Someone recently asked me about JD Power, the company behind the customer satisfaction surveys on just about everything you can buy our use. A part of their business is aggregating user ratings for car dealerships.
In 2003, I bought a Mitsubishi Evolution from Maxwell Mitsubishi in Austin. The transaction went fine, but towards the end my salesman told me that I’d be receiving a survey from JD Power, and if I returned it to them blank, I would get a free oil change. They were gaming the system.
When I got home, I emailed JD Power’s customer service from my personal email to let them know this was happening. A day later I get a phone call from my salesman because JD Power had forwarded my email, name and email address attached to the dealer. This resulted in a confrontation on the phone and a lifelong hatred and distrust for JD Power and Associates.
I would not trust anything they say about anything- as it’s clear from my experience that they are more interested in colluding with companies than they are with actual research køb cialis.
Ratings by JD Power are complete BS… it just freaks me out when I go check some cars and the ratings that they have.
For example, the new Mercede-Benz CLS (2012-2015). It was the same car in 2012-2014, and no doubt it’s one of the best looking cars on the streets. In 2012 and 2013 this car was rated 2 out of 5 for performance and design, and 2 out of 5 for quality. Cannot say anything about quality, but this is complete bullshit to say that this car is under-performing or has issues with design. To prove that JD power car ratings are total scam you can look what ratings that same car suddenly got in 2014: performance and design is now 5 out 5 (that’s more like what it should have been) and 4 out of 5 for quality.
Another striking sign that JD power scam ratings are bullshit: when BMW series 6 just came out it was one of the best looking cars on the streets. It was rated 2 out of 5 per performance and design… what a scam!