Vector marketing-- Big scam

Sierra in Buffalo, New York said: To: Dan'Yiel in Raleigh, North Carolina

They wouldn't have you working five hours straight without a break first of all. They told you what the job entails when you came in for the interview, so there really is no reason you should be complaining. It's people like you that bring down our company. Vector Marketing gives a lot of great opportunities to young people. It clearly can't be true that they judge people if you got a job. No company would ever want someone as negative was you working for them. Maybe you should do your research on the company. I also want to point out, half the phones you do take, are people looking for a job. And the people you are calling were recommended, they aren't random. You should probably quit as soon as possible because you are only bringing your office down.
-One more thing. It's a base pay, not per hour...you yould know that if you were doing your job correctly.

ya ok i was a receptionist and i did work 7 hours without a break all the time and you do bother people about jobs, somebody calls once and we call them back 15 more times,

Sierra in Buffalo, New York said: Legal action for what? Try and explain this so called "scam" to me. I'll admit selling Cutco might not be for some people, but you have no idea how much money some of our reps make. You DO NOT have to buy the sample kit. It is recommended, but its not something a sales rep MUST do. If you pay attention in training, you will realize that it will take work, but you WILL make money. We are members of the BBB...and The Direct Selling Association. Its obvious you know nothing about the company, so stop with your negative comments. You're just making yourself look like an idiot.

i need to take legal action because i was a receptionist and two weeks later after my i quit i still havent gotten my check that is why i need to take legal action,

omg, dummy. i was talking about her paycheck. j.c. get off your pedestal.

Well Sarah, obviously your office wasn't doing to well if they shut down and now you can't find the manager or your paycheck. I bet you weren't bitter towards the company until that happened.

And as for you Ashley, her comment was on the page before so I didn't see it. And I won't get off my pedestal. I think its b.s that people need to complain about a job that they barely know anything about. Just proves that they are slackers. I'm writing to state that Vector Marketing is a good company, not to battle with immature people.

Well, I did attend the presentation. It is a real scam if I ever saw one. I was given a three day schedule for training. To have to put up $145.00 for a kit is just ridiculous. And no one was sent away that evening after their brief assesment behind closed doors. What a fast talking representative who wouldn't allow me to ask any questions during or after the presentation. God luck to those who belive. I'm outtie.

By the way, I'm in Charlotte, not Gastonia.

who cares?

Wow, someone didn't takt their prozac.

Sierra in Buffalo, New York said: Well Sarah, obviously your office wasn't doing to well if they shut down and now you can't find the manager or your paycheck. I bet you weren't bitter towards the company until that happened.

And as for you Ashley, her comment was on the page before so I didn't see it. And I won't get off my pedestal. I think its b.s that people need to complain about a job that they barely know anything about. Just proves that they are slackers. I'm writing to state that Vector Marketing is a good company, not to battle with immature people.

actually the office is still open and my manager docked my pay because i didnt work hard enough i guess, but its ok because he has no legal right to pay me less than minimum wage is that fair???? and yes i didnt like the company before i quit, my vector marketing boss discriminated againest old people and black people, does that sound like an honest company to you

anonymous in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma said: When I was in college, I worked for Vector Marketing for a summer and found out that I loved sales. My manager never made me invest in it, and I sold $10k worth of that stuff in 3 months. I knew It was just a part-time thing, but I think that it would be safe to say that sales is not for everyone. Today I work for a Fortune 100 firm and earn a substantial living, and its because of my attitude and desire to succeed. I won't stop until I'm at the top. I have paid my dues to get here. I'm sorry to hear that the Vector Marketing may not be the best company to work for. I think that there are bad apples everywhere. Doesn't matter what company. My experience is different than anyone else's, but in my opinion, Vector Marketing can be a good place to start out as your first company to work for, but if you are older, like in your 30s or more, go back to school.

and we're supposed to believe someone who doesnt know the difference in a fortune 100 and fortune 500 business... fortune 100 doesnt exsist

I apllied for this job also and was told i would have to put a hundred and forty dollar deposit for my knife set. Im supposed to start training next week but im not sure now. I just came online to find their website because this was one of the requirements of the position, i have to print off the first page of their website.dont ask why either bc i dont know. By the way im a 17 year old student that is just trying to get some money for a car but what should i do? all the help i can get would help a lot thankz!!!!!

lol.

lol wow aight thankz

its pretty crazy that people are acually on this forum. I figured i would never get a response........................Hello........any one there?
F@#K IT MICKY D'S IS HIRING ANYWAYS!!!!!!!!

