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This website lists reviews of various products I have tried or tested. None of the reviews are presented as exhaustive tests. They are based on my personal testing which is not scientific.
This site is ad supported. Clicking on the ads will help generate money which I can use to purchase other products to review.
I sometimes receive requests to review products which are sent to me for free. Here is my experience: I received a request to review a memory and reading product(I already have several such reviews because it interests me) and the manufacturer sent a free copy to me for review. After I received it, I realized it was junk which put me in a bad position. I now had someone sending me a freebie and if I reviewed it, the review would be really bad. It was nothing more than some general advice and a copy of their 80's infomercial they were trying to pass off as educational. The review would have really been bad. I returned the product to the manufacturer and did not post any review. After that experience I have established a new rule that I will not accept any freebies for review. I will purchase them myself or wait until I receive them as a gift from someone unrelated to the company(ie from my family or friends at Xmas). So if you have a product you would like reviewed, you can let me know but I will not accept a free review copy. If I am interested, I will purchase it as a regular customer.
Here is an example of an actual email which I received. Needless to say, I did not respond and will not be reviewing this product. I was not going to post this but I recently saw a Google ad for this company saying "why are we rated #1 on 17 review sites?", well this is the reason, they pay to be on those sites:
Hi,
I just came across your speed reading reviews on 4boxreviews.com.
My name is Marc Slater - the founder of eReflect, a world leader in self improvement software.
I would like to offer you a $200 up-front payment (sent via paypal) for joining our affiliate program, reviewing our product, and rating it #1. Our speed reading software "7 Speed Reading" www.7speedreading.com is the highest converting in the niche, and converts at close to 5% for the term "speed reading software" (which you're currently advertising on). If you review this product, and rate it at number one you can expect to do VERY well. I will also put you straight on our top commission rate of 50%.
If you do the above, I will send you an immediate $200 affiliate bonus as a gesture of good faith.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Thanks
Marc
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Marc C Slater
Director - eReflect Software
marc@ereflect.com
http://www.ereflect.com |
If you are thinking of offering a bribe for your product to receive a #1 rating, then expect your request to be posted here too.
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