I was looking at reviews for a silicone o-ring, and I was reading a review about a chainsaw. I scrolled back to the top.. o-ring. I scrolled back to the bottom.. chainsaw.
I see this not infrequently. Either their servers have had some considerable memory corruption leading to randomization of some reviews, or, more likely, they have a habbit of throwing a review for an item that someone ordered onto other items that Amazon detects as similar.
Time and time again I see "verified purchaser" reviews reviewing a
This tends to happen when the product listing changes, or someone mislinks multiple products.
Buying things like hard drives or a skirt that comes in 17 colours, you'll get a review for one size or colour that references design features just not present in the one you want.
Or maybe there's a genuine issue. Could it be the inclusion of reviews from Amazon's international sites?
Off-Topic (Score:3, Insightful)
I was looking at reviews for a silicone o-ring, and I was reading a review about a chainsaw. I scrolled back to the top.. o-ring. I scrolled back to the bottom.. chainsaw.
I see this not infrequently. Either their servers have had some considerable memory corruption leading to randomization of some reviews, or, more likely, they have a habbit of throwing a review for an item that someone ordered onto other items that Amazon detects as similar.
Time and time again I see "verified purchaser" reviews reviewing a
Re:Off-Topic (Score:2)
This tends to happen when the product listing changes, or someone mislinks multiple products.
Buying things like hard drives or a skirt that comes in 17 colours, you'll get a review for one size or colour that references design features just not present in the one you want.
Or maybe there's a genuine issue. Could it be the inclusion of reviews from Amazon's international sites?