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Discussion => Newbie discussion => Topic started by: Donkeydong on February 24, 2013, 06:39 pm

Title: Vendor feedback ratings
Post by: Donkeydong on February 24, 2013, 06:39 pm
So I'm looking at a vendors reviews and had to laugh at these. Need a better rating system or better reviewers lol.

5 of 5    Took 11 days to get here. 7 grams weighed out .75 short. "Average quality" is very poor quality shwag. Lots of stems and seeds.
Worst seller yet. Will never buy from again...
-------------------5 of 5 Worst ever but worth a 5--------------------   

5 of 5    Poor quality but good smoke

------------------5 of 5 Babble!-------------------------

3 of 5    What irks me most on SR is getting a refund. I didn't order a refund! monday order was placed and wednesday vendor said "sorry man just checked my stash and don't have enough to fill a 7g order, wait 2 days if you want" but still had oz.'s listed for sale on his page. He did keep up communication though.

---------------3 of 5 -------------------

5 of 5    as promised :)
even though the weed was of a strange good quality for the price..
It did not look like what I ordered but I expected that

---------------5 of 5 what u talkin about willis I have no idea what this means---------------------

5 of 5  it didn't get me super high at first but I packed a bong and it hit around 35 times I kid you not lol
still for sending me 14 grams instead of 28 you get a 3 star rating
I might order again in the future though

------------5 of 5 no high from weed and shorted half weight but you might order again WTF---------------------------
Title: Re: Vendor feedback ratings
Post by: JackBlue on February 24, 2013, 07:17 pm
You're right.  It is kind of screwed up.  But it is what it is.  Since the default rating that is pre-checked when you finalize an order is a 5, it's gotten to be pretty much customary for buyers to give five ratings.  As a vendor, I can telll you that because of the easy grading system here on SR, a 4 rating is noticed and really can hurt a vendor.  I recently had someone give me a 4 because my weed didn't smell like skunk and he thought all strong weeed was supposed to smell skunky.  I'm still answering questions almost daily from customers wondering what happened to my perfect (100) rating.  It's almost like I have an STD or something.  If you give a vendor any rating besides a 5, expect some push back.

So you really do need to go through and read the actual feedback comments to really get a sense of the vendors.  The feedback scores are pretty much meaningless.when the majority of vendors have (100) scores.  Yes, it's a twisted system, but it is what it is and you won't make friends trying to change the grading system to a more realistic one.

Jack