A toaster that doesn't toast despite the quality associated with brand name, a door knob with plastic inner parts so the brand name can meet a Big Box store price point, but then breaks, damaging the brand name...but my real complaint is the online reviews. They are paid for reviews, and some read so repetitively across the various sites…
A toaster that doesn't toast despite the quality associated with brand name, a door knob with plastic inner parts so the brand name can meet a Big Box store price point, but then breaks, damaging the brand name...but my real complaint is the online reviews. They are paid for reviews, and some read so repetitively across the various sites that I wonder if they aren't all written by the same writer. I'm not even sure if I can believe in the granddaddy of them all, Consumer Reports.
Ive stopped believing in CR. They employ the modern media fear mongering I hate ("is your grocery store meat poisonous?"..."are there heavy metals in your chocolate??"). Their biases are pretty obvious (always proclaiming the wonders of EVs and rarely pointing out the downsides). I was truly disgusted when they came down on the side of artificial Christmas trees. (My 83 year old mom sends me a free subscription every year, haha.)
A toaster that doesn't toast despite the quality associated with brand name, a door knob with plastic inner parts so the brand name can meet a Big Box store price point, but then breaks, damaging the brand name...but my real complaint is the online reviews. They are paid for reviews, and some read so repetitively across the various sites that I wonder if they aren't all written by the same writer. I'm not even sure if I can believe in the granddaddy of them all, Consumer Reports.
Ive stopped believing in CR. They employ the modern media fear mongering I hate ("is your grocery store meat poisonous?"..."are there heavy metals in your chocolate??"). Their biases are pretty obvious (always proclaiming the wonders of EVs and rarely pointing out the downsides). I was truly disgusted when they came down on the side of artificial Christmas trees. (My 83 year old mom sends me a free subscription every year, haha.)
It helps to know that CR is published in Westchester County, NY or nearby environs.