Empowerment

There are a number of ways to be more effective in getting companies to hear your voice. It starts with being a competent consumer. Being a competent consumer begins before you purchase a product, or service. Competent consumers understand the power of each and every dollar they spend.

Companies stay in business by selling products and services to willing consumers. When you spend money you are, in reality, supporting the continued success of the vendor company, its product lines, and its policies. Think of your dollar as a vote. If you don’t like the way a particular company does business, or you find their products or services substandard, don’t give them your dollar. Withhold your vote. If you don’t purchase a company’s product, and many others follow suit, that company will either change its practices or cease to exist.

You might be asking yourself: how do I become a competent consumer? How can I come to make informed decisions about companies with whom I haven’t previously done business?

Being a competent consumer means doing a little research on the companies to whom you are about to give your dollar/vote. The information is out there and readily available. Consupo.com is specifically designed to help find this information and transform it into a tool that consumers can use to help raise their level of competency.

Here are a few of the questions and issues which competent consumers can address through Consupo.com:

Consupo is for anyone
that has ever given a
dollar to a company:

  • Product Quality and Cost: Does the product represent good value?
  • Product safety: Is the product safe for its intended consumers to use?
  • Warranty and return policies: What sort of recourse is available if the product is defective?
  • Marketing policies: Is the product marketed to the appropriate consumers?
  • Out-sourcing and country of origin: Is the product made in the USA or elsewhere? Has domestic employment been affected by moving manufacture off shore?
  • Labor conditions and worker treatment in the manufacturing country: Are conditions for the labor force humane, safe, and equitable?
  • Environmental policies of the manufacturer: Does the manufacturer exercise a responsible environmental policy?
  • Political activity of the company: Does the company engage in or support political positions and candidates with which you agree or disagree?
  • Market conditions and competition with other firms: Does the firm engage in monopolistic practices and price fixing to restrict the price at which the product can be sold?

Finally, what are the experiences of other consumers? What problems did they encounter and how were they solved? Which products did they find to be superior and which unsatisfactory? The information is out there, and Consupo.com can help you find it. Let Consupo.com help you in being a competent consumer. Make your voice heard!


 
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