Vector Scam: Is Vector Marketing a Scam?

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1. Nylyn on June 10th, 2009 9:17 pm

   Hi,

   I am actually a sales representative for Vector Marketing. I have no clue where you received your information from, but whatever you are talking about is definitely not connected with the Vector I work for. It must be some scammer using Vector’s name to rip people off. Vector Marketing is a legitimate company which markets for Cutco, a very respectable line of cutlery. We do not operate over the internet like you suggest. We have offices across the country, and I personally have been very satisfied with the sales experience that I’ve received through Vector. Vector Marketing operates very legitimately. I had to go in for an interview to receive the job. We also have to sign sales rep contracts, just like you would do in any job. My pay checks are even direct deposited to my bank account, just like any job! I don’t know what “scam” would do that. In fact, in my first week, I more than doubled the cost of my sample kit on my pay check. The samples, by the way, can be returned at the end of the job for a full refund (it is simply a security deposit). And I know many others who can attest to the fact that they have made real, legitimate income through their HARD WORK of marketing Cutco, not through some get-rich-quick scheme.

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   R. DAWG Reply:
   August 10th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

   SCAMMING BITCHES!

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   Past employee Reply:
   October 22nd, 2009 at 7:17 pm

   Really, Vector isn’t the best career move ever, it can be difficult to sell the cutlery at times BUT this article is completely BIAS. The potential to make money with vector is unlimited if your really put the time into it. They DONT make you pay for training and they DO buy back the $145 sample pack. It really isn’t a bad summer job, you get some solid experience. I didnt love the company and how it was run, some things were fairly unprofessional, but a scam? No way.

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2. Paul on June 14th, 2009 4:58 am

   Vector is a despicable company that preys on college students. They deceive their victims with the promise of money and flexible hours. Then they swindle them out of $145 for a demonstration knife set and make them pay to attend mandatory conferences. There is a reason that Vector has been sued numerous times: Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (1999), Wisconsin Consumer Protection Dept (1994),and Arizona Attorney General (1992)just to count a few.

   Stay away from these cons.

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   Andre Reply:
   September 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 pm

   I currently work 4 vector and i’m very close to quitting because it is a waste of time and money. the pay is not consistient you have to make it consistent. I only made $200 and i am not very proud. If the company wasn’t a “postive” atmosphere, i would been out a long time ago. Those “phone jams” burned a hole in my phone bill. I also hated the meetings because the meetings finished up very late at night. Plus the economy makes it harder to sell. Nobody wants buy a $900 dollar set when they can buy on for WAAAAY less at wal-mart or other places. The way they make u present made me feel robotic cuz it didnt sound like me at all. The good thing is the knives are good. Once i get a consistent-paying job LATER VECTOR!!!!!! If u get a ad in the mail about vector don’t go it’s not worth it.

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3. LOL at NYLYN on June 17th, 2009 7:32 am

   What is more predictable? The sun rising each morning or some rep/manager from Vector trolling the internet claiming that all the truth tellers just don’t WORK HARD like he/she did. Give it a rest you 2 bit shill and go defend a few more lawsuits. You can’t polish a turd Nylyn, but you can polish my knob you bottom feeder.

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4. LaReesha on June 30th, 2009 10:58 pm

   This sounds like NY Promotional Events in Deer Park, NY. They do the same thing- lure college students and young adults with offers for a “marketing position” when in reality we were “hired” to solicit. Oh yeah, no real salary too..just commission.

   SCAM SCAM SCAM

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5. Katrina on July 1st, 2009 3:42 am

   I’ll tell you one thing about Vector, because I was previously employed with for 2 weeks, and that one thing is that THEY WILL SCREW YOU OVER WITH YOUR PAYCHECK!! My manager promised me that I would get payed $20 an appointment and in the 2 weeks that I was employed, I had 13 appointments and I was suppose to have $260 but I only got $60 in my check and not to mention that they deducted $35 out of that $60 for a trip to Burmingham, Alabama that I never went to in the first place and that left me with $25.

