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by DanBC
4336 days ago
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> Amazon reviews are so crappy. There is tons of reviews that say JUST "I haven't used this product/read this book yet." plus any number of stars. While it's extra work I love those reviews. "I haven't read this book but $THING IS WRONG, thus one " mean I can ignore some of the low ratings. While reviews and ratings are weird and probably need some tweaking at some point[1] they are not nearly as bad as the weirdly broken search. I've got to the point where I would pay money to have better Amazon (also ebay) search*.[2] [1]along the lines suggested in this thread - I might dislike a movie but love the genre; I might love a movie but generally dislike that genre; etc. So some method of saying why you like something so much would perhaps be handy. [2] I go to Amazon.co.uk and I search for [microwave oven]. I chose a department - kitchen & home. I then sort by price, low to high. I am flooded with totally irrelevant items. (Egg cup; aluminum foil; salt&pepper shakers; children's cutlery sets; etc). You're not supposed to use search to find microwave ovens, you're supposed to drill down the tree of department, items, specific items. |
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http://www.amazon.com/review/R35GSCGMDIAI9G/ref=cm_cr_pr_per...
>Have not read
>At this time I am caught up with so many pressing activites that is not one of my priorities. Will get to it probably this summer
One star review.
I agree completely about the searches. I'm starting to avoid Amazon cause I can't find what I want on there.
>"I haven't read this book but $THING IS WRONG, thus one " mean I can ignore some of the low ratings.
There are equal number of higher ratings and mid ratings of this nature.