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Originally Posted by vanillaice
Let's say tomshardware did a review on an Intel chip. He compared it to the current top of the line AMD chip. I of course want to know what chip is the better deal as far as speed / price / etc. I just don't want the price tomshardware sells it for. I want the normal price of the chip as part of the review. I don't click on links at tomshardware, I go to newegg to get my parts, so obviously the price is going to be different, which completely messed up the review tomshardware gave me.
Sure, tomshardware would rather me click on the links on his site to buy products, but I don't, and I shouldn't be expected to. That's the negative side of reviewing a product. You do tons of work, give out lots of detail on the site / product, and often times you don't make anything off it from certain readers.
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I understand what you're saying, but remember that our "ranks" are based on the price offerred on our site (not anywhere else), isn't that valid? We're not claiming to be the "industry ranking authority".
The user isn't shopping at a store to make the purchase, they're still buying direct from the site itself. It's not like our "deal" changes the purchase experience. They still use the same tour, the same signup page, the same members area.