Target Market of Local Bars

Many of the local bars in Keene adjust their prices to attract different crowds.  Cobblestone has many nights when they serve cheap food and drinks for only $1 each to gain many more people from the college.  Other places such as Vendetta and 21 serve expensive foods and imported alcohols to get a more adult and business type atmosphere.  With the settings, quiet background music, or blasting hip hop can also decide who enters the bar.  This applies to Country Life in the same way that the price and music will help determine who they get for a crowd to come back and eat frequently.
Have you ever felt like you didnt belong somewhere because of the music and price?

In response to Chris's Class Raffle

I have never had to plan an event as big as spring weekend, but I have thrown small parties when you need to book a dance hall and a dj.  I've gone to spring weekend before and had a great time, but never really realized how much planning goes into it with setting up and getting food, tshirts, drinks, and everything else that goes with it.  Judging by the prizes, I would think that a lot of raffle tickets were sold, even with a person on a college budget. 
Did you make enough money on the raffle tickets to cover the cost of the prizes?

Marketing a Casino???

In the past few years I have gone to Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods Casinos multiple times.  I am not a big gambler but I do like to watch people and they have some of the best food a drinks I have ever had.  But I noticed that both casinos have tv, internet, and radio advertisements on many different channels.  What they don't say on the ads is that it is almost doulble the price to stay there than at a hotel in the surrounding towns.  Also the casino hotels book up to capacity weeks in advance for a Friday and Saturday night.  I was wondering how much money they spend on advertising, when they make enough money where they can give free hotel rooms out to "customers" who lose enough money gambling.  I've also been to Las Vegas, and every casino seems to be even more extravagant than the next.  If you can handle the smoke, these are some of the most beautiful buildings and best entertainment you will ever see.
Do you feel that advertising is necessary for Las Vegas or any casino?

In response to Chris's Sale Items

I always shop around when I buy an expensive new item.  Recently I was looking at GPS's in stores around town, and could not find one under $100.  I went to http://www.nextag.com/, Google shopping, and Amazon.com.  Here I found a newer model of the GPS I found in Keene for only $80 with free shipping to my house.  Of these sites, I found that Google shopping is the easiest to use because the ways to define the search and sort by features, brand, and price seem to work the best.  Amazon.com is usually good for free shipping if you can wait a few extra days to get your item, and you can sign up for a credit card to get $40 free dollars on your order.  Sometimes it is easier to just run to the store, but on major purchases its worth the time to check online.
Have you ever tried a website to compare products?

In response to iPhone Aps

I don't think it is wrong that companies are putting advertisements on everything.  They are trying to do anything possible to make extra money, and if bothering their customers enough with ads in freeware makes them purchase the pay version of the same software, then they still made their money.  I feel that you cant do anything on the internet without getting ads pushed in your face.  Now every time I watch a video or click anywhere it seems like a banner is flashing or I get to watch a 30 second video for something I have no interest in.  Certain ads, like Orbitz gum, have the reverse effect on me.  I hate seeing their ads all the time so much that I would never buy their gum.
Is advertisement getting to be an overload?

The Cost of Convenience

I find it very funny how many convenience stores advertise 99 cent drinks and other procucts that are very cheap to get you in the stores.  Then when you get inside, a 2 liter bottle of soda is cheaper than a 20 oz bottle and any other product costs twice as much as it would in a normal store.  Any product like little debbie snacks that have the price printed on the packaging sell at that price, but many things are just outrageous.  I always though most of these stores made their money selling gas, but it seems like they are making a profit inside the store also.

Is it worth it to just run into a quick store and pay the extra money?

Out of the loop

Many new companies are struggling to get their names out into the  market with their new products.  Most of this is because new companies can not afford to have tv commercials.  Bigger companies that have already established themselves dominate the market for the most part, and it is hard for a new company to get its product out there.  Hopefully it is easier and cheaper now for new products to be advertised on youtube for free by posting their own company videos.  Also, unless its a new product that no other company is selling, big companies can produce it so much cheaper by purchasing in bulk and getting it made in other countries.  Many times it is not worth the cost to buy local if the product will cost two times as much.  I love to buy hand-made products, or locally made or grown, but there is always certain things that I will buy the same brand, and not even look at other products on the same shelf. 
Does a new company have a chance to succeed in an already established market?