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Cool idea but this won't last. First companies will sack staff they catch on here. I guess you could obfuscate the buyer/seller information but eventually som

Cool idea but this won't last. First companies will sack staff they catch on here. I guess you could obfuscate the buyer/seller information but eventually some staff will get tracked down based on their products or the discount they offer or whatever. Secondly, eventually it will just be filled with companies themselves selling the clothes on here right and ultimately moving the average price up. That or this will just work to remove the notion of employee discount.

nostrademons 17y ago
"eventually it will just be filled with companies themselves selling the clothes on here right and ultimately moving the average price up" Dude, that's every online retailer's dream. This could be a really successful "in" to having an online business. The trick will be to continue adding value after the initial hook has worn off and prices are no longer competitive. If you can make the shoppers keep coming even after they no longer get the employee discount, you have a profitable venture.
cduan 17y ago
Companies will sack staff on this site? In this economy, companies will probably reward staff on this site if they move product. Heck, companies will probably just put themselves on the site!
- bkovitz 17y ago
  Strange but true: Microsoft encourages their employees to get their non-employee friends to use the employee discount. A sale is a sale, I guess.
  - pantsd 17y ago
    It would be strange if it was true. Unless things have changed in the past ~1 year, Microsoft does not encourage employees to get their non-employee friends to use the employee discount. There is some fairly specific stuff about being able to use your employee discount on gifts, but not in exchange for $s or products.
    - bkovitz 17y ago
      Weird. When I bought MS-Office at the Microsoft store on the Redmond campus, an employee gave the cashier his employee number while I waited. Lots of people were doing that, just as openly.

nostrademons 17y ago

"eventually it will just be filled with companies themselves selling the clothes on here right and ultimately moving the average price up" Dude, that's every online retailer's dream. This could be a really successful "in" to having an online business. The trick will be to continue adding value after the initial hook has worn off and prices are no longer competitive. If you can make the shoppers keep coming even after they no longer get the employee discount, you have a profitable venture.

cduan 17y ago

Companies will sack staff on this site? In this economy, companies will probably reward staff on this site if they move product. Heck, companies will probably just put themselves on the site!

bkovitz 17y ago
Strange but true: Microsoft encourages their employees to get their non-employee friends to use the employee discount. A sale is a sale, I guess.
- pantsd 17y ago
  It would be strange if it was true. Unless things have changed in the past ~1 year, Microsoft does not encourage employees to get their non-employee friends to use the employee discount. There is some fairly specific stuff about being able to use your employee discount on gifts, but not in exchange for $s or products.
  - bkovitz 17y ago
    Weird. When I bought MS-Office at the Microsoft store on the Redmond campus, an employee gave the cashier his employee number while I waited. Lots of people were doing that, just as openly.