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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 2, 2008 18:13:33 GMT -5
Today some woman called my cell phone (I have no idea how she got my number) and asked me about working for a company called Vector Marketing. This company sells Cutco Cutlery. My first impression was that this was pretty phony as I have never contacted a company called Vector for employment. The lady tried to explain to me that working for this company has many incentives such as pay starting at $16/hour, being your own boss, and making your own schedule. At this point I knew she was completely full of shit and told her to call me back later because I was at work (which I really was). When she called back I never answered the phone because I wanted to do a little research. HENCE, I come across numerous websites containing information on why this is a scam! They target college and HS kids with lots of sweet talk etc, too bad you have to sit though 20 hours of unpaid training and then have to PAY THEM in order to start selling THEIR MERCHANDISE. Pretty awesome concept, huh? Needless to say there are countless experiences of students getting ripped off at the hands of this company ( The average worker makes less than $3 per day.) They have settled in court for cases of fraud (This has happened multiple times). The lesson of the day is, since I know at least half of us on the forum are HS/college students if this company calls tell them where to shove it and don't waste your time. I am actually kind of excited to have this woman call me back.
Have a Good Day BBS!
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Post by cjmjones008 on Jun 2, 2008 18:19:38 GMT -5
A bunch of my friends worked for Cutco last summer. One ended up making 8000 in 2 months. The others quit because they didn't want to do all of the work.
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Post by James on Jun 2, 2008 18:19:58 GMT -5
thx
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Post by Sheryl Yoast on Jun 2, 2008 18:20:08 GMT -5
This is why I don't carry a cell phone.
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Post by cjmjones008 on Jun 2, 2008 18:24:01 GMT -5
The knives they sell are crazy. They are guaranteed forever. Some people pass them down since you can always get a new one.
If you don't take the time to call a lot of people in one area you end up wasting gas money driving around. If people want or need new knives it seemed like they sold themselves (According to my friends). They said you got bonuses and new items to sell for the more product you sold.
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 2, 2008 18:24:18 GMT -5
A bunch of my friends worked for Cutco last summer. One ended up making 8000 in 2 months. The others quit because they didn't want to do all of the work. Do you know if they worked directly for Cutco or for the company I mentioned? |
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Post by Gossip Girl on Jun 2, 2008 18:26:12 GMT -5
The knives they sell are crazy. They are guaranteed forever. Some people pass them down since you can always get a new one. If you don't take the time to call a lot of people in one area you end up wasting gas money driving around. If people want or need new knives it seemed like they sold themselves (According to my friends). They said you got bonuses and new items to sell for the more product you sold. the cheapest set they sell is like $1200 appearantly, they are great knives my dad has a few. |
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Post by cjmjones008 on Jun 2, 2008 19:16:00 GMT -5
they worked for just CutCo
I figured it was the same thing.
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Post by dj on Jun 2, 2008 20:01:15 GMT -5
use the seinfeld line
"Why dont you give me your home phone #, and ill call you back when I have time"...
"Oh, you dont want strange people calling you at home?"
"Now you know how I feel."
click.
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Post by aar on Jun 2, 2008 20:06:52 GMT -5
Vector is one of the biggest scams out there.
They send mail to high schoolers and tell them that they will make $16/hour - the catch is that it's all commission from overpriced knives
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Post by cjmjones008 on Jun 2, 2008 20:33:33 GMT -5
have you used these knives? they are amazing
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Post by GP on Jun 2, 2008 20:42:14 GMT -5
ya those knives are amazing but this isnt really a job u want...its pretty bad..
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Post by GP on Jun 2, 2008 20:42:27 GMT -5
I got mail from vector too.
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Post by Speed Racer on Jun 3, 2008 0:34:09 GMT -5
Yeah, these people contacted me shortly after I graduated high school. I definitely didn't listen.
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Post by lock on Jun 4, 2008 2:10:19 GMT -5
This is why I don't carry a cell phone. That and the fact you like to break them. |
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Post by Johnny "B. Good" Stamos on Jun 5, 2008 15:51:02 GMT -5
Damn i just got the Vector letter today in the mail and it looked pretty good until Aaron told me read this. Sick Thanks alot andrew.
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