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Subject: [Leica] What's that dinky little RF toy you have?
From: robertmeier at usjet.net (Robert Meier)
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:04:54 -0600 (CST)
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nee Ken Rockwell?     born Ken Rockwell?


On Feb 22, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Richard Man wrote:

> I think a lot of the "columnists" bloggers type get their money from
> advertising eyeballs (nee Ken Rockwell). I mean, if the 1000  
> luggers see my
> post and go to his site, he can show B&W that his site is worth it  
> by the
> virtue of another 1000 visitors...
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 4:20 PM, Frank Filippone  
> <red735i at earthlink.net>wrote:
>
>> Sure they pay someone for advertising and hype....   why not?    
>> For keeping
>> their mouth shut?  I think much too much of Leica to even suggest  
>> such a
>> thing....
>>
>> Do you mean.. "review" and keep or "review" and return?
>>
>> If you are a pro, why waste your time making fancy pictures or a  
>> video or
>> both without reimbursement... ?  To be a nice guy?  Nice guys are  
>> broke if
>> they act like that.
>>
>> Somehow, he got something out of it.... maybe a M9?  Maybe a few  
>> lenses?
>> Maybe the S2?  But I am not going to believe he did it out of the  
>> goodness
>> of his heart....
>>
>> Frank Filippone
>> red735i at earthlink.net
>>
>>
>> Does Leica pay anyone?!!! There were accusations that reviewers were
>> "bought
>> off" as not to blow the lids off the magenta problem on the M8,  
>> but I don't
>> think anything gets substantiated?
>>
>> I would review a S2 in a heartbeat and say glowing things about  
>> it, if they
>> send one to me for a "review."
>>
>>
>>
>>
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