{"id":3033,"date":"2014-12-13T11:49:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-13T11:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2014-12-13T11:49:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-13T11:49:49","slug":"harrys-coconut-madness-left-me-feeling-scammed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnthornhill.com\/blog\/harrys-coconut-madness-left-me-feeling-scammed\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry’s Coconut Madness Left me Feeling Scammed"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Beautiful<\/a>Last night I want to see a band called Madness in concert with a few friends, if you’re lucky enough to be under 40 or from outside the UK you may be wondering who they are. They are a Ska band that date back to the late 70s and I’ve seen them about 10 times as they always put on a great show. (I’m showing my age now)<\/p>\n

So we’re drinking round Newcastle before the gig as you do and it comes to my turn to get the drinks. I always seem to get the busy bar when it’s my turn, so I wrestle my way through the crowd to order the drinks. One of the drinks I order is a Malibu and Lemonade, not for me I must stress as I’m a Guinness man myself. Anyway, the lady behind the bar proceeds to give me something called ‘Harry’s coconut mix’ and I say “that’s not Malibu” to which the reply was “It’s just the same.”<\/p>\n

Err, no it\u2019s not, what you really should be saying is \u201cwe buy this cheap crap and charge you premium prices as we make more profit from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

This sort of business mentality drives me crazy. This is a busy City bar that makes thousands per day that would rather save about $10 on a bottle of spirits that they charge about $5 per shot for. Talk about being cheap and leaving the customer feeling ripped off.<\/p>\n

And this is something you need to think about with your business, if you sell products or services online make sure you never leave a customer feeling ripped off because if you do they are probably going to refund, or worse still write about it on Social Media.<\/p>\n

Ask yourself, if you bought your own product as a customer would you be absolutely thrilled with your purchase? If you have to even think about the answer for one second you’re not providing enough value.<\/p>\n

I have always strived to provide the best value possible and a lot of people tell me I charge waaaaaay too little for my products, but that\u2019s okay because if people are telling me that then I know I\u2019m providing great value. Not looking for cheap \u2018Harrys coconut mix\u2019 shortcuts to make more money.<\/p>\n

And it\u2019s no different with the latest offering I\u2019ve created with Dan and Sue Worthington.<\/p>\n

For about the same price as a Harry’s coconut mix and Lemonade you can grab a great little plugin that can help you build a list and drive traffic virally on autopilot for just a few minutes work.<\/p>\n

If this plugin were a drink it would be premium rate Malibu that Harry would be proud to call his own.<\/p>\n

Click Here<\/a> to\u00a0check it out and let me know what you think.<\/p>\n

For the record Madness were excellent as always, they always give great value and never leave the customer feeling ripped off, I guess that’s why it was a sell out<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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