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Post by Tom on Feb 23, 2015 23:09:48 GMT
Super happy for you lairey!!! Congrats
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Post by Tom on Feb 23, 2015 15:22:59 GMT
Edited: re-read... I'm way down the pecking order
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Post by Tom on Feb 23, 2015 15:10:29 GMT
I think I'm still on team Rip. Innocent until proven guilty. Even the screen shots on that phone do not show he is taking money for reviews. Its all to do with the app which is nothing to do with being impartial for reviews. If evidence does come out showing he is on the take for reviews I will stand corrected. Let the drama continue...
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Post by Tom on Feb 22, 2015 0:00:13 GMT
Still makes him a reviewer in it for the money though doesn't it? Impartiality is suspect in someone who demands an equity share for reviewing products on his app. No, he's offering terms on being asked to promote an app. Nothing to do with reviews.
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Post by Tom on Feb 21, 2015 23:43:04 GMT
I don't see what this has to do with being paid for reviews at all...
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Post by Tom on Feb 21, 2015 23:39:23 GMT
"I don't think he is being paid to review." That is about endorsing an app...
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Post by Tom on Feb 21, 2015 23:34:46 GMT
As far as I am concerned, he is entitled to ask for a fee for his endorsement of an app. He is a major reviewer and an entertaining one at that. I watch reviews to look at the kit, I dont really go by their opinions. I would be amazed if he wasn`t either getting free kit or some sort of payment for his reviews. He does a fair bit of other general stuff like coil builds etc as well. I cant see anyone paying him for that. Much ado about nothing IMHO. People are getting some misinformation, having 2 and 2 and coming up with 10. I don't think he is being paid to review. He is a pretty positive reviewer - as am I!! He builds very well... his atties perform very well... sick as tits in fact! I'm not enjoying people jumping on the bandwagon and/or giving so much abuse to a guy who has been a pretty big benefit to the vaping community.
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Post by Tom on Feb 21, 2015 23:27:13 GMT
"If he is paid in cash to promote a product fine" sure. But do not put yourself up as an impartial reviewer doing it. Companies do that, it's called commercials. Even if he put a disclaimer in front of his videos "SPONSORED BY <maker>" that would be enough. And quit the personal insults, it shows how shallow your argument is. Eh? He doesn't get paid to do them. There is no evidence to show he does. I would never try to personally insult you.
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Post by Tom on Feb 21, 2015 23:23:48 GMT
It must be true its on the internet! Do you work for free?
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Post by Tom on Feb 21, 2015 23:14:34 GMT
Did anybody really think he does his reviews for free! All the products he gets sent, do you think he returns them? Better the review, better the next freebie. So he wants paying for a app to use his name, why not? Its his name. I doubt there is any reviewer with a large enough following who doesn't get freebies. Impartial reviews are always going to be thin on the ground if you are sent the latest toy, upset the company no new toys, play nice get plenty of new toys. Not seen many reviews that just state "This sucks" wonder why. Good luck to him if he can make a living selling on utube, beats working. Godalmighty. Look, if he prefixed his reviews with "SPONSORED BY Imaker]" he'd have some credibility, you'd know from the off that he was being paid. The allegation is that he took cash, company shares (!) before reviewing a product that was, amazingly, siq as titz. Would you buy an item from someone doing that? There are videos like this, difference is that they're posted by vendors clearly featuring their products. Vaping reviewers are trusted because of their IMPARTIALITY. Once that's lost, they're gone. Hope the shares go up RT. This is a misconception. There are 3 vendors on that thread saying RIP bought their products to review. The screenshot is about rip sponsoring an app. Almost all the gear he gets sent is given away on rip trippers.com People are jumping on the bandwagon and I don't think it's right.
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Post by Tom on Feb 21, 2015 22:57:55 GMT
Theres actually a couple of vendors on there vouching for him.
Saying he bought atties from them and did reviews on it...
He came out with a video saying he was not paid in any way to review products, I tend to believe that.
As far as the app goes, it looks like he was approached and those are his terms.
Don't see anything wrong with it.
The stuff he has said was shite is shite and the stuff he says is sick as tits is generally decent stuff.
I don't get the hate?
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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2015 0:42:44 GMT
Atlantis and subtank all day for me now. Having fun rebuilding the heads and also using nickel. For me they have hit the nail on the head with performance vs faff. China ftw
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