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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

I am also a review reader. I do appreciate any help in determinig what size would fit best whether it's a ring or a legging. By now I know which ones to pass over. Like others have stated saying you love or hate something but NOT telling me why isn't useful.

I really appreciate when a reviewer describes the color. Most times between the on air presentation, the video, and the picture on the web, it's hard to know what color it really is.

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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

I completely agree OP ~ the more specific the info given in the review, the more helpful I find it! Certainly this is not foolproof but I've always felt that the more knowledge you have when making a decision the better off you'll be. So I encourage the reviews and thank those who take the time to write them!
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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

I completely agree with the OP, too - I always read the reviews. When a person provides info on their size, how it fits, the description of the color, texture, etc. - it all helps me. The ones that say "I love how it fits, it's so cute" , etc. without specific information obviously doesn't help much, but many of the reviews are great.

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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

Yes.......and all those XXS hosts should have an on-camera weigh-in

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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

Hi, happy gal! I find this helpful also, especially when the reviewers include measurements not just height and weight as that can be distributed quite differently. I do read reviews but discount those I think that are not authentic or superfluous (never purchased or not enough detail to fully evaluate). I still have a few returns though mostly from click here measurement not being right or matching with other reviewers experiences. ETC: right not tight.
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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

On 12/17/2014 imaclotheshog said:

You must be the only one that actually reads and uses the reviews before purchasing an item! I think most women here on the fashion boards come here for sizing and garment information, I don't think they pay any attention to the online reviews. They've said so in other threads, that they don't really trust the reviews on the item pages, because people can post reviews without having actually bought the item. So many times there will be reviews from people that clearly don't even own the item, and they will either give a negative review or give a review saying they want something else other than what the item is. Which is ridiculous, that people can do that.

Many regular posters here have said that they don't even read the reviews and that most of the reviews aren't helpful to them at all. That is why I stopped leaving reviews for items I've purchased.

This absolutely isn't true. I would never come to forums for several reasons. Many items I want to read about are not here and never going to be here in the forums. Unless you're a Linea fanatic (or GILI - you get the picture), you may never see anything about an item in Community. The community posters are a small number of people compared to the number of people who actually buy items and post reviews. There are also some really vicious people who post in forums.

I'll stick to the regular reviews. You can tell whether someone has purchased the item by their review for the most part. I appreciate the reviews and use them often. I think you can pretty much filter out the ridiculous reviews and there is no guarantee that forum reviews are better than regular reviews.

I do appreciate people giving information about their size and height. It doesn't help to hear that it fits well and nothing else. You need to know what size they purchased. I also like to hear which color they bought. If they just say "fantastic color" that is meaningless.

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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

I also appreciate that info. The size info ("I bought a L and it was slightly loose") are invaluable in reviews. Especially in shoes.

I hope people reading this will remember to include which size, which color, etc, they bought when they take the time to do a review. It makes it so much more useful.

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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

I so agree that reading the reviews have helped me before I have ordered the garment. But the seizing has is so inconsistent of late.
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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

I agree! I read on-line reviews all the time. Here there is a forum, yes, but most shopping websites don't have that available.

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Re: I appreciate people sharing their size in reviews

Thank you Desertdi. I say, just don't ask Carolyn or Leah who are perpetually a size LARGE.