marketing

There was a time when few among our friends or relatives used to bring our home their friend, who is into some expectation of selling some item. People used to call it by the name ‘Network marketing’.
The occupation of that other person was to persuade us into purchasing the futile bundle of items or scheme he used to bring along.

It was not sure if our relative/friend felt guilty for bringing him. It was also possible that he himself was under the delusion of his friend’s scheme. But almost every single time, none of them were able to pass the delusion to us. We had to buy from a few, out of generosity, provided that the things are modest. Afterward, we made a point to keep away from that relative who brought that awkwardness to us.

Fast-forward to 30 years, this network marketing culture still exists. I have also lost a few friends who tried to trap me into so called ‘seminars’. Unlike our parents, our generation is not adequately polite to engage these advertisers out of liberality.

Indian Baby boomer generation is still considerably more liberal than us. Indeed, even in the wake of realizing that the other individual is doing a misleading promotion, they fail to refuse the offer for the fear of souring relationships. There are plenty of scammers already taking advantage of this and losing value among their friends and relatives.