In Reply to: RE: The correct principle is that a rising tide raises all boats posted by geezerrocket on April 11, 2014 at 15:15:03:
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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- RE: The correct principle is that a rising tide raises all boats - Ralph 09:28:23 04/14/14 (2)
- RE: The correct principle is that a rising tide raises all boats - geezerrocket 10:50:09 04/14/14 (1)
- its funny, - Ralph 11:12:15 04/14/14 (0)