Product Reviews

[41magsnub]

I've noticed an annoying trend.  Folks buy something from a site that allows product ratings.  They post something like this after giving it 5 stars:  "Bought the product, sure it will work fine".  How the hell do you know?

[Brad Johnson]

Sure it will work fine.  Someone on the internet told them so! 

Brad

[jackdanson]

I hate that.  I also hate "I don't own this product, but xyz product is much better, I'm sure of it!!"

[Boomhauer]

I've noticed an annoying trend.  Folks buy something from a site that allows product ratings.  They post something like this after giving it 5 stars:  "Bought the product, sure it will work fine".  How the hell do you know?

This happens on gunboards and in gunrags a lot, too. I brought XYZ gun. Fired 50 rounds through it. FLAWLESS!!!111!!!!! BEST GUN EVER!!!111!!!!

And then two weeks later when someone asks about XYZ model of gun, the above guy and twenty other people who did the exact same thing jump in the thread with "XYZ is a great gun! Best gun ever! I've got 150 absolutely rounds through it. It's FLAWLESS!!11!!!!


BTW, can you tell I hate the term "flawless" with a passion now?

And then on the flip side, there are people who buy a product without researching it, expect it to give them the results they desire, and then when it doesn't live up to their expectations, give it one star. Even though the product performed to specifications and worked like it was supposed to. Instead of saying "This product works well, but because I did not research it enough, it did not meet my needs and I returned it for a product that does"

[Gewehr98]

That somewhat bothers me, too.

I recently bought an upgrade video card so I could play Crysis and other FPS games with some semblance of a decent framerate.  Reading through all the NewEgg reviews, one would think that the HIS IceQ Radeon HD4670 I bought was either an absolute piece de' caca or the greatest thing since sliced bread.  Who are you gonna believe if you don't want to just buy the damned thing and take your chances?  In the end, that's exactly what I did - and it works just fine.  So if I write a good review, I'm curious how many bad ones will follow? 

[Regolith]

I'm always amused by the people who obviously used the product in an incorrect manner -- which either ended up with it broken or not working right -- then rating it one star.

I always tend to read the negative reviews rather than the positives; it gives you an idea of what to expect.  If the only complaints are the odd nutcase who doesn't seem to like anything or the one in a thousand unit that was defective, then I'll know that it's probably worth getting.  However, if there is a consistency in the complaints, and there are a number of them, I know to steer clear. 

[Perd Hapley]

I've never seen a product review, but I think they're pretty awesome!  Five Stars!

[lupinus]

Some of my favorite are those who used it wrong, bought it for a purpose other then the intended use, bought it expecting it to do the opposite of the listed feature, or have never used it.

But my absolute favorite are those who rate one star due to something besides the product. "Poor shipping time" "sent the wrong part" "died, but they sent me a knew one that's awesome! still one star" etc. If I wanted to read a review of NewEgg I would. I don't care if you think it took to long or anything else. I care only about the product I am reading the review for.