isn't showing up on the homepage when we post in it, but everyone should read it and be cautious with this Forum Sponsor. Very shady tactics and practices. And a fairly low quality product.
Correct. But that thread mentions the other company. It doesn't appear to be the same tactic. Just the typical cheap Amazon junk. I just saw "sponsor" and thought nothing of it
Totally fine with the order, but not the product that will probably turn to dust in a few weeks...LOL.
I ordered their frame end caps on Amazon and I’m super happy with them. So much so I’d tell anyone with a 4G Tacoma to order them.I don't know why this thread
You can do whatever you want
but any company who knowingly deceives our forum members and manipulates Amazon reviews in violation of their terms isn't getting any of my business
You can do whatever you want
okay. I simply don’t understand how they deceived members. they sent you a set to review for free, you didn’t like them. Others may. I would only buy step rails from a reputable manufacture, but in the case of the frame end covers, $15.00 and I’d pay $20 for them.
I'm not going to rewrite what @Will721 already detailed in the post linked above. You can check it out if you're interested, decide if you think it's deceptive, and you can support whatever company you choose to support.
Read it, still don’t get it. They were transparent, buy them, review them, we’ll refund the price. Pretty transparent, do it or not, or ask more questions, I wouldn’t have done it. He even noted it’s a somewhat cautionary tale.
@TacoBirdinNW this is all textbook, this is what companies do. You got into it. There’s nothing illegal, it’s what they do, buy reviews, thousands of companies do it, that’s why some car reviewers say they were compensated by the manufacturer for their review (flights, meals etc) , or that their review was subject to approval before posting. This is no different - just a different product.@Sner I guess my issue is that they said they would be giving running boards away to some forum members, but they are actually just running a scheme to circumvent Amazon reviews guidelines. Essentially "buying" 5 star reviews by refunding running board purchases.
My biggest issue is that after I got their shitty product and left an honest review, they continued to email, and lie, and make up ridiculous stories to try and get me to take my review down or alter it to 5 stars.
Here are some more bullshit emails from them (minus the messages I gave my word I wouldn't share when they first reached out to me). All in regards to not giving them a 5 star review on Amazon after they "hooked us up".
You think their service rep resigned because of the pressure my 3 star Amazon review put on them ? Or that they will overhaul the entire product line because of it ? Just absolute horse shit.
Well, you're entitled to your opinion, but personally, I just think you are an unintelligent boomer and you're failing to see what's going on here.
Sure, I’m not a boomer (gen x if you must know), I can say that much. unintelligent, not sure I’m going to stoop describing you, just naïve. We can agree to disagree. I’ve given concrete examples in the world on bigger ticket products where the same practice happens, an industry I know very well how car manufacturers compensate reviewers, but won’t go into that.