I called the ad. It was for Libertyville, IL. she sent me to Racine for the interview. She had me write down an address and #. She took my EMAIL address, so she could confirm my interview. My computer rejected THE EMAIL LABELING IT FLUANT. I didn't feel good about this, but I went to the interview anyway. I followed the directions, I could not find the place. The streets were there but no address. So I called to tell her that I could not find it, since they seemed very prompt in wanting me there 15 minutes prior to interview. I told her the address the lady had given me,the old address. She gives me the new address. A young man interviews me asks me 3 questions and brings me into the next room for screening. I go to the next room, Radio's on.. She's a gold digger........ She's a gold digger..... She's a gold digger..... He still goes on with the interview telling me about the company. Finally he decides to turn it off. THANK YOU.. and he continues. Then for the demonstration, A Briefcase of knifes.. OKAY. The're not even placed nicely in the briefcase. Not wraped up-just thrown in there. He demonstrates. Then he wants me too, I'm thinking why you want my prints on a knife so you can sell it to.. YEAH. I told him I'm just not comfortable with that & LEFT. In my mind I was thinking.. I don't want to be that freaky person with knifes TRYING to sell them. I know how freaked out I was, I just wouldn't want to.. Leagal or not... So I have another interview with another company.. I look up there website, Don't find there site but only find complains. So, I don't want to waste my time again at another interview again So I look under Better BusinessBeuro.. GUESS WHO I FIND.. YEP VETOR MARKETINGS... The only thing is the two I went through are not listed... YET!
Becareful looking for jobs..... THERE ARE A LOT OF SCAMMY JOBS.. A tip in the ad they don't really say what the job is, also they say you will make an unusal amount of money for being a beginner/unexperience

If you like to make money and develop great personal skills such as time management, leadership, communication skills, and working with people, go sit through an interview, go to training, get you r sample kit(which you can always return and get your money back), sell some blades, and work with vector. But if making money is not your thing then you can always come to this forum and criticize others for bieng sucessfull, or go get an hourly rate job(which are a dime a dozen) and make like 8 bucks an hour, and have no advancement opportunitys.

ok well duh you dont get an hourly rate and if you wanna sell some stupid knives then go right ahead.

LETS ALL REPORT THEM TO BBB.ORG
They have a squeaky clean image. The only way to tarnish this is to report/complain/and raise h@ll.They have been in buisness since 1987 and no one has made anytype of complaint.
When I got an interview the first place that I went to research was www.bbb.org and even though there are like at least 2 in almost every state, no reports/complaints have been made.
But if they are as bad as you guys say go to www.bbb.org and shut them down.

Hmmm wonder why there are no complaints and they are members of the BBB, interesting, sounds like a huge scam and a terrible company to work for huh? And yea i guees i dont get an hourly rate seeing as the demonstration only takes 30 mins and i get paid $14 even if i dont sell anything so my "hourly rate" is really based on a half hour of "work" which is sitting down and asking someone if they want to buy something. But yea getting paid $14 to sit in someones air conditioned house, sip their lemonade, and ask them if they want to buy something is a total scam, lol. And if they do buy some "stupid knives" getting 30% of whatever they spend is even worse, lmao!

ok so spending your own money on gas, using your own phone to make "business calls" and not getting paid to make those buisness calls sounds like a good job to you then go right ahead. but when i worked there the business discrimanated againest black people because they didnt work hard enough and my boss forcing me to work on holidays and working for 8 hours w/o a break sounds like a pretty horrible job to me, but thats just my opinion, but now i have a job that i sell stuff that people actually want (directv) and i actually get paid hourly and get breaks and my boss isnt a racist ass so what sounds better??? oh and my check is about 1400 every two weeks so i cant complain

Gas money, mileage, cell phone bill, dining...all writeoffs. Im assuming you were a receptionist, so i dont know about how you r hours or pay would work, as a rep i work whenever i want and have complete control over how much i want to earn, it all depends upon work ethic, which is highly embraced by vector and anyone who works with them. Im not black so thats irrelevant to me, and when iam promoted to a %50 comission level(about 1 month from now) i can go do three demos, work a total of about 5 hours and earn just as much as you or most people on a bimonthly pay in one week, not bad for a full time college student,lol, and not to mention scholarships and valuable resume experience. But whatever, if building skills and working around great people while having the oppotunity to earn a great income is not your thing please dont hinder others opportunity to be great at something maybe you just couldnt handle, something that thousands of college students around the country are VERY sucessfull at.

