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Old Apr 4, 2013, 11:42 am
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Originally Posted by Jenbel
Personally I'd say no. Because they are individuals who are blogging, not a company etc so they could only be representing theirself. We read their blogs, very few are PPV and we are consumers, not customers who need customer service.

'Official representatives' work because they are here to (generally) represent the product that is being sold. With a blog, their readership is technically the product, and the buyer are the companies with affiliate links and the companies with advertising.
Don't see how you can have it both ways, they are service providers or they aren't, commercializers of miles/points or they aren't.
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