To hate useless reviews?

[Smallfry79]

AIBU to get really frustrated with pointless reviews?
I am not a natural cook and use online recipies a lot. I like to read the comments to see what others thought of the recipie or any suggested tweaks. It really annoys me scrolling through comments such as 'looks lovely', 'definitely going to try this'. What use is that to anyone? Go make it and come back and tell us what you think then.

This phenomenon isn't restricted to recipies either. Often see product reviews that say 'just arrived, cant wait to try it'. Again, useless. Other than maybe to say delivery was prompt but it's the actual product im interested in.

Trivial issue I know and not something to get worked up about but surely I can't be the only one this irritates.

The hotel I stayed in once during a holiday in Croatia (which was lovely) had a one star review the week before we stayed because 'it rained'

Oh yes i have to admit i do enjoy some of the funny, totally irrational holiday ones. Having worked as a holiday rep many years ago I can almost picture these people on holiday and the type of customer they are.

YANBU. I see completely ridiculous and pointless reviews on Amazon all the time

Someone gave the company I work for a 1 star review.

They got a parking ticket for parking on a double yellow line when they came to visit us and we refused to pay their fine.

We have a massive, private car park they could have parked in - for free 🤷‍♀️

When you look at these reviews, remember taht these people can vote😂😂😂

Yes alot of reviews are rubbish, buying a kettle and the reviews were, 'matches my kitchen', 'does what a kettle does', 'makes the best tasting tea ever'.

A microwave ' heats the food', 'lovely colour'.

Shoes for my ds ' fit great', 'look lovely on'

Lamps 'goes lovely with my bedclothes and curtains', 'great light'.

Lots of other things that get the response 'bought for my grandchild, they loved it'.

There is absolutely no description, nothing about the item. I don't care if it matches your kitchen, I can't see your kitchen, I don't know what colour your kitchen is.

Another one for ladies flip flops and a review last year said she wore them on holidays..... Really....

1 star reviews moaning about delivery. I WANT A REVIEW OF THE PRODUCT, NOT HERMES!

@SoupDragon

To be fair about the Amazon Questions, you get sent an email that makes it look like you're actually being asked the question.

The latest thing I discovered yesterday was a bong from Alexa which was a notification, and turned out to be Alexa asking me to review a purchase, she was quite insistant, repeating, 'how many stars?' but did eventually shut up when asked to stop. They can stuff that, being nagged to review stuff mid dinner.

A lot of these pointless reviews are because you get emails asking to review and be in with a chance to win money.

Also with Amazon, I feel that people try to review as much as they can so they get selected to be a product tester for Amazon (can't remember what it is called).

Also with Amazon, I feel that people try to review as much as they can so they get selected to be a product tester for Amazon (can't remember what it is called).

Wait what? I rarely review, I must change that!

The latest thing I discovered yesterday was a bong from Alexa which was a notification, and turned out to be Alexa asking me to review a purchase, she was quite insistant, repeating, 'how many stars?' but did eventually shut up when asked to stop. They can stuff that, being nagged to review stuff mid dinner

Oh God! Does she post what you say??

I had one of those notifications and wasn’t very polite.

To be fair, I’d just got in from work, dying for a piss, cats carrying on like they hadn’t been fed for years and she was asking me to review a packet of hoover bags.

My personal hate are those questions and answers that you get on Amazon. “Will this fit my iPad?” And Brenda replies “sorry I don’t know I bought it for my goldfish’s cousin’s pet rat and they have a Samsung tablet” 🙄🙄🙄

Oh it happens on here too though! On a thread asking something like “ “ Can anyone recommend a great lamb recipe.?” You’ll get at least one
“ I hate lamb” and a “ Nope ..we’re vegetarian “ Drives me bonkers,

@Smallfry79

Oh yes i have to admit i do enjoy some of the funny, totally irrational holiday ones. Having worked as a holiday rep many years ago I can almost picture these people on holiday and the type of customer they are.