Oh and as far as a product people actually want, rofl. I guarentee anyone that eats food(not sure about the market on that one, lol) has a knife in thier home, they may not even have a t.v., but im sure they have at least one knife. And for directv im sure your very sucessful at selling that or whatever you do, in fact if people spend money on directv they are most likely going to spend more time at home watching it, which means they would most likely not want ot eat out as much, which puts them directly in the market for home cooking utensils. Now how many people would actually want high quality items that are guarenteed to last them forever; which happens to be a product that most americans use on average of 2-3 a day, what kind of market is that, who would want such things?

ok Eric, calm down there kiddo, just pointing out the facts. You just have to understand that there is a certain reality to things whether you choose to believe it or not, and the reality in this case is simple, if you like making money, bieng sucessfull, developing personal skills, working with people, and selling a great product, then working with vector and taking advantage of of the opportunity is definatly something to look into. However, for whatever reason, some people may not like those type of things so vector may not be a good choice for them, obviously someone like yourself who cannot seem to handle adversity very well would probably not be to well suited for working with people/customers. But just as it has been stated many times, no scam-just takes the right kind of people, which is why i encourage anyone interested in learning more about vector to go to the interview/training and see for themselves if it is for them, not just read posts from people who have never worked with the company or just couldnt handle it, and try to decide if it is a scam or if it for them.

so its irrelevant how your company discriminates??? actually your company would hire whoever walks in the door if they are white, speak english and are 18-25. so obvioulsy thats the type of person the that vector would hire so thats a big group of people that could do the job, why dont you get paid for training???? because its a bulls*it company. and i can go to walmart and get the same quality of knives that cutco sells without the "forever" guaretee and be just as happy because i wouldnt have to pay up the a** for them.

I am a receptionist at Vector and love working here. I am also a sales rep. So, I was not very good at it, however I still do sales every now and then and sold over $1,000 on my first day. It is not a scam and I don't see how it hurts anyone to give it a try. I did not have to pay for my kit, and I understand that others do, but if you return the kit if you decide it's not for you, you get the money back. The knives are quality and I use them in my own kitchen. So maybe Vector wasn't for you, but it is not a scam and I hope that you guys find other jobs out there. I have a bachelor's in economics and I work for Vector because it's not a scam, people are hard working, serious, and fun. This is a job where you have to earn your paycheck, so if you didn't make a lot of money, then it either wasn't for you or you didn't work hard enough. Please don't badmouth my job just because you couldn't hack it.

Nicely said Irritated. As for the same quality knives at walmart, or anywhere else for that matter, lmao, you obviously dont appreciate high quality things, and probably should have paid attention more in training. I hope you have a rep over sometime so they can get paid and to compare your wal mart knives rofl. Also cutco's annual sales kind of speak for themself.

I was a receptionist at Vector. You guys dont answer any of my questions you just repeat the same thing over and over. I know your company is totally legal, it's not a scam. But the way it operates is morally right, and thats my opinion. And I dont understand if you have a economics degree why you are working at such a company, as a receptionist no less? And I think at every company you have to earn your paycheck. The reason why I dont like this company is because they aim at highschool/college kids that probably fully dont realize what this job is when they see it in a newspaper. Another reason is that when I worked at this company my manager actually discriminated againest black people, now thats not right is it? And I dont like that you dont get paid for training, and if your a college/highschool student looking for a job how are you supposed to afford the sample kit? Oh god I could ramble on endlessly about how I dont like the business because there is alot of morally wrong things about it. But a knife is honestly a knife. Im not going to pay up the as* for something that I could buy at walmart. And like I would honestly let a rep in my house with a set of knives, and as for anybody that lets you come in to thier home with a set of knives is F**CING crazy.

