<p>“Why are there no older people working in Vector? Why were all my managers college kids or recent college grads? Why is there such a high turnover rate?”</p>
<p>I suspect a lot of reps also run out of family and friends.</p>
<p>Re post #21: YES! My absolute favorite knives are old carbon steel Sabatier. I still mourn the loss of my original boning knife–circa 1975–that a guest apparently threw into the garbage while helping to clean up. </p>
<p>A local kid did a CutCo demo for me, and I bought my mother a pair of their pruning shears. The design makes them very easy on the hands, and she both loves to garden and has arthritic hands.</p>
<p>I had a Cutco college student here this morning. My third in five years. I bought a nice set the first go around, added a couple of items the second, and today bought one thing. I love my original knives, and they really do stand up to time and lots of use, but enough is enough. I didn’t need a $43 pizza cutter, but like others have mentioned, there’s the pressure of having a friend’s kid sitting in front of you with puppy dog eyes. I flat out told him that I wasn’t going to give him any names, which I understand is the way they get their leads, although he practically begged. I don’t want my friends to begin to think I’m getting a percentage of Cutco sales, lol.</p>
<p>Somebody said earlier that it isn’t a pyramid scheme, and I guess technically it isn’t. However, there is a pyramid–a pyramid of customers, each of whom is asked to give up names of further leads. Sort of like a chain letter. It’s clever, because somebody who won’t buy anything might still feel guilty enough to give up contacts.</p>
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<p>That’s a very good discription, Hunt.</p>
<p>Both Timex and Rolex watches tell time; Chevy’s and Mercedes both go from place to place. </p>
<p>For each product, there’s a happy customer somewhere. </p>
<p>It sounds as though the posters who actually own these products think highly of what they bought, use it every day, and tend to buy more when they can. </p>
<p>As for a 30-40 minute sales presentation by a college kid, I’d rather sit with that than keep my critical thinking alive despite: colorful plastic packaging around the product, TV/radio advertisement, store music, which isn’t what Cutco uses. </p>
<p>If you like a product, recommending friends avoids the cold-calls; it’s not like you’re sending them chicken-pox or something bad. It’s good quality stuff.</p>
<p>^^Keeping the focus off-commerce, in the spirit of a CC forum: this is just a college summer job. They’re hard to find. Some kids have innate sales skills, other less so. Some salespeople are delightful, others irritating, whether at Cutco, Costco, BestBuy, or BurgerKing.</p>
<p>I have 1 cutco knife I bought from sons friend last year. It is still the knife I look to grab first. Caught H using it to saw a 1 inch diameter limb of our ficus tree. When I first got it I cut myself numerous times just washing the darn thing.</p>
<p>sold these knives. One did terrifically and acutally made tons of money and ended up supervising numerous others; also found out she really enjoyed marketing. These knives are VERY sharp – we call them “Cut Me Knives”!</p>
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<p>I got an unsolicited door step visit based on a friend who was pressured into giving my name. I asked her not to do that in the future. Still - I happen to really like the Cutco knives I have. In our area the company does engage in something close to what I consider deceptive hiring practices. For one thing, there’s a very high end company with the same name around here and they do nothing to try to distinguish themselves. They also promise $20 an hour average salaries (no mention of commission) and it’s only later on that you hear that you need to invest in the knives. I don’t know anyone who has worked for them, but it’s nothing I’d want my kids to do.</p>
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One of the biggest sales my son made while selling these was to a couple who had to drive him to the ER when he sliced the end of his finger off during the demonstration!</p>
<p>Another woman I know dropped her Cutco paring knife onto her bare foot and it did major damage to tendons.</p>
<p>I do love my Cutco knives and don’t use any of the other knives I have, even thought some of them were more expensive.</p>
<p>I’m a fan of Cutco knives as well - I’ve had mine for over 20 years and they are like new - I love the steak knives especially - I use them as utility knives and it’s great to have 8 on hand to use and toss in the dishwasher.</p>
<p>I remembered that my brother-in-law sold them in college as part of a class in the Purdue business school. I wonder if they still do that?</p>
<p>Another Cutco fan, originally purchased from a college graduate who was low key and terrific. Love their steak knives, which we use for everyday knives. The cheese cutter/knife will be a Christmas gift this year for several family members. I use it for everything, from cutting tomatoes etc. I now order Cutco online…</p>
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Well somewhat ironically dull knives are generally more dangerous than sharp ones. For one, a dull knife doesn’t cut as easily thus people apply more pressure… causing the knife to slip or jump and resulting in cutting something other than the intended object. </p>
<p>Although yes you do need to know how to safely use a knife or you can seriously injure yourself regardless of what knife you’re using.</p>
<p>“If you like a product, recommending friends avoids the cold-calls; it’s not like you’re sending them chicken-pox or something bad. It’s good quality stuff.”</p>
<p>Don’t give the kid my name, unless you’re trying to scale back on friends.</p>
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That is a nice benefit, actually. Once you’ve ordered one or more Cutco knives in person, you have an online account and can order more online. And they do offer regular sales which don’t make them cheap, but do offer some relative bargains.</p>
<p>Two years after my first post in this thread (see p. 1), I still prefer my Cutco knives over all my others, and when my dad passed away in March some of the few things I kept from his kitchen were their Cutco knives, to add to my collection.</p>
<p>I love the knives, but I still don’t think doing knife sales pitches in people’s kitchens is a great summer job for a student.</p>
<p>My phone just rang and I made an appointment. I’ve never heard of CutCo, but the neighbor kid said he gets paid for the appointment, not the sale. I just love this web site, and after glancing through the latest posts, here’s that subject! Thanks guys!</p>
<p>let us know how many you buy ;)</p>
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<p>A “Cutconspiracy”? - sorry couldn’t resist when I saw this on the net.</p>
<p>My nephew-in-law, Eagle Scout and ROTC student is also selling Cutco knives, so I dont’ think they come with IEDs.</p>
<p>So now the issue is someone who became a Muslim militant once sold Cutco knives? Yeesh. </p>
<p>What if we find out an extremist once wore corduroy jeans with plaid lining? Definitely don’t buy those jeans!</p>
<p>Are Cutco knives WMD’s? Weapons of Mass Distribution? ;)</p>