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I never make a purchase based on reviews from outside sources

Mindy D — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:14:13 GMT

I never make a purchase based on reviews from outside sources. When sites post reviews taken from outside sources, I ignore them. Here on the Q, I usually don't even read them. The same thing goes for me at all other sites. I am interested in reviews from actual customers that bought on the site where I'm buying. I usually read every single review before I buy. How do you feel about these outside reviews?

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jlynn14 — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:09:50 GMT

Ok. Not sure why we all need to know that, but You Do You.

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Mindy D — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:12:55 GMT

@jlynn14 @I'm curious how others use the outside reviews.

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Janey2 — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:19:43 GMT

If any review starts with something like...was given to me in exchange for a review I pass it. I also do not like to read reviews on the website where only that brand is sold.

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moonandthestars — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:22:14 GMT

@Mindy D If I'm understanding what you are asking correctly - I look at all reviews and it doesn't matter to me if they came from another site - the product is the same .... yes?

I am always interested in reviews and always suspicous too! The ones that I am the least interested in are the ones by people who were given the product for free for their 'honest' opinion. I'm also quite suspicous when there are many reviews given on the same day or the same few days - it always strikes me that it could be staged. But as always, can never be sure.

What is the most frustrating to me about reviews is when there is such a contrast with how people rate them. 1/2 the people say it's the best product ever! and 1/2 the people say it's the worst. How is that even possible? How do you evaluate that?

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Mindy D — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 19:35:41 GMT

@moonandthestars @I evaluate based on the features or conditions that half the reviewers like or don't like. For example, if half the reviewers say they are tall and the sleeves are not long enough, so they have rated the item a 3, this will be a good item for me, since I'm not tall. Same goes for reviewers that mention the sleeves are too long or the pants are too long, especially if the reviewer gives their height in the review. If quite a few reviewers are saying their sheets ripped in up to six months after they received the sheets, that's important to me. I try to CAREFULLY evaluate their reviews. Many negative reviews come from people that incorrectly use a product. I look for that.

When reviews say "taken from a person while visiting (company name) I usually, about 98% of the time, ignore these, or scan in case someone has something important to add. I've seen some of these reviewers post photos that I did find important.

Currently, Amazon is seems to be encouraging shorter reviews, except for reviews about infant items.

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moonandthestars — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 21:02:20 GMT

@Mindy D yes, evaluating reviews can be time consuming! You are absolutely right you have to closely and evaluate the review based on the details. I guess the "it's the best" and "it's the worst" product reviews for the same product I was thinking of was for things like coffee makers, or fans or light bulbs, etc. things that should have nothing to do with fit or attractiveness on someone, etc. That sort of thing makes me uncomfortable - there shouldn't be that much of a dichotomy. And to add in here - also sometimes you see with clothing or something similar reviews like it wrinkles so easily! and then love it - it never wrinkles! The fabric is light and flowing - or the fabric is stiff and heavy. that sort of thing. Makes no sense to me. You can't even rely on the stars without reading further into it, because sometimes people leave a one star and then say - love it! (mistakening click the wrong star number) Personally, I think if someone leaves a low star rating they should have to leave a comment - just in case they really meant it to be a good thing. Also, would be nice to read the explanation.

I still think that reviews imported from other websites are done to assist and not nec. a bad or suspicious thing. If there are no reviews on let's say qvc because it's never been sold here before, it's helpful to have the reviews from where it has been sold before. We can google it too or instead of, but I can see why they post them here. works for the seller and buyer to some extent.

Re amazon - are shorter reviews better?

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GenXmuse — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 20:56:37 GMT

I'd prefer they just stick to reviews from people who purchased through QVC since they include both positive and negative reviews. The ones that are imported seem to be all positive.
I do check other sources if it's not unique to QVC for reviews and to compare prices.

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gertrudecloset — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 21:50:02 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
I never make a purchase based on reviews from outside sources. When sites post reviews taken from outside sources, I ignore them. Here on the Q, I usually don't even read them. The same thing goes for me at all other sites. I am interested in reviews from actual customers that bought on the site where I'm buying. I usually read every single review before I buy. How do you feel about these outside reviews?

@Mindy D how do you differentiate which reviews are "outside" reviews or reviews that are truly by the people who purchased the product?

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Bri369 — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 21:51:56 GMT

It doesn't really matter to me where the review came from. I'm interested in the actual review of someone who has used the product.

I have never, nor will I never read every single review. Who has time for that? LOL

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Mindy D — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:12:18 GMT

@moonandthestars @Amazon wants reviews that aren't long. They seem to want more about that are about three or four lines. They have an algorithm they use. It's not very good for my needs.

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Mindy D — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 22:56:45 GMT

@GenXmuse @Me too.

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Mindy D — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:11:35 GMT

@gertrudecloset @The review says where or how the review was obtained. See next post below this one for an example.

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Mindy D — Sat, 12 Feb 2022 23:10:57 GMT

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moonandthestars — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:05:11 GMT

@Mindy D thanks. I didn't realize amazon was doing that. What's the point of it?

also, I do agree that if they are going to import outside reviews then they shouldn't be cherry picked.

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lovescats — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:07:55 GMT

I think all those reviews are from people who bought the item from dysons site rather than amazon. a lot of things amazon sells are cheaper on the companies sites but people find it easier to buy from amazon. those reviews don't bother me I usually read negative reviews first. I don't think anyone wants to be bothered with writing reviews anymore.

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hckynutjohn — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:08:52 GMT

@Mindy D wrote:
I never make a purchase based on reviews from outside sources. When sites post reviews taken from outside sources, I ignore them. Here on the Q, I usually don't even read them. The same thing goes for me at all other sites. I am interested in reviews from actual customers that bought on the site where I'm buying. I usually read every single review before I buy. How do you feel about these outside reviews?

@Mindy D

Most of my purchases are from the big place. I pay more attention to "verified purchaser", for an obvious reason. I do read others, but looking at certain specs are also included, when necessary, before I hit the "buy" option.

hckynut 🇺🇸

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bonnielu — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:15:29 GMT

I find all the reviews I can and then evaluate them. Yes, all kinds of mistakes could be made but it still gives me something to go on.

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sunshine45 — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:20:09 GMT

i take ALL reviews with a grain of salt, no matter where they come from......i generally dont let them sway me one way or another unless there are a very large number of negative reviews.

my tastes, my expectations, my wallet, my needs, my choices. THAT is generally what it all boils down to when i place an order.

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qbetzforreal — Sun, 13 Feb 2022 02:20:38 GMT

As long as it a fair review of the product, it does not matter where it was purchased. It has to be a verified purchase, QVC allows too many reviews which are actually opinions by people have not purchased the product. This is unfair to the vendor.