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]]>@Laura Northrup: @Ben Popken:
I'm not happy that the freebie is a lower class than "paid subscription", as with a freebie account, I can't access detailed used car info. It tells me I need a "paid account" for that.
So why is a freebie account second class to a paid account? When considering the offer, there is no indication that a free account is anything less than a paid account. (This message CC:ed to VOGEAN@consumerist.org, ben@consumerist.org)
]]>"No Code Available."
Can you send my code to katsuyakaiba@gmail.com? Thanks.
]]>I completed the survery, including requesting to join the consumerist panel, only to see the following where the code should have been:
No code available.
Um, help?
]]>I hope this is just a bug...
]]>Signed,
Prof. A's Lab Assistant, Guido
Somebody should write an article about surveys with fraudulent promises :)
]]>My subscription just expired and when I got the bill yesterday I was thinking about this. Now at my new job I have free use of the Internet. (*phew!*) So I was trying to decide if I would actually get more use out of the site or should I stay with the mag? So this freebie was perfect timing for me and I'm really happy!
Yay Consumerist!
]]>@Legal_Eagle_In_Training: alright, add me to the list.
]]>i got my one year too.. im a happy panda ^.^
]]>@Trai_Dep:
does owning a zhu zhu hamster count?
]]>Excellent. Didn't realize there was a difference.
]]>Ah well, I'm in.
]]>Consumerist! The password on consumersreports.com!!!
Password is a required field and has to be 4 to 20 lowercase letters and/or numbers. No spaces or other characters.
No capital letters?! Security please!
]]>My most recent what? I'm dying to tell youuuu!
]]>Using Firefox, it's allowed cookies and javascript.
Cannot advance.
]]>@MostlyHarmless: I know, but not without a credit card. I hate signing up for "free" things with a credit card.. even though I trust consumer reports.
I'm very excited that I got the free year. I was dreading having to choose between the mag and the web. Now I can see if I really miss the magazine and get it guilt free later on if I want to.
]]>@theblackdog_Happy250thGuinness!: 567-68-0515?
]]>@speedwell, avatar of snark: Happy to report that Consumer Reports' tech support is (wait for it) an excellent customer service experience. Thanks Andrew :D
]]>Member since: September 30, 2009
Expire date: September 29, 2010
Terms: Non-renewing yearly
SWEET! Here I thought all I was getting was a month!
Since I scored a little off the top, will Consumerist/CRO renege on the contract, look for my account and kick me off CRO completely? I can't imagine a consumer advocacy group would do that. lol
]]>Why is it that ConsumerReports.org will only allow passwords that include lower-case letters and numbers?
I was going nuts trying to use one of my lower security passwords when I realized it had some *gasp* CAPITAL letters in there. I don't HAVE a "standard" password that includes only lower-case letters and numbers. Does that tell you anything?
]]>The survey did ask for age, gender, marital status, occupation category, income range, and race (perhaps this was in the extended portion). That is a fair amount of personal information that can be used to make up a pretty decent profile of an individual, even if it is not attached to a name, SIN number or the like. If Consumerist has taught us anything, it's to be wary when a company asks for personal info and to question why it's necessary (with online surveys, read the privacy policy and the fine print where it should be outlined what the information will be used for. If there's no disclosure, I'd walk away. Privacy is pretty important).
That being said, adequate disclosure as to the purpose of the collection of this information and its uses was provided, so I answered the questions in this survey. Then I made a joke, and it flopped. Much like many of my jokes. *sigh*
(As an aside, Xerloq, I watched a director of marketing being examined in discovery (the pre-trial disclosure process), and he didn't know what the O in SWOT was. I wanted to bang my head against the table at his lack of knowledge because even I knew what it was from my one intro to marketing course in uni. When he was given the answer - opportunities - he back-tracked and said "ah, yes, thought it was an A in SWOT." Do we really want to trust THAT guy with personal information? Yikes!)
]]>LOL
I trust a EECB to Consumer Reports will take care of things pronto! No messing around!
I'm sure it will be fine. Even if it is not, you all haven't gotten rid of me so easilty muahahahaha
]]>@squinko: LOL, nice try. Don't you know enough to give a fake one?
]]>This is a legitimate function of Marketing, and what a lot of marketers (like me) actually do.
But, back to the paranoia - wanna bet they can link the validation code to your survey, which will link to your subscription? Hmm... I see a flood of emails reminding me to renew my subscriptions to ConsumerReports.org! Joking, of course...
]]>End of Survey:
"Would you like to join The Consumerist panel now being formed by co-executive editors Ben Popken and Meghann Marco?"
Does this include the possiblity of lunch or dinner with Meg? If so.. heck.. put me on the panel for the next 20 years and keep the pass. :P
]]>Does this survey time out quickly or something? I was doing it and I think I got to the end (almost) where I got to give my "Anything else you'd like to say?" comment, but then I had to do some work for a minute or two, and when I hit submit, I got an error. Now I've clicked on the survey again and none of my answers are there, so I would have to start over to get the code.
If it times out that quickly I'll have to wait till I'm at home to do it properly. Bummer.
]]>@SeattleTed is proud to like Robert Zimmerman: Um, okay. Well, I didn't have to give a phone number, if that's what you're concerned about. Heck, I didn't even enter my address when it came to the sign up page. And you can take the survey without redeeming the code for your free trial, you know.
]]>@valueofaloonie: Pretty much what I was going to say, which is why I think it's all online. It just seems like that's the only way you can only get a fair representation of the site's readership.
]]>@Ben Popken: Mine didn't say "already reedemed," but I could not get the Validate button to work. Reported the issue to the e-mail address you mentioned, thanks.
]]>@davere: They're probably fixing the page and it's offline until they upload the fixed version. Try again in a half hour and see if it saved your answers, otherwise e-mail the address in Ben's post above.
]]>The link you provided to this survey is invalid. Please note that due to email formatting restrictions, the link you received may have been broken across two lines. If this is the case, please copy the entire link to the browser's address/location field and try again.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
]]>uh? I was taking the survey, submitted the answers and that's what I got. I didn't even get a redemption code. *sigh*
]]>@whim17: Well, collecting data about how you like the site isn't the same as personal data. There was nothing personal about the survey. I wasn't asked to enter any specific information like my name. All Consumerist knows is my age (but only the year), and my race.
If Consumerist (or anyone, for that matter) wanted to cull users' data to sell, it wouldn't take a survey to figure out that Consumerist is mostly people in their 20s to 40s - prime advertising demographic. You don't need a survey to figure that out. You just have to be on the site for half an hour.
]]>Treachery is afoot!
/oh, wait, didn't I just rate them highly on trust?
]]>Consumerist, you know how much I like surveys. Is the reader panel in person only or online? Seems like it was online, but I wasn't sure.
]]>Awesome. I've been thinking about switching from the print Consumer Reports to the online version and I just wasn't sure I'd like it. Now I can try it for free! Thanks Consumerist!
/Cheezyness.
]]>I propose first order of business: kittens in labcoats.
]]>I did it...and redemption code has already been redeemed...so no go. No subscription for me :boohoo
I'm going to tell the consumerist on you.
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