Smile__
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Re: PC mag sucks
That's how consumer reports is... I just go to Barnes and Noble and sit in cafe and read the mag's and drink coffee.. lol |
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Shamayim
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| said by Smile__  :That's how consumer reports is... Consumer Reports accepts no advertising. It derives its income solely from subscriptions and services.
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Smile__
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| It gets a lot of money from the comapnies who pay them to advertise that they write a good article on that companies product. Just like JD Powers awards.. You can't as a company say that someone said you had a great product without buying the rights to the article. |
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ScottMo
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| Except Consumers' Reports doesn't do that. They accept no advertising and do not allow their reports to be used in advertising.
From their website:
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NO COMMERCIAL USE POLICY
We accept no advertising and we are not beholden to any commercial interest. ...Such information may not be used by others in advertising or to promote a company’s product or service. In addition, this policy precludes any commercial use of any of Consumers Union’s published information in any form, or of the names of Consumers Union®, Consumer Reports®, or any other of Consumers Union’s publications or services, without our express written permission. If Consumers Union learns that this policy has been violated, it will take all steps necessary to prevent the misuse of its names or of any of its materials, including legal action where appropriate. |
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said by Smile__ :That's how consumer reports is... I just go to Barnes and Noble and sit in cafe and read the mag's and drink coffee.. lol While I always appreciate frugality, keep in mind that PC Magazine is ad supported. Consumer Reports is not.
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Smile__
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Baltimore, MD | Okie Dokie Smokie..  Not sure why your being so defensive over this blurb... Nothing against anything here... But thanks for pointing somethings out.. Have a great day my friend.. |
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funchords
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| Defensive is a strange charge, since I had nothing at stake to defend. (Of course, now I'm defensive   ).
But remember I'm the P2P guy who tells other P2P fans to support the art they like. I guess I feel the same way about CR.
No biggie. 
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Smile__
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emptywig
Huh? What?
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Huh? |
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emptywig
Huh? What?
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Pasadena, TX | reply to funchords
I subscribe - I pay them money each year - and its the best money I spend on any publication.
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Smile__
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