Comment on We can't have legitimate consumer reviews interfering with our profits, now can we?

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Steve@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  My strategy is to skim the 1-2 star reviews to see if they have any legitimate complaints or if its just personal bullshit.

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  • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Extra fun when the reviews are for some other product.

    Product: A sock

    Review; 4/5 this didn’t come with batteries like the description said it would, but the motor works great for my model car.

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    • Steve@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Oh absolutely. Fuckin scumbags.

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah like “flashlight is pretty bright but the switch quit after 2 months” and if I see several reviews talling about failed switches I kmow what’s up. A good product will have a 1 star review talking about “flashlight tastes terrible and hurt my teeth.”

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    • Steve@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      After 6 months I decided I no longer liked the color but they wouldnt let me return it 😡

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      • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        App said package delivered but it never came

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “USB Battery is very large, but takes very long to charge all the way.” on a battery that supports both USB-Micro and USB-C Fast charging.

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      • Steve@startrek.website ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Fast charging refuses to work in my car 👎

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    • Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “I fell on it, and it went right up my ass. 10/10 would fall again.”

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    • helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “SENT ME TO ER, and denied return. I don’t know why guys enjoy flashlights so much for “playtime”, but this one ain’t it, had to go to er when gf got a little too rough with it.”

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  • Randelung@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Awesome product, but delivery took too long so now I can’t gift it to my kid for his birthday. 1 star.

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  • xantoxis@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I go for the 2’s and 3’s, since they are more fair-minded. 1-star reviews will be like “delivery guy was black”

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    • diffcalculus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I almost choked from laughter

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• taladar@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It depends. If it is 2 reviews it might be real, if it is 200 it is extremely unlikely.

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Even 2 reviews is kinda sketchy, because it means the listing for that memory foam keyboard wrist rest is either scrubbed of negative reviews, or it’s only been up for a few days because it’s a shit product that has been sold under 804 different brand names in the past four years; they just switch up the branding every time someone gets the message through that the wrist rest is made out of leaded asbestos and it makes your lungs antisocial which is just another way of scrubbing negative reviews.

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