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I do this too, but I mainly look for trends in the bad reviews (DOA, Stopped working after a few months, etc), rather then one bad review spoiling a large number of positive ones. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.66|173.245.55.66]] 16:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
 
I do this too, but I mainly look for trends in the bad reviews (DOA, Stopped working after a few months, etc), rather then one bad review spoiling a large number of positive ones. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.55.66|173.245.55.66]] 16:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)
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  I was shopping on Amazon for a 25' fiber-optic cable. One cable had mostly 5-star reviews, but one knocked 2 stars off because, in the reviewer's words, "it was a little too long for my needs." They why did you order a 25-foot cable??? Idiot.
  
 
The title text seems to refer to some horror movie. [[User:Arifsaha|Arifsaha]] ([[User talk:Arifsaha|talk]]) 19:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
 
The title text seems to refer to some horror movie. [[User:Arifsaha|Arifsaha]] ([[User talk:Arifsaha|talk]]) 19:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)
  
 
Before I edited it, the explanation contained "For comparison, one can get a decent lamp at IKEA for only about US$15!" We're all geeks here; I can't be the only one who read that as a factorial.  (In which case, the Swiss lampmaker's lamps are cheap enough to be well worth the trip.)[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.56|108.162.216.56]] 18:05, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 
Before I edited it, the explanation contained "For comparison, one can get a decent lamp at IKEA for only about US$15!" We're all geeks here; I can't be the only one who read that as a factorial.  (In which case, the Swiss lampmaker's lamps are cheap enough to be well worth the trip.)[[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.56|108.162.216.56]] 18:05, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

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Even better is when reviewers start talking about other products that they've used in the past, and you're suddenly investigating and comparing capacity, weight and compartment placement between 20-odd messenger bags. Davidy22[talk] 10:03, 23 December 2012 (UTC)

I'm surprised they didn't find any bobcats. Black Hat should have expanded his enterprise beyond eBay by now. Anonymous 17:57, 5 December 2013 (UTC)

I do this too, but I mainly look for trends in the bad reviews (DOA, Stopped working after a few months, etc), rather then one bad review spoiling a large number of positive ones. 173.245.55.66 16:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

 I was shopping on Amazon for a 25' fiber-optic cable. One cable had mostly 5-star reviews, but one knocked 2 stars off because, in the reviewer's words, "it was a little too long for my needs." They why did you order a 25-foot cable??? Idiot.

The title text seems to refer to some horror movie. Arifsaha (talk) 19:25, 3 December 2014 (UTC)

Before I edited it, the explanation contained "For comparison, one can get a decent lamp at IKEA for only about US$15!" We're all geeks here; I can't be the only one who read that as a factorial. (In which case, the Swiss lampmaker's lamps are cheap enough to be well worth the trip.)108.162.216.56 18:05, 4 September 2015 (UTC)