Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 11:17:35 GMT From: Nutmegger<Nutmeggernopsameja.com> Subject: Re: JD POWER
Yaofeng says... > >> >> >JD Powers thing doesn't impress me, but yeah...I admit CR will sway my decision. >> > >My wife and I are always at odds with each other on the CR >recommendations. I take them with a grain of salt. You have to take it that way. >She is very much >convinced if CR says so. CR staff are humans and they make mistakes >just as we do. Furthermore they are not any less biased than we are, >if not more. Well, with some products they are right on the money. When I'm spending lots of money on a product I like to research it, do my homework. I do think that CU does some great testing, but they aren't the only ones I listen to. Also with certain products that are inexpensive or that I don't give much thought to they have helped me. I'm not about to waste time (which usually equals money) researching shampoo or laundry soap. > >I alway like to poke fun with her an example of a phone we bought >years ago based on CR's recommendation. Six months after we purchased >the phone, the painted numbers on the keypad are all gone, making the >phone useless. Could CR have tested the phone for six months? Of >course not. Oh, I bet that gets her really pissed at you! > >Is JD Power any different? Probably worse. I really wouldn't know, and don't really care. Their endorsement does not mean anything to me. ~J~
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