I worked for Vector/Cutco for a summer while in college, and managed to sell close to $10K worth of knives while token-working to get my parents off my back. Their management tactics may seem sleezy, but it's what they need to do to counter the negative pre-conceived notions that perspective employees have against this type of work, and what customers have for salespeople. It IS a great product. Yes, it's expensive, but it's worth it, if you could afford it. I don't mind paying $795 for a set of their knives, except I just "borrow" from the my mom's $1400 set that she bought from me to get me started. She's actually looking to buy more, because somebody keeps on stealing her steak knives... It IS hard work if you want to be successful, and unfortunately very few make it. It's hard making those phone calls. It's hard facing rejection. But that 1% who can see past the negativity can succeed. At first, my parents wouldn't allow me to call their friends, because they think what the original poster thought. But my mom referred me to a friend, who agreed to a demo just to humor me. I showed her my samples, and she ran to her kitchen, pulled out 2 Cutco knives that she already owns, and said "I want to complete my collection." Made a $1200 sale that day, for a $240 commission. She told their circle of friends, and I got my foot in the door. In fact, another sales rep was already making her way through that group, and if I hadn't made that call, she would've raked up all those sales instead of me. If any sales reps feel like they got ripped off, I would gladly buy your demo kit off of you. I've bought 5 or 6 kits off disgruntled reps, and sold them for double what I/they paid for the kits. I need to restock my inventory, so I could make some sales instead of telling my old customers that I've retired!

I'm pretty sure they didn't tell you no refund. VECTOR cannot give you a refund. You have to RETURN your kit to the manufacturer, and CUTCO gives you the refund, not VECTOR. You just didn't pay attention to the details. The transaction for the purchase of the kit was between you and Cutco, not the branch office. It's like buying a Dell from a BestBuy. You don't return it to the BestBuy. You've got to send it back to Dell. And the reason why you have to pay $145 for the kit is because 95% of the kids that sign up are idiots, and if Vector loaned them the kit for free, you'd never see them again. I've seen reps leave their kit on the bus. If you've paid $145 for your kit, you'd take better care of it.

smh that souonds like Vector, they tried to get me too but i knew it was a scam when i had to buy my own shit

smh that souonds like Vector, they tried to get me too but i knew it was a scam when i had to buy my own shit

As has already been established, this is obviously Vector/Cutco. I worked there for a summer after finishing high school. My dad really thought it was a scam at first, and I absolutely agree that some of their business practices do seem pretty shady. However, if you work hard and are committed, you can make some serious money working there. (You also need to have a decent network of referrals) I only sold around $5,000 worth of knives during the summer, but some of my coworkers were absolutely KILLING it. (I am not the most motivated hard-working individual). Seriously, I made some decent money there, and I am a self proclaimed stoner! This is definitely an okay sales job for someone with no experience, and I learned a lot from their cold-calling, sales tactics and public speaking techniques. You do need self-motivation, because it's easy to get away with not working while there, you just won't make any money. I just finished my Bachelor's degree in marketing, and I have done a lot of sales jobs, most of which sucked, but working at Vector definitely provided me with a solid foundation of knowledge and experience. I now have a great job in marketing! Bottom line: any sales job requires a lot of personal motivation and a strong work ethic. I am not an example of a person overflowing with these qualities, and I still did pretty well at Vector.

this past summer i got a letter from Vector about a job opportunity, it said like you would earn $15 an hour and stuff, it very vague, but i went to the interview anyway, cause i was desperate for a job. When i got the building it was an apartment complex, and "office" was an apartment-made-office set up. There was a lot of people in there, and the manager came out and started calling people in by two's which is weird. so i went into his office with this girl and the guy talked about how prestigious the company was and made a big deal about it. Then we went into the training where there were eleven other people in there, for THREE HOURS he lectured us about the job, making house calls to sell knives. Then he called us in one at a time for a "private" interview, he offered me the job and gave me training details. I never went because it seemed fishy. if the place is soo damn prestigious why the hell did i show up at an apartment complex, in the BAD part of town! I am not claiming its a scam, but it didn't seem like a good opportunity, and definitely not a money-maker. oh yeah, the manager thought it was really cool to stare at my breasts the ENTIRE time. just saying...

I worked there for a bit this summer, I made a few hundred bucks and now I sell my display kit pieces as I need money or as people I know ask for them. Vector isn't a total rip-off, but if you'd like to know the basic scheme is this... **WALL OF TEXT SORRY, I've never posted about my experience with Vector so why not here...FML You can earn 50% commission eventually (after like 20k sales or something like that) Until you reach that commission point your manager gets the differences, i.e. you start at 15 or 20 your Manager is getting 30. It is thought of as a scam b/c on average people only last a few weeks there before they decide it is too difficult to reach the higher commissions. They do constant recruiting b/c they know that people will sell the most product in their first weeks. Also unless you go to appointments night and day your commission will always be higher than your base pay ($15 per appointments). If you are going to work there I'd reccomend only selling to people who need it and not to use any of their pressure tactics. Generally speaking if people needs good knives it won't be tough to convince them that Cutco is good, just don't buy into all their fast talking and remember that your the one who has to go on day to day and see the people you sell to. THIS JOB IS NOT FOR THOSE WHO WANT EASY MONEY, it will take time and tons of awkward encounters to earn real cash. ALSO do NOT sign up @ their temporary regional offices, they have a program where College students can open and run an office as a manager for a season, I'd recommend finding the larger regional "offices" where you can at least count on them being there all the time and not having to rely on sketchy college kids for your pay checks. Don't attend any of the extra meetings and don't accept any "key-staff" positions as you don't get any pay bonus's and they'll expect you to come in for semi-weekly meetings. Just sell the knives at your own leisure and pull in a few hundred a week until you run out of people who are looking for new knives. Then sell your set piece by piece, you do pay only cost for all the knives in this set so it will make life easier.

You should have used those knives

k so cut co ain't a scam for the ppl who work for them that are usefull to them cuz it's true if u put in effort u can get paid. I used to work for those ass holes and wasn't very good cuz I didn't know alot of ppl so by the fourth week they stopped paying me cuz I wasnt worth it. but another kid who did good and made them money he still works there and loves it so scam yes but not to everyone. u just gotta bust ur ass off

lol vector or cutco is a scam there is a lawsuit right now against them and they are shady with taxes I made 0 dollars but they claimed I made 30000