Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 21:04:11 -0400 From: Kalman Rubinson <kr4nopsamedu> Subject: Re: JD POWER
On Mon, 06 Aug 2001 00:31:51 GMT, Nutmegger<Nutmeggernopsameja.com> wrote: >Kalman Rubinson says... > >>>I have to say that I agree completely. JDPowers seems more like an ad >>>agency than anything else. I've never agreed with anything consumer >>>reports says either, though, so maybe I'm just jaded, bitter, and >>>cynical. >> >>Or, like me, merely intelligent and logical. ;-) > >Oh-h-h! >So that must make me stupid and emotional then, huh? :) Actually, I was merely providing an alternate description for both of us. >JD Powers thing doesn't impress me, but yeah...I admit CR will sway my decision. The general impression I have of CR is that I find their analysis/conclusions unimpressive in the few fields where I have some knowledge and that makes me suspect of their conclusions in fields where I admit ignorance. OTOH, reading what they have to say can be useful if not conclusive. Kal (also in CT)