Did anyone do market research on this???
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Last night I spent $100 to order Windows 7, and I resent that I had to do it. Did anyone do market research on Windows 8 before they forced it on everyone who has to buy a new laptop? I really do not have time to try to work through the failures of this OS. This system is not user friendly and very difficult to navigate. If I move my cursor the wrong way on the screen, what I'm working on disappears. The computer takes me places and doesn't tell me how to get back. I even had to go to google just to figure out how to turn my laptop off.

When I get on my laptop, I need to be getting work done--not trying to guess what my computer is up to.

I find it hard to believe that Windows 8 was market tested at all. Surely, if they had done market research, people would have told them, "I HATE THIS," and they would have known not to unleash this misery on the consumers.

I would advise anyone who needs a new laptop to mentally add $100 to the price of their new laptop to cover the price of sending for the Windows 7 program.
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Out of curiosity I bought some, then took the time to look for a quick review of the product.  Instead I found horror stories of heart disease and shameless inaccurate bandwagon advertisement, as well as the bans on the product in several places.

I wasn't ready to be done with it just yet, so I tried to find out the ingredients so I could know these mysterious "Natural and Artificial" flavors.  I've got nothing to go on.  For all I know it's ginger beer, garlic, and sugar.

I poured the only bottle I had down the sink just a moment ago and left this comment here to tell people it's not worth their time; and to go have coffee.
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Tell us about your experience with the product or service you purchased. What did you like or not like? I didn't like that Thier are no instructions with it.

 What worked well and what didnt? I liked the idea. I don't like it doesn't tell you how to work the product. I'm really to return it.
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The most recent one was by a behavioural economist.  This is sort of a cross between a psychologist and an economist.  They study what people really do - rather than what pure economics would say.

The book is Misbehaving by Richard Thaler.

I love that the book is well researched and scientific.  Thaler is a university professor.  So many of the examples he uses are of studies.  For example - people who are buying a calculator for $20 are told by the clerk that the same item is on sale for $10 5 minutes away.  Most people spend the 5 minutes to save the $10.  The same experiment is repeated when someone is buying a $1,000 appliance and almost no one goes.  It is the same $10 so logic would say spending the same time makes logical sense but...

Another study was done on price differences for using credit cards.  When a gas station sells gas for $1 and says 2% surcharge for using a credit card - they are flamed.  When they price their gas at $1.02 and say cash price $1 - people love them.  But it is the same price.

When a store advertises buy 2 get 1 free, sales do much better than 33% off.

When a store advertises free knife with $40 cutting board, they sell much more than $10 knife with $30 cutting board.  The cost is the same but the sales are different.

I recall another book I read that had a study comparing free shipping to $0.30 shipping and the results were huge.  Even just $0.30 was enough to stop people from ordering.

Advertising and promotion is much about this psychology.

Overall - I love the book.

I have also thought a lot about value in my role as CEO of Danby Appliances.  Some people can be "gamed" by the psychology but what really helps products to sell is offering a complete value.  People may say they want the cheapest product but in most cases they mean the best value.  So spending time considering what things consumers value and adding them to product is the best way to build sustainable edge in the market.
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I am highly EHS and MCS.  I have not read the entire book, but skimmed it. Buyer beware! An author who says, "I think . . . " when recommending you do/use is giving you his opinion, which may have no basis in fact. Let me give one example: He says he would put an air cleaner right next to him. Really?!  Air cleaners have a high magnetic field, not to mention the electrical field that runs through the cord. Put that right next to you and give your body a big, prolonged dose of EMFs. I have what is considered to be one of the best air cleaners (and it works really well, including for VOCs). Being near the cord causes all sorts of problems for me, probably because it is constantly drawing current.

Another example: He recommends that you remove metal headboards. What about the bed frame? That is metal, too. I have a simple solution that I use: concrete blocks, with wood on top of that and my mattress on top of that.

He gives some good info here and there, and makes it simple, and that is a plus. But please do not rely only on this book. Do your research!

Some people have found relief with NAET therapy, others have found relief from dirty electricity with a filter you can mount at your circuit breaker box (Smart Meter Education Network has contact email for that).