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6. sadako shinae on July 12th, 2009 10:48 pm

   I have to agree with the majority of the comments here.
   The Vector Marketing thing is a huge scam. I have listed my
   reasons in bullet form:

   -They target young people, usually teenagers at the high school level
   and sometimes college students.
   -They send you a letter informing you about something called the “Position”
   but they don’t tell you what the position is, you have to schedule an interview.
   -They give you plenty of perks, and the best one is definitely the pay. A
   teenager may easily look over the deliberately abbreviated note saying:
   “$16.75 base-apt.” and think that the job is actually paying 16+ bucks an hour.
   However this is untrue because that abbreviaton stands for “based on appointment”
   —in other words, you only get paid when you make a sale.
   -The interview office is a cheap room that they most likely rented just for interviews.
   They act like they just moved in and everything is still being set up, but the signs
   were duct taped to the wall outside and the office doesn’t even have a finished floor,
   just cement.
   -Before the interview, there are about 30 people in the room, some are going out and
   some are coming in. They said business hours were from 8am-10pm and interviews
   were about 2 hours per group. Doing a little math, I figured about 230 applicants were
   interviewed all day. And yet they were able to call me almost immediately after I got
   home to tell me that I got the job!? There’s no way that over the course of 30 minutes
   the interviewer would be able to go through all 230 applications and select me as the
   top pick for the job. I mean, there were college graduates with more experience
   than anyone else in the room, yet they chose me? Something was really fishy at this
   point
   -I simply assumed that everyone that went in for the interview that day was hired. Why?
   Because in the interview they specifically mentioned a three day job training seminar
   that ends with you buying a “demo set” of the knives they sell. Which is $145. During
   the interview, they said the 145 dollars was only a security deposit and was only there
   to make sure that people didn’t steal the knives and that is understandable except for the
   fact that they have your name, number, and address and who’s going to get away with that anyway? I later did some online research only to find out that the purchase wasn’t refundable,
   and that’s why Vector should hire every applicant they come accross and encourage them to
   go to training. So that they can get scammed.
   -Just to be nice, when I found out about all this, I called the place and explained to them that
   I could not take the job because my parents would not allow it. Which was true. The woman on the other line suddenly switched from friendly, business tone to pushy, annoying saleswoman tone in an instant. She told me to “just do it” (seriously, are we selling knives or drugs here?) and “just go get a ride from a friend” (ok, drugs then) and basically told me to ignore my parents because once I got the job they would be “ok with it”. Right, because she obviously knows my parents. The end of the call was what really pissed me off. I basically said “No, I can’t make it, sorry.” and she said, “You know, we chose you out of hundereds of applicants. I’ll be expecting to see you there.”
   At which point I simply had to hang up on her.
   -Oh and another thing about the interview. They tell you not to be a pushy salesman, and don’t
   overly exaggerate the product and all this bullshit about honesty. How repulsive. Lecturing us about honesty while they are taking advantage of teenagers and lying to our faces. Is that irony?

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7. Jared on July 17th, 2009 3:27 pm

   I have been working with Vector for over a month now and I have no idea what you are talking about. I’ve made more in one month than I have in any previous SUMMER. my first week I earned over 500 dollars in income. The more you sell the higher your promotions go so you can eventually make 50% of everything you sell. My average order is over 270 dollars. Oh and did i mention that the initial starter set is tax-deductible? so is EVERY MILE YOU DRIVE. These knives are the highest quality availiable and have been featured on Modern Marvels, Made in America, MTV, Saturday Night Live, oh and they recieved a CONSUMER’S DIGEST BEST BUY AWARD. we aren’t scamming ANYONE. The only people who don’t succeed at Vector are the one’s who don’t put forth the effort to succeed.

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8. Jared on July 17th, 2009 3:35 pm

   oh and don’t base your opinions on vector on what you experienced at ONE OFFICE. each one is different, each one is independently run. The tampa,FL office is a well-oiled machine and the managers are ALWAYS there to help you. so suck it sadako.

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9. LaReesha on July 18th, 2009 7:23 pm

   Oh put a lid on it Jared,

   Another troll trying to lie to defend scam companies like Vector. NO legitimate job requires that you BUY the supplies from the company. Quit scamming students. You should be ashamed of yo self honey !

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10. Tiffany on July 28th, 2009 4:42 pm

    The cost of the Cutco sample set is refunded in full when the samples are returned. I used to work for Vector Marketing and do not feel I was scammed in any way. I was able to make my own schedule, which helped because I was a student, and made good money for the time I put into it.

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11. victor nguyen on November 10th, 2009 5:46 am

    i have nothing against you and i am not an employee at vector but you really need to do your research before calling adding the word “scam” on a company. One of my dear friends is working with vector and apparently the training is 100% free and the 140 dollars for the sample kits or demo kits are just deposits….u get the money back if u free that the job is not right for you.

    i do agree that if a deal is too good to be true then it probably is….do i recommend this job to people? no way its like door to door sales but with your family or friends, i could never sale shit to any of my family or friends unless if its something that they really want or need.

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