Walmart & Amazon Reviews

[Antoni]

I don’t know why but it keeps irritating me (or makes my laugh) when I read 1-2 star reviews on Walmart and Amazon. I mean really, I looked at the tens of 1 star reviews on Amazon and some make valid points, but the majority are just so stupid and it annoys me when people buy something they have no clue about and then post a one star review stating a fact listed in the description and say it’s “trash trash trash” or even a “scam”. It’s like when people buy a mechanical watch and complain that you have to wind it - why did you get it when you knew that was what you were getting? On Co2/PCP airguns it’s the same deal always: “You have to get co2 cartridges/pump (to be honest I have no pcps yet and it does annoy me that cheap Chinese pumps are ~$50 and bumps the price up a lot but still, not a reason to give it a 1 star) and they are not supplied with the gun trash scam don’t buy”. On the Beeman P17 and other multi/single pump pneumatic air rifles it’s always “You get one shot and/or the loading is hard 1 star trash scam don’t buy”. But the creme of the crop stupid reviews are on Walmart and about break barrels. I mean, if there was a stupid review competition these types of reviews would win. Some examples: (I am sorry If I am not allowed to show these reviews, and these all are all reviews of springers. Most are those ~$100 Crossman/Benjamin break barrels, but some are those awful rugers)

And one guy complaining about a free-floating barrel on the Benjamin marauder. I don’t know why but it really irritates me to see people say these things, I mean when I want to buy something I research a ton about the topic before getting it, and most of the time I don’t get it because I find out it’s garbage. I also don’t know how you could help people not make a stupid mistake in getting something that is either complete garbage or something they think is garbage, like a single shot gun (who spends $100 or more without thinking about it other then billionaires?). 


I wish more people would always go to the forums in seeking help before getting anything.



Thanks for reading my rant. 


Antoni

 

[Antoni]

Also, I should add that some of the reviews complaint about the scopes make a valid point because their rifle has no sights, but still, they should of educated themselves on the topic before spending $100+. 

 

[Babaganoush]

“I put a double portion of contraceptive jelly on my toast and still got pregnant. Product doesn’t work! Trash! Scam!





You cant fix stupid. You can only learn how to best deal with it. 

 

[Mike_Lenardon]

Like my mom said many years ago.................You can't please every one

 

[Rodeo]

If they can not figure out how to use them or it is too much trouble for them to use, all the better - let them return it and not buy another. It would probably too much effort for them to use it safely. Stupid is as stupid does.

 

[cmatera]

The dumbing down of America is complete.

 

[davecole]

And this why it is well that some animals eat their young.....

 

[likkitysplyt]

No it is not complete, truth is … it's just beginning. Let me tell you the story about just how crazy people can be.

A man buys a brand new SUV for $40,000 and had $650 monthly payments … hasn't even made the first payment yet, but he wants to show off his new ride so he gets ahold of his friend and uses the new SUV to go duck hunting in but all the lakes are frozen with ice. These two atomic brains go to their favorite lake with their guns, the dog, their beer and of course the SUV.

They drive out on the lake and want to make some kind of natural landing spot for the ducks and of course a place to float the decoys. Soooo out of the back of the SUV comes a stick of dynamite with a short 40 second fuse to blast a hole in the ice big enough to create a landing area for the ducks and to place the decoys.

Being afraid that they might slip and fall down on the ice once they lit the fuse, they got the brilliant idea to throw the stick of dynamite as far as they could rather than risk going up in smoke from the imminent blast. Sooooo they throw the stick of dynamite!

Well … remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned a dog … well, to be exact it was a black Lab … and you guessed it, the dog takes off at a high rate of doggy speed and fetches the dynamite. The dog is happy now and has the dynamite in his mouth and is coming back to the two hunters. The hunters start screaming and waving their hands and are feeling kinda panicked. One of the guys actually decides to think for a second and he picks up his shotgun and shoots the dog … but the shotgun only has #8 duck shot in it and doesn't stop the dog and the dog continues back toward the hunters with the lit fuse. The hunter shoots the dog again and this time the dog is certain that these two Nobel Prize winners have gone completely insane. The pooch takes off to find some cover from the insane hunters, but the only cover on the lake is underneath the brand new SUV sitting nearby on the lake.

