why is a referral link disqualifying rather than just ignored
Thread · #vendor-verification · 2025-10-17
we refresh on new evidence, not on a clock
Spun off from a message in #vendor-verification on 2025-10-17. 5 messages, 5 participants.
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- turnaround_tam — we refresh on new evidence, not on a clock. an old verification with no recent results says so on the entry what counts: an independent report, on a lot you bought yourself, with the lot number,… 21:21
nothing gets deleted from the log, including our own mistakes
blinded is better
somebody once offered to fund the testing programme in exchange for an entry. the offer is in the log
verification has never been for sale and never will be. offers get posted publicly with the sender redacted