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"Rate your purchase" requests are getting out of hand.
August 14, 2025, 07:47 AM
Mr.9mm"Rate your purchase" requests are getting out of hand.
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.
August 14, 2025, 07:57 AM
sandman76First 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.
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August 14, 2025, 11:02 AM
KP93quote:
Originally posted by PHPaul:
It's getting to the point where you can't buy ANYTHING on line without them begging for a "review".
"I recently got a free 5 gallon bucket with purchase at Horror Fright. What an AMAZING device. It's made of some sort of impervious material that allows you to carry virtually ANY material conveniently. I use it to transport Di-Hydrogen Oxide and it laughs at this highly corrosive liquid. I mean the stuff will dissolve STEEL and this honey badger of a bucket don't care! I've carried ammonium nitrate in it without incident and we all know how dangerous that stuff is! I don't know how I got along without this wonder tool. 5 stars (only because there's no option to select 10!)
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August 14, 2025, 11:17 AM
PHPaulquote:
Originally posted by sandman76:
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.
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.
August 14, 2025, 04:17 PM
bronicabillquote:
Originally posted by sandman76:
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.
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...
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August 26, 2025, 07:04 PM
ZSMICHAELWhen 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.
July 22, 2026, 09:02 AM
PHPaulIt'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.
July 22, 2026, 01:31 PM
FredwardMy 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.
July 22, 2026, 02:32 PM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by PHPaul:
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...
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. July 23, 2026, 05:56 AM
egregoreSeemingly
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:
quote:
Shipped promptly, was well packaged and arrived at the promised time. For a price tag beginning with a 2, this Sightron scope looks to be a great value. It has positive click adjustments and a noticeably clearer and brighter image than some more well-known brands in comparable price range.
And got this obviously AI-generated reply:
quote:
We're delighted to hear that your Sightron scope arrived promptly and was well-packaged! It's wonderful to know you find it to be a great value with positive click adjustments and a clear, bright image. Thank you for your review!
Brown-nosing is bad enough when real people do it. I'm tempted to write a counter-review.
July 23, 2026, 02:48 PM
whanson_wiI 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...
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July 23, 2026, 04:14 PM
GraniteguyI charge $12.50 for a review. $17.50 if you want 5-stars.
July 23, 2026, 05:40 PM
reflex/deflex 64Review for dog treats.
Gus loves them, but he’s been known to eat out of the litter box.
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July 23, 2026, 08:46 PM
nhtagmemberI 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.
July 23, 2026, 10:42 PM
Fly-SigThe 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.
July 24, 2026, 06:44 AM
RichardCI highly agree with the subject of this thread:
July 24, 2026, 07:49 AM
P250UA5quote:
Originally posted by reflex/deflex 64:
Review for dog treats.
Gus loves them, but he’s been known to eat out of the litter box.
The Enemy's gate is down. July 25, 2026, 03:32 PM
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July 27, 2026, 05:41 PM
Scooter123The 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.
July 28, 2026, 09:42 AM
LeemurWhen 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.