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Find a Location

Vector Marketing Corporation has 373 locations, listed below.

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    • Vector Marketing Corporation

      1116 East State Street Olean, NY 14760-6228

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Vector Marketing Corporation

      Willow Parks Office 370 Aaron Court, Bld 3 Kingston, NY 12401

    • Vector Marketing Corporation

      820 Greenbrier Circle, Suite 20 Chesapeake, VA 23320

    • Vector Marketing Corporation

      4020 N Lincoln Suite 120 Oklahoma City, OK 73105

    • Vector Marketing

      2015 W 5th Ave Columbus, OH 43212-1998

    Business ProfileforVector Marketing Corporation

    Cutlery
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.75/5stars

    Average of 24 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    29 complaints closed in last 3 years

    9 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 12/19/1990

    Years in Business: 76

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    Overview

    This company manufactures and markets Cutco Cutlery. Vector Marketing Corporation sells its products via independent contractors who sell Cutco Cutlery on a direct sales basis through personal appointments. The company recruits independent contractors by placing advertisements in local college newspapers and websites. Independent contractors for Vector Marketing attend an unpaid seminar and are loaned a sample kit at no charge for as long as they are actively showing the product. The company offers a pay structure that combines guaranteed pay with an incentive commission program. 
     

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

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    Vector Marketing Corporation has 373 locations, listed below.

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      • Vector Marketing Corporation

        1116 East State Street Olean, NY 14760-6228

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Vector Marketing Corporation

        Willow Parks Office 370 Aaron Court, Bld 3 Kingston, NY 12401

      • Vector Marketing Corporation

        820 Greenbrier Circle, Suite 20 Chesapeake, VA 23320

      • Vector Marketing Corporation

        4020 N Lincoln Suite 120 Oklahoma City, OK 73105

      • Vector Marketing

        2015 W 5th Ave Columbus, OH 43212-1998

      Headquarters
      1116 East State Street, Olean, NY 14760-6228
      BBB File Opened:
      8/1/1984
      Years in Business:
      76
      Business Started:
      3/14/1948
      Business Started Locally:
      3/14/1948
      Business Incorporated:
      10/11/1989
      Accredited Since:
      12/19/1990
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Alternate Business Name
      • Cutco Corporation
      • Cutco Cutlery Corporation
      • KA-BAR Knives, Inc.
      • Vector Marketing
      • Cutco
      • www.workforstudents.com
      • www.summerbreakwork.com
      • Work For Students
      • Summer Break Work
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (716) 790-7184
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Email Addresses

      Customer Complaints

      29 Customer Complaints

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      Most Recent Customer Complaint

      03/27/2024

      Complaint Type:
      Customer Service Issues
      Status:
      Answered
      Back story: I worked for Larry W****** with Cutco for a short few weeks. Training was 3 days long (I had to drive 40 minutes there and spend about 4 hours there) without ANY pay what so ever. Nothing. They say you will get paid 25 dollars an hour and make your own schedule. They really get you hooked in all of this by saying what you want to hear. They continue showing you all kinds of trips to crazy places, free dinners at fancy restaurants, sooo many items and vacations you can win if you make a certain amount within the first 10 days of working for them. You have to sit there and make cold calls and you aren’t allowed to break the script. (Keep in mind this is without any kind of pay and no clue of what you’ll actually be doing). You have to give them your personal contacts for them to text and harass and pull in the same as they did you. (This causes soooo many people to think poorly of you because most people know the stories about Cutco already). They proceed to not let you leave until you have an insane ammount of “appointments”. Booked for every hour of every day. They advertise “make your own schedule” but then Larry would call me at 11 o’clock at night, 6 am, 2pm, 9:30 at night just blowing my phone up continuously bugging me until I talked to him. I told him all of my family is 2 hours away from me and that’s where most of my contacts were. But I still was just told to make it work. Larry started to become extremelyyy creepy from this point on. And if someone didn’t buy the biggest set then he would tell me It was because I’m not reading the script word for word and I need soooo much work. Even when I told him their answer was “we love it and you’re a wonderful sales person but we just don’t even have money for food at the moment.” There is a lot more but the main thing I want to focus on is the fact that Larry W****** scammed me 4-5 months ago on ***** and has drug it out this far to now only pay 20 dollars a week. I need my money back.He owes me $250
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      Customer Reviews

      24 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Rhonda H.

      1 star

      03/25/2024

      Beware of their job "offers" because they are a scam. You are expected to have family, friends, parents of friends', church minister, family doctor, and so on and so on. If you're family is poor, and if they find out---they will ask you "not to return" and state that you are "not a good fit." You are expected to work and solicit prospects on your first day of training--but they will not pay you for it. Vector Marketing only cares about Vector Marketing. Employees are a dime a dozen. They expect you to work for free. I was asked not to return because I said my mother likes their product, but won't spend $2000 on a knife set. I was told that I was "not a good fit." Trainings are 8 hours and they don't even give you a lunch break. Their idea of providing snacks during training is pathetic. For such a progressive, and wealthy company they do not pass that on to you. They offered water, ritz crackes, 25 cent chip bags, and tiny bags of gummy bears. Oh, and they throw in snack bars. This place operates like a pyramid scheme. Read all of their reviews before applying with them

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