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I was a Rainbow Vacuum salesman until my sleazy manager said he would accompany me to ensure that I closed my first sale, to my grandmother. My internal filter suddenly flicked off and I found myself spewing, "You are the most disgusting human being I've ever met, and every part of you that isn't scum makes you seem dangerously aggressive. I can't let you meet my grandmother, she'd never be able to look me in the eye again. In fact, I don't even know why I'm here. My grandmother would be so disappointed in me if she knew I were associated with you. Good luck scamming someone else, I quit." And then I walked out.

Dude didn't even seem phased by all this. He looked like people told him this shit every day.

The life lesson I learned in two years of inside sales in my 20’s was that I would never ever do sales ever again.

A lot of crap products are at least decent enough to not have a half life.

that is unironically Andrew Tate's business advice to those who pay $500/month or whatever it is to subscribe to his private Signal or Telegram channel. Make your 14 year old cousin mow lawns for you and pocket the cash.

If you can scam your parents, you can scam anyone. That’s how you know you’re cut out for sales.

there is an actual lesson even though unintentional one, your useless gifts to your relatives may come in hand in your inheritance from them, every you gift them that survives till their death may come back to you

Exactly. I used to participate on BIFL on that other /r/ site. It had a difficult time of it, and I have no idea where it stands now, but it devolved into “lookit this older item I pulled out of my parents’ garage that maybe got used once a year for the last 40 years if ever and it’s still working great!!”

A well cared for knife set will last a lifetime even with normal use as long as it’s halfway decent to begin with.

I went to a vector sales seminar. After the first day the lead guy was so impressed with me i was one of 5 people he met with afterwards telling me to 10x a list of people i knew, he asked everyone else for 100 names. I knew the next day we would have to buy a $150 knife kit and likely be coerced into contacting that list to pester those people into buying knives so i slept in and skipped it. I woke up to an annoyed phone call from the chief lackey complaining that i should have attended.

I'm glad i skipped out.

Vector sent me a letter offering a $15/hr job. When I got there it turned out to be $15 per sales pitch, with driving time, lead generation time, training, and everything else unpaid. There were many other signs it was a scam. When I came back for the second day of training, I presented my evidence, but I wasn't able to convince anyone else to leave.

Privileged kids. I had a college roommate who did this and he was most definitely bankrolled by his parents. We're talking the lazy fake draw, and calling everything he didn't like "gay". These are the people that will be running this country in a few years cause of nepotism.

I almost did because I was 16 and wanted a job. The voicemail I left was so atrocious. "I'm Uhh calling about the Uhh..." looks at mass mailed letter trying to figure out the job "Uhh job." The I hit # to redo the message but that didn't work so it just had a button press noise on the recording. They never called back.

he could replace it with one of this knife!

I'm embarrassed to admit I accepted the "job" (while continuing to work my retail one) when I was young. 🤦‍♂️ In the "interview", I said I would work hard, creatively find leads, interact on social media, etc, but I wouldn't hit up my friends/family for sales. They agreed, but guess what they later wanted me to do?

Anyway, I completed the training, got my sample kit, then did exactly one demo for a relative, and asked her for contact info from her extensive network of acquaintances, as we were trained to do. They laughed and told me no. Afterwards, I felt so ashamed of myself for trying to use family for leads that I didn't even submit the demo for payment. But I still attended a couple more of the meetings at the Cutco office. Even then, my breaking point wasn't until they made us gather on a Saturday for an "All-Day Call Day", where I was again pressured to cold-call family members. After that was when I finally turned in my demo set, breathed a sigh of relief, and moved on. 1 demo, zero sales, $0 earned, countless wasted hours. But at least I can always look back and cringe at myself if I ever get too big of an ego!

Same. They'll literally hire anyone because the whole thing is s pyramid scheme.

I have a few cutco knives that were gifted to me, and there is absolutely no doubt that they are real stainless steel. They do go dull and need to be sharpened, but the same is true for any other knives I own, including reputable Japanese knives. They're much better than typical cheap knives and pretty decent, but obviously much more expensive, and there are other brands that would be better at their price range. I wouldn't own them if they hadn't been a gift, but I wouldn't say they are necessarily bad quality knives, just overpriced for what they are.

Do you have a source for them being aluminum? I tried searching and found literally nothing like that and no allegations that the knives are aluminum. It doesn't really make any sense that they could be, because it would be too obvious and easy to prove that they are fake. People do complain that they are stamped instead of forged and not the best quality stainless steel, but they're definitely stainless steel. Maybe this is a joke that went over my head...

The cutco handle shape is pretty divisive, but I do really like the shape now that I am used to it. I can understand why people think the handles are slick or not an ideal shape, because that was my first impression too. Now I have gotten very comfortable using it and the handle shape has become my preference.

The MLM scheme sucks though.

If your stainless steel knives are rusting, that's 100% your fault.

Okay, you've convinced me. Tell me what to bring and when to show up for dinner!