--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> wrote: > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "shempmcgurk" <shempmcgurk@> > wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "uns_tressor" > > > <uns_tressor@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "sparaig" <sparaig@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajranatha@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >It's also sad that some people are still "burning a candle" > > > > > >for it all. There will always be enablers for the > sociopaths > > > > > >and always those who never see beyond the conditioning, the > > > > > >marketing and the spin. And so they spin it again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To be honest, Vaj, you come off as a bit sociopathic > > > yourself......or > > > > > > > > ...or a double glazing salesman. TM is the best example of the > > > > adage "Good marketing can sell a bad product but bad marketing > > > > will never sell a good product". > > > > > > > > > > > > Putting aside the TM aspect, I take exception to this adage, > which I > > > haven't heard before. And it's with the first half of the > adage, > > > not the second. > > > > > > I would rather see it worded: "Good marketing can make a > consumer > > > TRY a bad product...once." > > > > > > It's a fallacy to think that a seller can make consumers > continue to > > > buy a bad product continually. If that were the case, we'd all > > > still be consuming buggy whips and candlestick-holders despite > the > > > advent of automobiles and electricity. > > > > > > > On the other hand, there's the kiid's breakfast cereal market... > > > > > ...and do you really think that all it takes to make someone > continually purchase a product is good marketing?
Some people, yes. > > People consume what they want to consume. Advertising and marketing > may be able to make people try something but unless they want it, > they aren't coming back a second time. Marketing can create markets where none existed or would ever exist save for the marketing. How many people try a second cigarette because they enjoyed the first? > > That's why the marketplace is the purest democracy: consumers vote > with their greenbacks on a daily basis...and unless you have the > best product or service at the best price, your constituents are > going to vote you out of office. > > That's why corporations are, truly, the slaves of the consumers. > And visa-versa. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
