Universal Ramblings

Look at what people are saying about Vector Marketing:

• 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.

• Actually Vector Marketing isn’t a scam. It is a direct sales position; yes, you do have to invest in the sales kit to do demonstrations. I worked one summer as an independent rep and learned a great deal about how to do cold calling. Vector Marketing certainly isn’t an opportunity for everyone. The experience really helped me in learning how to get over being afraid of making sales calls. No, I didn’t make a lot of money, but no one was scammed, and it is really a decent product if you can afford the knives (seriously these bad boys do last forever.) I think the biggest problem is that they need to be clearer in the presentation of the position. When I met to discuss working as an indy rep, the manager I dealt with was very clear. It’s not a scam, but if you are looking for an hourly job, then no, this isn’t for you. Because they only way you make any money is if you actually make sales. But I did meet quite a few people, and most of them were in their early 20s that did quite well.

• I applied for a job at Vector Marketing and they called me for an interview. I showed up to the appointment (which was today) and I was there with about 6 other people. They went on this huge thing about how good their knives were and I was convinced that they are good. So I came home today and was pretty happy that I had gotten the job. Then I was sitting there and I told my girlfriend that we have to find the people ourselves to sell to. She told me she thought it was a scam so I looked it up. Good thing I did. Apparently vector rips off thousands of students every year like this. How the hell can they get away with such crap? I should have known though because their signs were duct taped to the wall, and the room was only like 10′ by 10′.

  What really pisses me off is how do they get away with such filth??? There were other people in the interview too that I’m not sure if they also got the job or if it was just me. But something needs to be done about this bull. I’m not sure if I should tell someone or if I should just let it go or what. But what a load of s*** this is.

So is Vector Marketing a scam or not ?