If all the low ratings are facts, how can anyone be rating this higher than a 2? Or are the low ratings leaving it in the wind? Or ?
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Well ours did break an arm pretty quick, but they sent us a new arm to put on. I have had no problems with it after that. I did have to call a few times and Amazon helped. They said they had gotten a bad batch with the arms. But like I said it's been okay since. I think it's been about 2years now. Debbie
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On windy days I roll mine up. I don' think the metal holding the top are strong enough to hold up to higher winds. I fastened the frame to my deck rails with tie downs and that solved the problem with the wind. This winter I have kept it rolled up. Later on when the weather gets better, I will unroll it and fasten it to my deck. It makes nice shade in the summer.
1097160
I don't know how it got a higher rating than a 2. All I can say that if I had it to do over I wouldn't have purchased this item. Better off spending a little more for something name brand like sun setter.
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I've notice that, too. Looking at buying a receiver and all of them seem to have this rate. Is it perhaps sample size? Most of them seem to have less than 100. Sometimes I wonder if the negative stories are real. But in one case I trust the person and the review is real.
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Actually if you've done any googling you would have found out that there are 1000s of Vine reviewers currently and you only need to have one or two reviews to get invited. There is also some analysis out there that looks at how Vine products rate versus these peoples normal reviews. Turns out about the same averages. Personally, I think most people are honest enough to try to do a good job. Then again, most people view the actions of others as they themselves would react. Thus I think they're honest, because I am. You think they are cheats because...
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I am VERY sceptical of the reviews of this product. Rarely does ANY product receive a 4.9 rating (and NO 1, 2, or 3 star reviews) with as many reviews (73 as of 1 Jan 14), and wrist monitors are NOTORIOUSLY INNACURATE. It took me 3 minutes to scan all 73 "reviews," and I found that NOT ONE had an "Amazon Verified Purchase" tagline on it, further reinforcing my belief that these are phony reviews probably mostly done by Ozeri employees (many of them even say their review is in exchange for the device, i.e., they got it FREE). I say AVOID the thing and save the grief.
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Some of the reviews are posted by larger customers and they haven't reported any difficulties. Good luck with it!
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I checked a few of the reviewers posting histories. While the ones who have only a single record of reviewing any product might be cause for suspicion, there are many other reviewers whose records appear to be legitimate. I'd suggest that this is not a case of a manufactured conspiracy, but simply a case of poor manufacturing quality control. The buyers who got good units were very satisfied. The buyers who got less-than-good-units were not very satisfied. BTW, this product is currently on sale at a daily-deal website for $69.99 delivered. Your review (and others complaining of poor quality) convinced me to purchase this product ONLY if covered by a "satisfaction guaranteed" warranty.
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Danphy, have you read the reviews and seen the star ratings? and you really are considering buying it? Seriously?
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Definitely the review system needs tweaking! I suggest they 'weight' the reviewers, so those with verifiable info, a track record of genuine reviews, and so forth, their reviews get more 'weight' (ie count for two or something). Yelp does something like that now. As far as this green coffee bean extract, the giveaway is that all the other suppliers for the same product have lowish reviews, wouldnt make sense that this one supplier would have such a superior product.
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That blows. I was interested in it b/c of the strong reviews. I couldn't believe something this inexpensive had such a high star rating!
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imu lu, You are assuming people read all the reviews. Many read a handful of reviews and look at the percentage of star ratings as overall view of item quality. "What's useful about reporting the fact of a delay to potential purchasers is that a delay sometimes indicates the product may have performance problems when it ships, that the bugs just couldn't all be worked out, and that it may not hold up in service.' Or it may not . Giving low stars to something you don't own, because it might have a problems is silly. Every purchase we make carries that possibility.
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I agree. I was just going through all the reviews and the majority got it for free or were not Verified Purchases. With that in mind, I am now skeptical of all of their products. Companies should realize that this whole paid review process can backfire.
1541958
I KNOW right?!? What has been happening to Amazon lately? More than half of the reviews I read seem to be "fake"! This really makes me feel nervous about buying the products because if companies have to pay people to leave fake reviews, its says something about their integrity, and probably about the quality of the product too...
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I agree with Rick V.'s post. Many of the one star reviews appear to be written by users ranting about technical issues they know little about. Their "see my other reviews" often indicates they knew very little about the other products they reviewed. If a negitive review can't be supported by facts, and readers do not find the review helpful, Amazon should not use it. Some of the reviews are rather humorous excuses for not knowing what they ordered or how to use it.
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I could not find that type rating on the info data. We bought it based on some our friends recommendations.We have found it to be satisfactory if one follows the instructions provided.
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I would point out that 2% one star and two star reviews is well below average for Amazon reviews....
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do a search online for ratings on this game. there are several sites that give ratings on content, positive or negative content, profanity, sex etc. that will help you make more of an informed decision.
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There are many people that write deceiving reviews. Some are being paid and some are getting free product. For instance a person that gives 5-star reviews for three like products from three different companies the same day or within a couple of days. Saying for each, "nothing worked until I tried this". Also a variety of different products. It can take up are lot of time to do this research. Check the other $100's of various products reviewed at the same time. I have written down the names of 14 people that reviewed the same items around the same time, saying about the same thing. But not giving info that is significant.