Amazon reviews from grandparents

[notdaddycool]

AIBU to discount and hate Amazon reviews saying "I bought this for my grandson and he loves it" 90% of them will have based that on a polite child's thank you letter. Takes so bloody long to read through them, of course you say a gift is nice, even if it's really rubbish.

Amazon really need to put a second button in their question emails that says "sorry, I don't know". It would do nothing but let the recipient feel they had responded. People think the emails are to them personally from someone else and feel they must reply.

That's a great idea; maybe also invite people to leave a review if they would like to rather than making it look like it's nigh on compulsory. I'd also ban people from leaving a star-review without at least three words to tell everybody why they gave it that review.

Also, a little memo might help to 'grade' the reviews i.e. click on 1 star and it dynamically says 'you think this item is terrible'; click on 4 stars and it pops up 'you think this item is very good but has some shortcomings' etc. Far too many people fail to understand that 5 stars should be the default for a purchase that you're very happy with and anything below that is because the item has lost stars - not because it was for a present, was a mundane item or your particular seller was slow in sending it. And as for the muppets who say "Wonderful item: extremely happy with it, far better than I had ever hoped" and then give it 1 star.

I expect they get an email asking for a review and feel like they really should respond.

There's probably a crossover between them and the people who are maybe new to the internet or don't really get the idea of algorithms driving everything. Those who will Google "Could you please help me find out when I can go for a swim at the local baths on Wednesday, as I don't know if they close for lunch?" and just can't get over the idea that a robot really will not be offended if you just search for "Anytown swimming pool opening times"!

Does Amazon ask if you can answer questions and for reviews, I don't think I have ever been asked either and I buy about 300 items a year from there. I have had a couple from marketplace sellers begging for reviews which I have ignored but that's about it, never any questions.