In one of my college interviews I was asked about the difference between Consumer and customer?...Do you think is there any ?
2007-10-30 01:47:27 · 12 answers · asked by Tarshant jain in trouble..help.. 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
A customer buys something for a consumer to use
2007-10-30 01:49:13 · answer #1 · answered by wizjp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They may have been looking for something specific to the interview, but, generally, a consumer is anyone that consumes product. A customer is someone who is buying something from you to consume.
Customer is a sub-group of consumer.
2007-10-30 01:51:27 · answer #2 · answered by Greywolf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I worked at a call centre earlier this year and their interpretation of the two are...
Consumers are the people who use the service, in this case being the telephone directory.
Customers are those who advertise their business in said directory.
I think it depends on the individual interpretation, whether it be a company or person, as Customer can also be described as a Consumer.
2007-10-30 02:00:13 · answer #3 · answered by dragon_279 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
customer is : a person who purchases goods or services from another; buyer; patron.
a consumer is: a person who uses goods or services
so a customer is not necessarily the consumer. becasue some one can be a customer but be a reseller. so they can buy a product and sell it to someone else. for example a shop owner is a customer to the manufacturer or distributor who sells the particular product, but then the shop owners customer will buy the product at the shop for personal use, so he is the consumer.
make sense?
2007-10-30 01:53:23 · answer #4 · answered by nuggeteli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to answer, but here goes:
A consumer is one who purchases goods. A customer only exists in relation to a specific vendor. For example, a customer of Sears.
2007-10-30 01:49:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think that a consumer and customer is pretty much the same thing they both do business of purchaseing.
2007-10-30 01:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by krispix 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Customer = someone to whom you are selling a product or service
Consumer = someone who buys and uses the products and services you provide, although non necessarily a customer (i.e. they maybe buy them from someone else). "Consumers" often just refers to the general public...
2007-10-30 01:52:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consumer is more general definition of people in general. Customer is a conrete human in your store.
2007-10-30 01:51:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Consumer is a group of people.
Customer is one.
2007-10-30 01:49:31 · answer #9 · answered by Mom of 2 great boys 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A customer is not a consmer unless they purchase something.
2007-10-30 01:51:04 · answer #10 · answered by ♥Sunflower 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