Some bad reviews had me worried
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But it works just fine. Exactly as I expected/hoped. In short, it changes light bulbs. Done.
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When a product attracts so many bad reviews, you have to wonder...

I decided to replace my first pot after dozens of "bubbles" appeared on the non-stick coating.

Fifteen dollars and three weeks later, I was receiving a new pot that wasn't round and didn't match the cover at all. Mystery solved! That's why so many users report that their cooker is making a mess! On some pot/cover sets, there's a gap between the ridge of the pot and the glass cover.

For 4 months, I managed to limit the damages, placing a folded paper towel in the gap. Month 5: the rice cooker stopped cooking. The Cook/Keep Warm button would go up only a few minutes (sometimes seconds) after turning the appliance on. I tried to keep the button down with tape until cooked. After a week, the rice cooker stopped turning on altogether.

I wondered for half a second: is it really worth returning it under the warranty, only to risk getting another unit with a deformed pot that might burst/burn/pop/stop working after a few months?

I made my decision as fast as you can say "Zojirushi" (I swear I don't work for them, but my previous rice cooker - from Zoji - lasted many, many years, that is until I accidentally placed it on a hot burner). Maybe I was lucky and Zojirushi also has some quality control issues, but that wasn't my experience.

I'm happy for the few customers who got lucky enough to purchase working cookers with a pot matching the cover (although I have to say that it's not very nice of them to denigrate those of us who weren't that lucky despite being capable of reading instructions, measuring rice and following proper appliance care).

If you're considering buying this rice cooker online, think twice. You may want to see the actual unit in person and at least make sure that the pot matches the cover. Again, when a product attracts so many bad reviews, you have to wonder... Most of the time, all problems can be traced back to quality control at the factory (China). Sometimes you're lucky. Sometimes you're not...
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I had read some of the other reviews that talked about defective buttons on this pack but others were good.  I rolled the dice and the ones I got were bad.  They didn't cost much but the wait, the install and the defective product were very frustrating.
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i didn't use it because of the bad reviews, don't take a risk with your car unless you make sure its good
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I was about to purchase this book and decided to read the reviews first. The majority of the reviews rave about how great the book is but there are some critical reviews that I can't ignore.  Such as incomplete or wrong measurements.  Someone even mentioned flies on the page with the desserts (GROSS!)
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After reading the reviews, I was really scared that I wouldn't get 4 cases but I did. The grammatical error doesn't really bother me cause I don't look at it.
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Please be aware when considering this purchase that the vendor repeatedly asked me to give a favorable review  despite the fact that I was not happy with it, and probably has done this with others.  I often purchase things based on reviews, so I am somewhat upset that this is why I ended up buying something that is not well made, and ended up not returning because of the hassle- so I had to eat half the price I paid.  Thankfully, that wasn't a lot.

I should have been suspicious considering the price, but this bra is not made for what I would say is the average size person.  First of all, it was way too small. I just recently felt I needed to upgrade from a 34 to a 36 and this was why I was shopping- but this felt tighter than my 34s.  The real problem hoever is the shoulder straps- they are really short.  At full extent they measure 9.5 inches (versus another average bra I had handy, which was 15.5).  The bra would shortly be sitting inches above my actual breasts, which isn't usually too helpful.  I tried to wear strapless, and without the pull of the straps, the top of the cups don't stay flesh with the skin and tilt out.  I went to process a return, and I got an email from the company asking me not to.  They told me it would be really time consuming and expensive for me, why not accept a quarter refund, and resell or gift the bra?  They said maybe the sizes were different in the US vs China where they are made.  Possibly, but shouldnt they warn customers of this potential sizing issue?  Especially if they most likely will not get a refund?

When I explained Id never gift or sell a bra at the best of times, but especially one that isn't what really what I feel it claims to be size wise, they then offered a 50%  refund, and intimated that the bra might become lost on its way back, or take a really really long time to get there if I insisted on returning, and I wouldnt get a refund until they received it.  So that might be never.  I actually had already worried that maybe I shouldnt trust them, so I ended up accepting this proposal, but I feel it is important that potential customers are aware that unless you are really petite, this bra may not work out well for you.  You most likely will not get your money back in full if it doesnt.  If you can get it to fit, it will definitely give you cleavage, but again- unless it was just mine that was constructed faulty, youll probably have to be very petite in order to get the straps to fit. If you are on the small size, you might be really happy though, and it IS a good price (though I only tried it on, and there are already threads pulling loose on it).

I don't like this current trend of people asking for positive reviews and/or ratings.  It defeats the purpose of them.  They weren't outwardly rude, kept saying they were willing to work with me and wanted to make me happy, but each time they responded they were trying to convince me not to return it- I don't want my Amazon transactions to come down to bargaining for something I don't want.
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Not often I have to leave bad reviews, maybe I got a bad one, maybe it's just garbage all around or I'm picky.

For starters, I use a basket filter, tastes better, but the grinds kept getting caught up in the grinder producing marble sized clumps of super fine grind that i can't use or it gets into my coffee and just gross.

2nd, the static electricity mine had was nuts, I'd open the lid and that fine dust would just get everywhere, would have to put a towel down just to grind coffee.
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This book came up on the list of free titles just a few days ago, and since the description of the story sounded interesting to me, I got it. I typically do not read reviews before I get books, but just look at how many reviews there are, and what the average review is. This one had something like 45 reviews, with an average of over 4 stars. That's a pretty respectable average.

