Your product didn’t provide squat – a marketing gimmick did. You could put out something that isn’t a product at all – like a bowl of fruit – and say the same thing…. “eat all this fruit and exercise and your butt will look and feel smaller! Try it today!”

No way Bill…..my product provided you a sence that you had a small ass….and that made you feel good….and that’s value!

The question is….is it enough in a product when emotion is the only value it offers?….or at least the main value.

“……or one of those magic little pills that makes your “manhood” bigger….guaranteed!”

   
“Gee whiz, Pinocchio, what da H-E-double-hockey-sticks were
you thinkin’ anyways….Isn’t being made of wood enough”?!?

Eddie you are a hoot!
Keep it up [no pun intended ;)]

Making people feel something is definately a benefit!
That is what the entire entertainment industry is all about. Sports too! Art! Music!
I once heard an actor being interviewed diss himself for not having a “real” job. I wanted to tell him how important he and his entire industry are. Life can be pretty darn boring. Making life better is important and entertainers effect more lives than most inventions ever can.
Back to the original subject. I want those pants!

yes, but Mark, isn’t that the “wow” factor that makes a product short lived? (that u once spoke of) i mean, it’s only going to last a short time in the market, and when people catch on it really doesn’t work, well, then , that’s it for you… and your small ass pants.

I think it’s enough. Cellulite cream makes women feel better, but every doctor will tell women it doesn’t work.Yet it continues to sell and make millions…I too want the pants! :-)

http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache:dlDXc5f6c5UJ:www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/3859.php+do+cellulite+creams+work%3F&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=ca

A link,just because I refuse to argue this point with anyone :-)

It would provide a valuable service to the person who feels your product provided the benefits.

In most cases, breast enlargements result in obviously fake breasts, and sometimes even telltale scars, but those people would rather have fake boobs and scars than no boobs. To me, fake boobs still say you really genetically have small boobs. lol. But, hey, they seem to dazzle some of the fellas enough they don’t mind and make the owner feel better about themselves.

Chris…Fake boobs are a GREAT example!

They have no value other than the emotion the invoke. ….so it tells us that people will pay large sums of money to simply feel better.

“If the placebo works – then sell it. If your customers are happy – and your returns are low – keep selling it!”

Re: the cellulite issue – It’s one of the sleaziest product categories on earth. The crap that advertisers get away with is an absolute crime. I’ve done my research…
http://www.GetRidofYourCellulite.com
(and yes – I do market something there that works)

Joey

I’m a huge believer in training for the best results and I think it’s the only way to get rid of it properly.

I wouldn’t spend a penny on creams, and spas. That one cost could buy me a month at any gym.

The fake tatas? Oh yeah it’s all about feeling good.
After 4 children, I have a line up of feel good tania things I’m going to do.You can call me Barbie when I’m finished hahaha…poor hubby, Ken, won’t like the bill :-))

OK…So is the evoking of a positive emotion a value point that should be considered when designing a product?…. and the inverse as well – should product developers and inventors be looking out for those negative emotional impacts designed into their products?

Hmmmmm….I’m trying to think of a product that can make the user feel bad about themselves…., I know….In my house that would be a bathroom scale :)

“After 4 children, I have a line up of feel good Tania things I’m going to do. You can call me Barbie when I’m finished hahaha…poor hubby, Ken, won’t like the bill.”

Well, Tania, poor hubby Ken is probably going to be rackin’ up a pretty significant bill of his own with the crates of Magic Little Pills he’s planning on ordering anyway, so, I’d go for it!?

lol, those little pill commercials are funny. I never saw one before 2 weeks ago. I made my husband stop changing the channel because I wanted to hear it.
poor guy, thought I wanted to order some.

Hey!That’s a product that can make a consumer feel bad about themselves? women buying men enlargment pills.

men buying women a gym membership, acne cream, diet pills lol

You guys are hilarious. My husband stopped on one of those pills commercials, and we were laughing at the, what we consider to be, staged impromptu street interviews.

Barbie-Ken — making him feel bad — lol.

I can’t think of anything that makes someone feel bad about themselves either. I don’t like what my scale reads either, but it isn’t lying to me. lol.

If something doesn’t evoke a positive emotion at all, then nobody would want to buy it; unless of course it is one of those gag gifts – some folks can’t take a joke. lol. In this case, the positive emotion would be the laughter it evoked in the person who bought it or for the benefit of the crowd, even at someone else’s expense. Any product has to have a positive result for it to maintain marketability and sell, even if it is personally perceived only.

I don’t know though, I know someone online who loves to buy their little girl some demon-looking dolls, dead-blue-looking skin, bags under the eyes, fangs, horns, etc. and yet she hates the BRATZ dolls due to their controversial makeup shrug.

So …you can have a product (like fake boobs) that has no value but the emotion…

So is that emotion something that should be built into a product design from the start?

