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Gould, The fact that you keep repeating the same statements does not make it
correct. JD Powers has a listing of boats broken down by category at the following web site: http://www.jdpower.com/cc/boats/boatratings.jsp JD Powers has something to sell without resorting to biasing the survey, that is what you fail to realize. Companies are very interested in the consumers perception of them, both good and bad, the number 1 label is the same as Consumer Reports "Best Value" and while there are people who would disagree with CR ratings, I have never heard anyone say there reports are deliberately biased. You seem to have made up your mind, and are not going to allow facts to get in the way of your viewpoint. Are you insecure or just upset because you don't own a Cobalt? ; ) "Gould 0738" wrote in message ... No, I am not a Cobalt owner, but I might be insecure and that might be the reason I am taking a firm stand without any facts. I have not read "the Cobalt Report" where can I get one? Check the JD Powers site. The report may be out of print now, it surfaced here a year or two ago and was trundled around by a few as the definitive, objective, and final arbiter about the relative quality of various boat mfgs. (At the time, there were even a couple of folks who ignored the fact that the runabout survey was restricted to runabouts and these people were projecting portions of the results of a "runabout" survey clear up to 35-40 footers). The report featured a colorful graphic (a #1 IIRC) next to the Cobalt name. First clue that the study wasn't purely scientific. Stop by any vendor selling a product with a top Powers ranking. Notice the faux cut crystal plaque on display with the name JD Powers at least as large as the name of the "winner". The plaques are a marketing gimmick that even the most gullible JD Powers enthusiast should be able to recognize. If you sent out another survey, to the same group of people who participated in the runabout survey, and asked a different set of questions you would get different results. Now, short of actually doing that we must settle for an exercise in logic and hopefully agree that when you change the variables it is not realistic to expect identical results. Controlling the questions is an almost foolproof way to influence, if not absolutely predetermine the results of a survey. When the survey is completed, Powers needs something to sell. |