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Amazon quit asking me for reviews after they begged me repeatedly for a review of the warranty I bought with a product. They didn’t want me to review the product, just the warranty. I guess they didn’t appreciate my sarcasm, because they haven’t me to review anything else. | |||
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Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes |
First thing I do when I'm shopping online is check the 5 star and 1 star reviews. Helpful when comparing products. Those reviews come from somewhere. That said, I don't do reviews that often and most requests for such go ignored. _______________________ “There is more stupidity than hydrogen in the universe, and it has a longer shelf life.” ― Frank Zappa | |||
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| Deeds Not Words |
Ha — great literature and reads like a well written FITREP! The East Germans would give it a solid 6.5 with a resounding BZ from this old Commodore! Godspeed and Good Hunting, Always Navy BMD: When "Aim High" isn't High Enough! | |||
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| Three Generations of Service  |
I do that as well, but with a grain of salt. Some of the 5 star reviews are completely bogus, posted by shills. Some (most?) of the 1 star reviews are from mouth-breathing toothless morons that have no idea how to use or what to expect from that product. I do like to see the total of 5 and 4 star reviews over 85% and tend to avoid products with fewer than 100 reviews if there's another brand/model that gets more and better reviews. Not fool proof, but helps to weed out the real losers. Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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Make America Great Again |
I do the same; check the number of 5-star vs 1-star, and read what is written if too many 1-star reviews! I have changed my mind about a purchase more than once over those reviews, so they DO matter... I just don't want to write one for every bloody thing I buy! Some stuff, like ink pens work; no need to review them IMHO... ____________________________ Bill R. North Alabama _____________________________ Classic West German P-Series Fan... Hammer-Fired Only! | |||
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When the dentist shoves an Ipad in front of you to rate your service it is time to leave. Locally I ask around. The stars mean nothing, the content maybe. The negative comments often dominate since people like to complain. Many of the reviews are bought and paid for, particularly on Amazon. | |||
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| Three Generations of Service |
Time to resurrect this thread It's only gotten worse. I bought a freakin' close nipple from Deep Homo and they're pestering me about a review. Good thing I haven't bought any nails from them recently. If I got a request for a review on a pound of 16d nails, I'm just annoyed enough to indulge my inner assholiness and write an individual review on each one... Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent. | |||
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My daughter writes books and sells them on Amazon. I reviewed her first book. Amazon declined to publish it, saying their "online research" indicated we were related. Kinda creepy. | |||
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HD is pretty bad about it. And they send you the same review request 3 or 4 times before they let it go. The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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| His diet consists of black coffee, and sarcasm.  |
Seemingly everybody wants a review of every little thing. Sellers on Amazon do this all the time. I made a purchase at an online store and got a prompt from what is evidently a third party called TrustPilot to give them a review. I wrote this genuine review:
And got this obviously AI-generated reply:
Brown-nosing is bad enough when real people do it. I'm tempted to write a counter-review. | |||
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I turned off a land-line phone company, changing providers. I'm kind of funny in that I want to actually have a usable phone. I got an email from the ex-provider asking me to rate my experience turning their service off... === I would like to apologize to anyone I have *not* offended. Please be patient. I will get to you shortly. | |||
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I charge $12.50 for a review. $17.50 if you want 5-stars. | |||
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| Saluki |
Review for dog treats. Gus loves them, but he’s been known to eat out of the litter box. ----------The weather is here I wish you were beautiful---------- | |||
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Political Cynic |
I uniformly reject and ignore all requests for such ratings. I bought your product or bought your service. You’re not entitled to squat after that. | |||
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| No More Mr. Nice Guy |
The Sheriff's department asked me for a review after filing a recent crime report! So far 5 stars. I'll give the DA 5 stars if the perps do adequate time. | |||
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I highly agree with the subject of this thread: | |||
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 The Enemy's gate is down. | |||
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Chilihead and Barbeque Aficionado |
Delete, delete, delete… _________________________ 2nd Amendment Defender The Second Amendment is not about hunting or sport shooting. | |||
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The only time I respond to these reviews is if I am pissed off about the service provided or the product falling well short of the hype for it. I suspect it's a real waste of time because Not Once has anyone contacted me to explain why I gave such a poor review. Basically I think the negative reviews all end up in the shitcan. I've stopped counting. | |||
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When it’s a brick n mortar store, home office badgers the hell out of the stores to get surveys. Most places, on a scale of 1-10, they consider 8 or lower to be a zero. I deal with this every day. Great comments, rate us a 7 and we get beat up by district level management for it. I encourage people to give us a 10 if they feel the service was good and then blast home office for making us harass everyone for surveys. | |||
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