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If you're at the lot, you've already been sold on the concept and the lifestyle, and you're there to buy. Amazon doesn't try to tell you how great sweaters are when you're on the checkout page of buying one.


Often if I want <product> from <company with 1 famous product> I go to the page <company.com> and might find <product> somewhere, buried under "solutions" / "contact me for inquiry of your solution" pages.

If I want to buy a mug I don't need to delegate my Coffee solution choosing expertise.


> If I want to buy a mug I don't need to delegate my Coffee solution choosing expertise.

Sometimes I wish I could delegate purchase of trivial items, especially if there are too many options to choose from. The investment of time can be excessive, with less than satisfying results.

Of course I would not like to delegate it to the manufacturers or vendors.


> If you're at the lot ...

That misses a whole bunch of reasons a person could be "at the lot" other than for buying.

Easy, real world examples:

* You're killing time while waiting for the other half at a nearby store

* There's a whole group of vehicle "lots" next to each other, so you're taking a look at all of them for a better understanding of your options

* Your car is being repaired / in for a service (or similar)

(etc)


> * You're killing time while waiting for the other half at a nearby store

I wouldn't kill time at a fertilizer store if I didn't have a garden, though.

> * There's a whole group of vehicle "lots" next to each other, so you're taking a look at all of them for a better understanding of your options

This still means that I realize the value of a car for me.

> * Your car is being repaired / in for a service (or similar)

Same as the one above here.

Selling you on the concept/lifestyle is for when you don't yet know you need a specific thing. When you're at the lot, you're past that.


Lifestyle and concepts in this context can be more specific. This particular car would be perfect for your daily routine because of this, this and this... Oh but this one allows you to take your children on holidays conveniently beacause of that... Yes you already have/want a car but you might still be convinced to buy a car you didn't plan.


> I wouldn't kill time at a fertilizer store if I didn't have a garden, though.

You would if you had nothing to do other than walking into a fertilizer store. Very small chance of happening that to you, but I do like going into stores and see what they sell even if I don't need anything in there for me.

I might learn something.


> This still means that I realize the value of a car for me.

That wasn't what you were presenting in that sentence though, which is what I was responding to. ;)


The job of BMW's advertisers isn't to convince me to buy a car.

It's to convince me to buy their car instead of one from Tesla or Mercedes. And me walking into a BMW dealership does not mean I've decided to conduct business with them.




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