I have seen this more and more in the Buy and Sell section. First of all, so many people are always asking for review copies, and that gets so annoying. If the seller does not say there are review copies available, then you shouldn't post on the thread asking for a review, unless its someone here who is a God on DP. Thats just how I feel. It just spams up the the sellers thread, even though you say, NO MORE REVIEWS, people still ask for them. Another thing. I was just looking at a couple threads in the Buy/Sell/Trade section, and I caught my eye on an interesting ebook. Well the seller gave out 2 reviews, but gave them out to the first DP members that posted there, which each member had 0 itaders and maybe like 20 posts. One of the review was literally 5 words. The other one didnt even post their review. That kinda makes me mad in a way. For reviews, I think no one should be able to ask for them, unless they have a certain amount of itraders, posts and reps. This should be a rule here, but it prolly wont. I was just suggesting this. What do some of you guys think about this? I am not saying new people here are not this way, I just think they need to build a reputation here and itraders, and then they will get their chance for the review copies, etc.
Surprise surprise, most people here on DP are cheapskates who're not willing to spend money on their site so all they do is ask for review copies on things. On my Youtube traffic thread, I let 2 people with 0 iTraders try out my service with the promise that they'd actually place an order with me...we'll see how that goes. It's always better to get someone reputable to try a review copy of your service to further legitimize you as a provider of services here, though
I do think that people who ask for review copies and then don't provide a review should be flagged in some way. Or people who provide short reviews where they don't have to interacted with the product at all. If you are granted a review copy you do have a duty to provide a thought out review. The other frustration I have is people who just 'pat the back' of the person providing the product and say that it's good regardless of the quality. If you offer a product for review you have a duty to make sure that it's of a high standard and reviewers have a duty to say if it is or if it is not. I've reviewed the occasional product which is clearly just ill thought out information ripped from web sites and presented as an e-book (say). As a reviewer you do have a duty to say this. You can sweeten the way that you say this, but if people then go out and buy the product and feel cheated then you're also responsible for this.