what are the advantages and disadvantages of buying products recommended by friends?
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+\nthey have no vested intrest excepth yours
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your local head shop might have something :) or may be able to suggest a product
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You can try TRILLIAN or GAIM. But the problem with TRILLIAN is that only one user can use it. If more than one person uses it then the both the users will be able to see the friends of the other. So its better to try out gaim.
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No, if ...\n1. their coupons face value is low, \n2. you don't have to buy a lot\n3. you don't have to give out personal info\n4. no fine prints
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One that comes to mind of the many that can go wrong is\nNot Knowing your Customer.\nThe more you are going to know about your Customer/Prospect\nand understanding their needs and desires, the better chance\nof success.\nTesting small groups also would be reccommend, this way you\nare not blowing your budget on mistakes.
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Find them in the music section of your music style in the store, give them something if they reccommend something to one of their friends and their friend buys
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advantage is size and one-stop shopping... disadvantage is competivity pricing on some of thier products
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It could cause people to stop buying a certain product, or stop buying as much of it. This could decrease the demand for one item and increase the demand for secondary alternate items that aren't as pricey. This also means that there could be a shortage of the other items that people are now flocking to because of how nobody will want to spend the money on anything else.
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I would say the biggest disadvantage of an e-business is the lack of product-in-hand experience.  Because you cannot physically present the product to the customer, you have to prove its value through detailed descriptions and photos or fancy marketing.  And because the customer doesn't actually see the real product until after he's paid for it, you run a higher risk of the item being returned or complained about.\n\nHowever, if you are offering services rather than manufactured products, I really don't see the disadvantages except for competition and getting lost among all the web sites.
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If you are feeling guilty, it is too cheap.  \nIf these are friends for who you wouldn't buy anything otherwise, they will appreciate the thought and effort.
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This idea has absolutely zero unique value proposition.  Why would all these stores provide you with discounts?  The only social marketplace that could ever occur is on ebay, Yahoo, Google, or MSN where people would indicate their friends on the site (using something like Orkut) and then at the point of sale (via an auction or advertising clickthrough), the merchent's credibility is validated via the credibility of the network between you and them.  All this rebate/rewards stuff will never work - there is no company in the work short of airlines and hotels who often administer these programs directly that has ever made this work.
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Try this buyers guide.
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Money.\n\nYou could buy friends with Money:-)\n\nheck you can buy beer with money.  When you have beer who needs friends?
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Love to help buy.....\nMore information needed!
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Its usually best to buy the product legally.
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If there is no differnetiator, your product will be the same as those from other brands.  Why would people buy your product and not from other brands?
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I think there isnt anything to really worry about.  People who are close tend to blend together in some areas.  Clothes being one of them.  likes and dislikes are sometimes already similar in friends so it just gets strengthened the closer you two get.