'Can’t pay my rent with a bottle of soap': Tiber River ambassadors won’t receive final sales commissions

Ambassadors for a Manitoba company have been told they will not be receiving commission for items they sold last month, but are instead receiving points to purchase items they have been selling.

Ambassadors for a Manitoba company have been told they will not be receiving commission for items they sold last month, but are instead receiving points to purchase items they have been selling.

Last month, Tiber River announced it would be getting rid of the ambassador program, saying it is no longer sustainable.

Some ambassadors received an email on Wednesday saying that the company would pay their commission not in money, but in loyalty points that could be used to purchase items to use or sell at their discretion.

“We apologize for the challenge this presents you. If there was another way, we would have taken it, but we simply do not have the funds available to pay commissions in the same manner as we did previously,” the letter, obtained by CTV News Winnipeg, reads. “We have done the best we can to honour your contributions with the only option available to us at this time.”

Other sellers received a letter offering a gift card or to pay their commission owed, with interest, when they are able to.

Ambassador Jan Otto said she was shocked when she learned about the news on Wednesday.