BOOM! The dog dies, the SUV sinks in the lake and these two Co-Leaders of the Known Universe are left standing there with this "I can't EVEN believe this has just happened to me" look on their faces. Later the owner of the SUV calls up his insurance company and finds out that sinking his vehicle in a lake by the illegal use of an explosive is not covered on his policy. So the owner has no dog, his friend is no longer his friend, his SUV is gone and is faced with monthly payments forever.

The moral of the story is that communication with the dead is only a little more difficult than communication with someone who takes action before thinking.

 

[cea1960]

True or not, that story is hilarious!

 

[cmatera]

I've seen doctors and nurses that cannot even spell. The bar is definitely subject to being lowered.

 

[JimNM]

I've seen doctors and nurses that cannot even spell. The bar is definitely subject to being lowered.

With the Dr handwriting, how could you ever make that out?

 

[Antoni]

No it is not complete, truth is … it's just beginning. Let me tell you the story about just how crazy people can be.

A man buys a brand new SUV for $40,000 and had $650 monthly payments … hasn't even made the first payment yet, but he wants to show off his new ride so he gets ahold of his friend and uses the new SUV to go duck hunting in but all the lakes are frozen with ice. These two atomic brains go to their favorite lake with their guns, the dog, their beer and of course the SUV.

They drive out on the lake and want to make some kind of natural landing spot for the ducks and of course a place to float the decoys. Soooo out of the back of the SUV comes a stick of dynamite with a short 40 second fuse to blast a hole in the ice big enough to create a landing area for the ducks and to place the decoys.

Being afraid that they might slip and fall down on the ice once they lit the fuse, they got the brilliant idea to throw the stick of dynamite as far as they could rather than risk going up in smoke from the imminent blast. Sooooo they throw the stick of dynamite!

Well … remember a couple of paragraphs back when I mentioned a dog … well, to be exact it was a black Lab … and you guessed it, the dog takes off at a high rate of doggy speed and fetches the dynamite. The dog is happy now and has the dynamite in his mouth and is coming back to the two hunters. The hunters start screaming and waving their hands and are feeling kinda panicked. One of the guys actually decides to think for a second and he picks up his shotgun and shoots the dog … but the shotgun only has #8 duck shot in it and doesn't stop the dog and the dog continues back toward the hunters with the lit fuse. The hunter shoots the dog again and this time the dog is certain that these two Nobel Prize winners have gone completely insane. The pooch takes off to find some cover from the insane hunters, but the only cover on the lake is underneath the brand new SUV sitting nearby on the lake.

BOOM! The dog dies, the SUV sinks in the lake and these two Co-Leaders of the Known Universe are left standing there with this "I can't EVEN believe this has just happened to me" look on their faces. Later the owner of the SUV calls up his insurance company and finds out that sinking his vehicle in a lake by the illegal use of an explosive is not covered on his policy. So the owner has no dog, his friend is no longer his friend, his SUV is gone and is faced with monthly payments forever.

The moral of the story is that communication with the dead is only a little more difficult than communication with someone who takes action before thinking.

True or not, I’ll have to screenshot it as this is too funny for words. 

 

[Vana2]

As bad as the 1-star reviews by people who (obviously) bought the wrong thing and are angry are the 5-star reviews by the excited people who haven't even used the product yet.

As noted above, you can't fix stupid.

 

[Saltlake58]

I find the one star reviews to be the most valuable. If I can find real complaints, and no idiots, then the product sucks. If the complaints are all morons, then, I move to the two star reviews and do the same thing. If all or most of the complaints are from morons, then, it's probably a pretty good product.

The 5 star reviews, rarely give any real information, but the complaints can be a treasure trove. Just watch out for morons.