In Reply to: RE: Accomodation Pricing posted by MarkJohns on November 22, 2015 at 11:39:47:
Obviously the worst misdeed a reviewer can commit is to give a component a review it doesn't deserve. No one has ever been able to explain how the ability to buy a lousy component at a discount is supposed to induce a writer to give the thing a rave review, or how a discount can cause good components to be falsely disparaged. If the component is a piece of crap deserving of a negative review why would the writer want to buy it even at a discount? Here's a real - world example: long ago, I wrote a negative review for Listener of the Roksan Xerxes X. I didn't care that I could have bought it at wholesale, I didn't like the sound of it. I wouldn't have wanted it in my system even if Roksan gave it to me gratis. How was my bad opinion of the turntable affected by accommodation pricing? It certainly didn't earn Roksan a positive review. Conversely, how does accommodation pricing affect the review of a component of merit? It's going to get a good review anyway, regardless of the price to the reviewer. Again, where is the conflict that causes a false review? Are you arguing that accommodation pricing causes good components to be given bad reviews? That doesn't make any sense either.
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Follow Ups
- RE: Accomodation Pricing - Rob Doorack 11:14:57 11/23/15 (22)
- RE: Accomodation Pricing - MarkJohns 13:01:33 11/23/15 (21)
- "A reviewer can omit or minimize shortcomings or problems" - Rob Doorack 14:10:18 11/23/15 (2)
- RE: "A reviewer can omit or minimize shortcomings or problems" - MarkJohns 10:54:11 11/27/15 (0)
- RE: "A reviewer can omit or minimize shortcomings or problems" - MarkJohns 18:33:27 11/23/15 (0)
- Curious - E-Stat 13:12:47 11/23/15 (17)
- RE: Curious - MarkJohns 16:29:53 11/23/15 (16)
- RE: Curious - E-Stat 18:44:30 11/23/15 (15)
- RE: Curious - John Atkinson 08:02:28 11/24/15 (5)
- Do you localize sound vertically? - E-Stat 06:44:26 11/25/15 (3)
- RE: Do you localize sound vertically? - John Atkinson 11:05:05 11/25/15 (1)
- RE: Do you localize sound vertically? - John Atkinson 15:42:04 11/25/15 (0)
- RE: Do you localize sound vertically? - A.Wayne 09:52:03 11/25/15 (0)
- And why there is no "best"....preferences are always going to be subjective...nt - kuribo 14:05:53 11/24/15 (0)
- RE: Curious - A.Wayne 07:49:00 11/24/15 (8)
- But... - mkuller 09:53:25 11/25/15 (4)
- RE: But... - A.Wayne 09:58:28 11/25/15 (3)
- Guess we just disagree... - mkuller 10:08:48 11/25/15 (2)
- RE: Guess we just disagree... - A.Wayne 11:55:01 11/25/15 (1)
- RE: Guess we just disagree... - mkuller 12:18:00 11/25/15 (0)
- That about sums it all up....nt - kuribo 14:08:30 11/24/15 (0)
- RE: Curious - MarkJohns 09:42:36 11/24/15 (1)
- The subjective opinions tell me nothing but the specs and entertainment I too find of value. nt - kuribo 14:10:37 11/24/15 (0)