This review sponsored by...

I didn't notice this until Red pointed it out, but there's some unusual text at the bottom of my most recent review that says something about the review being "sponsored" by an unnamed source. I've never seen that before...what is it?

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Ok - to answer all of these questions:

The line at the bottom of very few reviews, *not all verified reviews*, went live before a glitch was figured out so that is why the company name is missing from the first sentence. It is being fixed.

Only the reviews that were recently done through Surprise Me assignment have these lines at the bottom of the review - this is because we have begun allowing well known companies to send us products that we do not yet carry and upon review from the community, we will decide if we'll carry the product. Surprise Me assignments can be anything from a new to market product to a 'Star line' toy. It's a surprise, right?

The 'sponsorship' tag line has nothing to do with anyone's past posts - it is a way of recognizing the company that provided the toy or product but noting that the review's integrity is maintained. Basically saying "you can send us the toys but if the review is bad, it's still getting published."

The recent toys and products sent out are from California Exotic, there were about 2 1/2 dozen - those are the only reviews you will see with sponsorship lines for now. In the future, we hope to do more sponsorship reviews and have our community be the judge on whether we carry some toys...but that is another post entirely.

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Ok - to answer all of these questions:

The line at the bottom of very few reviews, *not all verified reviews*, went live before a glitch was figured out so that is why the company name is missing from the first sentence. It is being fixed.

Only the reviews that were recently done through Surprise Me assignment have these lines at the bottom of the review - this is because we have begun allowing well known companies to send us products that we do not yet carry and upon review from the community, we will decide if we'll carry the product. Surprise Me assignments can be anything from a new to market product to a 'Star line' toy. It's a surprise, right?

The 'sponsorship' tag line has nothing to do with anyone's past posts - it is a way of recognizing the company that provided the toy or product but noting that the review's integrity is maintained. Basically saying "you can send us the toys but if the review is bad, it's still getting published."

The recent toys and products sent out are from California Exotic, there were about 2 1/2 dozen - those are the only reviews you will see with sponsorship lines for now. In the future, we hope to do more sponsorship reviews and have our community be the judge on whether we carry some toys...but that is another post entirely.

Thanks. less