The claims laid out in Nathan VanderHorn’s Dec. 8 letter, “Beware of ‘too good to be true’ job offers,” about Vector Marketing and Cutco Cutlery were laughably false and bogus. I worked for Vector/Cutco for about three years starting when I was a senior in high school as a summer job.

The fact that Cutco does not publish their prices online is irrelevant. Many prestigious companies of all types have a no-print policy like this.ÿ

Is Cutco a scam? No. You do have to pay for your demo kit, and when you quit you have the option of keeping your kit, or the company will buy it back, but best of all, you can actually sell the pieces out of your demo kit at whatever price you want and keep all the profits.

Cutco does not do door-to door-selling or “cold-calling.” They work on a referral basis. New reps begin by giving demos to their family, friends, etc. Those people refer them to their friends. We then call the referrals, tell them who referred them, and ask if they would like to see a demonstration.

Making a point about the suggested retail price being $650 is intentionally misleading. Knives can be bought individually, and then there are many different sets for different prices.

Commission is generous. I was making 50 percent commission on what I sold by the time I finally quit. Additionally, I made a sale at about 8 out of every 10ÿcalls I made because the product sells itself.ÿ

Vector is not too good to be true. My boss was great, the people I visited were great and the products are great. I’m telling you from personal experience this company is not a scam at all, but it is not for everybody, either.

Josh Lizer

Senior

Animal Science (Preveterinary)