On 9/5/2016 7:03 AM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 9/5/2016 8:01 AM, William wrote:
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>> Ed, you know what people think when you post a response like this
>> referring to Consumer Reports? They think you must have some
>> connection to one of those companies building those shitty products
>> Consumer Reports is warning people about.
>>
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> Nope, never worked for a company that had products tested. US car
> makers did make shitty cars. I've owned plenty of them, but no more.
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>> I would like to know what they have been successfully sued about?
>> Can you successfully sue someone who compares your product to others
>> and then reports their findings to the public? They have tried to
>> inform people about how dangerous "SUV's" are, if you turn the
>> steering wheel hard in a curve, the vehicles will roll over and kill
>> you.
>
> While that is somewhat true, you can't rig the tests. Other shady
> things was car seats for kids. When you claim they failed at 38 mph but
> the actual test was done at 70 mph you lose your reputation, IMO.
>
> CR would talk about a flaw in a product and that flaw was considered by
> others to be a feature. Much of their "facts" are subjective opinions.
> I just don't trust them.

I read their review of a coffee maker that I just happen to own. They
complained that it is noisy.
*Of course it's noisy! It grinds the damned coffee.*
Graham