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Originally Posted by KCQuestor
Just so you know (and I realize this isn't what you asked), guys tend to be leery of girls who offer discounts for reviews. How can you trust a review if the guy got a discount?
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I would argue your point. MANY ladies offer discounts to gents to who are known reviewers. Generally it is a set amount, just like many offer a discount to men who are members of various screenign services such as p411.
If a lady can look at a person board presence and see they have an established presence of seeing and reviewing known providers, that is additional information that could potentially save them time in their screening process (not saying it should be their ONLY screening method).
Offering slight discounts for a review, just as discounts for pre-screened individuals, are commonplace, and I can't imagine why if a known board member got 25 bucks off it should invalidate his review.
Discounts are given and negotiated every single day in this hobby for a variety of reasons. How many times have you read a review on here where in the blank for the fee it says "special"?
So in response to what you said, I would contend that, while YOU may be leery if a provider offered a discount to gents who write reviews, you might be on a pretty lonely island with that one.
Just for the record, any hobbyist that DEMANDS a discount or any other such demand as she mentioned, is pretty much a scumbag IMO if trying to get leverage on a provider and using that to do so.