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		brown9-2 on Nov 23, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Feds: Top e-tailers profit from billion-dollar Web... Do these marketers actually sell anything? What do they claim that the consumers get out of the $9-12/month they pay for this "loyalty program"?

pyre on Nov 23, 2009 [–]

It said that they tempt the customers to enter their email address with a promise of a coupon or discount. Maybe they email the customers with discounts? Or maybe they're even sneakier, and only give the discounts to customers that go to their website and plug in their email address.

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