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RE: The correct principle is that a rising tide raises all boats

Regarding #4, amongst manufacturers, certain magazines had developed a reputation of sorts for that practice about 20 years ago. I was told/warned by a friend of mine at ARC. I do not know whether that practice is still in play today.

But as a manufacturer, that is something you have to look at when you look at doing a review.

One thing I forgot was the possibility of a bad review on account of the manufacturer refusing to give the reviewer the product for free. I was in a room at CES years ago and saw that one play out- that is why Gryphon was not represented in the US for a number of years. What I saw was the reviewer threatening the manufacturer that if they did not give the product to him, that he would write a scathing review, which is what he did.




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