Vector Marketing...

[It's...Baylariat!]

contacted me. Anyone ever heard of them? And if yes, then details.

 

[INDYjon22]

Oh Lariat, my friend, can I say that? They are a rip off. I was contacted by them over the summer about a possible job that could get me college credit, maybe it can I don't know. Well basically they want you to sell like knives or some shit and you have to by a starting kit to even work for them. They talk about a fairly good paycheck but it is all based on your sells. If thats your cup of tea then go for it as for me I no showed my interview when I learned their real scheme and went on an adventure at some state park.

 

[The Dewbliners]

They approached me about a year or two ago, through myspace. They saw that I worked in communications in high school (I'm an A/V nerd, does this surprise anyone?). Anyway, they were trying to recruit me for their telemarketing division, pitching it as "communications". I kindly asked what the pay was, and they gave me the stereotypical answers. You know, the whole "Well, it's definitely good money, and the more you move, the better it is." I graciously declined, and the person said it was a big mistake.


They then recruited my dad, and he told me the real truth.

 

[It's...Baylariat!]

Which was?

 

[The Dewbliners]

Which was?

That it's all a scam, possibly of the pyramid variety. He never figured that out, but you won't make shit, unless you move an excessive amount of units of whatever they're dealing this year. He strongly advised me of taking the job after I started to reconsider.

 

[LigerBomb]

I worked for them for a week back in HS and as far as I could remember it sounded like some kind of pyramid scheme a la Amway. Though God knows if it was even worse...

 

[INDYjon22]

Point is they are full of shit and are not worth your time Lariat. But that is your decision to make big guy.

 

[It's...Baylariat!]

All I needed to know.

 

[Lee]

assumng they're part of cobra

 

[IrishCanadian25]

They aren't a scam, they're just a sales company that works on commission. That's all there is to it. I work with them on some volunteer efforts and have some friends in their management team. Would I recommend them to a friend? No, there are better options if you want to sell.

 

[Lee]

*scam*

 

[Spaceman Spif]

Imagine responding to an advertisement, which promises $16 an hour for your services. Then imagine having to pay almost $135 as a security deposit to continue working for the company.

It is Unimaginable? It's true! The Vector Scam or Vector Marketing scam, a company based in the US has been deceiving thousands of individuals both in the United States and Canada , into selling

Cutco cutlery to friends and family. Who is their target? Students are. Some of who have made less than $3 a day working for the Vector Marketing scam.

The company takes advantage of the fact that friends and family will buy from a relative because they are dependable, known and sometimes they are obligated to do so! Hence we see the Vector Marketing Scam in action.

Students from across the country applied to the company because it seemed like the perfect summer job until the vector scam came true..

You can be your own boss! Decide your own timings, budget, meetings, schedules. almost sounds too good to be true right? Again we see the Vector Marketing Scam in action.

The problem lies in having to pay first and then earn later. Vector Marketing scam has already admitted to fraud in settlements with the Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (1999), Wisconsin Consumer Protection Dept (1994), and Arizona Attorney General (1992).

To combat this vector marketing scam a group of student began a movement called SAVE ( Students Against Vector Exploitation).

This group not only informs students about the pitfalls of joining the company but also encourages students to stand up for themselves and file law suits against the company. The multi-level marketing tactic has certainly backfired on the company with so much negative publicity.

The fact that they target fairly young students has enraged the country because this the most impressionable group that they could have found. To take advantage of them has just been dishonest.

However, like to any coin, there are two sides to the the vector scam.

There have been students and employees who have not had any problem working for Vector Marketing. Some say the students who did complain are ones who have had problems with their immediate bosses. Who knows?

The truth really lies in what each person has experienced.

Yeah it's a scam, that's one of hundreds of articles about the company.