In Reply to: Payola posted by cdb on March 9, 2007 at 22:22:55:
Give me some free expensive componets, and hey, I'll review them. So what is gained by this system--for the reader, not for the mfg, the mag or the reviewers.
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Follow Ups Full ThreadTopic - A Simple Plan - jdouglas51 16:03:16 03/08/07 (71)
- Re: You are an industry professional.... - alan m. kafton 12:32:48 03/09/07 (10)
- Payola - cdb 22:22:55 03/09/07 (2)
- Re: Payola - alan m. kafton 11:29:54 03/10/07 (0)
- Re: Payola - TomLarson 09:11:06 03/10/07 (0)
- Re: You are an industry professional.... - jdouglas51 13:25:59 03/09/07 (3)
- yeah right! - Bruce from DC 06:54:11 03/12/07 (0)
- So how is that different.... - mkuller 14:26:07 03/09/07 (1)
- Re: So how is that different.... - jdouglas51 16:04:49 03/09/07 (0)
- Re: You are an industry professional.... - jdouglas51 13:08:18 03/09/07 (0)
- Ooh! That'll be a toughie to answer... nt - clarkjohnsen 12:52:17 03/09/07 (1)
- Re: Ooh! That'll be a toughie to answer... nt - jdouglas51 13:16:34 03/09/07 (0)
- Re: A Simple Plan - Bruce from DC 10:17:28 03/09/07 (1)
- perks are perks - jdouglas51 10:46:37 03/09/07 (0)
- Re: A Simple Plan - Doc Gaw 06:47:01 03/09/07 (5)
- Re: A Simple Plan - TomLarson 09:17:07 03/10/07 (0)
- "[So] we can get the best for less to maximize our ability to give the most accurate reviews." Sez it all. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:03:57 03/09/07 (3)
- then monetary value is important..though it always... - jdouglas51 10:49:57 03/09/07 (2)
- Re: then monetary value is important..though it always... - Doc Gaw 06:00:49 03/11/07 (1)
- Re: then monetary value is important..though it always... - TomLarson 18:49:48 03/11/07 (0)
- What you propose might be possible - Jim Austin 04:18:06 03/09/07 (0)
- Why not give them everything free and whatever they keep must be their top picks(nt) - fortysomething 16:56:47 03/08/07 (5)
- Sheesh. Can't we talk about politics for a change? - Bruce Kendall 18:20:42 03/08/07 (4)
- Re: Sheesh. Can't we talk about politics for a change? - bjh 18:33:24 03/08/07 (3)
- Thanks! - Bruce Kendall 20:12:16 03/08/07 (2)
- LOL! - Enophile 11:35:40 03/09/07 (1)
- That commercial kills me. -t - Bruce Kendall 11:49:43 03/09/07 (0)
- A not so simple plan... - mkuller 16:55:47 03/08/07 (43)
- I think that Enophile just knocked your spurious arguments out of the park. - cfcjb 21:06:20 03/08/07 (0)
- Without the ability to purchase at accomodation prices...few would be willing to do it... - Enophile 19:48:04 03/08/07 (24)
- Accomodation pricing... - mkuller 09:40:21 03/09/07 (0)
- False dichotomy - Jim Austin 04:05:08 03/09/07 (22)
- Re: False dichotomy - bjh 04:47:32 03/09/07 (21)
- Who ever claimed... - Jim Austin 07:37:29 03/09/07 (19)
- Re: Who ever claimed... - bjh 08:57:41 03/09/07 (2)
- Re: Who ever claimed... - Jim Austin 11:23:00 03/09/07 (1)
- Accommodation pricing is available to online journals... - David W. Robinson 13:36:51 03/09/07 (0)
- consistant equipment swapping is the goal? - jdouglas51 08:44:17 03/09/07 (2)
- Not sure I get your point. - Jim Austin 08:53:42 03/09/07 (1)
- Re: Not sure I get your point. - jdouglas51 09:13:36 03/09/07 (0)
- P.S. - Jim Austin 07:43:52 03/09/07 (12)
- the view as an insider - jdouglas51 08:56:18 03/09/07 (11)
- Re: the view as an insider - Jim Austin 09:15:15 03/09/07 (10)
- Re: the view as an insider - bjh 09:25:01 03/09/07 (9)
- Not that I've ever been tempted, but... - Jim Austin 09:30:03 03/09/07 (8)
- Re: Not that I've ever been tempted, but... - jdouglas51 10:09:28 03/09/07 (6)
- Maybe I'm missing this... - robert young 13:24:12 03/10/07 (2)
- the distributuon chain - jdouglas51 06:44:44 03/11/07 (1)
- The cost of doing business... - robert young 11:21:10 03/11/07 (0)
- That's a fair point... - Jim Austin 10:23:09 03/09/07 (2)
- Re: That's a fair point... - Charles Hansen 13:52:00 03/09/07 (1)
- Yep, that's them. - Jim Austin 14:01:48 03/09/07 (0)
- "I'm afraid I don't get your implication. "... I feign surprise. nt - bjh 09:54:38 03/09/07 (0)
- exactly - jdouglas51 05:36:39 03/09/07 (0)
- Re: Wait ... this can't be right ... - Dr. S 18:33:09 03/08/07 (2)
- Civility and rationality could make a comeback, - Bruce Kendall 18:55:50 03/08/07 (1)
- Re: Now that is just crazy talk (nt) - Dr. S 19:50:28 03/08/07 (0)
- Re: A not so simple plan... - bjh 18:27:13 03/08/07 (10)
- A plan... - mkuller 09:49:21 03/09/07 (1)
- Re: A plan... - bjh 10:07:44 03/09/07 (0)
- Re: A not so simple plan... - Willis 19:25:13 03/08/07 (7)
- In his defense... - Jim Austin 08:45:29 03/09/07 (3)
- To your credit... - bjh 09:09:37 03/09/07 (2)
- Are you denying... - Jim Austin 09:16:54 03/09/07 (1)
- Perhaps I was wrong Grasshopper ... - bjh 09:27:44 03/09/07 (0)
- Poor baby... - bjh 21:29:32 03/08/07 (1)
- Re: Poor baby... - Willis 15:16:25 03/09/07 (0)
- chihuahuas - hifitommy 20:04:18 03/08/07 (0)
- "First of all, no reviewer wants to spend their time reviewing bad sounding equipment."--WHY NOT? - J-PMatt@Comcast.Net 17:20:23 03/08/07 (1)
- Easy! Because it's disspiriting. nt - clarkjohnsen 10:06:34 03/09/07 (0)
- good reviews are 'entertaining guides' worth lots of money - jdouglas51 17:16:42 03/08/07 (0)
- Re: A Simple Plan - TomLarson 16:26:59 03/08/07 (0)
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- Re: Payola - TomLarson 09:11:06 03/10/07 (0)