I think so.

I very seldom have an emotional attachment to things the moment I see them, but it has happened.

Ever see something and get that instant thought of, “that’s mine!” ?

I think that would be great to have that kind of response from people.

Ever see something and get that instant thought of, “that’s mine!” ?

Ya…but I was in a bar…and she was way to hot for me anyway :)

HAHAAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

hahaha awwwwwwwww….you were one of those guys :-(

but at least you get what I’m talking about…sort of.

I told hubby he was mine after a week or so and he just said…okay …I don’t know if it was because he was happy or terrified! :-))

“I told hubby he was mine after a week or so and he just said…okay …I don’t know if it was because he was happy or terrified!”

Could very well be, or maybe he wasn’t sure how or if he should respond to you, being
that his wife was standing there right next to him at the time!?

Oh, snap!

Did I mention it wasn’t in a bar?

OMG I can just see me in a bar at 34 dressed to dance and hitting on men like that hahahaha…no, I can’t really see me like that!

but thanks for the scary image Eddie :-)

“OMG I can just see me in a bar at 34 dressed to dance and hitting on
men like that hahahaha…no, I can’t really see me like that!”

                   
“You may not be able to sweetie, but we can…That’s what we do! Wait,
isn’t that ABBA playin’ in the background…Oh yeah it is, ‘Dancing Queen’…
Let’s hit the floor and shake that booty, baby!” We need to inquire about
those pants they’re talkin’ bout, too!?

hahahahahahahahahahaha…going back a little far hahahaha it was only 6 years ago! hahahaha

but I still love my Boney M xmas music!

“hahaha awwwwwwwww….you were one of those guys :-(“

Yep…but that was many years ago, I’ve grown up since then.

Now you are a cutey petutey :-) how does one spell petutey anyway?

No idea….I have a hard time spelling “Mark”

I’m 46 years wiser than I was when I started…..so that’s a good thing.

Did you really call me a “Petutey”….wow, that’s going on my list of firsts.

well, I know you don’t want to be called junk food, and calling you a vegetable doesn’t sound nice. Cabbage sounds smelly, so petutey is what I was left with.
So now you can see, although it rhymes and sounds very simple,a great deal of thought actually went into this :-)LOL

Tania, if you take the first two letters from
the cute petutey – we can now call Mark
Cupe – like cupe doll. ;))

“hahaha awwwwwwwww….you were one of those guys :-(“
Yep…but that was many years ago, I’ve grown up since then."

Oh yeah, I can totally see that!?

Eddie you are just not right….funny as hell, but just not right :)

Ohhhh Toni…. No you can’t!…

hahahahaha I didn’t notice Mark’s head at first!hahaha

“hehehehe….I didn’t notice Marks head…..hehehe”….

Don’t egg him on :)

Eddie, I think you are just right! Everyone needs a good laugh now and then and we can always count on you to provide it!

Hey Cupe, you look soooooooo goooooooood in your
Burgandy suit jacket. ;))

That’s enough out of you young lady…. but I do look hot!

A little “Don Johnson” like…don’t ya think?

But where did Eddie get the hair from? That’s not all the same hair as Mark’s picture! haha

He added hair down his neck and I think highlights in the front???

Don’t cap on me cupcake…. I look damn good in that picture….Thanks Eddie

“Don’t cap on me”…translation please?

Is that some phrase used in the hippie generation?

"That’s enough out of you young lady…. but I do look hot!

A little “Don Johnson” like…don’t ya think?"

*Revised image

I’m the one on the left…right???

"I’m the one on the left…right???

Uhhh..? That’s like a driving instructor telling a first time
student driver, “Okay…Go ahead, backup”!?

lol, nice picture!
I never knew he didn’t wear a belt.

Tania,
They were called “Zanza belt” pants.
Come on all you Saturday Night Fever guys…admit you wore them!

I never new that! Thanks Cheryl. I wonder if they’ll make a come back? lol

"They were called “Zanza belt” pants.
Come on all you Saturday Night Fever guys…admit you wore them!"

Admit I wore them? They say a picture can speak a thousand words….
Well babeee, start readin’, cuz you just got yourself a full-fledged novel!

          
1977 – Mark Reyland crowned winner of the NSA Disco Inferno Dance
Off Contest for the 3rd year in a roll…Congrats, Mark!

Wow Mark,three years in a row. Congratulations!!!

In Eddie’s world I’m timeless….and I didn’t work for them back in 1977….I was in High School.

But…by 1980 I was looking just like that….and let’s just say – I wasn’t lonely :)

Mark~
It’s really not necessary to validate each “fictional” image with a time-line of
exactly what was happening in your life at that very moment!?

Regarding the Miami Vice image…Have you ever lived in Miami, FL?

Nope never lived in Miami…..I guess I should just go with the flow….got ya :)