We once got a one star review and apparently he'd have "given lower if it was possible" and I got personally named and shamed because a taxi never turned up that he chose and booked, nothing to do with the hotel at all, he ordered it himself from where he had gone to get back to the hotel, then rang to roast me alive when it didn't turn up. I did manage to source another and get it to him but he ranted on about "useless Moodie" who couldn't organise "her way out of a wet paper bag" and how shit the customer service is because I wouldn't personally drive to collect him when the taxi didn't arrive. I don't drive for a start 🤷 I left hospitality because of utter nobs like that.

I take them with a pinch of salt, as it were. People with an axe to grind, or asked to write them up, for example.

I'm amazed at the amount of fake positive reviews on Amazon after watching about it on This Morning a while back. I checked it out and was horrified. Twats.

@Springersrock

The latest thing I discovered yesterday was a bong from Alexa which was a notification, and turned out to be Alexa asking me to review a purchase, she was quite insistant, repeating, 'how many stars?' but did eventually shut up when asked to stop. They can stuff that, being nagged to review stuff mid dinner

Oh God! Does she post what you say??

I had one of those notifications and wasn’t very polite.

To be fair, I’d just got in from work, dying for a piss, cats carrying on like they hadn’t been fed for years and she was asking me to review a packet of hoover bags.

dunno, I didn't do the review just ignored her for a bit then told her to shut up

Funny thread. There are so many pointless reviews but my favourites are the recipes ones where they say something like ‘this was a really delicious pasta bolognese but I didn’t have pasta and used rice instead. I had also run out of mince so used up some chicken and added extra chilli. My husband wolfed it down and asked for seconds!’

When I opened this, I thought it might be the sort of pointless "review" I get at work: announced by HR out of nowhere, conducted by my boss in a grudging way (he thinks it's pointless too), the result filed with HR, no feedback from HR ever received.

What really have you got to moan about?

I saw a review on Amazon of a board game which simply said 'It's a board game'. Thanks for that.

I also hate them. The particular gems that get me are 1 star reviews 'because the product never arrived'. It's why you always have to read the 1 stars to get a true picture.

Also 'bought as a present so no idea but think niece will love it!'

Just fuck off.

Yes the 'bought as gift' is no help. I also rely on the consumers opinions - a size 8 model can look fab in anything with pins and good lighting, so someone saying that the 'pockets are bulky and stick out' is really good to know.

@Crazzzycat

I love the reviews on the BBC good food website. So many along the lines of “I didn’t use half of the recommended ingredients, added a lot of random things instead, ignored the instructions and somehow it didn’t end up looking like it does on the picture”. Even better when they then rate the recipe as only 1 or 2 stars as if the mess they created had nothing to do with them 😂

I came on to say exactly this but you said it for me!

Yes!

Amazon Q&As are especially hilarious. DH and I have been crying with laughter at some. I think one of the best was a review for a mini handheld hoover and someone asked 'will it hoover up birdseed?' Of course a reply was 'sorry I don't know if it does as I've never owned a bird but I use it fine in all my rooms and I have a dog and it works really well!'

Argos has a question and answer section on its products and most answers are really sensibly written by staff members. But you get some people saying random stuff with no thought for context like 'can you tell me if it will fit my son's bed?' Or 'hi i bought this and it doesn't work, I want an exchange'

I was reading reviews of some furniture on Dunelm recently and trying to look at customer photos to see the pieces in real homes. So many reviews on items saying 'prompt delivery, they even took it upstairs for me! Special thanks to Mike who was so friendly' Yeah, I don't care, I want to know about the chair itself, not the random delivery drivers 200 miles away!

I’m listening to a pod cast called “beach too Sandy, water too wet”. It’s about the reviews that people leave (and yes, someone did leave a review of a beach, and said that the beach was too Sandy and the water was too wet 🤣). Absolutely hilarious!!

@SchrodingersImmigrant what a scary thought!! (Also,great name)

I have a friend who started up her own business.
She asked if I could share her FB page, which I was happy to do.
I looked at her reviews, all 5 stars. Turns out all the reviews are from her family making out they have just found her fantastic product.