Amazon (and the rest of the internet) is killing local businesses

[DINGO Joe]

Does anyone still believe reviews on the internet?

[DINGO Joe]

Does anyone still believe reviews on the internet?

Not any individual one, but if something has thousands of reviews and has a nice 4 out of 5 stars and another product that might be 10% cheaper, but has thousands of reviews and has a crappy 1.5 stars (and has written reviews bringing up the same problems over and over)....I'm buying the 4 star product.  You wouldn't?

Well, I guess in an extreme like that-- still wouldn't be surprised if some bot created all those reviews.  I'm still the type to go to hardware or auto parts store (or even B&N).  Did order a driver side rear view mirror once via Amazon vendor in an extreme situation , but despite paying for overnight shipping, it didn't make it (arrived day after Thanksgiving instead of day before--at least no one stole it off my front porch).