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> it's also about being able to get a product in the form and through the channel that a consumer wants Why do consumers have the right to their choice of form
by anamax 17y ago
> it's also about being able to get a product in the form and through the channel that a consumer wants
Why do consumers have the right to their choice of form, channel and price?
If the seller is unwilling to provide as the consumer prefers, where does the consumer get the right to force the producer's hand?
What's wrong with "if the buyer and seller don't agree on terms, the deal doesn't happen"?
- nfnaaron 17y ago"Why do consumers have the right to their choice of form, channel and price?" I'm not saying they have that right, not beyond deciding to buy or not. I'm pointing out that some consumers do try to appropriate that right, and that's one indication of demand.
- tptacek 17y agoIt is also an indication of the demand for car stereos when someone cinderblocks my window and rips the stereo out of the dash.
- nettdata 17y agoWelcome to the current overly-developed sense of self-entitlement that a lot of people have these days. Everyone is owed everything with nothing in return.
- pyre 17y agoNot necessarily. There are a lot of people that are just compulsive hoarders, but their hoarding is directed at digital 'items.' http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_hoarding http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsive_hoarding Comparatively, there are compulsive hoarders of physical items that have their house filled to the brim with items that they have purchased, or run up huge amounts of debt acquiring.
- ewjordan 17y agoWhy do consumers have the right to their choice of form, channel and price? They don't have any particular "right" to these choices. But that doesn't mean the choices disappear. And it also doesn't mean that real value is not created by offering them, even if it's done illegally: the Pirate Bay has probably created more real value in this world than most startups could ever dream of. It doesn't matter that it's ethics are questionable. What's wrong with "if the buyer and seller don't agree on terms, the deal doesn't happen"? Nothing at all, that's exactly what happens a lot of the time. With most digital media it just so happens that there are plenty of illegal "sellers" that are willing to step in with terms that are more suitable to the buyer. It may not be legal or "right", but it's pretty damn efficient.