Amazon reviews - not as trustworthy as they used to be?
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I bought something on Amazon a few months ago on the back of overwhelmingly favourable reviews, and it turned out to be a crock of s
te. I can't actually remember what the product was, but it was something trivial so I thought nothing of it.
Yesterday I bought some new in-ear headphones, again based on the fact that they had overwhelmingly positive reviews, more so than many more premium brands (I'd never actually heard of this brand).
Well, you can guess the punchline. They're absolute garbage. They're packaged and presented like a premium product but they're by far and away the worst headphones I've ever used. The sound quality is appalling. OK they were only £25 but I'd have felt hard done by having paid £5 for them.
Are companies just 'buying' reviews? I notice a lot of products have reviews that are qualified by 'I must point out I received a free sample of this product.....' then surprise surprise it's a glowing review....
I used to really use the reviews on Amazon to gauge the product quality and have mostly found it very telling, but starting to doubt things now!
te. I can't actually remember what the product was, but it was something trivial so I thought nothing of it.Yesterday I bought some new in-ear headphones, again based on the fact that they had overwhelmingly positive reviews, more so than many more premium brands (I'd never actually heard of this brand).
Well, you can guess the punchline. They're absolute garbage. They're packaged and presented like a premium product but they're by far and away the worst headphones I've ever used. The sound quality is appalling. OK they were only £25 but I'd have felt hard done by having paid £5 for them.
Are companies just 'buying' reviews? I notice a lot of products have reviews that are qualified by 'I must point out I received a free sample of this product.....' then surprise surprise it's a glowing review....
I used to really use the reviews on Amazon to gauge the product quality and have mostly found it very telling, but starting to doubt things now!
GetCarter said:
Have to say: Pay £25 and you'll get £25's worth. Amazon or not.
As for reviews - i never trust them. I do however trust the % happy from the supplier. Much harder to fake.
I get that £25 isn't going to buy you top of the line, but honestly you should hear these things. £5 and you'd feel like you'd been robbed! As for reviews - i never trust them. I do however trust the % happy from the supplier. Much harder to fake.
-crookedtail- said:
Are you sure they are not fakes, there does seem to be a few when it comes to earphones?
I'm not sure what brand you got, but I would definitely recommend SoundMagic e10s (they may have a newer model now) for around the same money - They're top drawer!!!
Will look into them, thanks!I'm not sure what brand you got, but I would definitely recommend SoundMagic e10s (they may have a newer model now) for around the same money - They're top drawer!!!
I had some Logitech Ultimate Ears (can't remember the exact model number) which have finally gone kaput after about 6 years, they were absolutely ace. But about 4x what my budget is now!
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