Vector Marketing?

Question

On snagajob.com, I found a Vector Marketing ad and applied, got an interview, and already completed the first day of of training...I'm very skeptical about it, sounds a little too good to be true. Anyone part of this company or who has tried it that can help me?

How are the customers that "set up" the appointments become my sales? I can't find buyers who want to set up appointments without knocking on doors, which defeats the whole purpose.

It seems legit when I am at training, they show videos of CutCo and even list famous people who praise it as they're cornerstone for success...They say it's one on one basis when selling, yet the manager said I could call my aunt in Florida and sell, I would only get commissions. It's driving me crazy!!! Someone Help!!!

Answer 1

Run!

Buying product and selling it is a fool's errand.

There are too many good sales jobs available to you to be doing something like that.

Answer 2

I knew a guy who sold those knives and did quite well for himself.  I myself went through training but, they want you to call up people you know and try to sell them the knives.  I think the knives are high quality and stuff.  But I just wasn't comfortable trying to sell to friends and family.

You said something about them trying to take your money. Whoa!  I don't think they should be asking you for money should they?

Answer 3

Well, they should ask for a check that only gets cashed if you don"t return your sample kit, that's it. if they want any of your real money, be wary.

As someone who tried it, made a little money, and then got out of it, I speak from experience. It's a job. It's not just somethign on the side to make an easy hundred a week. You have to find more and more people to do the presentations for. It's not hard to find people, it's just hard to do the same presentation and then have people gawk when you tell them the price.

Secondly, it's time consuming. After each meeting you're supposed to call in, they also want you to go to other training courses, and they'll call you nonstop. It's not that they're want to annoy you, but you're their investment and they want to keep tabs on you.

Thirdly, it gets old, very quickly, but most jobs do. The cool part is that each time you're in a different house with different people rather than being in the same building with the same people.

Overall, if you have a month to try it out: do it. Don't expect it to be the easy breezy, oh I can spend three hours a week and make three hundred kinda thing they describe it as, but it's not a huge scam. It atleast teaches you about selling and persuasion that could be useful in other jobs later in life.

So try it out for a few weeks, just don't be pressured into something you don't want to do. They are trained, TRAINED to make you do what they want through peer pressure and suggestive phrases and the like. It's all psychology, if you don't want to do something, be polite, but firm and don't let them try to use logic, it's all circle logic that makes you feel stupid for disagreeing.