Well im sorry you have had such a bad experience, its rather unfortunate, but the fact is there are THOUSNADS of college kids around the country who are very sucessfull at it, myself included. And its a great opportunity for college kids they offer scholarsips and great resume experience. And i borrowed myy sample kit and paid it off easily with my first paycheck, and once again you can get your money refunded if it doesnt work you just have to give back the kit!

Oh my god, like I said you people just say the same things over and over again! It's nothing new. Do you want to answer my questions, or just focus on the few decent things about your company and just forget all the negative things??? I know "THOUSANDS" of college kids work for Vector, and you get a refund of your money if you return it!
My point is that Vector is a shady company with shady practices...

Brandon in Fredericksburg, Ontario said:

What really pisses me off is how do they get away with such filth???

Because it isn't illegal, it's just immoral. They see other peoples willingness to jump at some quick easy money as a quick, easy, way to make money.

Disgusting, yes, but legally it is what it is.

Shaun in Clifton, Ohio said: You're right Karla. Very few people on here have their facts straight. 9 times out of 10 they go to the interview, don't pay attention, still get accepted and don't show up for training. I really do think you should take the job if it's just a question of saftey. Of course it's not a scam. You only call people who you have been recommended to. For instance: your aunt recommends you to one of her friends....do you trust your aunt? If so then it is perfectly safe. And to the person who says they didn't tell you about the sample kit until the last day of training, well then you didn't pay attention in the interview. I guess they don't take it out of your paycheck b/c you don't have one yet to be honest lol. It's definately worth it though. All these people are saying that when they make you buy the sample kit they're ripping you off..actually a lie. They're giving you 70% off on a product that you will use for the rest of your life. They're ripping these innocent college kids off? Right. You can call me a liar all that you want to. I really don't care. I really have sold $30,000 of cutco in the last 4 months, which means I am now making 50% of what I sell. Scam? Yeah right.

Gotta love the company line

Shan in Nashville, Tennessee said: This company calls you for an interview, and some people as soon as they walked back would walk right back out. Well come to find out he says that if he didn't like the way you looked when he first met you then he won't hire you. Then we find out that we are trying to sell knives and things. But of course he didn't mention the fact that we have to invest over a 100 bucks to start the job. We have to purchase the knives and then use that as our sells guide to show customers. This was the biggest scam I had ran across yet. Any business you have to invest money in to get hired, you should know it just ain't right!!!How do they expect you to purchase something like that and you are trying to get a job. Oh you don't want to talk about the door to door sales. Yeah you need to find your own people to sale to by the way. If this sounds like the job for you, then goodluck to you!!

IT'S SELLING KNIVES!!! THAT'S THE JOB!

obviously

Ok Sarah, maybe you had a bad boss, making Vector a bad experience for you. My boss does not discriminate based on race, color, etc. She is very intelligent, she realizing that sales people come from every walk of life. As for Vector targeting high school and college kids, maybe the company realizes that these are the types of people looking for part-time work and sales experience for their resume. How dare you consider hs and college students ignorant enough not to know what type of job they are getting hired in to. You don't get paid for training because it's a really short training period, like 15 hrs, and because they let you use their knives for demos. Any other questions?

Ok well first of all, the point is that someone that works for you company discriminates, and vector does specifcally target college and highschool kids, im actually a college kid myself and i know when i first saw the ad myself was mislead about what i would actually be doing. and i would be very upset if i went to 15 hours of unpaid training. people in your company are "brainwashed" because they dont understand why no one would like to work for them. and they dont understand when someone doesnt want to buy their knives. like i said my boss made me work 7 hours without a break, and me being a smoker thought that that was very difficult. then i would listen to my boss repeatedly calling reps at like 8 in the morning telling them to make sales calls. i worked holidays with out time in a half. its a very crappy company thats my point and im just trying to spread the word. and i understand that your trying to defend your company but please do it somewhere where people actually care what you are saying

I was just hired today to work with Vector. No it's not a scam. You only invest a little bit for your kit so you can use them, so you're not talking to people about knives and say they work great and not really know. if you decide to quit and you give them the knives back, YOU GET YOUR MONEY BACK! everyone needs to chill out.

if you would go to an interview, they would explain to you how to make the money so before you try to talk down on the company, see what it's all about and not just read all the comments on the internet of all places from people who either didn't get a job their, or don't know anything about it.

