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Re: Gear Endorsements

Author: WhitePlainsDave
Date: 2016-04-29 20:37

Liquurice:

Your words:

in part, you endorse a product in the hopes of receiving this craftsman's best products and service.

That's putting your name in front of something, at least in part, in the hopes of receiving compensation...in your case good will, i.e. an asset of value to you.

The only difference between that and, say, Drucker's endorsement of LeBlanc clarinets for a time, an excellent maker of instruments, is his endorsement was likely more tangible and formal, (money and/or product contractually guaranteed.)

I don't have issue with either arrangement, but all else about your playing the product despite this, or its likely strong sales without your plug is moot.

Not everyone of your craftsman's clients will likely receive his best care and work product: an asset. You hope to exchange good will (a form of compensation) for it.

Cynicism plays no role. It's just transactional fact. Ask a professional in business/economics/finance should you disagree with me. That laws may or may not tax it plays no role.

Presumptuously you and this craftsman (and others) value your good will. If so, rationale would not have you give it away for free, baring maybe a non-profit cause you believe in. Even then, most don't give gifts anonymously, exchanging funds for notoriety, a form of compensation as well.

You've done nothing illegal, but you've endorsed a product for expectations of something greater than simply your belief in it. I wish everyone endorsed product they'd play, like you did here, regardless of said endorsement. In such a state---and my reason for concern over endorsement in the first place--consumers would be less inclined to purchase one good product over another, at the additional cost of the endorser's fee, all while next year that endorser may go to a different strong vendor who pays him/her more.

Post Edited (2016-04-29 20:43)

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