Sincerely,
Gisela Schoell, Editor
By making the survey available on the Internet, we will have many more dealers participate for the first time - which is highly desirable. However, to safeguard the high standards of this survey, please abide by the following longstanding policies:
(1) For your grades to be valid, you must grade a vendor on at least 8/16 parameters. Grading on fewer parameters will disallow your entire string of grades, because it suggests that you are not familiar enough with a particular vendor to be able to grade him.
(2) Strings of "0" across the board are automatically disallowed, since this is not a rational response (even the worst vendor isn't that bad!)
(3) If you choose to grade only a single vendor, your grades must be well-considered and differentiated. A string of 4.5's across the board when you grade only a single vendor amounts to "stuffing the ballot box" and is disallowed.
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If we reach a minimum of 220 survey returns by the Nov. 23, 2009 deadline, all participants will be entered into a drawing for a free 1-year subscription to inside track ( a $239 value ) -- and 10% of all respondents will win!