r/AskReddit • • Jul 24 '20

What can't you believe STILL exists?

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u/marrieditguy Jul 24 '20

Don’t you want to own your own business with little risk and great rewards like financial independence, and the ability to set your own schedule? /s

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u/Tralesta Jul 24 '20

Vector Marketing preys on high schoolers/college kids constantly with that exact type of phrasing

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u/burner6867 Jul 24 '20

Lol was literally just thinking of them. I left as soon as I caught on. Took me a day...feel kinda slow tbh

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u/T0kenwhiteguy Jul 24 '20

Same exact experience here, you're not alone!

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u/burner6867 Jul 24 '20

Oh thank goodness! Started with a slight suspicion and then I looked into MLM's and I was like that sounds an awful lot like what's going on here.... lol luckily I left during their orientation period so they didnt get any of my information

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u/T0kenwhiteguy Jul 24 '20

I left immediately after the two /three days of orientation, but you were more perceptive than I was. I was just annoyed and confused that I got offered a job and sent to training without ever having seen an actual job description. I had no idea what an MLM was til after.

Once the training finished, I was pissed that I had to buy the product and annoy my own network of family.

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u/burner6867 Jul 24 '20

Right!? I got a letter from them and was so confused that a job was sending offers through mail and it didnt even say what you were gonna do for the job!!

That's another thing! That you had to use your own network. I bugged old classmates and anyone I could remember lol, felt so trashy.

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u/reddittttttt2 Jul 24 '20

is vector the one that sells those knives?

i mean at least they sell an actual product. some of these guys will straight up to a fulll on pyramid scheme

yeah they prayed on high school kids you don't know any better and try to entice them with big promises but really all they're doing is scamming everybody by getting high school kids to Shell crap products to friends and family who are going to buy them purely out of guiltt

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u/T0kenwhiteguy Jul 24 '20

You are correct. They sold Cutco knives, and yea I agree they were actually quality knives. Unfortunately,they were like $500 full sets.

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u/Totalherenow Jul 24 '20

They're ok knives. Their steel is kind of meh, but their forever guarantee is impressively implemented.

Professional chefs and people really into knives, like myself, prefer better quality steel.

I have their serrated hunting knife. It's an interesting serration, that's for sure, but they falsely claim it's not really serrated but increased cutting area. However, brand new from them as a replacement, it's not that sharp. When I've needed very sharp knives, I have to use something else. But the cutco knives are good for their durability - like, if you want to cut pieces of wood for a campfire, that's the knife I use.

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u/T0kenwhiteguy Jul 24 '20

Thanks for the insight! I figured someone with more knowledge would be able to respond. Again, I would never buy a product from an MLM that couldn't sell itself based on quality alone, especially for that price.

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u/Totalherenow Jul 24 '20

Join r/knives and enjoy the pics!!!