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Originally Posted by robko
Considering how often they have taken quotes from posts here and used them verbatim (or close to it) with no acknowledgment that it wasn't their own words, I'm incredulous that you think it seems incredulous that they do that for a bit of quick cash  . |
Sorry, I wasn't as clear as I could have been in that part of the post. I was speaking about companies and journalists who engage in that kind of behaviour in general.
I am not surprised that Good eReader would engage in that kind of behaviour. I'd be more surprised if they didn't.
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Originally Posted by robko
While the majority of their readers probably have no clue how poor their credibility is, those in the know know they lost it long ago (and while it was before my time, I seem to recall posts indicating they had been thrown off Mobileread for posting under a "fake" account)
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Not sure about the "fake" account situation. That was well before my time here as well. However, when I was initially contemplating backing their Indiegogo campaign, I thought I would look into them a little deeper first... It wasn't pretty.
Came across some posts accusing Good eReader of selling pirated ebooks. If memory serves correct, Michael K. then attempted to weasel his way out of the mess, by saying that an employee there had done something of the sort, but had since been let go and the situation rectified... It's not unlike his update to their Indiegogo campaign after it had been closed.
Initially, he stated that they had voluntarily closed their campaign so that they could focus on fulfilling existing orders. They then quietly opened up a store on Amazon and on their own blog to continue taking new orders. Later, Peter let the truth slip out when he admitted in a couple of posts that it was Indiegogo who shut them down.
Glad I did my homework. Although some people did actually get their devices, it seems that many haven't. A bit of a Ponzi scheme it seems as one disgruntled backer has recently remarked on their Indiegogo page.