Matthew Brealey wrote:
> I posted a review on Amazon of a game once. The game was not much good,
> and very short, and I said something to the effect of 'this game is not
> very long, you'd be better off buying something else'. The thing is,
> with no other reviews of the game, my review would be the only one, and
> would significantly harm their sales.
>
> So they didn't post it.
Which would be dishonest. The point behind Amazon reviews (at least
in theory) is to help the customer make more informed decisions, not to
shill for products. If the latter, then Amazon should say something
along the lines of "Amazon reviews are positive only"
> Same thing, I bought a cheap optical mouse from a hardware site
> (ebuyer). Horrible, unergonomic. The product had loads of positive
> reviews. So I added a negative one. They didn't post it. I added it
> three times, and they never approved it.
Which means you purchased it based on false information.
> wonderful hotels showing up with bad ratings overall. It's not really
> fair on the hotel that they are going to get the bad reviews far more
> than the good.
But those of us who read reviews on line KNOW this. We don't make our
decisions solely on a bad review. But bad reviews do twll us
something.
> As far as I can tell, your only complaint was that the hotel was closed
> in the middle of the night. This doesn't make the hotel bad, just
> small. Most people wouldn't find this a problem.
It is a major problem when the person is scheduled to arrive late.
Hotels, in contrast to bed and breakfasts SHOULD be available to check
in their guests at all hours. Its the difference between a hotel and a
B&B. Hotel's are "houses without keys" because someone is always on
duty at the front desk.
>Of course people need
> to know that the hotel's not going to be open at 1am in the morning, I
> guess expedia should say. But they really aren't obliged to post your
> review.
They should be obligated to post the review which follows their
guidelines as to do the contrary creates false and misleading
presumptions.
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