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| Allen Join Date: May 2002 Location: The South
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| Do not ask for review copies of WSO's unless the person selling the WSO has offered them. Please stop this immediately. If it continues the people doing it will be deleted from the forum. Enough is enough. On some WSO's almost the entire first page of the thread is people asking for review copies when none were offered. |
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| IM Success Center War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: California, USA
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Thanks for starting that. I just launched a WSO this morning and thought I was suddenly transported to another "Notorious" forum in this industry.... Appreciate the game changer! All the best Sean |
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| SERP Elite War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Virginia, United States
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Yes! Thanks so much for posting this new rule Allen. I was wondering when someone was going to do something about the huge surplus of warriors asking for a review copy. (I swear I only did it once )
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| Marketing Since 2002 War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2009
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Fantastic news! I'm really pleased this is enforced |
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London, England
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Phew! I've been chastising people for this ![]() Now, I just need to point them here instead. Thanks again Allen "One Step Ahead" Says. Steve |
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| The Ethical Marketer War Room Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wisconsin, USA
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Thanks a million, Allen! Just for the sake of thoroughness, does this only apply to people ASKING for unsolicited review copies? We can still OFFER them, correct? Thanks again. Man, that was annoying. All the best, Michael |
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I'm one who asked for a review copy a few times, and I stopped after I realized how annoying this is. Sorry for that I agree that this rule is good, and in line with the other rule that you can only post an opinion about the WSO's quality after you've bought it.
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| Turnkey Biz Geek War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Born and raised in Queens NY, Now Live in LI new York
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And I thought I was the only one that was noticing that lol.....I have never ask for review copy and feel that if the product/service is worth it, then pay for it. No less it's a WSO so your saving already. KARMA is a bitch lol, keep asking for stuff for free and your clients will also. Thanks Allen |
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| Traffic Generation War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: USA, PA
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Glad to see this I just put my fist WSO last night and i got 5 messages asking for a review copy? kind of ticket me off lol Thanks for this post |
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| Affiliate Ninja War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: New York & Vienna, Austria
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Thanks for that rule..WSO's are cost effective on their own and if people are in the internet business they should treat it as such.. It is a business and there is always a cost of doing business. If it is a free lunch, it generally is at the soup kitchen.. |
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| WP Queen War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sydney , Australia
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Thank you Last time I launched a WSO my PM box was full of review copy requests - felt like I was in DP not WF |
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| Ethical Warriors War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Gold Coast, Australia
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Thanks Allen You must have known that I had a product coming. ![]() I will deal with the review issue (honest reviews only) before it is even posted that way people will know where they stand. Regards B and K |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Utah, USA.
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Thank you Allen. I support this move 100%. Folks have to pay for their WSO's and unless they are specifically offering free copies, we need to quit seeking freebies. WSO's are already supposed to be discounted (some very heavily), so why not help the Warrior out and accept his/her already generous offer? I you don't think the product is worth the WSO, it's simple, just don't buy it! Let's see . . . I'd like to have a review copy of a BMW 535 . . . anybody got one? |
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2009
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Smash freebie hunters!
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| Advanced Warrior Join Date: Feb 2009
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can i have a review seriously tho,there was a guy about a month ago who had asked for a review in every wso i looked at. I'm glad you've sorted this out!!!!!!!!!!!
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| Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Spain.
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Thank you for that! I think it is dammed rude. |
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| UnderGround SEO Guy War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: MA.
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I was getting to feel I was in another forum where this practice is done thanks for the rule Ed |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Arkansas
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Another approach, for those individuals offering WSO's who want to get reviews, is what happened to me recently. A fellow warrior saw my participation in a thread about a similar WSO I had purchased, and sent me a PM offering a review copy. He knew that it was something that I was already interested in, and that he would get his review from me. I thought that was a good idea. | |
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| The Cartoon Guy War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Denpasar - Bali
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I Love this RULEZZ! Cheers, Agung |
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| You R GREAT if you are A War Room Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Shakey/Sunny CA, USA.
