Do you leave reviews for items bought on line?

I never leave reviews and resent being bombarded with requests for them whenever I purchase something on line. Especially if it for something utterly routine and mundane.

Guide lines. Also had a feeling that it was the seller who was deciding that they didn’t want the review.

Only once did Ihave a review refused by Amazon as it didn’t meet theirguilines. I was mystified as I had simply said I had to return the blue tooth ear buds as my ears are particularly narrow and they kept falling out. I blamed my ears and not the product.

Oh i don't review those kinds of things, except perhaps if something was epecially expensive, or especially chea

(And only then if I'm putting off doing something- as I am now)

Sainsburys have asked for reviews recently for single items of shopping like a pack of butter! Life is too short!

As rarely as possible, though some companies pester you until one is left.
I was told that anything less than 5* isn’t worth anything…

Occasionally for clothing. footwear and gift items but most often for restaurants and pub meals.
If we receive a specially nice meal with good service I post a review on TripAdvisor but will also call out a bad experience . I don’t write nasty comments as some do, just factual.

I do post on Trip Advisor quite frequently and am told my reviews are helpful.
I occasionally post on Marks, Amazon and eBay. It’s all rather time consuming.

I usually review skincare because I have very sensitive skin so hopefully I can help someone else who has a problem buying products like I do.

M0nica

It depends on the item. I ignore all those reviews from courier companies asking about my opinion of their service and deliverer. I usually never see them, all I find is a parcel on the doorstep, so have no idea whether the driver was friendly and the service competent.

I usually put that in my review! Some courier companies operate on a "knock the door and run away" basis. I have a relative who works part time for Evri and she says they read their reviews so it's worth doing sometimes.

Not on ebay. They drive me mad asking for a review for every little thing I have bought. Batteries for my watch, poop bags for dogs, perlease! Waitrose is also annoying, how did I find my sausages, fresh milk, sparkling water? Answer, as I would expect, paying your prices.

It depends on the item. I ignore all those reviews from courier companies asking about my opinion of their service and deliverer. I usually never see them, all I find is a parcel on the doorstep, so have no idea whether the driver was friendly and the service competent.

I do, because I have found other people’s very helpful.
One in particular was for a toy dinosaur I was thinking of for Gds aged 2, for Christmas. The review said it hadn’t even lasted until the turkey was out of the oven! So since Gds was still at the chuck-and-bash stage..,

Sometimes I do.Not always and yes , like others I read the reviews left by others. It just feels a bit pestery when we are asked for reviews on like a pencil or whatever ! I will leave bad reviews but only after I've given the seller chance to put things right.

If something exceeds my expectations or conversely isn't as advertised or breaks very quickly I leave reviews. Otherwise I don't bother.

DH and I have clocked up lots of NHS blood tests, telephone check ups etc etc and I am getting a bit tired of receiving texts to review our "treatment".

I expect it is important to the staff and the NHS, but there should be a quicker way. I have a simple phone which accepts texts, but is non smart. So I have to log in to my tablet and rekey the long www. address. Takes a while. If I can spare rhe time I do.

I had a really excellent treatment from staff in the gastro dept of our local hospital. I emailed PALS and said how good they were. PALS replied saying how pleased they would be and how it had made her day. So I was pleased I had made the time to do that.

But reviews about items bought sadly although I read the reviews (with a pinch of salt) I don't always leave one.

I read the glowing reviews for some Thai harem pants for yoga carefully.

Then ,they arrived.

The seams split from just sitting in them .
And I have never known so much dye come out of fabric as if it wasn't fixed .

Never again.

I often do leave reviews for Amazon orders, usually good ones as I haven’t had much trouble with items.

petra

Don’t believe everything you read.
There are people who are paid to write malicious reviews.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/paid-write-fake-google-reviews-scammer-cryptocurrency

True, and also the brilliant reviews.

I wouldn't bother, either.
Hopefully a lot of other people who found the same issues have left stinkers of reviews.

They're quite amusing to read, sometimes.

MissAdventure

I've left bad reviews on amazon plenty of times, so that's strange.
I wonder why they didn't accept yours?

Is a mystery. I only said the blind didn’t look like the ad and was damaged and even awarded 2 stars.
Could take it up with Amazon but really can’t be bothered to go down that rabbit hole.

I've left bad reviews on amazon plenty of times, so that's strange.
I wonder why they didn't accept yours?

I tried to leave a review on Amazon for a blind we ordered that didn’t look anything like the blind advertised and was damaged. But when I tried to post my review it said that it didn’t meet Amazon guidelines when all I had said was what I have said in this post. I did look at the reviews before purchasing the blind but they were are extolling the blind’s many virtues, still, if they don’t publish negative reviews purchasers will never know anything about the quality of the item they are buying.
For this reason I now don’t believe reviews in general.
TripAdvisor is known to be infiltrated by fake reviews raving about accommodation they probably haven’t even visited. And when in a small hotel in Budapest all guests had a leaflet in their rooms saying the guest who co up d write the best review on TA would get a discounted stay next time.
Trust Pilot seems pretty good though.

Yes, pretty often, as I always check reviews before I buy something.
If it helps someone else, I'm happy to tell the honest truth, warts and all!

No.