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Cobrahead review
Well that's a bummer. I love my Cobrahead.
My flip response is, send him a bill for the tool since I assume you sent a
complimentary one for trial purposes.
On the bright side, if I had read the comments I would have thought that it
is exactly the tool I need: Precise, etc.
Martha Stoodley aka Molly Day
http://muskogeephoenixonline.com/blogs/MollyDay/
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Noel Valdes <info@cobrahead.com> wrote:
> Hello GWL,
>
> Here's a situation I hope some writers might comment on. As many of you
> know, we produce a couple garden tools. We were recently asked by a writer
> at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch to assist with photos and information so he
> could do a review of our small tool. This is what he came up with:
>
>
> http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/lifestyle/stories.nsf/lifestyle/homedecor/story/070b3418879c134b862574800074d9b0?OpenDocument
>
> In general, reviews of our tools have been extremely positive. I know we
> can't expect glowing reviews every time someone has to put together an
> article, but the comments from the testers are really inane. Especially
> this one, "If I'm going to carry around a tool, I need it to be able to do
> more than just weed and dig." Okay, so what is that garden tool supposed
> to
> do besides weed and dig?
>
> Regardless, I think a typical reader would be disinclined to buy the tool
> after reading the article. So, should I just let it slide and say that's
> show business, or should I rebut? And if I were to comment back to the
> Post-Dispatch, what would be the best approach?
>
> Thanks,
> Noel
>
> Noel Valdes
> CobraHead LLC
> W9545 Hwy. 18
> Cambridge, WI 53523
> 608-423-9119 tel
> 866-962-6272 toll free
> 608-423-4884 fax
> info@cobrahead.com
> www.cobrahead.com
> www.cobrahead.com/blog
>
>
>
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