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Have you ever been annoyed about an…",{"value":58,"source":59,"evidence":60},"Consumers buying durable, long-lasting products","inferred",[61,62],{"id":55,"by":10,"text":56},{"id":63,"by":10,"text":64},"25561138","Buyforlife.com was inspired by the subreddit and it's where I posted my very first prototype :) The problem with this subreddit and part of the reason why I started my website…",{"value":66,"source":52,"evidence":67},"Affiliate links and possible badge fees planned",[68],{"id":69,"by":10,"text":70},"25561232","The credibility and trustworthiness of our users is our biggest asset, so we are very careful with monetizing it too quickly. But we are definitely thinking about monetization…",{"value":72,"source":52,"evidence":73},"Inspired by r\u002Fbuyitforlife; wants to hold corporations accountable and track product lifecycles",[74,75],{"id":55,"by":10,"text":56},{"id":63,"by":10,"text":64},[],"unknown","launched",{"praise":80,"objections":108,"requests":131,"questions":150,"alternatives":168},[81,97],{"value":82,"source":83,"evidence":84},"Good idea for tracking product lifecycle and durability","commenter",[85,89,93],{"id":86,"by":87,"text":88},"25559912","frederikvs","This seems like a brilliant idea. On the other hand, I wonder how quickly it'll become annoying. If you have more than a few of these products, getting badgered to update your…",{"id":90,"by":91,"text":92},"25562733","aidos","I really like this idea. How do you stop it descending into the cesspit that is Amazon reviews? I trust my opinion on things, but less so random internet strangers. In the Uk I…",{"id":94,"by":95,"text":96},"25561429","dpix","Love this idea, the site would make for a great place to buy high quality second hand goods that you know would last too. I'm a developer and would love to help out building the…",{"value":98,"source":83,"evidence":99},"Yearly check-in approach is a useful simplification",[100,104],{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"25563001","tomaskafka","Oh come on, you don't need the user to set anything. Just do a once a year checkup 'hey there, here's all the stuff you said you own, did anything break or deteriorate?' I'll be…",{"id":105,"by":106,"text":107},"25560483","jcims","This is soo needed. 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Feel free to disregard these questions because at this point I feel I'm prying. >> We want to help you…",{"value":162,"source":83,"evidence":163},"How is the business model funded?",[164],{"id":165,"by":166,"text":167},"25560991","xenocratus","Just out of curiosity - is the business model built around donations from users? This seems like a very important point for a review platform nowadays, I wouldn't necessarily…",[169,173,180],{"value":170,"source":83,"evidence":171},"r\u002Fbuyitforlife subreddit",[172],{"id":128,"by":129,"text":130},{"value":174,"source":83,"evidence":175},"TrueDelta",[176],{"id":177,"by":178,"text":179},"25561741","satya71","Sounds a lot like TrueDelta.com that sadly went out of business. 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