metaconsumer

noun4

1. •
   One who consumes or seeks out aspects of consumerism; a consumer of the experience of shopping and advertising (as opposed to the products bought).

   • A metaconsumer is not only a consumer of products and symbols but also an active participant in the shopping spectacle. — 1995
2. •
   One who actively shapes the products that they purchase.

   • In a conventional relationship between designer and consumer, the consumer places orders; a metaconsumer works on par with a metadesigner as “co-author.” — 1994
3. •
   A person, system, or organization that purchases something on behalf of a group of consumers.

   • Most of these examples assume one producer and one consumer ( or aggregate them into one metaproducer and one metaconsumer ) . — 1999
4. •
   One who consumes (destroys) the act or possibility of consumption.