dave said:

On Thu, 09 Sep 2004 17:47:48 -0400, Howard Ferstler
wrote:

3. Perks. Yep, I get accommodation prices on the gear I
review.

So basically it's just ad copy. Cool gig indeed. Of course, it has
about the same level of integrity.

When I wrote for Ultimate Audio, I was informed that most audio distributors
would give me stuff at the "reviewer" price, which was 50% off. I was tempted
to take advantage a couple of times (especially with a Benz-Micro H2O), but
something always seemed kind of hinky about the whole thing, so I refrained. I
do still get free LPs and CDs from a couple of labels, but I can't seem to make
them stop, and I never really asked in the first place.

When you have limited means, like Howard, I guess you tend to take everything
you can get, ethics be damned.

Boon