Is Vector Marketing, The Seller Of Cutco Cuttery A Scam?
I attended thier so called interview with a group of people and thier prodcut seems like a quality product cutting a penny with sissory, sand paper with a steak knife and rope with a serraded edge knife. But they seem a little like their following the Pyramid Scheme a little. The only reason I have my doubts is because they let you get your money back when you return the sample produc which you have to buy for demonstartion purposes at 70% off for 146.18 and they require you to sell to your family and friends setting up appts giving demonstrations. Base pay is 15 but only per appt and or commision which ever is higher. They showed us a college text book with Vector Marketing in it as a good company and a very old news paper article of the president of the company explaining his success and showing how they been around since 1982 or something like that. I feel a little concerned because I think he was making up some lies during the private interview about how not everyone gets hired when they pretty much do. Thier is no back ground check of any kind and requrie you to attend unpaid trainnig sessions.
Vector hires 100% of all people who apply. That is your first warning.
You will be selling $700 sets of knives. That was hard during the good times. Now it is impossible.
You must buy the $145 “demo” set of knives. You wanted a job but you have become a customer. There are many complaints that Vector did not honor its money-back guarantee.
The $15 base pay is misleading. It hints that you will get paid even if you don’t sell anything.
Vector has complaints that they do not pay their sales staff.
They are not a scam, but there are much better direct sales opportunities available.
Also your definition of a “Pyramid Scheme” doesn’t meet the legal definition of the term. If you think that paying to join a direct sales organization or having a multi level compensation plan is a “pyramid” then just about every insurance agent and many other sales people are all part of a pyramid scheme.
This is a pure commission based enterprise and if you do not sell any cutlery, you earn nothing. You should instead consider a more salary based opportunity such as becoming a U.S. census taker at http://www.census.org with a starting salary of $17.50 per hour.
Good luck!