How influenced are you?

amother

Mint

Fri, Mar 05 2021, 2:19 pm

Very mildly influenced. Once or twice bought skincare products because they were advertised, but if they didn't deliver, wouldn't buy again. Look at appliances because of name recognition but not wedded to any brand unless I have the product and love it. Don't look at most social media, don't care about celebrity endorsements, have no brand loyalties unless I've tried the product and found it to be superior. I'll consider the recommendation of a friend who raves about a product but learned to my sorrow that just because a friend likes a product or vendor doesn't mean I will. Wouldn't be influenced by imamother product recommendations unless they were made by a poster I know and respect--and even then I would take it into consideration but not take it as Toras Moshe Misinai.

It's impossible not to be influenced by media at least a little, even if it's only because you choose one brand of baked beans over another because you recognize the name from advertising. I chose a personal injury lawyer because I heard the ads on the radio and the lawyer's voice sounded very caring and fatherly. Not a great reason, but the only other choice I had would be to go to the now-defunct Yellow Pages and stick a pin in the page. Or go to the internet and look for ratings,buit from looking up various goods and service providers whom I use, found that the ratings are often quite different from my own opinion. So they're hardly something to go by.