The Customer Advantage

The Customer Advantage blesses the ordinary shopper like you, who needs to find the best deals so you can afford those items at all. And it blesses businesses that take part too!

I've just been researching a brand new phenomenon that is crouching, ready to spring into action. I tell you, this plan is so exciting! We've seen Google and Facebook take off and become huge because they saw a need and stepped in to fill it online; well, this is going to do this for shopping both locally and online.

When you get a sales flyer that says such and such a store is offering one item you've been wanting at 50% to maybe 75% off for just one day - don't you suddenly find or make the time to stop what you're doing and drive out there - RIGHT NOW - today?

What if they've run out of that sale item before you get there?

The difference with The Customer Advantage is that they set up deals with businesses for such an event, and that business is to see to it they have enough or can get it for you. Or, if it is a service, you can make an appointment and get that deal-price at that time. So there's one customer advantage right there. You get one such 50% off or more deal offered in your email every day!

Here's another. This company, TCA for short, gives you a 5% rebate on your purchase from each deal you take advantage of. That's a nice little customer advantage too!

Ah, but there's yet another! If you recommend this membership program to your friends and others, even strangers, whenever they take one of these special offers, you get another 5% of their purchase price. Wow! This means that when I see a deal for something I wouldn't use myself, I can notify a friend who would, and encourage them to hurry up and go sign up as a member so they can take advantage of that special. When they do - I get an extra 5% tip into my account. Isn't that a lovely customer advantage!?

It just makes you want to spread this around all the more.

You may wonder how many businesses in your area would be doing this?

This program is still in Beta (testing) stage at this point, and eventually there will be businesses everywhere, including in your local area. However, right now they are encouraging members to go out there and sign up businesses, because once they get involved, not only will the businesses get thousands of dollars worth of advertising for free, but they can join just like the rest of us, and think - if a business is in your downline, and they convince most of their customers to join, your own downline a level or two down will look fantastic!

You know a few business owners, don't you? :)

I thought so!

There are already a couple of other companies doing something similar, (ie. Groupon and SocialLiving) but when I checked them out, they limit their memberships to those in the USA, or they capture your email and membership without giving you a chance to check it out honestly and fairly. They also charge for their membership. The best Advantage as I see it, is with The Customer Advantage, which is free to join for anyone anywhere in the world! Plus it has a great compensation plan. (they make good use of videos too, for training in how to promote this program).

It sounds as if this is mostly for shopping in your local stores built of bricks or lumber, than about online shopping. However, the shift to online shopping is so powerful, that before long this will apply to online shopping sites too. Suddenly I'm thinking of friends in other countries who could sure use this financial boost! What a shopping - customer advantage for everybody around the world!

All right! Let me be the one to invite you to discover all these ADVANTAGES for yourself. Be my guest and sign up from my membership page here; The Customer Advantage. (I will be a helpful upline for you).

Remember: you are not obligated to take ALL of the advantages described above. They are optional. (Though the Terms of Service says that you must make one purchase a year to maintain your membership to the following year). No matter how little or how deeply you plan to be involved, you can't lose with this opportunity!

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