I am, unfortunately for my wallet, a marketer’s dream.
You’ve heard of influencers? I’m not that. I’m easily influenced.
If someone recommends or gushes about something, I’m compelled to fit it into my world.
My lovely man tries to distract me when he can see on my face I am buying into something someone is mentioning. Actually a gush or a recommendation is not required. Just a casual passing remark will do.
I once bought an enormously expensive thing because a lady I sat next to at the departure lounge stated ‘it has changed my mother’s life’.
That statement will do it.
My latest is home gym equipment. We may, in fact, need a bigger house.
So far, my home gym equipment has not made me in any way fit, but I have no regrets.
Everything I order requires assembling. We are no good at this.
Luckily our neighbour is very handy. He is making a tidy living out of assembling my orders.
He has a cctv camera that views the road.
We have reached the point of…
‘I see you have had a delivery, do you need help’
He has also gently requested..
‘perhaps don’t try and assemble it, it takes me longer to take it apart and start again’