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Ethics of Selling Review Units
I wonder about the ethics of selling review models which were presumably received free of charge...
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11-25-2017, 08:47 PM | #2 | |
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11-25-2017, 10:15 PM | #3 |
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11-26-2017, 01:26 AM | #5 | |
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11-26-2017, 01:43 AM | #6 |
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I'm too lazy to compare prices, but their offers do look rather expensive for used merchandise, don't they?
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11-26-2017, 02:06 AM | #7 |
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What is also interesting is that if you go straight to their store, there is no notification whatsoever that they are selling test units. If you don't catch the blogpost quoted above you will have no idea what you are buying. I wonder how legal that procedure is.
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11-26-2017, 07:15 AM | #9 |
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11-26-2017, 08:12 AM | #10 | |
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However, selling them without labelling them as used review/test units seems very dodgy. Here in the UK The Trades Descriptions Act states that goods have to be described accurately, not sure if there is anything similar in the US? It's just yet another in the long list of reasons to not look at that website unless you really, really have no choice! |
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11-26-2017, 08:58 AM | #11 |
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The 7” Fire with 8gb is more on their site than new from from Amazon. I placed that Fire in my cart, just for grins and giggles, to see what disclaimers they would give.
SUBTOTAL $39.99 SHIPPING Flat rate: $39.00 TOTAL $78.99 Yowzer. Look at that shipping cost. |
11-26-2017, 09:14 AM | #12 |
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When i did reviews, I usually* either kept the review units or gave them away. My preferred recipients were teachers in impoverished schools, but it was sometimes hard to find them.
*Well, I did sell one Dasung monitor I got for free, but I had also bought one myself so it balances out. |
11-26-2017, 09:24 AM | #13 |
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Oh, here's something you should know about free review units: they belong to the company, not the reviewer.
Many companies will actually send a return label with the unit, making it clear they want it back. Some will even have you sign an agreement specifying the unit has to be returned before they will ship it. I returned most of loaner Kindles I got from Amazon (I'm using the one or two I kept) and all Nook hardware lent to me. This is why i don't think I can sell it. |
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More seriously, it makes you wonder what in heck is going on? He can't possibly expect to sell any of those units with that shipping cost. Doesn't he know, or he is playing another game that's not obvious to me? |
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11-26-2017, 09:48 AM | #15 |
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