Why are ppl allowed to post reviews w/o having bought item?

wishmoon · ‎08-14-2013

I just checked on an item I ordered and there was a stupid review. If you bought the item, you can write a review but if you didn't, you don't know anything about it other than what you viewed or read. Why is QVC allowing this nonsense? I wrote them and told them it should be taken down. Not that it'll do any good but we can hope...

Pearlee · ‎06-11-2011

@wishmoon wrote:
I just checked on an item I ordered and there was a stupid review. If you bought the item, you can write a review but if you didn't, you don't know anything about it other than what you viewed or read. Why is QVC allowing this nonsense? I wrote them and told them it should be taken down. Not that it'll do any good but we can hope...

@wishmoon No it won't do any good; there are already tons of threads on the board about this.

QVC does ask the reviewer whether he or she has purchased the product. At least you can read what the person checked off and if he or she checked "no" just skip the review.

Annabellethecat66 · ‎03-12-2010

I always wondered that. But maybe they are asking that because it might be a gift from someone.

NickNack · ‎03-10-2010

This is the age old question. Many people have questioned this over the years, including me. I was reading reviews on something the other day, and almost the entire first page of reviews was from people that either hadn't purchased the item or were waiting for it to arrive. They all loved it, though, so it increased the star level for the reviews.

I don't purchase clothes from QVC so can usually find reviews for what I'm interested in on Amazon or other websites.

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SandySparkles · ‎06-13-2010

Unfortunately, this is not a unique occurrence. I have seen this practice for years, and as another poster pointed out, all they need to do is place a check mark indicating they have or have not purchased the item. I have tried checking no, just to see what happens, and it did not allow me to continue with the review process. It is a tad annoying, as we rely on reviews as part of our buying decision making. Some children never learned how to play by the rules, and I guess some adults have not either.

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Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@wishmoon wrote:
I just checked on an item I ordered and there was a stupid review. If you bought the item, you can write a review but if you didn't, you don't know anything about it other than what you viewed or read. Why is QVC allowing this nonsense? I wrote them and told them it should be taken down. Not that it'll do any good but we can hope...

@wishmoon

ITA!!! There was a so called "review" on a Jim Shore piece --- they didn't purchase the item, all they did was complain the item had sold out and Jim needed to bring in more stock of the item...SMH. I clicked oj REPORT and it was taken down....But these type of reviews that @wishmoon and I saw shouldn't be posted in the first place!!!

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rms1954 · ‎06-06-2019

The $1,000,000 question ... remains unanswered for a long, long time.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@wishmoon wrote:
I just checked on an item I ordered and there was a stupid review. If you bought the item, you can write a review but if you didn't, you don't know anything about it other than what you viewed or read. Why is QVC allowing this nonsense? I wrote them and told them it should be taken down. Not that it'll do any good but we can hope...

@wishmoon I so agree with your frustration. Q has many issues going really wrong that they do nothing to fix.