If you decide not to buy, the money you have spent on the survey is not recoverable.
如果你决定不买,你花在鉴定上的钱就拿不回来了。
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If universities spent as much money on handling complaints and appeals appropriately as they spend on marketing, they would do better at keeping students, and in the National Student Survey returns.
After joining several good market research panels, the light turned on: If I can make money taking surveys, I can probably make money promoting good survey panels.