Comments on: Gawker’s Consumerist.com bought by Consumers Union http://www.blogherald.com/2009/01/01/gawker%e2%80%99s-consumeristcom-bought-by-consumers-union/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael Karesh http://www.blogherald.com/2009/01/01/gawker%e2%80%99s-consumeristcom-bought-by-consumers-union/comment-page-1/#comment-747071 Michael Karesh Fri, 02 Jan 2009 12:21:50 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=9877#comment-747071 I’m personally concerned about this purchase. I operate TrueDelta.com, which provides vehicle reliability information. Our information has two large advantages over that of Consumer Reports: 1. Report actual repair rates, not just vague dots, to make the differences between models much clearer. 2. Results promptly updated four times a year; so our information averages about ten months ahead of CR’s. But, since we’re a competitor, you’ll never see CR mention our information, and I’m personally not allowed to mention my site in their forums–even when I have information that they cannot provide. Now that they’ve bought the Consumerist, I suspect the same will be true for it. I’m personally concerned about this purchase.

I operate TrueDelta.com, which provides vehicle reliability information. Our information has two large advantages over that of Consumer Reports:

1. Report actual repair rates, not just vague dots, to make the differences between models much clearer.

2. Results promptly updated four times a year; so our information averages about ten months ahead of CR’s.

But, since we’re a competitor, you’ll never see CR mention our information, and I’m personally not allowed to mention my site in their forums–even when I have information that they cannot provide. Now that they’ve bought the Consumerist, I suspect the same will be true for it.

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