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How can smart people be so dumb? How can a quarter century old company with an outstanding reputation like Belkin, fail so miserably in their effort to gain customer recognition? Serious and compelling allegations that Belkin offered people money to write positive reviews for their award winning products are bound to blow a hole the size of New Jersey in their good reputation. The only good thing about this story is that the price they were apparently offering per review was a measly $0.65! The ridiculous offer leads one to hope that this colossal gaffe was the solitary handiwork of a low level nincompoop. I’ ve been using Belkin equipment for years, in fact I have been using one of their powered KVM switches for over ten years now, and it has always given me little electrical shocks when touched, (so I use the hotkey options). From now on every time I get zapped I will suffer a tinge of PCDisorder from the memory of this sorry affair. Belkin’ s response was basically an emphatic begging for forgiveness. Their claim that a single misguided individual was behind these shilling attempts sounded genuine and was a good start to putting this thing behind us.

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