A while back, m'lady bought a lamp made in China that had good reviews on Amazon. When she got the lamp, there was a sticker on it that said, "This product may cause cancer." She returned it.
Are Reviews On Websites Worth Anything
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You are a lucky man!! Every day Mine wants to run to the store. "We just need a couple things,I forgot" every day it's some new BS that costs me! I would rather stay home and buy more Tabacco Online
Only if you try to smoke it? This is funny from a certain perspective.
Not so funny is California’s influence on labels required on products destined for sale in the US. As mandated by state law literally everything (okay, nearly everything) that is sold in the state of California is required to be labeled as a potential cause of cancer, from coffee beans to seat cushions. ??
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California knows everything about everything!Only if you try to smoke it? This is funny from a certain perspective.
Not so funny is California’s influence on labels required on products destined for sale in the US. As mandated by state law literally everything (okay, nearly everything) that is sold in the state of California is required to be labeled as a potential cause of cancer, from coffee beans to seat cushions. ??
I look for the most recent reviews. Old reviews may reflect an older model. And, products with a lot of reviews tend to get my attention. But, it all depends on the item. I usually just google what I am buying and see what people are saying in forums. Of course, pipe stuff, I go to pipesmagazine...?
I have a friend who works for a German based publishing company and two of her jobs are writing reviews for Amazon and proofreading reviews for clarity on Amazon.
It’s a dirty little secret. When you look at Amazon it’ll say “verified purchase” or it’s probably hers. Lol.
It’s a dirty little secret. When you look at Amazon it’ll say “verified purchase” or it’s probably hers. Lol.
Another problem to remember is it's people leaving these reviews and a lot of people are idiots. Obviously none of us fall into that category and we're all super smart?.
Seriously though you have to be careful, I saw a number of bad reviews for a PVR I was looking at but I bought it anyway. Once I set it up and read the instructions and started using it, it was obvious that these people just didn't know how to operate it properly.
I had the same thing with a large wooden TV stand that had to be assembled. A good number of people had given bad reviews saying it was a 2 man job and was difficult to put together. I had no problem building the thing on my own and found the instructions really easy to understand.
I think some people eat Crayons for breakfast and their advice/reviews should be avoided.
Seriously though you have to be careful, I saw a number of bad reviews for a PVR I was looking at but I bought it anyway. Once I set it up and read the instructions and started using it, it was obvious that these people just didn't know how to operate it properly.
I had the same thing with a large wooden TV stand that had to be assembled. A good number of people had given bad reviews saying it was a 2 man job and was difficult to put together. I had no problem building the thing on my own and found the instructions really easy to understand.
I think some people eat Crayons for breakfast and their advice/reviews should be avoided.
Amazon reviews aren't much to worry about. If they get enforcing their rule with some vigor they will run into all kinds of antitrust issues.
As far as tobacco reviews you can trust jiminks, pipestud, and a few others are trustworthy
As far as tobacco reviews you can trust jiminks, pipestud, and a few others are trustworthy
A few years ago, we got a bad Yelp review when a customer was banging on the door like a madman on the only day we are closed, with a big sign outside with days and hours we are open. Their review said we were obviously inside ignoring them. I responded to the bad review, explaining just as I did here. But, within hours, a company contacted us stating that for a price they would remove the bad review and for more, they would flood us with good reviews, using an algorithm that would bypass Yelp's filters that prevent such from happening.
I don't trust ebay, amazon, nor any reviews like that. For every filter set up to keep reviews honest, there is someone gaming that system.
I don't trust ebay, amazon, nor any reviews like that. For every filter set up to keep reviews honest, there is someone gaming that system.
Online reviews suffer from the illiteracy of internet culture. Why ask the HS educated to read? They probably forgot how watching video.
But they're on their phones for most of the day, so they haven't forgotten everything. Trusting the reviews of the braindead doesn't take into account their true loves, texting and Facebook.
But they're on their phones for most of the day, so they haven't forgotten everything. Trusting the reviews of the braindead doesn't take into account their true loves, texting and Facebook.
I find more and more about California 'not so funny.'Only if you try to smoke it? This is funny from a certain perspective.
Not so funny is California’s influence on labels required on products destined for sale in the US. As mandated by state law literally everything (okay, nearly everything) that is sold in the state of California is required to be labeled as a potential cause of cancer, from coffee beans to seat cushions. ??
Did they promise? They're kind of an evil empire. I've made it a point to buy from other sites.
Word of mouth from people I know carries way more worth to me then a nameless online review when it comes to things outside of pipe tobacco. For some reason I enjoy reading tobacco reviews but I could care less about other reviews outside unless I know you. Probably becoming I get to know people on forums.
Amazon reviews for third party seller products are 100% not useful as there are lots of ways that they are able to get real, but inflated/fake reviews posted by legitimate (and not legitimate) buyers. Also, if a negative review is posted and the buyer used a coupon or discount of any kind, it's possible to get that review removed and/or the user's review privileges revoked because posting a review for a product in which any discount was used is technically a violation of their review policy. For items actually sold by Amazon, they have their own review program called Amazon Vine that they utilize to circumvent their own policies and inflate the overall product review rating. Your best option for recourse for third party sellers is to contact them directly and they typically provide a discount, refund, and/or replacement if issues are encountered. For items sold by Amazon, you can try to contact them and you may get a minor discount offer, but the best option is just to return the item and buy something else from somewhere else. Hope this helps.
I ignore reviews. I see a lot of positive reviews on crappy things, and negative on things that works fine for me. And I don't bother to leave a review. Like everything else, I think they are mostly bull crap.
I have a friend that worked as a ghost writer for a while when he was in bad shape financially. It’s not something he’s proud of, but most of the work he was paid to do was writing glowing reviews of products he’d never even seen, much less used. Everything from chainsaws to “marital aids.” So yeah, there are fake reviews out there for sure.
I was reading reviews for patio furniture.. as I read through the bad reviews I realized that they were all from fat people..
Fat people leave bad reviews for lawn chairs and poor people hate banks..
Fat people leave bad reviews for lawn chairs and poor people hate banks..
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