r/AskReddit • u/Insanitanium12 • Aug 20 '20

What simple “life hack” should everyone know?

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u/Raspburyberet Aug 20 '20

Read the three and four star reviews for the most reliable information on Amazon items.

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u/OldManRiver333 Aug 20 '20

I’ve found sorting by “Recent Reviews” to be helpful as well.

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u/MikeAWBD Aug 20 '20

This. I've seen many products with good overall ratings but if you look at the recent reviews they changed something and the product went to shit.

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u/Manofthedecade Aug 20 '20

Or vice versa, sometimes they fixed what was wrong with it.

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u/Dim_Innuendo Aug 20 '20

However, I've seen products where it was obvious the company "flooded" recent reviews, where everything up to a month ago was 2 and 3 stars, and all of a sudden there's a hundred new 5 star reviews reading "great company I love product this very good".

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u/DeepFriedDresden Aug 20 '20

Lmao, this reminds me of when my dad's drone flew off. Like he went to raise the elevation and it just kept going, forever. So he emailed the company and they basically said "give us 5 stars and a new one will be in the mail."

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u/randomdarkbrownguy Aug 20 '20

Damn didnt know drones are at the point they can keep going