I hear you. You're definitely right about the first paragraph. The vet will always have the perfect experience. But as long as the Vet is honest and forthcoming about the gear being free, shouldn't it be obvious that his review is really more of a commercial? That's the difference about Meso, we make the Vets/sources come clean about the gear being free.
We only have 2 options, either sources can give away free gear to members for review, or we call that unethical, and we call it a horrible model, and we call for an end to the practice of giving gear away for free.
Then what happens?
Then sources give the gear away under the table. MANY of the vets here that we respect would be willing to do it, and that's a fact. Then we become just like the other boards, where VETs are on the payroll. At least when we promote the process, it gets put out in the open.
It's kind of like the guys who argue for Steroids to be allowed in sports. You can't stop sources from giving away free gear, just like you can't stop athletes from taking PED's.
So just allow them to give away the gear, and demand transparency, seems to me to be, the best available option.