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I'm confused... she sold tens of thousands of dollars of fidget spinners, getting on that craze immediately that she heard about it (she had product within 5 da
by vosper 9y ago
I'm confused... she sold tens of thousands of dollars of fidget spinners, getting on that craze immediately that she heard about it (she had product within 5 days) and knowing that it was a fad that was destined to die out (hardly the first... I remember Tamagotchi's pretty well, and the apparently New Zealand-only Chatter Ring).
I don't think the comparison to TripAdvisor and travel agents is particularly strong, and I think you'd be hard pushed to make the case that thousands of travel agents who'd maybe heard something about the place you wanted to go is better than thousands of reviews and photos from people who've actually been there. TipAdvisor has lots of problems, to be sure, but it's still better than travel agents.
Unrelated to the above, I'm actually excited for the craze to die out. I think I might be one of the people fidget spinners were originally made for. I don't have any problems focusing, but I habitually spin things in my fingers - my iPhone, my wallet (I've worn marks into the leather), pens... It's usually completely unconscious. So I'll be looking forward to trying a fidget spinner once the fad has gone away.
- gknoy 9y ago> I'll be looking forward to trying a fidget spinner once the fad has gone away. If you feel it would be beneficial to try it, why wait until the fad dies before trying one? This seems like it might be an optimal time to have the maximum breadth of choices to find the one(s) you find most helpful.
- paulgb 9y agoAnd the prices have been dropping. My girlfriend got me one recently and I do find it good for keeping me focused if I'm reading or watching something.
- yesiamyourdad 9y ago> I don't think the comparison to TripAdvisor and travel agents is particularly strong, and I think you'd be hard pushed to make the case that thousands of travel agents who'd maybe heard something about the place you wanted to go is better than thousands of reviews and photos from people who've actually been there. TipAdvisor has lots of problems, to be sure, but it's still better than travel agents. Do you remember what it was like using a travel agent? That's not what travel agents did. They didn't "maybe hear about a place", they actually went there. Resorts & cruises spent a ton of their marketing dollars to bring travel agents to the resort and get them to experience it first hand.
- vosper 9y agoBut most of them hadn't spend 3 months traveling in South East Asia, for example. They knew about the resorts and travel companies that could afford to bring them over and show them a good time. For everything else you had to trust Lonely Planet or something, which was a guaranteed meal-ticket for anyone who could get their business mentioned in there, without the benefit of feedback from the people who've visited recently.
- kelnos 9y agoI travel a ton, but I've never stayed at a resort or gone on a cruise, and neither of those things interest me. Travel agents might be useful for getting people to resorts and cruise ships, but that's a tiny fraction of what "travel" means to me (and I suspect/hope to most people).