Fluke 190 Series Oscilloscope

Hi Guys.

Thanks so much to all of you for applying for this RoadTest. I'm really sorry about the delay in announcing winners on this one. We've been trying to post winners within a day or two of each RoadTest ending, but there were a couple of unforeseen events around this one which set us back a bit.

I'd like to address the questions you have regarding how winners are selected. Initially, selection was quite a random process-- basically us here at element14 throwing proverbial darts against the wall and seeing which users we ended up with. A couple of problems emerged from this process, however--

1. Some of the members who were selected had not provided complete shipping addresses to us
2. Occasionally, a member would be selected more than once within a short amount of time
3. We had no way of ensuring whether the winners would actually post their product reviews on element14 after evaluating the product

Because of this, our selection process evolved into one in which we try to pick different members for each RoadTest manually. Our selection process now includes the following--

1. We study the answer each applicant enters into the box about why they want to receive the item. People who leave this field blank are usually not selected, as it tends to be a good predictor that they will not come back to post a review later
2. We cross-reference our first-round picks against a list of all members who have already received a RoadTest unit in the past few months. While it is certainly possible to receive more than one RoadTest product per year, we want to spread the love a bit more and give all of you a chance to be selected
3. We rule-out anyone who has not provided complete shipping info

There is no formula to how winners are chosen, but we definitely pay attention to reasons you enter as to why you want to be selected.

I hope this helps provide some clarity about our selection process. Of course, please do let me know if you have any questions. We love that you are excited about RoadTest, and want to create a playing-field in which everyone has a good chance to be selected.

Happy Holidays,

Sagar

Hi Sagar,

Thanks for sharing the internal method used for selecting the testers.

At the beginning of the Road Tests, when theat form came in, I read some like "put some content there" about the Reason for the Road Test field, but maybe things are evolving.

Happy Holidays!

Hi Sagar,

Thanks for sharing the internal method used for selecting the testers.

At the beginning of the Road Tests, when theat form came in, I read some like "put some content there" about the Reason for the Road Test field, but maybe things are evolving.

Happy Holidays!