Monday, November 10, 2008

"The Persuaders"

The one thing that really surprised me was the company that had all the records of what we buy and some of our personal information that we give out when we buy something. It is crazy that company's can buy that information to get certain information about potential consumers. But if you think about it, we are all walking advertisements. Almost anything you buy has a certain logo on it. The shoes and clothes you wear, the phone you carry around, the drinks we buy, etc. And what we buys says a lot about ourselves. The Starbucks I drink every morning shows that I am a coffee drinker. The clothes I wear are mostly from the store that I work at. What kind of phone, whether it be simple and not to many gadgets, or has everything from playing songs to the Internet. What you buy can even interpret which stage of life you are in. A typical college student usually purchases a new lab top or computer, books from the school they attend, student loans, or maybe be too frivolous with their money. Either way, what you buy says a lot about you and what you are doing in life which is definitely something to think about the next time you make a purchase.

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