I think you guys are missing the point. Its not that the camera was shipped poorly. Its not even that he got a "so what?" attitude from Cameta.
The issue is that they are offering money in exchange for changing his review. That is- contingent on changing his review. Lots of companies offer coupons, etc in goodwill(yes like dell). However there is a big difference between offering to refund shipping and *hoping* he will amend his review and offering to refund shipping and *requiring* that he amend his review. They aren't even handing him the cash and saying "Please consider revising your review"
How many negative experiences have people had with Cameta that got removed once they came out and and offered them cash but only if they gave them a good review? I don't know, you don't know and that's the point. It makes all of Cameta's review suspect at this point and completely defeats the purpose of the review system.
If it was just another negative review I'd shrug and move on.
Last edited by Geekybiker; 05-06-2008 at 04:14 PM.