My issue is when you are paying $45 for a flashlight based on the Flex name you are not getting a cheap flashlight in a box that you can tell the stuck their sticker over another company's name. of course your always gunna find stuff cheaper that's not the point here. IM always willing to pay price for quality and this is like a bait and switch. Also whats the point of having reviews on the site when they are not posted? I clearly posted a 100% legitimate negative review and it's not being posted. What other bad reviews on other products are not being posted?
There's a valid concern there to be sure regarding the reviews. I believe I've seen many a less-than-glowing review on a number of products here at AG off hand, I can tell you the bottle proportion measuring devices have a pretty low rating, IIRC. You'll definitely not find anything less than an amazing review of any product at the chemical guys website, and I myself wrote a few two star reviews there, but you'll never see them. I believe AG top be much more fair and honest in this regard.
If a review includes unabashed attacks on products, or manufacturers, links to competitors, etc. then I could see why it would be stymied. Did you happen to mention in your review that you found the flashlight under a different name for cheaper, or use harsher than necessary language like "it's a piece of crap", or "don't buy this junk", etc. in your review? If so, I can see why they chose not to post it. While AG might not directly be hurt by such a review, it can't be helpful to their relationship with the many vendors to allow their products to be attacked in such a manner on their sales pages.
The forum is more suited to that type of criticism, and a more correct place to discuss that type of material. In all honesty, the staff here on this forum are far more lenient toward free discussion of products than most sites with a vested sales interest.
There's a few products I've purchased from AG that I've not been super impressed with, and I've posted about it here. To the credit of the staff here, I've never been banned, warned, reprimanded, or otherwise told to tone it down in posting my opinions of the products.
