Grocery shopping (& Consumer Reports) - Page 5

Cloud · 07-12-2007, 11:27 AM

Well, first, I would never, ever buy a car not well rated on Consumer Reports. Major appliances and electronics are also good to check on.

Griff · 07-13-2007, 07:05 AM

When I worked at a bike shop, the owner used to keep an old copy of CR around. It had a comparison of bicycles that hammered one that we sold. Unfortunately, it was a false comparison if you looked at the component groups and the fact that they'd apparently gotten an improperly tuned and assembled bike. Final assembly and tuning are done by the local shop not by the manufacturer, but CR had painted our product line as inferior based on a bad assembly.

Now I take everything they say with a grain of salt because they had no expert knowlege of bikes.

Clodfobble · 07-13-2007, 11:16 AM

They were also the ones that caused a panic recently by saying that all but two brands of infant car seat had utterly failed their crash tests and would kill your baby!--and then retracted the whole thing when it turned out their testing methods were flawed.

glatt · 07-13-2007, 11:20 AM

They are a tool, but not a bible. I've also been unimpressed with reviews they have done. Can't remember what it was now, but they clearly didn't know what they were talking about in one a read a while back.

Cloud · 07-13-2007, 12:17 PM

you make up your own mind, of course, using the tools that are available. They do have lots of good advice.

07-12-2007, 11:27 AM	#61
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Well, first, I would never, ever buy a car not well rated on Consumer Reports. Major appliances and electronics are also good to check on. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-13-2007, 07:05 AM	#62
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	When I worked at a bike shop, the owner used to keep an old copy of CR around. It had a comparison of bicycles that hammered one that we sold. Unfortunately, it was a false comparison if you looked at the component groups and the fact that they'd apparently gotten an improperly tuned and assembled bike. Final assembly and tuning are done by the local shop not by the manufacturer, but CR had painted our product line as inferior based on a bad assembly. Now I take everything they say with a grain of salt because they had no expert knowlege of bikes. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-13-2007, 12:17 PM	#65
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	you make up your own mind, of course, using the tools that are available. They do have lots of good advice. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

07-13-2007, 11:16 AM	#63
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	They were also the ones that caused a panic recently by saying that all but two brands of infant car seat had utterly failed their crash tests and would kill your baby!--and then retracted the whole thing when it turned out their testing methods were flawed.

07-13-2007, 11:20 AM	#64
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	They are a tool, but not a bible. I've also been unimpressed with reviews they have done. Can't remember what it was now, but they clearly didn't know what they were talking about in one a read a while back.

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