Comments on: My Policy on “Freebies” http://www.julia7ich.com/2009/11/my-policy-on-freebies.html Travels and adventures in the world of wine and food by Julia7ich Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: julia7ich http://www.julia7ich.com/2009/11/my-policy-on-freebies.html/comment-page-1#comment-21 julia7ich Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:15:08 +0000 http://www.julia7ich.com/2009/11/my-policy-on-freebies.html#comment-21 Thanks Nick! Sorry about the smelly cheese in your mailbox! ;-0<br />Unsolicited freebie's are a two-sided coin aren't they? As critics, we have the responsibility of giving the products the attention and respect they deserve. We must remain objective and give every sample a chance. On the other side no one will ever get me to say a nice word about a crappy product. Critics of the critics sometimes forget that we have a responsibility about dealing with packaging and recycling of all those samples. The glass depot knows me well!<br /><br />I like your site, by the way, keep up the great work! Thanks Nick! Sorry about the smelly cheese in your mailbox! ;-0
Unsolicited freebie's are a two-sided coin aren't they? As critics, we have the responsibility of giving the products the attention and respect they deserve. We must remain objective and give every sample a chance. On the other side no one will ever get me to say a nice word about a crappy product. Critics of the critics sometimes forget that we have a responsibility about dealing with packaging and recycling of all those samples. The glass depot knows me well!

I like your site, by the way, keep up the great work!

]]> By: nick http://www.julia7ich.com/2009/11/my-policy-on-freebies.html/comment-page-1#comment-18 nick Sun, 15 Nov 2009 13:49:20 +0000 http://www.julia7ich.com/2009/11/my-policy-on-freebies.html#comment-18 Quite right too, as a food/restaurant site we receive all kinds of samples (please no more cheese by post! It was delayed and had gone terribly off!). We also are invited to eat in restaurants free of charge. None of this makes any difference to what we write, and if a manufacturer or restaurant is unhappy with our review opinion then so far they haven't said so. They know we are not vindictive, merely objective and accept our fair comment. 'Freebies' area useful way of getting publicity, but at the end of the day the product is the product and stands or falls on its own merits. Our website is www.foodepedia.co.uk feel free to pop in! Quite right too, as a food/restaurant site we receive all kinds of samples (please no more cheese by post! It was delayed and had gone terribly off!). We also are invited to eat in restaurants free of charge. None of this makes any difference to what we write, and if a manufacturer or restaurant is unhappy with our review opinion then so far they haven't said so. They know we are not vindictive, merely objective and accept our fair comment. 'Freebies' area useful way of getting publicity, but at the end of the day the product is the product and stands or falls on its own merits. Our website is http://www.foodepedia.co.uk feel free to pop in!

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