(02-25-2019, 07:51 PM)wyze0ne Wrote: (02-25-2019, 05:22 PM)GnosticShaver Wrote: wyze0ne I had already gotten it for an SOTD post before I even did a review. I earned nothing for my review and paid for the items with my own money.
I hope you're just asking out of friendly concern and not insinuating that I would give a good review for a measly 20% off coupon...
It just raised my suspicions when all of a sudden I'm seeing a rash of reviews for this new soap company after they put a blast out on social media offering a 20% discount code in exchange for reviews of their products. And that's not the only thing I find shady abou
t this company...
When you combine everything, it just sets off the ol' BS meter that's all.
I suppose I can understand, but do please remember that you're calling people's credibility into question.
As far as the rash of reviews, I think you're forgetting that Ruds featured them in a video review and gave them a score only a couple points removed from the best he's given. A rating like that from someone with as many viewers as him is certainly going to increase attention and people buying it to try. Unless you're also calling his credibility into question?
Before that video, I had never heard of them. So I truly didnt know about the 20% of thing until after, and that discount can be gotten with a good review, a bad review, or just an SOTD post.
I do see how a certain conclusion could be drawn. But, it's just as easy to come to the conclusion that quality+exposure=sales and sales+quality=more exposure. And that conclusion doesnt involve playing fast and loose with other people's credibility and/or moral compass
lol