couldn't find a job anywhere else, that would let me take like 4 weeks off over the summer.

Also, everyone who stays is pretty good at talking, because they're salespeople, so they're pretty amusing to be around.

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