I've not trusted them for years.
Has anyone???
There was a stage when it first came out that it looked somewhat legit but now there's a blanket email every week that looks like it's just a junket of stuff that they need to pull together as a way to earn affiliate commission. I have a quick squizz through but I don't think I've bought anything, ever. Has anyone?
I've assumed that the 24 hour affiliate code is the best they can do.
And I don't mind a huge amount to be honest.
I like MN, it's free to use and I understand they want to grow the business. They have to make money somehow to run the servers and police this forum, it doesn't happen in a vacuum.
I'm happy for them to make some money and recommend things. It's up to us, as users, to decide if the things we see are for us or not.
Once you get to Amazon, don't you read the reviews there too? I do...
I do feel that this email has been redundant for me at least for a long while, but I still open it most weeks, I just don't buy.
And that's fine. I'm amazed people are getting hot under the collar about it all. It's seemed a bit unbelievable for a long time. I thought we all knew, sort of thing?
In the end, MN employ people, give us a safe space to discuss all sorts of things and I like the company. They seem trustworthy on the whole.
As a bit of feedback for tweaking this, I wonder if they could give these recommendations more transparency though. Amazon reviews are also notorious for being rigged these days.
Anywhere, where we can get honest truthful reviews and GENUINE recommendations would be lovely.
MN, you have a panel don't you? Perhaps you could ask them?
You also run polls at the end of some threads? There are ways to get genuine quotes and what's good to buy, I think?