Then, for some reason, I decided to check out the low rated reviews before I started reading the book, and saw many complaints of poor spelling, poorly written, etc. Since these are things that really annoy me, I decided I'd read this one next and thought to myself if it was as bad as the reviews say I'd probably not finish.

I have now finished the book, and found no instances of all the bad spelling, grammar, etc that other reviewers have mentioned. Makes me wonder if indeed those things had been there and corrected, and the reviews had been based on a copy that actually was poorly edited.

This is a fairly short read, and moves along quickly, and I must say I enjoyed it. I'll be looking forward to reading this author's next book.
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So let me begin by saying I dislike giving poor ratings but when I believe this will help others I will do so. In this case, I want to first give the positives.  1. It was very comfortable.  2. The sound quality was good. 3. The connectivity to my phone was very good.  I would really like to have kept them but the negative was too bad and I returned both my pair and my wife's pair. The reason I returned them was because they pick up so much background noise that both my son and my wife had trouble understanding me even with quiet conversations going on. I have had several hands free headphones but have never had one this bad.
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I'm surprised at the bad reviews.  I'm glad I didn't listen to any of them.  I think it's nice.
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I guess my self and dear S. Schutze got the lemons of the lot here, it would seem.

Here are the positives in my experience:

Nice color, arrived fast, thick and soft texture, and would work well in my bathroom.

And here are the not-so-positives, in my experience:

As soon as they arrived, I washed them right away so I could start using them in the bathroom. Well...after the very 1st wash, on gentle cycle, with a natural detergent free of dyes, perfumes and chemicals, and tumble dry on low, I was pretty surprised to see these lovely clean fluffy towels with pulls on each of them, running down a few inches in the weaving of the material. Looking over the long looping threads hanging on both towels, I knew I'd be returning them, unfortunately.

Contemplation:
I've never had this happen with towels before, so perhaps these were some of the lemons of the bunch. It would seem that way, considering there are 13 positive reviews on here and 2 negative ones (mine being the 2nd now). However, I don't allow negative review experiences to affect my choices when purchasing items, unless it is the extreme case of 1-star only reviews. Generally, I just get a sense of what I feel will work well for me. In this case this didn't work well for me, and that's ok.

Revelation:
I feel this is a good opportunity, now that a 2nd customer (my self) has had a "lemon" experience, for the merchant to look into why there are lemons appearing in their luxury lot, as it were. I'm a grateful participant in helping this merchant to provide a better quality product, which is my own revelation in this experience.

Reflection:
At the time of purchase, I really liked the way these towels looked; they were the right color I was looking for and most of the reviews were extremely positive. I usually do very well with amazon purchases, but sometimes they don't always work out, and that's ok! I don't mind sending them back, and hopefully the product will improve so no more lemons will be served. :)

PS. I gave this product 3 stars because the 3-star selection on amazon = "It's ok," and it truly is. It's not just about the product for me - it's the whole experience.
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thanks guys. i was half way through a  big thumb missed button pressin from downloadin it and clicked reviews just because. first one i saw sayin it malfumctioned tripped me out. worked for me also
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After reading some not great reviews I was nervous about buying but I got some great ones so will probably shop here again.
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Becareful when you read any form of review I haven't bought the item but I can leave a review so think about what is written you can tell a lot of the 1star review are fake. Because of the amount of detail in the review some people just want to be negative
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Despite all the bad reviews I still decided to purchase this... I don't know.. it looked attractive, it looked nice and reliable.... it looked resistant and just the one power bank I had been looking for, for soo long!.... And well... PLEASE LISTEN TO THOSE REVIEWERS WHO LEFT BAD REVIEWS!

I was convinced that maybe I would be luckier... I just wanted to have this and was hoping with all myself that all those bad reviews were from the past... or not accurate enough (or that they just had bad luck).... whatever.... I WAS SOO WRONG! I received this portable charger and tested it for 2 full days hoping and praying that it was just me, that maybe I was doing something wrong... (but what can you possibly do wrong with such an easy-to-use item??).

- It charges good.
- It holds the charge good enough.
- IT DOES NOT CHARGE iPHONES..
- IT DOES NOT CHARGE TABLETS..
- nor anything else you will plug into it....

It starts charging your device and then it stops... you change cable, you unplug and plug it again thinking "maybe it will work now - maybe it was not plugged correctly"...

This device is TOO BIG AND WAY TOO HEAVY for acting like a piece of plastic junk bought from a dollar store!!!! How is that even possible that this thing is not working correctly?? I don't understand... all I know is that I wanted it to work soo badly.... and got extremely disappointed.

I was so upset that I just returned this JUNK immediately....
I have been reading that to every single bad review the company was offering the reviewer to replace the item... but if soo many people have problems, what makes you think we would even be interested in a replacement which most probably won't work either??? Please just invest your time and money in adjusting something that is clearly defect.

I really really wanted to be happy with it... It looked solid and elegant.. even if so much weight does not make it very "portable"... but if at least it worked.. I know I would have loved it!
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1) Connection tone on my device was ear piercingly loud. Seriously unsafe.
2) Connection issues over bluetooth would cause audio skipping and occasional un-pairing then sudden repairing (see 1 above for the fun that caused!!)
3) Awkward controls made it difficult to skip forward, change tracks, and control volume.
4) Loose fit (on my huge head) meant lots of audio "leakage" so that any one else in the room with you will be able to hear your tunes, even at a moderate volume.

I called tech support but they couldn't really help. They suggested that I might have a defective item. I returned, which was simple and easy because it was sold through amazon directly.