<p>My D got a solicitation letter from this company saying that they are hiring college students in our neighborhood, and that the base pay for their jobs in customer sales and service positions is $17.25. Has anyone else received such a letter? Is this company for real? I looked up their web site and it seemed to be fairly legit, but one never knows. I would guess it costs money to apply and/or to attend the training sessions that they say are the first steps. Does anyone know anything about these people?</p>
<p>I suggest you goggle vector and read all the stuff out there on it. I would probably tell my child to keep on looking.</p>
<p>They send this out to everyone. It’s one of those things like the CutCo knives where you have to buy a set to use as your demo, then you get a commission on each set you sell. Unfortunately the set you have to buy costs alot, like $400-500. I’d tell your D to keep looking.</p>
<p>Here’s an old thread on this!</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/195230-cutco-cutlery-vector-marketing.html?highlight=vector[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/195230-cutco-cutlery-vector-marketing.html?highlight=vector</a></p>
<p>roshke-- thanks! I should have known that here on CC there’s info about practically everything! My next question is, how do you suppose they get these kids’ names?? BTW-- D was not interested in this company, she threw the mail away. I was just curious about it… ;)</p>
<p>Wish this had been posted a few weeks back. My daughter’s boyfriend signed up with them. She did not think it was a good idea. Anyway he went to one day of training then quit (maybe when he found out about the buying the knife set?). Apparently he used my name as a reference or something (my husband told me he told her that he could) so then I got mail from them trying to get me to sell it. I don’t do selling stuff.</p>
<p>Some of these places are terrible. One of my Ds friends asked if she could practice her presentation on me. Its just a way to sell and I said no.</p>
<p>It’s tough for college students to find summer jobs these days so I bet Vector is getting more takers. My s got the letter too…and I told him to avoid it even though I didn’t know much about it. It just smelled like a scam!
Anyway, if you’re assertive and charming, I guess it’s a option…but I really don’t like the idea of bothering friends and family. I would NEVER do it…would rather clean floors or work at McDonalds (and I hated working there too). I could never do Avon or Tupperware either…as I would like to keep my friends and family out of it. </p>
<p>Anyway, I read the old thread and there were quite a few who were very happy with their knives. Since I have horrible knives, I went on EBAY and ordered a carver at a pretty good price (compared to what they charge retail). We’ll see…</p>
<p>The knives are really good. The scissors are great. The vegetable peeler is the best.</p>
<p>But the company itself is NOT where I would want my kid working. Besides paying for the set and harassing neighbors, they then are issued a 1099 and end up paying self employment tax on the little they’ve earned.</p>
<p>Spring is really here if we are talking about Vector Marketing again.</p>
<p>The job involves selling Cutco knives etc. The products are excellent but very expensive. The benefit to the student is experience selling and working on your own. For some students it can be the most rewarding job ever and can be very profitable. For other students they learn quickly they will not be good at sales and quit. If your students needs a steady guaranteed income, look elsewhere. If your student wants to see how well he or she can do with a real sales job and working independently, Vector can be a life lesson - one way or the other.</p>