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Thanks Allen, You came through for the Warriors still again. This is good news. Those "can I have a review copy," posts really slowed down many a good WSO. George Wright |
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| Magic Powers War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: India =)
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Great decision, Allen!
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2008
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Thanks for this. Freebie requests are becoming very tiresome. Most WSO's are priced very fairly. Nick |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Online World...
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Thanks for implementing this rule! For as much as I like to offer review copies, it would be better that Warriorforum to have this rule! |
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| Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: SoCal, USA
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I adore this rule. Free things are always nice, but when it comes down to products that are designed to make you money in some way shape or form, you're going to appreciate it more (and MAYBE even act on it) if you spend your hard earned money on it. Getting a good product for free really devalues it in my opinion...
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA.
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Some of the requests are just goofballs - but others are responding again and again to the seller advertising "5 free review copies" IN his WSO. Clearly people can't count to five ![]() I think sellers could help by asking for reviews before running the WSO - instead of using the offer to get posting activity for the WSO. |
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: , , USA.
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Maybe seller should summit the chosen number of review copies to be given to the one handling the WSO alerts/WSO of the day.., and let them chose WHO to give the set number of review copies to. The 13 th Warrior | |
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| BUFF WARRIOR War Room Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: In my house
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Thank god this is becoming a rule. I haven't even done a WSO and I get annoyed by them.
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| Joshua Hayes War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Hillsboro, OR
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Thanks for this rule Allen! The recent changes have really kept Warrior Forum a great place to be!
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| Helene Malmsio War Room Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia.
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This is a very reasonable rule, as being offered a 'review copy' is a privilege available for long-term members with very good reputations, who can give reviews the rest of us will trust. I have been surprised lately by the amount of brand new members who were scouring the WSO asking / demanding / pleading, for free review copies of everything for sale on the forum - as someone above here said, just wasting space on the thread for people who are reading the posts looking for actual reviews before they buy (although lately I have found glowing reviews by 'respected' members for rubbish that I only bought because of their reviews ...grrrr). Now I wonder when Allan will look into the stupid and annoying claims being made on some WSO titles --- if one more 'guarantees' that I will make over one thousand dollars a day, every day, if anyone buys their chopped up and inadequate bits of information, I will gag! Helene Malmsio |
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| www.warriorplus.com War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Warrior Forum, USA
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Basically, it will let the visitors to the thread know how many review copies are left in real-time. It will also allow seller to only give review copies to a pre-selected list of people, as well. Mike | |
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hubbard, Ohio, USA.
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Allen, Thanks! It's not just being done with the new WSOs. I've recieved over a hundred review requests for a product I put up as a WSO in the old forum. These people are using the PM system to get the job done behind the scenes. Quote:
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Gulf Coast, USA.
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Mike - Don't forget to account for the fact that not all sellers offer any review copies. I'd hate to see any program that gave the impression that anyone is "entitled" to a review of any product. kay |
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| The Ethical Marketer War Room Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Wisconsin, USA
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Hil-freaking-larious! HINT: If you get banned for asking for too many review copies, and then decide to get a new account at the forum, it may be a good idea to NOT post in a thread about it. ![]() | |
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: FLUSA
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This is akin to an arsonist standing outside a burning building as the fire trucks roll up. ![]() Elmer PS. Unless, of course, a user name has been co-opted... | |
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| Your Anti-Guru Girl War Room Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Iona Farm, Wisconsin
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| Ummmm...you're KIDDING, right? Because nobody is THAT dense.
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| www.warriorplus.com War Room Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Warrior Forum, USA
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Of course, that goes without saying. Clearly it will be for the sellers that opt to use review copies. I think it will be most effective for those sellers who are new to the forum and don't have enough trust built up. It can really help them get going, as long as they have a good product to offer. Plus, the way I am implementing it is a bit different than how it is usually done, so it will also greatly increase the quality and credibility of reviews that are given. Win-win-win, that is my motto for everything I release, and this will be no exception. Stay tuned! ![]() Mike | |
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Thanks Allen!
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