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The most frustrating thing about reviews in like Amazon and similar is that they are written barely after the product has been bought. Like, how is one supposed
by hubraumhugo 5y ago
The most frustrating thing about reviews in like Amazon and similar is that they are written barely after the product has been bought. Like, how is one supposed to evaluate a brand new product?
I think it’s time to start a new kind of product review: the exit review. Let's reflect upon how a product performed over its duration of service instead of when it first arrived and people haven’t spent much time with it to learn the quirks.
That's why I'm building exitreviews.com to change the way people review products. We can then build a collection about where things break and how to fix them. We can then learn how to identify cheap products, keep corporations accountable, and start caring about the amount of waste we produce.
Aside from adding a product when it breaks, I also let users add it when they buy it. They then receive a yearly reminder of the products they have added and if they want to update their status ("hey there, did anything break or deteriorate? Click here if the condition is unchanged")
Of course, reviews like this are all hindsight, so they don't drive sales - which probably explains why nobody does them, because there's no money to be made doing them.