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The best way to interpret is never give a review under 4 stars.  I did make some mistakes in a review but more and more reviews are meaningless in most vendors.  I think I will stop doing these unless there is some compensation for my time.  Myloops always gives me 3 pounds off my next purchase. New Loops gives you 20% off. 
 
 In all fairness I probably shouldn't put this here but reviews can be quite useless on a vendor's site. Some do not allow for critical honesty.  Udemy seems to.  The Prop shop is worthless.  Plugin Boutique only allows star ratings. 
 
 Usually the honesty comes from forums.

Being pestered for weeks after any purchase by amazon is one of the reasons I don't buy more stuff from them. I tried to tell them this, but of course you can't reply to the actual amazon email asking for a review. A 3rd party supplier also bombarded me with requests, so I replied that I thought that the earphones that I bought from them looked nice and seemed well made, but sounded awful with dreadfully hyped bass and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone who actually enjoyed listening to music, so would he still like me to post my review ? Funnily enough, no he didn't want me to do that.
 
I did like this one that someone posted  for the fire tv stick though........
 
I bought this as an electronic babysitter, for my husband, who is five. Oh, wait, not five, 48. I was pig-sick of him watching Netflix on his mobile phone, with his netbook pinging up Facebook messages, with the TV on full blast, and the sound from his Netflix leaking out of his earphones, because he had that on full volume as well, to counter-balance whatever was happening on the TV he wasn't watching. It has worked a treat, as he now watches endless hours of crap on the big TV, while his netbook and phone ping Facebook messages at him, and he lies on the couch, re-arranging his crotch, and grunting.

The installation was easy, despite the fact that I only have full use of one hand, I didn't need any screwdrivers, and I'm not allowed hammers anyway. I did stand on an apple that the dog had taken behind the TV, for dog-reasons, and it squidged between my toes a bit, but I don't suppose that's a universal installation issue, not everyone having a dog that hides fruit behind the TV.

The plug-and-play nature of the device meant that I was able to install without asking for help from a man, and I didn't even break any fingernails. I'm relatively certain I've deleted any links to my social media from Amazon, so the husband won't be able to ferret about, at two in the morning, while he's watching something with boobs in, or yet another concert from the time period when I was being potty-trained, and see all of the nasty things I say about him.

For me, it has been £35 well-spent, although the glut of adverts offering it for £25 have been a bit of a kick in the crotch, I could have spent the extra £10 on gin, but it would have been cheap gin, so there would have been no real gain.
 

Thanks for sharing, I like that review.
I always think that if you don't allow critical or low star reviews you hurt yourself as smart folks might figure out that you are essentially lying because virtually no one has all 5 star products or services. I'd rather see a few reviews that are crummy and a response that offers help or an offer to refund, then endless bootlicking reviews.

Dadratthedadrattedluck...
Double post.

kitekrazy1
 In all fairness I probably shouldn't put this here but reviews can be quite useless on a vendor's site.

I have never in my life even tried to read any review or "user comments" on a vendor site. Documentation, ads, etc. are ok. But not reviews. They are supposed to be independent by definition and anything on a vendor site is NOT independent by definition.
 
May be the only exceptions are vendor's forums, like this one. It is normally easy to see which "freedom" users have on such forums.
 
I like Amazon, booking.com and several other portals on which I had no problem to find that something is fishy nor report reasonable negative feedback. I try to post positive about all products I really like, something many people forget to do.
 
I do not trust much payed reviews at all, except from particular people on there sites since I know how biased they are in particular topics.

paulo
Being pestered for weeks after any purchase by amazon is one of the reasons I don't buy more stuff from them. 

We must be very lucky here because my wife and I order on Amazon constantly - usually one or 2 orders a week, sometimes more - for everything from books and DVDs and guitar strings to food and clothing. And same day delivery rocks.
 
I can count on my fingers of one hand the requests for reviews I've received during the last 3 or 4 years, always by 3rd party. I've seen 2 or 3 cases which went beyond one e-mail. And since most sellers are afraid of bad reviews, service is almost always impeccable.
 
Lucky I suppose.

Requests for amazon reviews only seem to come when buying things from partner sellers.  I buy a lot of stuff that way - used hardback books and CDs are especially a bargain.  Review requests are little annoying perhaps, but it's the price you pay for the price you pay. 
 
I have never once been taken advantage of by amazon partner sellers.  Amazon seems to have their policies well ingrained.  If you want to be a partner seller, you don't screw people, period.  I rarely write reviews product reviews, but  I do always (eventually) leave seller feedback.  It makes for a healthier marketplace all around and appreciate the efforts of others to do the same.
 

There is a member on this site that bought some loop files and they were poor quality and the developer would not allow the review on their site.  It's always nice to remind them that these review can be posted anywhere.

Made me lol, paulo, thanks.

I rely heavily on Amazon user reviews, because if you can't physically examine a product beforehand, it's often all you've got to go on. I recently bought a gym bag online to carry my cords, pedals and microphone to gigs. Reviews steered me away from cheap products that had failed prematurely, and toward what was ultimately a good purchase.
 
The trick is to go straight to the one-star reviews first. Filter out the whiners ("I thought it would be sky blue and it was Navy!") and you're left with a reasonable estimate of the odds of getting a defective item. Figure on a consistent 2% who will be displeased regardless. But if the percentage of one-star reviews is, say, 10%, then best walk away. But in any event, it's a safe bet that none of those were planted by the vendor!