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An ad that showed up as I was browsing through the news. Bloody ridiculous...

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[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 49 points 9 months ago

So, everyone else finds a product with only 5 star reviews to be suspicious, right?

[-] Steve@startrek.website 44 points 9 months ago

My strategy is to skim the 1-2 star reviews to see if they have any legitimate complaints or if its just personal bullshit.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

Extra fun when the reviews are for some other product.

Product: A sock

Review; 4/5 this didn't come with batteries like the description said it would, but the motor works great for my model car.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 5 points 9 months ago

Oh absolutely. Fuckin scumbags.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 19 points 9 months ago

Yeah like "flashlight is pretty bright but the switch quit after 2 months" and if I see several reviews talling about failed switches I kmow what's up. A good product will have a 1 star review talking about "flashlight tastes terrible and hurt my teeth."

[-] Steve@startrek.website 13 points 9 months ago

After 6 months I decided I no longer liked the color but they wouldnt let me return it ๐Ÿ˜ก

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago

App said package delivered but it never came

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

"USB Battery is very large, but takes very long to charge all the way." on a battery that supports both USB-Micro and USB-C Fast Charging.

[-] Steve@startrek.website 4 points 9 months ago

Fast charging refuses to work in my car ๐Ÿ‘Ž

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Could be any number of things from the charger not being USB-C PD to the sun overheating your phone and causing the safeties to stop or slow down the charging. I haven't actually found a car charger with a buckboost converter in it to provide higher voltages even when the circuit board is available online for hobby projects.

[-] Texas_Hangover@lemm.ee 6 points 9 months ago

"I fell on it, and it went right up my ass. 10/10 would fall again."

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

"SENT ME TO ER, and denied return. I don't know why guys enjoy flashlights so much for "playtime", but this one ain't it, had to go to er when gf got a little too rough with it."

[-] Randelung@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Awesome product, but delivery took too long so now I can't gift it to my kid for his birthday. 1 star.

[-] taladar@sh.itjust.works 15 points 9 months ago

It depends. If it is 2 reviews it might be real, if it is 200 it is extremely unlikely.

[-] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 16 points 9 months ago

Even 2 reviews is kinda sketchy, because it means the listing for that memory foam keyboard wrist rest is either scrubbed of negative reviews, or it's only been up for a few days because it's a shit product that has been sold under 804 different brand names in the past four years; they just switch up the branding every time someone gets the message through that the wrist rest is made out of leaded asbestos and it makes your lungs antisocial which is just another way of scrubbing negative reviews.

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