And be sure to eliminate WiFi, smart meters, and cell phones from your home, not to mention all scented products, including candles! Sensitivites only get worse with time. I can attest to that.
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The articles are long and full of information, but I feel like they are just trying to sell supplements. If they have an article on probiotics, it'll be followed by an ad for probiotics. Makes me wonder about the accuracy of what I've just read. But, if you like supplements, they have an order form in the back for virtually anything you could possibly be looking for.
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First world problem, I realize, but I was appalled to find myself met with ads after spending $20 for this device (and in essence, the corresponding app).  I wrote to the company through their tech support channel and also through the Google Play store page for the app, and received no response.  I think it was not obvious, through my particular buying experience, that there would be ads in the app (which you can install but cannot explore/use until you have the hardware). So, if you are as put-off by ads as I am in what amounts to a "paid" app, I must reluctantly recommend that you look elsewhere for this type of functionality.

UPDATE: To be fair, I have just been informed there is a Zmart Remote Pro app (Free in the Google Play store) which will likely be the solution to all my concerns. This was not obvious to me through my buying process. Will try the new app and update again.
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I didn't find this report helpful at all. It seems to be pulled directly from the Internet as I've actually seen very similar info online. In fact, I found a great website from which I got the most helpful information.
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GOOD DAY
I wanted to know the status of PRODUCTS PURCHASED since apparently not performed effectively. PLEASE URGENT RESPONSE THEY WANT, NEED THE PRODUCT OR IF MONEY BACK TO CHARGE A CREDIT CARD PURCHASE To try again,.
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Actually, I was doing some research on this purchase - but changed my mind.  I did not purchase this item.
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I have been very successful with PopularOnEbay.com, plain and simple actual data as to exactly what is selling the most, tripled my profits, and youll be surprised at the items, just sharing the knowledge, hope it helps :)
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Check for yourself. All of the 5 star ratings are from people given a discount or free product. The rest say it's crap!!
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I did finally find more information.

This is a good place to start:

https://sunguardwarning.wordpress.com/

I wonder if some of the people talking about their autoimmune diseases would see a clearing of sorts if they STOP using this product.

That's, at least, what happened for me.

If you consider using this product (especially for use around children and pets), take a moment to really look into it.

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there's someone who's written how they got sick from using this product.  If you see this, I know you stated that you'd done research and discovered that the chemical actually killed animals it was tested on.  I, too, got really sick and burned after wearing clothes this summer with this product.  I'm so glad I found your information.  Please contact me if you see this.  Thanks!
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DO NOT TRUST THE RATINGS.  I was impressed by the number of high ratings until I discovered that many of the reviews correspond to COMPLETELY different items.  So it seems an issue of some technical glitch rather than some deliberate attempt to inflate ratings, BUT nevertheless, BE WARY of making a purchase based on the number of high ratings alone, without reading a lot of the reviews, which are NOT for this item AT ALL.  That said, this product may be good, or bad, can't say yet....
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I was debating purchasing this item, because it's rated five stars and I thought my son might enjoy it. Then, I checked the reviews. Most of them seem to say the same things and none are critical of the product in any way. So, I checked out the reviewers - nearly all have either 1 or 2 reviews, giving five stars to each. I think there were only two actual people in the entire list. The odds of 50+ people only reviewing this one item seems pretty slim, and for all of them to give it five stars - call me skeptical, but I believe these reviews are either from fake or paid accounts.

It's a terrible practice, and I really hope that some day Amazon does something to drastically deter it.
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Hey guys, I was doing a lot of research on this and kept getting hits on numerous websites praising Aquasana and links to their website. It reminded me of a sales tactic in some pyramid schemes.  Anyway, it made me wonder who was running these sites that came up page after page (do a google yourself ...) and came upon this website.

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I believe that this company may be using a a very old but effective tactic that boomed at the beginning of the internet age, where they hire any willing web designer (and these websites are very low quality) to convince a person (who is searching for information and happens upon these suspect websites) to click on a link that takes the consumer to aquasanas website.  These associates get paid per customer that is directed from their website to aquasanas main website.  Pretty profitable if you get thousands of clicks a week.  If you don't think that this is effective, I just point to Google, lol.  Their business is partially driven by your mouse clicks to products that show up on your searches (google water filters and you will see a column of ads on the right ... when you click on these Google gets a "cut").

Anyway, why do I bother?  Because I am putting in a lot of effort into keeping my family healthy and safe, and it magnifies the exception I take to these sideways tactics.  If the product works then let its success speak on its own.  As a consumer (especially for these kinds of products), I hate feeling like someone is trying to "dupe" me.  I mean if these are the lengths that a supposed legitimate mature company is going to take, where does it end?  Can I trust even these other posts here?  I will have to do more research I guess ...
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I think it spends to much on Store Themes.  This information could be found on Shopify online manual and would learn this while setting up shop.  I am glad it had a few SEO tips that made me feel it was not a total waste of money.