Author Topic: Cal Spa Dealers Trying to Inflate Ratings Again (Read 9075 times)

dino · « **on:** July 22, 2005, 08:50:04 am »

I will say this calmly in the hope of not starting a flame war, knowing that Wisoki will rectify the situation, but in the hope that this thread is not deleted so that others note the repeated attempts at inflation by Cal Spa dealers(?) he has had to deal with.

Please note that on

7/8 - soon after a number of rating inflation so-called reviews were removed from this board a review of a glorious review of a Cal Spa Hawaiian appeared. I was suspicious but held my tongue (fingers?) as one review by a dealer is against guidelines but tolerable. (hey he might have one at home and qualify).

This review was posted by DON CRJA4@EARTHLINK.NET) of eden prairie MN.

7/13 - a review (with syntax and grammer similar to the deleted reviews) was posted by Darin Underwood (sprtsnvt@aol.com) of Indianapolis, IN

OK I still hold my tongue.

now on 7/18 a supplementary review is posted by TIM (CRJA4@EARTHLINK.NET) of eden prairie MN

Do you think TIM and DON know each other given that they live in the same town and share an email address?

Why is it that Cal Spa dealers go to such great lengths to inflate their ratings???

Thank you in advance Mr Moderator for your attention to these matters.

Hot Tub Forum · « **on:** July 22, 2005, 08:50:04 am »

Rayman · « **Reply #1 on:** July 22, 2005, 09:12:47 am »

Why not just IM the moderator with this, I would hate to have my email address put on the board.

dino · « **Reply #2 on:** July 22, 2005, 09:32:01 am »

Excuse me maybe I do not understand your point. The email addresses posted in my message are openly posted on the review cited and so therefore released by the original posters.

Please let me know if I have misunderstood your point.

As to why this is not being done as an IM: This has been a recurring situation and it is my hope that by complaining calmly not only will the issue be resolved by the moderator but that the poster will be publically embarrassed into not repeating his efforts to inflate yet again.

Policing of this continued activity takes my time and I resent the continued efforts of unscupulous Cal Spa dealers to try to mute my opinion as stated in my review (and as repeated by others) with advertising puffery.

If their product can not stand on its own let it die.

luigi311 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 22, 2005, 09:47:55 am »

Cal Spas are different than Caldera right? Caldera has a Hawaiian model also.

Brewman · « **Reply #4 on:** July 22, 2005, 09:58:40 am »

It is true that Caldera and Cal Spas are not related, are made by different companies.
Brewman

Mendocino101 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2005, 01:06:34 pm »

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It is true that Caldera and Cal Spas are not related, are made by different companies.
Brewman

I do think they might be cousins from the same Cal family ....whose family roots trace back to small plumbing village in Calcutta India, ....

Chas · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2005, 01:18:33 pm »

They were both founded by the famous knight of the Chinese Empire -

Bub Ling Wha Tah.

Though some hold to the belief that they were created by the now-famous Frenchman Mssr. Spaaah, who was born without arms or legs. He was know by his friends as "Bob."

He later shortened his name to "Chas."

Brewman · « **Reply #7 on:** July 22, 2005, 01:34:16 pm »

Must be a REALLY slow day at the spa shops!
Brewman

hottubber · « **Reply #8 on:** July 22, 2005, 01:38:00 pm »

For those of you who already know and for those of you who need to know, IT's STILL CAL SPAS!
No matter how you slice it, it is still the same piece of """".
Thank you for your time...

hottubber

obi wan · « **Reply #9 on:** July 22, 2005, 01:50:40 pm »

i get the distinct feeling you're really trying to tell us something....

please dont beat around the bush.... tell us how you REALLY feel......

hottubber · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2005, 02:00:57 pm »

dino · « **Reply #11 on:** July 29, 2005, 12:30:49 pm »

Excuse me Mr. Moderator - but did you possibly miss this thread???

wmccall · « **Reply #12 on:** July 29, 2005, 12:50:59 pm »

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Excuse me Mr. Moderator - but did you possibly miss this thread???

Yup.

I'll verify that the reviews, which were posted at least a couple of days apart, come from different IP addresses that match the ISP in the email and the location specificed.

(I do have a paying job too

wmccall · « **Reply #13 on:** July 29, 2005, 01:13:52 pm »

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Yup.

I'll verify that the reviews, which were posted at least a couple of days apart, come from different IP addresses that match the ISP in the email and the location specificed.

(I do have a paying job too

Note, two out of three of the Raven reviews used bogus email addresses. �(One wasn't even a real domain name)

Spatech_tuo · « **Reply #14 on:** July 29, 2005, 01:24:35 pm »

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Note, two out of three of the Raven reviews used bogus email addresses. �(One wasn't even a real domain name)

Whatever you're getting paid for being Moderator, I think it should be doubled!!

Hot Tub Forum · « **Reply #14 on:** July 29, 2005, 01:24:35 pm »

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