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Re: [GWL]: New Plants/Products For Testing


>
>When a company sends out a product to a writer, it does so for one (or 
>both) or two reasons. First, that there is a reasonable expectation of 
>ink, and second, that a report will be filed from somebody knowledgeable, 
>enabling the company to improve the product. If one or both of those 
>conditions don't exist, the company can drop the dollars out a window with 
>less effort.
>
>No reliable company believes that somebody will write about the product 
>_just_ because it was sent them. Just as no ethical writer would promote 
>the product just because he/she got it for free. But the fact is, hobbiest 
>media are in a partnership with those who supply that hobby. It just 
>couldn't be any other way.
>
I resent being sent plants that I did not request, then months later 
getting a questionnaire about how they did for me, etc. , when am I going 
to write about them, and will I send them a copy of my published 
remarks.  I dimly recall asking DH to plant them in the front yard, but I'm 
not sure I could even find them now.  Since my amputation, I seldom check 
front yard flower beds closely.  Margaret Lauterbach

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