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Lost my excitement

firatkocak
firatkocak over 14 years ago

Hi,

 

There have been so much times since the roadtest started. In the past times, there were less users, as a result of this, we had more chance to be selected as a winner and then tested the roadtested product. But now, being a winner is really really difficult. And i don't know who are the winners, before a winner presented his/her review. A roadtest starts, users enroll theirselves, a roadtest ends, we wait for a review to be posted and then we know "huh, here is one of the winners". There are little of reviews then expected. By the way, i would really like to know the ratio of the reviews posted by the products roadtested.

 

I know, if there are so many requests and less service, it is impossible to fullfill the all the requests. This is the fact that we know and accept. So, what i am doing ? When a new roadtest starts, i enroll myself and forget the rest of the process. If i am a winner, i will learn it by either a message from Alistair or will suprisingly receive a package.

 

So, i have lost my excitement about roadtest. I am just an ordinary user who enrolls himself and less visit the group, because there is so much less chance to win and there is almost no any review posted.

 

Cheers,

 

Firat Kocak

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  • DAB
    DAB over 14 years ago +1
    There are several reasons why a company may provide Element 14 with devices to Road Test, giving away free stuff is not one of them. To me, Element 14 provides a manufacturer with a wide range of users…
  • firatkocak
    firatkocak over 14 years ago in reply to awinning +1
    Hi, I would like to thank for the valuable comments and updated information. But, first of all, i want to make clear the purpose which i intended while i was writing the first message; First, i have never…
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    Former Member over 14 years ago

    I agree totally with DAB, these road tests are a way for the companies to 'test the waters' with their products in an end user enviroment. I, for one, have just joined element 14 and the road test group and am looking forward to my first road test, hopefully with the mega 2560. I strongly agree that anyone selected for the road test should be ready to give a fully detailed review of the item they are sent, to test it in every aspect of it's abilities, check every spec as stated in the documentation and compare the factory specs with your results. i would really love to test out the new fluke road test, as i have done industrial maintenance for over 20 years and see alot of potential in the remote display and current hoop. the reason i haven't applied for it is because that now i am not in an industrial enviroment to fully test all the capabilities of the meter in various senarios as the meter is designed to do. as a long time fluke user, i would love to, but i know that i can't fully give a review for it as it should be given in my opinion. I feel that if anyone is selected for a road test, PLEASE give us a detailed review of the product, with as much information as possible.

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    Former Member over 14 years ago

    I agree totally with DAB, these road tests are a way for the companies to 'test the waters' with their products in an end user enviroment. I, for one, have just joined element 14 and the road test group and am looking forward to my first road test, hopefully with the mega 2560. I strongly agree that anyone selected for the road test should be ready to give a fully detailed review of the item they are sent, to test it in every aspect of it's abilities, check every spec as stated in the documentation and compare the factory specs with your results. i would really love to test out the new fluke road test, as i have done industrial maintenance for over 20 years and see alot of potential in the remote display and current hoop. the reason i haven't applied for it is because that now i am not in an industrial enviroment to fully test all the capabilities of the meter in various senarios as the meter is designed to do. as a long time fluke user, i would love to, but i know that i can't fully give a review for it as it should be given in my opinion. I feel that if anyone is selected for a road test, PLEASE give us a detailed review of the product, with as much information as possible.

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