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TheStoryUp Lol, well it's not like I told her to go out and promote it. Just having the phone promotes it, her friends get to see it and maybe she gets some of them to jump on BBM.
Word of mouth is the best way to promote most products IMO. Apple, Samsung, Sony all use the young to promote their products, they're stupid if they don't. Perfect example is BlackBerry.
Zed30
And that works for them because people actually want their products. People tend to promote things they enjoy owning or using.
If they don't like it, then they just end up telling their friends "I wish I had an iPhone/Galaxy S," which has the complete opposite effect of enforcing and validating the buying decisions of Apple and Samsung customers.
Good people convinces people they're missing out. What you're doing is a complete 180 from that. You're actually hurting by trying to help in the completely incorrect way.
Now if her friends parent suggest a Blackberry, the response may be "so and so has one and doesn't like it. She wants an iPhone too. "
What you say isn't what the other poster objected to. It was your intent or agenda. You seem more interested in pushing a brand than accepting that what you prefer isn't what she wants. I don't expect you to go out and buy a new iPhone for the child. That would be ridiculous, however at Christmas time in the same situation I'd have given the child a white iPhone 5C and moved on, if affordable at that time.
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