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Comment on Fabuloso looks good enough to drink by Mr. Green Genes | Evil Squirrel's Nest

Mr. Green Genes | Evil Squirrel's Nest — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:19:38 +0000

[...] I was always fascinated by stickers as a kid, and we got some Mr. Yuk stickers one year in grade school. I put those bad boys all over everything, including my sisters. According to “Pudding Pops”, Mr, Yuk is still going strong via the Pittsburgh Poison Center, though he is nowhere near as prevalent as he was back in the day. Here’s to you, Mr. Green! I raise my glass of Fabuloso in your honor…. [...]

Comment on Fabuloso looks good enough to drink by jlsimons

jlsimons — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:57:46 +0000

Thanks for pointing that out, Tammy. When I said that there is some variance in child development, that’s one of the points I meant, but clearly, my choice of the word “convenience” is inappropriate in the case of true need, as you describe.

Comment on Fabuloso looks good enough to drink by Tammy Capps McConley Mann

Tammy Capps McConley Mann — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:28:25 +0000

I wouldlike to educate you that some older children are still in strollers because they cannot walk. My Grandson has CP and falls more than he stands, for this reason he is sometimes piggybacking on his sisters stroller. In addittion, Wheelchairs for younger children look very much like strollers.

Comment on The Unintended Consequences of Variable Pricing by jlsimons

jlsimons — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:58:02 +0000

Not too engineerish, Josh. But there currently some information-gap issues that make your plan tough to implement. For instance, it’s easy if you always use a loyalty card or only shop online from the same cookied computer. But what if you pay cash for an item at a retailer, and then visit the company’s website? There’s no connection to your behaviors. Also, and this is non-linear but does occur often, many companies spend much more to acquire a new customer than to keep an old one. They give discounts to new customers that are unavailable to current ones. So companies with that kind of thinking are less likely to give preferred pricing to existing customers. It would be nice to believe that companies that do that will perform less well than companies that cherish and reward their existing companies… but in fact, it’s often a hard sell to get companies to buy into that kind of pricing and customer relationship management strategies.

Comment on The Unintended Consequences of Variable Pricing by jlsimons

jlsimons — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:52:44 +0000

Yes, AF: especially since many brands also private label. Consumer Reports used to tell you which consumer electronics were the exact same as the brand versions, because they were the mfg. And Trader Joes private labels some great brands. But even off brands can be “good enough” these days… especially when many brands also include lesser quality products with their names on it in their product lines.

Comment on The Unintended Consequences of Variable Pricing by Josh

Josh — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:21:44 +0000

In the situation you describe there is no monetary reward for brand loyalty. But I might over look a few pricing indiscretions because, hey, I wear your brand name as frontlets between mine eyes.

But a better pricing engine would give a monetary reward for brand loyalty in addition to the intangible rewards, and would minimize the advantage of price shopping. And both of those strategies would run off a base price set, so you could respond to temporary market changes.

Too engineerish?

Comment on The Unintended Consequences of Variable Pricing by A Fan

A Fan — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 18:27:38 +0000

Very thought-provoking, Jeff, so I’m thinkin’ — about the times I buy by brand and the times I don’t. And the times I willingly pay more for a brand, “thinkin’” I might get better value. Hmmm…

Comment on Are you a victim of Commercialus Interruptus? by jlsimons

jlsimons — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:56:06 +0000

Very clever… and informative. It reminds me of the time when I was

Comment on Fabuloso looks good enough to drink by jlsimons

jlsimons — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:55:19 +0000

Judy, the U.S Consumer Product Safety Commission has cleared the product, so on that level, nothing is being done. I guess you could always contact Consumer Reports or a watchdog group if you wanted to actually help get something done, as opposed to just blog about it like lazy old me.

Comment on Fabuloso looks good enough to drink by jlsimons

jlsimons — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:53:30 +0000

My concern isn’t about parents buying the product in the supermarket, Jacurrent. It’s about what little kids do at home, when their parents aren’t looking.