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Evinrude FICHT beats out Yamaha in JD Powers survey
If you go to JD Powers web site they have reviewed many different models and
products ( http://www.jdpower.com/cc ). If the survey was controlled by the manufacturer, I would not have expected Sea Ray to come in number 1, and Bayliner and Maxum to be next to the last, since they are all owned by the same company. Yes, survey can be biased and yes companies can pay to get a survey to say anything they want, but I don't think the facts back up your claim that JD Powers can be bought to say anything you want. "Gould 0738" wrote in message ... Are you basing this on actual knowledge of the way J.D.Power opertes or are you basing this on what could happen? In the automotive industry all manufacturers buy them, but only a few get the top rating. Aren't you the same guy that just made the wise ass personal remark? See that black helicopter outside? It's got a rotor on top. Go sit on it. And spin. :-) Then when you're done getting even dizzier, I'll suggest an exercise for you that will allow you, or any other thinking person, to draw a personal conclusion. Wouldn't expect you to take the word of a black helicopterist. Is that JD Power "survey" that supposedly proves Cobalt boats are the be all and end all of everything afloat still around? If so, take a look at the rankings list. As I recall, there's a big, gold colored #1, or a blue ribbon, or some other abso-friggin lutely non-objective bit of colorful artwork tagged to the Cobalt name. Is this the way a scientific and objective study reports findings? Why is it that JD Powers wants to be *absolutely certain* nobody misses Cobalt at the top of the heap? Then look at the other boats that didn't fare so well. Notice that the survey doesn't use any real statistics, just a group of choices from "really good" to "POS" How many points separate really good from POS. Is the scale standardized between one question and the next, or one brand and the next? There is no way to know. For a good many people, this kind of presentation is completely believable. As long as that remains the case, there is a bright future for the private survey companies. As far as the automotive industry goes, I worked in autos for about 20 years. I was a partner in a new car dealership for a while, and I've served on marketing committees for Chrysler and Subaru. I am very well acquainted with JD Powers and how the whole survey business is operated. |