I have a shitty little review site, which is not my main source of income (hardly *a* source of income) so I don't speak as a reviewer here.
I do see more of the point of the sale price having an effect on the review. If I go to a review site, I don't want to know this '6' review product is suddenly a '7' because they dropped their price for the reviewer. The product is still a '6', it's just cheaper.
I drink coke, and I can tell you that the quality of coke doesn't increase or decrease when it's on sale. It takes the same, it's just on sale at one store. At another store it may cost $4 a 12 pack.
I know review sites want to be honest, but that actually hurts your cause. If the avg surfer stumbles upon a review site that gets discounts, and their reviews are skewed by those discounts, they're going to be confused. They'll see a 9 rated 'bigtits.com' site (for random example), mainly because bigtits.com offered the reviewer a 75% decrease in price, so of course the site now looks like a huge bargain. The surfer leaves and without clicking on the link, he goes directly to bigtits.com. Doesn't notice the sale is now gone, joins and notices the members area isn't that good at all, but he paid full price for it so now he questions the review site that gave it a '9'.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not against giving users 'sale' prices, and even promoting it that way, and I do agree the cost of a site should play some role in determining the value you'll get for your buck, I just think it's a risky move to factor in an exclusive sale price only you have. Just my
