Judith Ripka

[depglass]

Recently I came across the 3800.00 Ripka iolite bracelet.  Three 5 star ratings, I thought, this must be a good one.  (Just in case I win this week's lottery, I want to be armed and loaded)  One prolific reviewer, who generally writes articulate and honest Ripka reviews, gave this bracelet 5 stars, then went on to say the stones were all black and didn't match her ring.  She sent it back.  So no way in my book does that warrant 5 stars. 

[Ibby114]

I read what people write rather than look at the 'stars'!!  And sometimes read inbteween the lines as well! With any category of purchases. 

[ChynnaBlue]

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@depglass wrote:

Recently I came across the 3800.00 Ripka iolite bracelet.  Three 5 star ratings, I thought, this must be a good one.  (Just in case I win this week's lottery, I want to be armed and loaded)  One prolific reviewer, who generally writes articulate and honest Ripka reviews, gave this bracelet 5 stars, then went on to say the stones were all black and didn't match her ring.  She sent it back.  So no way in my book does that warrant 5 stars. 

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Truth has nothing to do with it. Ratings are always subjective and someone else having a different opinion or ratings system doesn't mean the person is being less truthful. I've seen people give 5 stars to things that gave them horrible reactions and were sent back, to shoes they say didn't fit, and all kinds of things. Likewise, I'd seen people give 1 star reviews to things because an item wasn't the color they expected or didn't fit in the space they had in mind, so it was returned.