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by adsche 1955 days ago
Well, the ratings as displayed cannot be trusted here either. Recently, I saw a product on amazon Germany with 3.5 stars, determined from 4 reviews. The reviews were 2x 5 stars and no text, 2x 1 star with reasonable reviews IMHO (and a high number of 'Users rated this review useful').

Still, amazon weights the 5-star no text reviews higher to arrive at 3.5 stars.

(The product now has 7 reviews with at least 3x 1 star text reviews and the weighting still favors the no-text 4/5 star ratings: [1])

[1] https://smile.amazon.de/Lego-Technic-42125-Ferrari-Corse/pro...