I am working as a Sales Rep for a marketing company that sells Cutco Cutlery. Some of you may have heard of it or even use it. When KQ used my sample set to cut up cabbage, it took 1/4 of the time it takes when she uses our regular knives.
The great thing is that the hours are flexible so I can still interview with other jobs or take KQ to her appointments. I don't know how long I will do this, but it at least pays and I have already made my 1st sale.
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Cutco is excellent stuff. I hope you have have some success with it and that you find something more long term/permanent in the near future.
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I want you and KQ to know that your family is frequently in my thoughts. You two have had some rotten luck but know I'm rooting for you both.
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They are awesome knives! The pizza cutter is really cool it comes appart makes it very easy to wash. Good luck hope something better comes along soon.
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Oooh. I bet their pizza cutter goes right through pizza! Apparently if Jeff sells $600 more of stuff in the first 10 days I get one. (Yes, "I". When does Jeff cook and use kitchen tools? Not often. )
I tried out one of the knives today while making my coleslaw and it cut right through my cabbage so easily. Even when my other knives are "very sharp" they never do that well. It's the first time I have ever used a really good knife, and I discovered that the reason I've never been able to chop onions really well or do all the fancy stuff with my knife that they do on the Food Network is because I've never had a good knife. I think I'm in love. (I believe my actual words-- repeatedly-- were "This knife is so incredibly sexy!")
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(Oh, and Jeff didn't mention that my dad plans to refer him to all his rich friends who live out in Calabasas and such.)
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Cool, congrats! I worked for them for a few weeks several years ago. (I hate sales, and at 18, the idea of going to strangers' houses freaked me out, so I didn't last very long.)
Definitely take advantage of the freebies while you're doing it. If you end up getting things you can't use as incentive prizes, you can sell them on ebay or something *after* you officially quit. I still had a fishing knife that I'd "won" for hitting some commission mark, and I sold it a few months ago....and somehow their ebay spies had my real name, so they pestered me via email for a bit until I explained that I hadn't been employed by them for six years. Then it was all okay.
Good luck with the rich neighborhoods! I'm thinking about all you Ketchups too. Posts: 952 | Registered: Jun 2005
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Hey, congrats on the new, albeit temporary, job. Hope something bigger and better comes your way.
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Oh, congratulations! I've been worried about your family. I personally hate sales, but if you're good at it you can really do well. Good luck!
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Theaca, Jeff can do phone or possibly even e-mail orders. I don't think he should give out prices over the forum, but please e-mail him if you're interested. And he says that anyone who buys anything by tomorrow at 2 Pacific time can get free shipping. (Edit: Oops, it looks like that's only on sets, sorry.)
(Personally, I'm a chef knife kinda gal, and I LOVED the Petite Chef that I was using tonight-- not too big, easy to handle, and the grip is sooo ergonomic. Plus did I mention that the way it cuts is really sexy?)
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Mmm, I'm guessing by glancing at ebay the price may be more than I want to spend right before Christmas. And I already got my mom's presents bought. But on the other hand my knives are all hand me downs and my favorite knife has to be bent straight again about once a month. I take it that's not a sign of a good knife?
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Oh, okay. I'll forward your e-mail to him and he can answer it.
quote:I take it that's not a sign of a good knife?
I think not. Two of my friends were nice enough to get me a set of decent knives as a wedding present (well, actually, my birthday before my wedding, but they were on my registry). At least, I THOUGHT they were decent. Until I tried the sexy knives. Posts: 21182 | Registered: Sep 2004
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That's one thing that always gets to me. People who get married get all these great wedding gifts to fill a house with. Us single people never get anything. And we need all the same things! *sniffles*
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I can count on one finger the wedding present we received, and it was after we'd been married for a year and a half. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Jeff just read all this and said, "Our contract is terminated if we sell on e-bay. We sell direct, so you get better prices through representatives than on e-bay. Plus we sometimes have deals going on and stuff."
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Yeah, that's why I said *after* he quits, whenever that may be, in case you end up with random pieces you don't need/want.
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Getting money to you is problematic and expensive, so thanks, but no, I'll pass at this point in time. But you're sweet to ask. Posts: 8355 | Registered: Apr 2003
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Pearce, I've thought the same thing! Especially since soon I'll be too old/established to really be able to expect much even if I DO get married.
How's next Tuesday?
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I sold Cutco for two years (and I was an assistant manager in a branch office for a summer), so if you have any questions about sales techiques, product lines, or the company in general let me know. I've visited the factory in New York, too, and it's an impressive company.
And by the time I moved on I'd collected 3+ full Homemaker sets for myself by winning contests and stuff like that. And if you're good at sales and self motivated with the proper disposition you can consistently make a pretty good living.
But it's not for everyone.
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We have a set of Cutco knives and we had to put them in storage when we moved in with my brother. I wanted them back after I tried to cut a tomato.
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Okay, let me put it this way. If Fahim gets this new job that he was contacted about yesterday, then I could probably swing it with no argument from him. But on our present budget, there's no way he'd agree to it over knives. But then if he gets that job, I'll be getting my serger, too, I'm willing to bet...
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quote:Especially since soon I'll be too old/established to really be able to expect much even if I DO get married.
No, see we had to register for stuff we needed, like sheets and towels and an iron and pans and stuff. If you do it later after you're established, you can register for new towels and stuff in the colors of your new bathroom-- and/or register for fun stuff. Like a hibachi grill, or a video game system (yup, know a couple who did that. And got it.)
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I did have a friend who registered for (and got) his-and-hers SuperSoaker water guns (more like water cannons). Posts: 1522 | Registered: Nov 2005
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The spreader/cutter? Did you cut yourself or something? They're all dangerous. They are SHARP KNIVES!
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quote: Our contract is terminated if we sell on e-bay. We sell direct, so you get better prices through representatives than on e-bay.
Um. I don't think that's physically possible.
It's my personal opinion that any company which does not permit its goods to be sold on eBay by its contracted sellers at any price those sellers deem reasonable is clearly keeping the price artificially inflated.
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My Mom has Cutco knives. She's had them for nearly 50 years now and there still great knives.
When my younger sister (J) was getting married, a Cutco sales person came to the house to give her a demo. The Sales person asked my sister to go and get the best knife in the house so she could compare it to the Cutco knife. Well J got Mom's best butcher knife. The sales lady squealed -- it's a Cutco knife. In the end, Mom ended up getting the handles replaced on all her knives and pans. Turns out that they are warrantied unconditionally for life. Unfortunately, Mom had already thrown away the knife with the broken tip.
Bottom line --- never throw away a Cutco knife. Send it back and they will replace it for free.
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quote:Bottom line --- never throw away a Cutco knife. Send it back and they will replace it for free.
This bears repeating. Even if all you have left is the handle. I had a customer send back a paring knife that had almost the entire blade snapped off (she was prying something with it) and they replaced it.
quote:Yeah, how is a serrated side dangerous? My regular table knives have a serrated side...
The serrated side on most knives are curved serrations, which is why they just tear at things you're trying to cut.
Cutco knives have serrations that look like this /-\.
It's essentially 3 straight razors set back in a serrated pattern. This is what keeps them sharp for so long.
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Thirty-one, living by myself, and working at a Ph.D. program. At this point, I'd feel a little guilty having a 20-something-style wedding with lots of gifts.
On the other hand, I could use them (as anyone who has seen my big empty apartment could testify).
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Good luck, KPC, I hope you are better at sales than I am!
I'm w/ everyone else here--Cutco knives are wonderful, and dangerous. I know at least one ER story involving a Cutco knife! Someday I'll be able to afford a set . . .
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