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By Regina - 03/07/2009 06:19 - United States

Today, I got a job selling knives. I had training for 11 hours. At the end of the training session, the instructor promptly informed everyone that they had to pay $145 for a set of demo knives. I paid the $145. I went home and learned that it was a scam. I went back for a refund. They said no. FML

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axislave 0

Friday 3 July 2009 16:00

Haha lol that sucks...let me guess it was that student for part time work where you can get like $15/appointment lol Yeah I've seen that before too and I almost went untill I googled it haha

logik_fml 0

Friday 3 July 2009 16:03

Buy some knifes and stab the guy

Comments

Phoenix_fml 13

Friday 3 July 2009 16:59

Vector Marketing?

sedthsret 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 3:23

omg! im getting a job with vector tomorrow and the demo kit is $147!

artkid 0

Saturday 4 July 2009 4:22

don't.

ladycoyote 0

Sunday 5 July 2009 7:19

Run away!

ChefRyan 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:02

I got the job for that same place VECTOR!! but i never went to the training.. seemed like a waste

tapifruit 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:07

XD oh god that's gotta be vector, even though it is a scam, one of my friends actually makes money off of it and sells the knives individually for like crazy prices and it all works out for him

tapifruit 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:10

XD oh god that's gotta be vector, even though it is a scam, one of my friends actually makes money off of it and sells the knives individually for like crazy prices and it all works out for him

turnthecorner 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:12

Vector is not a scam, people!!! Yes, it's challenging to do direct sales, but I worked for them for a while and got paid the money I deserved weekly. You do have to buy the set you sell, but you get to keep it or sell it when you're finished, so I didn't see it as a loss. Plus, I made more than $145 my first week so it didn't really matter. It's not a job for everyone but it's a legit summer job for students, like they say in the ads.

crasher41 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:21

Give me your email address I have a friend from Nigeria I'd like you to meet.

anniebananie 3

Friday 3 July 2009 17:24

#55 wins!

DieterDerBlau 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:47

I concur, my daughter's aunt (no, her mother n I didn't marry) worked for Cutco/Vector for YEARS, making money hand-over-fist for years up in the Santa Rosa area of CA. It's not a scam, it's just REALLY REALLY hard to make money at this sort of thing. I couldn't begin to do this crap. But my pseudo-sister-in-law sure did. To use an adage that's older than anyone applying for this sort of a job - LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP.

crasher41 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:13

Another victim of Vector Marketing!! PWNED!! You are retarded for not researching the company beforehand. YDI

tjd13 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:14

i went to an interview for that company and after i got a call that i got the job and it seemed like such a scam that i turned it down

cattoe7 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:16

omg i know the vector bullcrap..i went to an interview for that a few years ago and i realized it was a scam in the interview.. ridiculous crap but needless to say they didn't get my money.. be careful with those stupid scammers

hahaha_poor_you 0

Friday 3 July 2009 17:19

If it's cutco knives then it's not a scam. They are the best knives ever.

anniebananie 3

Friday 3 July 2009 17:22

I'm sure they are great knives, but who they really con are the employees.

bluelabeled 0

Friday 3 July 2009 19:46

You're a tool to think that they're the best knives. LOL Some idiot tried to sell me knives when I already own Global (look it up. :) they are beautiful). His argument was that "Rachel Ray uses Cutco knives...so they must be good!" They ******* suck. Anyone who tells you that they are good knives is another tool who "works" for the company.