In re. of the flosstensioners shown in
http://www.geocities.com/emailerss/

Please answer the following 2 questions as brief as you wish (5 stars
guaranteed):
1. Do you find the directions clear, and how many minutes have you
spent on them?
2. Can you think of someone you know and could be interested to pay
$3.33 for a 6-pack coming with free shipping  $ Handling fees, in
certified mail and with 100% + all-expenses money-back guarantee under
the condition that all the 6 pieces (all 6 can be used) are mailed
within 4 working days from reception and by certified mail ?

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Clarification of Question by googel-ga on 26 Oct 2002 09:32 PDT

The answer to this question is satisfactory if and only if is answered
by resercher robertskelton-ga .

Hi again,

1. Do you find the directions clear, and how many minutes have you 
spent on them?

The phrase "In 15-50 seconds or 10-25 seconds device can be ready",
and the pictures showing 5 or 7 steps, give me the impression that it
is far more complicated than it really is. Unless it is a product to
be cooked, why mention the time it takes? In the first picture, you
only need to show steps 3-5, and in the second picture, you could just
show steps 4-7.

Rather than describing the two techniques by the length of floss, you
could just label them "With a Knot" and "Without a Knot".

The middle picture with the purple floss confuses me - it looks like a
giant tooth next to the device, but I am unsure. And the middle left
picture seems superfluous.

The written instructions would work better if they matched the
numbered illustrations, ie:

1. Wrap the floss around tensioner arm A
2. Loop the floss around tensioner arm B
3. Pull arm A away from arm B to tighten the floss

I spent about 2 minutes looking at the page before I fully understood
the instructions.


2. Can you think of someone you know and could be interested to pay 
$3.33 for a 6-pack coming with free shipping.....

I have yet to meet anyone who would make such a minor purchase online.
I asked my housemates, and none would buy it online, although each
would consider buying it if they saw it in a store. The best way to
market it would be as a freebie with a box of floss.

I am also concerned about why it would be sold as a 6-pack. It implies
that they break easily.

Best wishes,
robertskelton-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by googel-ga on 26 Oct 2002 20:04 PDT

Hi robertskelton,

I was told that if i don't ask a question in a Req. for  clarification
the researcher doesn't have to respond.
I am asking no question here and you need not to respond.
This is only to inform you about my new posted question:

Subject: ? to Resrchr robertskelton-ga re. flosstensioners--5 stars
grntd
Category: Miscellaneous 
Asked by: googel-ga 
List Price: $2.00  Posted: 26 Oct 2002 18:36 PDT 
Expires: 25 Nov 2002 17:36 PST 
Question ID: 90341 
 
version 2. 
This question can be answered only by Resrchr robertskelton-ga . 
 
Pictures in page  
 http://www.geocities.com/emailerss/  
  
Re, your previous answer, please answer the following question: 
How many people you know have indicated to you that they would
consider this product in a drugstore amd how many of them would like
to get a free sample?
 
5 stars guaranteed.

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Request for Answer Clarification by googel-ga on 27 Oct 2002 01:36 PDT

Hello researcher robertskelton, again,  
  
I was told that if i don't ask a question in a Req. for  clarification 
the researcher doesn't have to respond. 
I am asking no question here and you need not to respond.  

However you have the option to clarify for me the following question:
 
How many people you know have indicated to you that they would
consider this product in a drugstore amd how many of them would like
to get a free sample?
All my messages to you will go through GA from now on. 
 
Thank you
googel-ga

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Clarification of Answer by robertskelton-ga on 27 Oct 2002 18:04 PST

I have 3 housemates who each indicated they would consider buying it
from a store - and each said they would try it if given a free sample.

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Request for Answer Clarification by googel-ga on 27 Oct 2002 19:53 PST

Hello researcher robertskelton, again,   
   
I was told that if i don't ask a question in a Req. for  clarification  
the researcher doesn't have to respond.  
I am asking no question here and you need not to respond.   
 
However you have the option to answer.

Thank you very much.

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Clarification of Answer by robertskelton-ga on 27 Oct 2002 20:20 PST

While it may be true that we are not compelled to reply to
clarifications like yours, most of us prefer to keep our answers
"tidy". If we don't clarify, the question has NEEDS CLARIFICATION
alongside it (it's only the researcher that sees it). So we prefer it
when customers follow the normal flow of communication:

Question is asked
Question is answered
Clarifications are made
Rating and comments given
The end.

The appropriate place to thank the researcher, and end the dialog, is
when rating the question. The rating should be the last thing that
occurs.

If you wish to communicate after rating the question - simply leave a
comment. Although we are not automatically notified of any comments,
we are highly likely to see them anyway.

Rob.

Hello robertskelton-ga,
Thank you very much for your suggestions , and i will think about how
to implement  them.
Let me add here that:
Each one of these floss holders is  
good for about 250 all-teeth flossing --250 days if one
full-mouth flossing/day.
I would like to mention that in the USA it cannot be marketed without
my permission, and on the other hand that the reason for  no
grocery-store or drug-store offer is that i could  find no supplier
interested in it. One of the reasons for this could have been that
before these pictures the directions had been mainly verbal and people
got turned off by them.

I saw your site on a previous post... my mum has been buying
disposable flossers for years; but I couldn't find an illustration of
it at the time...

I have to say I don't see your product as a runner, because it looks
flimsy and complicated compared to the simpler moulded plastic version
already on sale...

http://swordfloss.com/

I also found http://www.enexus.com/dentalmart/catalog22.html

I believe you may have found competitor market research useful.

Hi sam78-ga ,

Thank you for caring updating me with the competition, however i knew
all this stuff before my "investment" in GA.
I think that if all those sites you mentioned can get room here then i
could advise you that you can get more clarifications through
http://flosstensioners.tripod.com
Thank you for commenting.

Hello Robert,

Learned a lot since addressing questions to you.
Many times the comment is not available.

Thank you.
g

Hi again,
This is an update.
At your suggestion i added 'Without a Knot' and 'hand' to the
pictures.
The product is good for about 250 use (days) unless tortured
frequently.
No floss manufacturer has been ready to take the product up till now.
6-pack, because it appears to me --through GA-- that people could like
it first of all because of the 'almost anywhere, anytime', and this
way i could get a chance to put it in the market even alone.
Thank you,
g