Harry Krause wrote:
Gould 0738 wrote:

So, Gould, are you suggesting Yamaha, and Mercury didn't pay for
inclusion in
the survey? How about the others? Think they didn't pay to play?



The survey company doesn't just wake up some morning, yawn and
stretch, and
say,
"I think it's time to do outboard motors!"

What happens in these situations is that the survey company has
salespeople who
are continuously pitching prospective clients about the incredible
value that
the marketing research will bring to the company's business. In fact, the
survey company will be glad to conduct a survey in the prospect's
industry for
the small sum of just $XXXXXX.XX.

The surveys are performed for individual, corporate, clients. The
questions can
easily be shaped so that the answers are predictable.

Suppose that Anchor Company A agreed to have J.D. Pourboy Surveys do a
survey
among boaters to determine what sort of ground tackle people prefer. J.D.
Pourboy Surveys will charge Anchor Company A a $10,000 retainer, $10
apiece for
mailing 4,000 surveys, and another $10k to tabulate the results. (The
whole
project can be completed by two part time employees in about a month).

Now, when JD Pourboy shows up at the Anchor CO office wth survey in
hand and
says, "Well, we ran the survey. Everybody says your gear is crap and
they'd
rather use a concrete block on a kite string than
one of your anchors and rode"..........you suppose the Anchor Co is
going to be
happy to write that check for the final $50k? No, no, no.

So, how does J.D. Pourboy make sure that Anchor Co come out mile ahead
of the
competition? Anchor Co is the only maker of anchors that includes a
buoy and a
release line as standard equipment. Questions are designed that get
affirmations from surfey takers that ease of release and the ability
to know
the anchor's actual position are critically important and make a product
better.

Another technique is the not-so-blind mailing list. Anchor Co A has
the names
and addresses of several thousand people who have bought a single
Anchor Co A
hook, and even the names of several hundred people who have purchased
two or
three over the years. (satisfied customers)
Using the mailing list provided by the Anchor Company itself as a
major portion
of the survey mailing is a sure way to get a high percentage of favorable
responses.

When Consumer Reports does a study, you need to buy the magazine to
get the
information. That's how they make their money. Every pay anything to
see the
results of a JD Powers Survey? Ask yourself; "How do they make any
money?"



I participated in a Powers survey on my Yamahfa F225. It was
straightforward and met generally accepted, legit survey standards.

Lies upon lies nothing more!! Harry does not & probably never will
"own" any OB nor boat. BS absolute BS he slimes his way into the graces
of real boat owners, then pretends it's "his" boat till they shop him &
tell him to **** off. It happened very quickly with the lie lobster boat
but because the real owner of the Parker is obviously a busy bloke it's
taking longer this time, so the liar of all time has a problem he can't
explain why the boat isn't used, so he reverts back to his original lie
that he's using "his" other lie the custom naval architect designed &
custom built 36ft lobster boat.


There were several ways to respond to different parts of the survey, on
a 1-20 scale and on an excellent to poor scale.

Gee he's seen the survey form?? probably not!! more likely it's been in
a boating magazine where he gathers many of his lies.

I see a lot of these kind of surveys and I even write some from time to
time. You're way over the top on this Chuck.

Another "I am" lie from Harry!!! Is there no end to his BS!!! He can't
write, has never written nor understood anything here, he just pastes
deceptive lefty articles or plagiarises others in the NG. He's near
illiterate proving once & for all the reason he can't substantiate any
of his education lies from 3 yrs of med to 4 degrees 2 masters is
because it's ALL untrue. I have to comment this time even Chuck, an
actual real writer, can't stay silent, good on ya Chuckster.

K