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[citation][nom]bison88[/nom]I find more serious reviews on Newegg and Amazon than anywhere else for what I've bought but I wouldn't call it sarcasm that is the problem with reviews.The mass majority of "bad" reviews are those whom aren't even reviewing the product itself. I understand the frustration of getting a product that doesn't work out of the box, it happens. Unfortunately that has nothing to do with the product itself and by rating something 1 or 0 out of 5 stars it destroys the products credibility when you are actually looking for feedback. People just need to realize what a review means and how you actually got about reviewing it. Amazon has a great number of users who initially review it crappy for a fail-out-of-box product and update it when they get the new one, that's reasonable.IMO If you don't actually have a working product to review don't even add your input because all you are going to do is bitch and moan about how Newegg shipped you a crappy product bundled by an outsourced non-American made product that has lowered the quality of the product. It's completely irrelevant to what people are looking for when they want feedback.Anyone else know what I mean?[/citation]
So what about a keyboard that dies after 2 weeks? I don't keep receipts for products under $50 for that long (usually thrown out as soon as I verify that it works). I think that getting a dead product is justification of a bad review. Just state the reason for the 1 star. I find that those reviews are helpful to let me know if I have a good chance of buying a dead product. You just have to take them with the proverbial grain of salt.
So what about a keyboard that dies after 2 weeks? I don't keep receipts for products under $50 for that long (usually thrown out as soon as I verify that it works). I think that getting a dead product is justification of a bad review. Just state the reason for the 1 star. I find that those reviews are helpful to let me know if I have a good chance of buying a dead product. You just have to take them with the proverbial grain of salt.