re: What to do if given a merit based promotion but no raise? **Updated Page 3**

Take your time!

There's no rush to make a decision here, much less to make a demand, or embarrass your boss by going over his head.

Take the job, see how it goes, figure out the right time to explain your position.

Tons of options in the future. If you spoil your name/reputation over a little pay raise, you're screwing yourself by pissing away the time you've invested in this company/industry.

Best of luck. And know this, some of the biggest pay raises are realized when you change companies, BUT you need experience to become valuable to the competition!

ETA: No matter what you think, or what you've been told, entry level positions that are stepping stones to inside sales positions are NOT that valuable, etc. Ease out of that, into your new role, be impressive and move on. (You're not as valuable as you think you are right now.)