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Even when Amazon reviews are legitimate, keep in mind that the reviewer may have been looking for something different than you are. Plenty of times I've bought
by tvanantwerp 6y ago
Even when Amazon reviews are legitimate, keep in mind that the reviewer may have been looking for something different than you are. Plenty of times I've bought stuff expecting one level of quality based on review scores, but got something less--all because I had a higher standard of what should be a 5 than most of the people who bought that.
- detaro 6y agoone of the reasons why reading negative reviews is often helpful: there you often can figure out if the complaints about quality are from people with your standards or from people with higher ones. (after you filter out all the people who don't understand the difference between a product review and a review of their local postal service of course...)
- vidarh 6y agoIt's almost always the negative reviews which convinces me to buy a product. The positive reviews rarely have much information. The negative reviews far more often will tell me where the weaknesses and problems are so I can determine if they are things that matter to me.
- PaulKeeble 6y agoIt has become the same with game reviews on Steam as well. I think most people just aren't very discerning or critical with their reviews. Those with negative reviews however have at least one complaint about the product and determining those as a combination matter to you is a big part of finding the right product. It marks the death of high quality reviews however because professional reviews can be done in context weighing things up better, where as most customers just don't have the experience with alternatives to say if its a good example or not.