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Originally Posted by jgros001
Not getting paid to give reviews, fine. But they are paying you money to advertise, right? That is a percieved conflict of interest. Whether or not it is actual and you are (are not) biasing the review. It is my opinion that the information should be provided up front. Let others decide for themselves how they want to use the information.
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Sorry, wrong again. Boveda is not paying anything to me or to Stogie Fresh, nor are they advertising with me.
The reason that they are a Stogie Fresh partner, is because they gave me a discount on the packets. And for that, I thanked them and put a link to their site. I also have partners that simply put a link on their site to mine, I thank them and put a link to their site from mine. They are partners too.
I get discounts at a lot of places, some of them are online, and some are my local cigar shops. But that doesn't mean I am gonna rush out and tell everyone that the cigar that I got at a discount was great if it was in fact, crappy.
Whenever someone cuts me a break, I thank them and am happy to put a link to their site or business (unless it's illegal, or immoral, etc
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But bottom line, I never consider these conflicts of interest because getting a discount does not influence my objectivity and fairness.
Regarding the reviews that i share with the folks here, I do so because I think that some people might be interested. If there is something in my review that smacks of a conflict of interest, please point that out to me. Otherwise, you should take my reviews as you take everyone else's, as their personal opinion.
The Doc