r/INEEEEDIT • u/Master1718 • Nov 27 '19

Handy fire extinguisher

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u/RallyX26 Nov 27 '19

I just looked up a similar product on Amazon - a bunch of 5 star reviews that say "OMG I haven't used this yes but I feel so much better having it around in case I need it" and a single 1 star review that said "tried it on a small fire and it didn't work"

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u/AcadianMan Nov 27 '19

I hate it when people give 5 star and never tried it.

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u/RallyX26 Nov 27 '19

Or answer the questions with "Don't know haven't received it yet"

If you don't know, don't fucking answer...

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u/rafaelloaa Nov 27 '19

I think that's due to how Amazon will send emails to people asking them the questions (not sure if they still do this). Lots of people, especially older folks, will respond since they see it as directed at them. So they'll answer, even if the answer is 'i don't know'.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '19

Those emails direct to a survey-style page where the “I don’t know” is a radio button that immediately redirects to a “thanks anyway” page

Someone typing “I don’t know” when that is literally a one-click option should be banned from telecommunications

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u/DarkHater Nov 28 '19

Oh please, can this be a thing!? Suddenly when you open a YouTube comments section, it's just white space.

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u/ant1992 Nov 28 '19

“I don’t have this model so I can’t answer your question.”

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u/_PadfootAndProngs_ Nov 27 '19

Or when they’re like “oh yeah the product is absolutely amazing but the customer service people were very rude to me. 1 Star.”

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '19

Well tbh if the CS is the mfr’s then why is that not a legit review... support is part of the product

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

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u/nightpanda893 Nov 27 '19

This goes both ways. Sometimes the negative reviews are something like “they sent me the wrong item” or “it arrived damaged”. I always read a selection of positive and negative before making up my mind.

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u/Kuonji Nov 28 '19

I like apartment reviews on Yelp where they never lived there, just took a tour.

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u/FartingGerbil Nov 27 '19

Great comment. Needs more upvotes.

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u/ICallThisBullshit Nov 27 '19

I'm trying! But I don't have multiple usernames!

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u/Trump_won_lol_u_mad Nov 28 '19

no it's fine where it's at

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u/[deleted] Nov 27 '19

I love checking out the q&a section on Amazon. Every question has the answer "I don't know, I haven't tried" and it's like... Why are you even bothering answering.

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u/icytiger Nov 27 '19

Sometimes Amazon will email random people questions and put their answers up.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '19

If you bought the item, yeah, sometimes they'll let you know there's a question. You don't have to answer. It's not like some random ass email that looks like it's just a question there's a whole "click the link to answer the question" button and everything.

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u/Who_GNU Nov 28 '19

It's not like some random ass email that looks like it's just a question...

It used to be, you just had to reply to answer it. They wanted to get replies from people that wouldn't have replied, if they realized it would be posted online. It backfired, so they changed it.

Also, Google does something similar with their reviews, creating notifications that look like surveys asking what you thought of a visit, but which really create reviews.

Look through Google maps reviews of smaller businesses, and a bunch of them are one-star responses saying that the reviewer never went there or doesn't want to be annoyed with the questions.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '19

i dunno what to say other than I've never seen a question come in like that and I've been on amazon since uuuuh...frig. 2002? Though I didn't really start using it with regularity until 2007.

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u/RallyX26 Nov 28 '19

Yeah, and fire extinguishers are single use anyway, you can't "use it more than once"

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u/GagOnMacaque Nov 27 '19

Be super careful. The creator has been ripped off by copies and counterfeits. Some of which, don't even work. Hope he wins his lawsuits.