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In Reply to: Re: Now it's your turn Mikey! posted by John Atkinson on March 7, 2007 at 15:05:26:
I have no problem with reviewers, or anyone, for that matter, receiving an accomodation in the pricing of equipment they purchase. With respect to the Continuum purchase, I know there was a lot of talk here about Mr. Fremer's purchase of that table and his rave review. I can understand why Mr. Fremer (or the manufacturer) does not want the specific price disclosed.All I want to know is whether that price was disclosed to you or anyone else at the publication and whether any kind of policy or vetting applies to such purchases. There is a BIG difference between paying a distributor's price, or say 40% or retail, and paying a nominal price that allows someone to claim the item was "purchased."
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> All I want to know is whether that price was disclosed to you or
> anyone else at the publication and whether any kind of policy or
> vetting applies to such purchases.
Yes, Michael Fremer told me how much he was paying for the Continuum
player. It was a large 5-figure sum of money. And it is not anyone
else's business (other than the IRS) to know exactly how much.
John Atkinson
Editor, Stereophile
actually, it's non of the IRS's business either!
some sort of tax advantageous implication for a reviewer purchase; e.g. business expense, or capital expenditure, or deductibility of interest paid on loans to procure... that sort of thing (which would be sweet!)
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