If you read things on the internet and believe everything, you need to go read a book or something. Seriously, if the internet said that an alien was found in california i'm sure you'd believe it.

Obviously you care or you would't waste your time replying. And maybe you should quit smoking, then you might not have as many problems with the job.

Nicely said. I am glad someone out there has a brain.

ok this forum is called Vector Marketing- Big scam, not Vector-great work! duh, and i do care cuz i dont wanna see other people fall for this company!!!!!! and i pry wont quit smoking, its my right

ya and the reasons i have problems with this job is cuz i smoke, DUH!!!

all the people that keep saying that the people claiming to work at VECTOR are managers trying ot get people to join the company are idiots. they most likely are actual people that work for the company just disproving all of your ridiculous accusations. im 17 years old and i worked for Vector. the only reason i ended up quitting was because i have no drivers licence right now so it was difficult for me to set up my own appointments. the people in my group however have been quite successful, (even those that smoke lol) so all these rumors need to stop. im no manager, im just a high school graduate looking in admiration at how idiotic adults can be about this topic.

also sarah it sounds like your office just was a bad situation. the office i worked for had no discrimination at all... im actually 1/2 black. if you want to report anyone or take legal action against anyone only go about your own personal situation with that office. the rest of them had nothing to do with your bad experience.

Ashley in Fort Wayne, Indiana said: yeah, um, it's not a per hour pay schedule. it's a per appointment pay schedule. and unless you are actually going door to door, this is not a feasible living income. also, considering the fact that it's done in the consumer's home and travel is required, it's not really be like a 15$ per hour job.

You're right, you don't get paid to travel, however, all of your traveling expenses are tax deductable, as well as eating and housing expenses.

Yuna in Washington, District of Columbia said: LETS ALL REPORT THEM TO BBB.ORG
They have a squeaky clean image. The only way to tarnish this is to report/complain/and raise h@ll.They have been in buisness since 1987 and no one has made anytype of complaint.
When I got an interview the first place that I went to research was www.bbb.org and even though there are like at least 2 in almost every state, no reports/complaints have been made.
But if they are as bad as you guys say go to www.bbb.org and shut them down.

Do some research....they've been in business since 1981...and no complaints.

This is so amusing! Its amazing how ignorant some people are and how they just cant come to face the facts, lol. Its a wonder some of you can be employed anywhere and be satisfied with your job. Anyways to those of you who post on here and work with vector, you know how great of an opportunity it is, but yeah huge scam, no money to be made rofl!

Are you seriously amazed that we can clean toilets and bag groceries? Because that's all you naive, brainwashed Vector people think that anyone can do that disagree with the shady ways of the V-E-C.

I'm under the impression that the BBB is for complaints against a company that has wronged you as a consumer, not as an employee. I'm sure that not a'one of you shady VEC people will let me know if I am wrong.

Ashley in Fort Wayne, Indiana said: Are you seriously amazed that we can clean toilets and bag groceries? Because that's all you naive, brainwashed Vector people think that anyone can do that disagree with the shady ways of the V-E-C.

of course thats what they think. BRAINWASHED. thats all it is. theres not much point trying to communicate with them. Ifr you don't work at vector you must be working at Mcdonalds... and we are in college but we will still end up working at Mcdonalds cuz Vector is such a cool brainwashed lil cult. We just have to find the secret codeword that they are implanted with to turn them off and shut them up. And I thought I told 1slowZ to stop posting comments cuz they were retarded.

Ha... this is so funny. I was put on alert by the way the whole thing worked. It was just too easy. I seen a flyer, went to the web-site, filled out a 30 second application, got an email in 2 minutes, and a call in 10- telling me that I should come in for an interview TODAY... lol. Who operates like that? It seemed suspicious to me, so I decided to google it and see what came up...and WOW! I'm hearing that it's a scam, and waste of time... but just for kicks, I'm going to go to the interview and see for myself. Wish me luck! ;-)

Thank God I found this...I was tryn to search their website cause the lady said she had limited spaces so i scheduled it and of course for the interview I wanted to research the company so I can know a bit more of what they do...I find this and rather read this scam forum...If it wasnt for you I would have probably stayed ignorant and actually go to the interview...THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!