Re: anyone ever return a DVD Recorder to Walmart?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Bob Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Did you know that there are places online where you can <gasp> read
> end-user reviews of many consumer products.

If that ever became the way consumers decided on purchases (as opposed 
to trying them out), what's to keep marketers from paying shills to fill 
such sites with wonderful reviews of crappy products?