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Yes, fair point, but other scenarios are deemed acceptable too: referring shop giving me their business card to give to the destination shop, or them calling ahead "to check" if what I wanted is in stock, or telling me to say "Joe from Shop X sent you" and they'll take care of me.

Also, two companies can partner and Company 1 can give a special discount to its customers to buy from Company 2, using a special promotion code.

My point still stands I think: there are many kinds of referral tracking we deem acceptable in the offline world.




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