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For which product is no disposition involved?
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Ice cream cone
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Connie just purchased her first new car, and she's actually feeling a
little bad about it. She's concerned about how much money she spent and
how long she will be making car payments. She's not sure she made the
right choice, either. She liked another car a little better, but ended
up purchasing another model. Connie is experiencing _____.
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Postpurchase dissonance
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Leon is concerned with the reliability and durability of laptop
computers he is considering purchasing. This represents which dimension
of product performance?
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Instrumental
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Marriott Rewards customers earn points whenever they stay at any
Marriott property. Louis is in this program, and he travels quite a bit
because he works in sales. He usually stays at a Courtyard by Marriott,
and when he walks into the lobby there is a sign by the desk welcoming
him by name as well as other Marriott Rewards customers who might be
staying there. This ongoing relationship between Louis and Marriott is
an example of _____.
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Relationship marketing
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Rebecca is a single woman in her 40s. She sold her Honda Civic and
bought an Acura CSX, which is considerably more expensive. She was going
to her brother's house with her mother, and she asked her mother to
drive in her car instead of Rebecca's new one. She didn't want her
brother to see that she had purchased an expensive car for herself.
Rebecca was experiencing _____.
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Consumption guilt
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Rod wasn't expecting much from the painters that came to his house. True
to form, they did not do a good job and confirmed his low-performance
expectations. Rod is most likely experiencing _____.
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Nonsatisfaction
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The external ice cube shoot on Cade's refrigerator door was not working
properly. She could hear the ice falling into the shoot, but nothing
would come out. She looked inside and realized there was a solid block
of ice clogging the shoot, and she couldn't get it loose. Cade decided
to use a hair dryer to melt the ice, and it worked. Cade's using a hair
dryer in a new way represents _____.
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Use innovativeness
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Pam and her friends ate at a new Italian restaurant, and the food,
service, and ambiance exceeded their expectations. They all decided that
this was the only Italian restaurant they will ever go to again in
their town. This is an illustration of _____.
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Commitment
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