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This is a just an ad or marketing stunt for the company. As most of you pointed out, they picked the wrong distributor for their business model. Now they are
by hangonhn 10y ago
This is a just an ad or marketing stunt for the company.
As most of you pointed out, they picked the wrong distributor for their business model. Now they are mad and severing relationships.
However, 75% of the article is about their company and their handcrafted products. Then they offer a discount at the bottom tells you everything you need to know what this is really about.
This is a publicity and marketing stunt.
- ryanx435 10y agoDude. Every article ever written is a publicity and marketing stunt. Some are just more obvious about it than others
- nercht12 10y agoThat's not true! ... Some of them are articles about publicity and marketing stunts! / ;)
- unethical_ban 10y agoSo what? They have every right to post it anyway; if they didn't, other custom manufacturers woudln't know the danger of working with Amazon. And to other peoples' points in this conversation, Amazon seems to have services for custom builders like this in Handmade. So yeah, it has advertising, but it's a legitimate grievance and experience.
- urda 10y ago> This is a just an ad or marketing stunt for the company. Absolutely is. When I have myself asking "who?" then your product doesn't really speak for itself. Good riddance Princeton, and good luck to your competitors who I can get through Amazon.
- pnathan 10y agoSo is Hacker News? I mean, let's not delude ourselves here. Most corporate things are intended to feed into the bottom line in some fashion. That's business. It's not dishonest of the company to be working to improve their image and provide buzz. "Start a beef" is an old saw...
- abiox 10y agoproposition: every intentional public statement by a business is a 'publicity and marketing stunt'.