Indian consumer-oriented research service?
July 25, 2008 8:59 AM Subscribe
I'm looking for a company based in India, cited in a story I heard on NPR sometime in the past week or so, that handles a given number of Joe Consumer research queries per month for a flat fee.
The reporter in the story used the example of calling the service around 5pm on a Friday, trying to find a part for a bike, just wanting to know who locally had the part, how much it cost, and if they could set it aside for him to pick up; the service was able to accomplish this in a short period of time.
Normally I can find these stories searching the NPR or WBUR site, but not even Google is helping me this time.
The reporter in the story used the example of calling the service around 5pm on a Friday, trying to find a part for a bike, just wanting to know who locally had the part, how much it cost, and if they could set it aside for him to pick up; the service was able to accomplish this in a short period of time.
Normally I can find these stories searching the NPR or WBUR site, but not even Google is helping me this time.
Response by poster: It is similar, but I should have clarified: the company is based in India, but will call anywhere and is not India-specific in it's searching.
Good find, tho, thx.
posted by blue andrea at 9:52 AM on July 25, 2008
Good find, tho, thx.
posted by blue andrea at 9:52 AM on July 25, 2008
I heard an interview on one of our local stations (not NPR) with the creator/owner of Get Friday. In researching that service, I also came across a similar service called Ask Sunday. I haven't used either one.
posted by reeddavid at 10:23 AM on July 25, 2008
posted by reeddavid at 10:23 AM on July 25, 2008
Best answer: In this story, the guy cites Ask Sunday using the bike part example.
posted by milkrate at 10:25 AM on July 25, 2008
posted by milkrate at 10:25 AM on July 25, 2008
I guess I should have clarified. YourManInIndia runs GetFriday, which covers international requests. The link to those services are midway down the link I gave, or here.
posted by cocoagirl at 10:27 AM on July 25, 2008
posted by cocoagirl at 10:27 AM on July 25, 2008
Response by poster: @milkrate: Thank you!
@cocoagirl: Interesting second service to look at, thanks for the link. :)
posted by blue andrea at 10:35 AM on July 25, 2008
@cocoagirl: Interesting second service to look at, thanks for the link. :)
posted by blue andrea at 10:35 AM on July 25, 2008
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I didn't hear about it on NPR, but longer ago on a blog. But it sounds like exactly the same thing.
posted by cocoagirl at 9:32 AM on July 25, 2008