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I recently went to EYEWA, looked at a frame that costed about 200SAR. I asked the person for final price and he said it is 200SAR (since some of them were on discounts) and then he followed up saying, we have Tabby or Tamara.

I understand not everything is affordable in single payment for everyone. But I was surprised people opt for EMIs even at 200SAR.

From Gym memberships to buying a washing machine the first question or the offer has always been about Installment plans.

I understand opting for one while buying a mobile phone, laptop etc. But are people using this even for everyday purchases?

Hey guys, about 12 years ago I was playing at University, running one of the most followed Badminton pages on Facebook (yep that was a thing), writing reviews of badminton racquets online. And then, I graduated and had to do this thing called 'job'

I have been on and off playing occassionally, but recently I found a group and been playing regularly.

I would need your help to understand the current racqets and a good badminton shoe please.

I used the Yonex Voltric 9 2012 Ltd edition for my singles play. The Nanoray 10 for my doubles game. I enjoyed playing with the Nanoray 10 more (BG66 Ultimax ftw).

Last year I went to a store and the salesman suggested a Astrox 88 (I think it is the tour variant, golden coloured). It is good but not nimble enough to my liking.

I am trying to pick a new racquet that will give me the same feel as Nanoray 10. I don't know much about other new brands in the market too. I play mostly doubles, love landing those heavy smashes and drop shots.

On shoes, I have the asics upcourt 6. But as a heavy guy now, it lacks cushioning. The stability is excellent. But would love something that offers great cushioning and protects my knees as I am in my 30s now.

I appreciate all your inputs, thank you.

Get into the details - whihc inbox you use, how many? verification, warm up, inbox management

Hello all, looking to upgrade from my iphone 12 to 17 pro.

I am currently using the 128gb variant and the main reason for upgrade is the storage.

Ideally a 2TB variant would do the job, but budget reality kicks in.

Wondering if any of you 256GB users wished you'd bought the 512 variant or vice versa.

Thanks for helping me out.

Any nursery recommendation for nursery at aqiq
Looking for half a day 8:30am to 1pm
The ones I found are charging almost 3000sar a month

Hey all, we are releasing a new version of our Mac app (we currently have 40K users across platforms). This is our most sophisticated recorder out there yet.

Looking for

• Marketers who create product demos
• Content creators who use screen recorders (e.g., software tutorials)
• Learning and development professionals

If you have a strong screen recorder use case, you are welcome :)

We give you free access to the early version; you can try it and let us know what you like, dislike, and what you would like to see.

I have spent 6 years in the screen recorder market; this is going to be the best one yet.

Pretty much the title. Please reach out via DM if you have the same.

Hey all, do you use multiple LinkedIn accounts for outreach purpose? If so, how do you go over the verification part?

Recently, every time I create an account, it pushes me for ID verification immediately after a few hours. I don't have a team to use their profiles and I am happy to buy sales nav if it helps.

Hey all, do you use multiple LinkedIn accounts for outreach purpose? If so, how do you go over the verification part?

Recently, every time I create an account, it pushes me for ID verification immediately after a few hours. I don't have a team to use their profiles and I am happy to buy sales nav if it helps.

I started a podcast for a company I worked with. My goal was to establish the brand by creating content with the leaders in the industry.

There is no way they would agree to be on a new brand and a nobody's podcast.

So I picked my initial guests by finding people who have something to promote - they have written a book recently, they have a new course offering etc.

I would make the conversation healthy and value-added. Instead of nodding, I would counter, quote their past comments or posts, which made it interesting.

End of conversation, I would close with a trivia round. I would ask them some rapid fire questions that are silly and a bit personal. Make sure they finish the convo smiling and energetic.

And by closure, I hit the nail. I ask them did you enjoy the conversation and they would obviously say yes. I would follow up with the question so who from your network would you nominate to go through this convo again, or who's perspective would you like to hear.

And then they would think for a minute and share a name. I usually record this over a meeting bridge. So I would crop that part and send to the nominated person. This gave me my highest conversion rate.

Hope this helps you too :)

PS - If you are hosting on marketing or SaaS podcast and love such takes, I would like to be on your show. I have a total of ~75K audience on socials and will be happy to promote.

I recently spoke to someone who told me they are managing 100s of inboxes and over 20 domains for email campaign. Targeting just 2 to 5 emails per day per mailbox.

One - it sounds too cumbersome

Two - It seems too costly

As startups how do you manage your cold email infra? Is it even possible to get good ROI with 2 domains and 5-10 mailboxes?

Hey all, I have been using apollo for a very long time and over the last year we haven't had any good results from the campaigns.

I spoke to their team on demos twice but each time their response was the usual flow, personalize, use our AI to write emails etc. Yet my personal copy performed well in the A/B tests

I spoke to a friend of mine who is into cold emails for last 20 years and he said not to use it anymore since the data is not refreshed properly.

I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if there's something wrong with the platform. Any of you who use the platform and continue to get results? Please share your workflow.

Hey all, I have been using apollo for a very long time and over the last year we haven't had any good results from the campaigns.

I spoke to their team on demos twice but each time their response was the usual flow, personalize, use our AI to write emails etc. Yet my personal copy performed well in the A/B tests

I spoke to a friend of mine who is into cold emails for last 20 years and he said not to use it anymore since the data is not refreshed properly.

I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if there's something wrong with the platform. Any of you who use the platform and continue to get results? Please share your workflow.

Hey all, what are the resources - videos, blogs, X accounts, books etc. that truly added value in your saas journey? I know we google stuff or ask AI on the go, but is there a place you go to for value?

I noticed Hubspot has a lot of templates that can help with GTM, podcasts like ahref helped me with marketing, Harry Dry's marketing examples website had some great info and Fletch PMMs case studies were good.

Your turn.

Under storage options I see Whatsapp Inc and I see whatsapp and whatsapp business again.

I use a 128gb model and clearing that whatsapp inc will really help but not sure what it is and how to do it.

I just read a post from a top influencer who said, 'This couple is renting at 56,000 a month but they shouldn't think of buying a house for that rent since it would cost an EMI of 1,50,000 INR per month to buy the same house'

Then goes on to say that the rental yields are just 2% bla bla.

Oftentimes, I don't think they understand the nuances, or they are just biased because they could sell them courses/consultation/cohort to learn about equity investments.

My reasons are below

1. If a couple is renting at 56K per month, they can afford an EMI upto 75K in the majority of cases and you can find a decent house at that EMI in major cities

2. If it is your first house, it could well be an emotional decision that has to be validated

3. Real estate price hikes can't go by market rates. When I buy a house in an outer area, it doesn't follow market metrics, and the price hikes could be erratic.

4. When people buy a house like in the above case, they don't care about rental yields since they will be staying in it.

On the contrary, I don't hear advices on

- Hey, if you are buying a house make sure you do a check on EMI affordability

- If you are planning to move cities in next 4-5 years for work, how should you plan your house purchase? Buy in hometown or buy in city at a lower price?

These kinds of conversations, just like ULIPs, are not encouraged. You get cornered if you bring these up, and a lot of people don't want to question, instead just follow and join the wagon.

I am not saying it is a wise choice to buy a house or not; I am calling out those biased assumptions they make to favor their calculations.