Social media: The saviour of the internet shopper

Back in October we appeared on ITV Wales on a documentary celebrating Snowdonia at 60 (now that makes me feel old). Thanks to @GomezAdams our section of the show has been recorded and now can be shared above.

It's both an honour and a privilege to have grown up both with and in Snodonia's National Park. It used to be I would commute here to spend my free time. Now I live and work here. We have a close knit community who care greatly about this part of Wales and through the wonders of technology we can share all that we love and care for with everyone on the internet.

I was born before Snowdonia was a National Park, before television, before penicillin, before polio shots, frozen foods, plastic, contact lenses, Frisbees and the Pill. Before credit cards, split atoms, laser beams and ballpoint pens, dishwashers, clothes dryers, air conditioners, electric blankets, and before the Baavet.

We really do care so much about what we do. We also want to do the best we can. It's not that easy in a world saturated with 'things' that you can buy.

We are certainly living in a time of excess. You only have to walk down the breakfast cerial isle in the supermarket to realise that. I'm not anti choice. I just understand how hard it can be for the consumer to make the right decision.

The wool duvet market is slowly being flooded with cheap, shoddy, sometimes treated duvets that have us often sat with our head in our hands. Made by who knows who, who knows where, we buy one of everything on the market, mostly out of curiosity but also to see what the competition is up to. Call it expensive market research. In our minds there is no competition. We know which is made best.

On the internet though the choice gives you the impression everyone is doing the same as us. We have found everything from the ridiculous to the illegal. Wool that's not just wool, cotton that's not even cotton. We have seen it all but can do little about it apart from hope that we pop up when someone google's  'wool duvet'.

This is why we think social media is the saviour of the internet shopper. Every shared link, every re-tweet, every comment on a blog not only tells us you believe in what we are doing, it tells the world you believe in what we have done.

I'm sure Google sees this and we hope that in time we can float above all the other wool duvets out there. All the short term, quick win, fast buck merchants that don't live and breath this. That don't even know what's in their product.

Thank you for believing in us, for spending your hard earned cash with us, for investing in our dream and as a result investing in farming and the lives of those connected in Snowdonia.

Our main website is http://Baavet.co.uk A simple honest affair that I think reflects us exactly. We are also on Twitter as @Baavet
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