Just reading a, (relatively old), article about the Scoopon, Spreets, Jumponit proliferation and found an interesting quote from Dean McEvoy, founder of Spreets.
http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2010/11/29/will-a…
We're focusing on building the quality of our database, because you want to be sending to good people, not just bargain hunters.
I feel a little hurt….
Alright that's it then, I can't afford to be good. A :P to him.
"Good" is pretty much a relative term here. You are a good person to them, if they can milk more money out from your wallet. In this case I do not think it is a compliment to be called "good".
Darn tootin'! Wasn't it PT Barnum that said "There's a 'good person' born every minute"?* :p
hmmmm….maybe we're not…..
http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/37948#
42 units sold so far at an average cost of $2.11
34 / 42 people paid less than $1
2 / 42 people paid between $1 and $10
6 / 42 people paid more than the breakeven price (an average of $12.16)
Interestingly out of the 8 people who opted to pickup, none paid more than $1 with an average of $0.26
That's despite knowing that the company will take a loss on each item.
I am surprised at the people picking up all paying less than a dollar….personally, I don't think I would have the nerve to show my face.
Clearly greed trumps fairness by a long way in this interesting little experiment….
haha yeah
i wouldn't opt for pick up if i had to pay less than half of break-even, at least pay something decent
i have no problems 'ripping off' banks or oil companies or coles/woolworths or gerry harvey any of those douchebag companies
won't make a dent on their billion dollar profits
but small companies trying to make a dollar??? that's pretty unethical in my opinion
to knowingly rip off someone even though its a bit of a 'social experiment' shows exceeding poor morals
yeah
ripping off big companies a an a-okay
but for small companies that want to try something new, that's not okay because they need to put dinner on their tables at night as well
Your whole post is full of poor morals, sincerely, spokesman for one said douchebag company :)
why's that? just because you work for a bank (for example) it doesn't mean you have to agree with every decision made at the top
you are not your company
I find it fairly admirable that a small business like this would attempt something like this at all and it confirms my poor opinion of the general morals of people after a 'bargain'.
it confirms my poor opinion of the general morals of people after a ‘bargain’.
yet you would be happy 'ripping off' (theft??) larger companies?
I was under the impression that 'ripping off' was 'ripping off'…..no matter who is the one being ripped.
How big would a company need to be before it's acceptable to rip them off?
I dont feel that this is a rip off. $600 for a bit of market research is not much. Even though this is a little bit flawed because of comparative total cost with a retail store taking into account shipping cost.
depends how you interpret it(i think)
you may think it like this;
You want to be sending to good people, not just bargain hunters(as in scums)
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but others may think it like this
You want to be sending to good people, not just bargain hunters(as in their only target market, so they want to increase their popularity not just to bargain hunters but to other people)