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BlueBelle Sat 27-Nov-21 09:18:56

I m getting a bit cheesed off with all the companies I ve bought Christmas gifts off demanding I do a review
I can’t do a review they are Christmas presents!!! how do I know if they are any good or not why can’t they wait till after Christmas to ask you to review them It’s just putting my back up and giving me cause to keep binning stuff daily

Tizliz Sun 28-Nov-21 12:53:37

Calistemon

TizLiz ?
It's not as tasty as a real mouse.
Granddog loves fish but then wants to cosy up with his smelly breath!

We love them really - except when they want to play in the snow at 6.30 on Sunday morning

Calistemon Sat 27-Nov-21 23:47:46

TizLiz ?
It's not as tasty as a real mouse.
Granddog loves fish but then wants to cosy up with his smelly breath!

Elizabeth27 Sat 27-Nov-21 18:33:04

I do read the reviews before buying anything so in turn I do leave reviews.

Tizliz Sat 27-Nov-21 18:23:34

Calistemon

JaneJudge

If you want a good laugh

I'd actually put them on and was about to leave for work and thought, that's off the lace up thing is different at the top..and then I looked again and I thought, they look a different colour.....then tuned them over and s l o w l y thought ^they are not the same shoe^

JaneJudge ???

And TizLiz I can’t understand the dog food ones, I am not tasting it
Fido said "Woof, it tastes a bit off this month!"
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Actually they do have preferences. Beef tripe and duck is favourite. But they haven’t worked out how to use the keyboard - one of them stole the mouse and gave it a good chew.

Hellogirl1 Sat 27-Nov-21 17:19:01

My daughter has regular daily visits by the district nurses, and every day we get about 4 phone calls with a recorded voice asking for our opinion on their services. I answered twice, after that I`ve just hung up each time, it`s getting ridiculous.

Georgesgran Sat 27-Nov-21 16:57:30

My daughter wear special ‘legs’ to help her at airports. She wears them with trainers and puts them on in the departure lounge. In February 2020, we were about to board our flight and she got her trainers out - one black, one white!! Thank goodness a right and a left or we’d have been in trouble!

Calistemon Sat 27-Nov-21 15:42:14

I bought Advent calendars (teabags) as presents. I've had 2 requests for reviews, but it's November!! Don't they understand what an Advent calendar is?
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Loving this thread!!

Elegran Sat 27-Nov-21 15:40:27

You can't buy anything or use any service without an immediate demand to review it or rate it or "How did we do?" If you bought it from Amazon, you get emails recommending it as your next purchase. Why? Do they expect it to have worn out already and need replacing?

If you as much as look at anything online, or take a glance at any website, you get messages encouraging you to come back and buy, buy, buy. It is like being mobbed as you enter a bazaar as a tourist.

Calistemon Sat 27-Nov-21 15:39:50

JaneJudge

If you want a good laugh

I'd actually put them on and was about to leave for work and thought, that's off the lace up thing is different at the top..and then I looked again and I thought, they look a different colour.....then tuned them over and s l o w l y thought ^they are not the same shoe^

JaneJudge ???

And TizLiz I can’t understand the dog food ones, I am not tasting it
Fido said "Woof, it tastes a bit off this month!"
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Wheniwasyourage Sat 27-Nov-21 15:33:35

I bought Advent calendars (teabags) as presents. I've had 2 requests for reviews, but it's November!! Don't they understand what an Advent calendar is? Anyway, they aren't for me, so I won't know enough to review them even in Advent.

World of Books keeps asking for reviews, but they need you to do it through Trustpilot, and I'm not prepared to open an account with them as they ask for a lot of information. I do the occasional review for Natural Collection as it's on your own account and they give you points!

We had a rocky time with Hermes, but now they and Yodel are both very reliable, fortunately.

Grannybags Sat 27-Nov-21 15:29:45

JaneJudge ?

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 27-Nov-21 15:29:35

It seems to be down to the individual Hermes drivers. We had a young woman who was great. Then she left and has been replaced with a series of very indifferent people. Sometimes they turn up on time, often they don’t, and it’s not unknown for a parcel to be ’lost’, especially coming up to Christmas. I did however have a good experience with them last year when Christmas was cancelled and I needed to send parcels to people I wouldn’t be seeing quicker than Royal Mail would do it. They collected and delivered on time.

Jane43 Sat 27-Nov-21 15:26:09

We have a very nice man who delivers for Amazon and Hermes, it is Yodl we have problems with. Reviews are requested way too quickly IMO, I usually end up deleting them unless it is something I particularly want to comment on that might help other purchasers.

M0nica Sat 27-Nov-21 15:20:05

I keep getting double psots at the moment. IT IS NOTHING I AM DOING everything else is fine.

M0nica Sat 27-Nov-21 15:19:27

I have never had a probem with Hermes and had one delightful lady delivering my parcels for severa; years. She has moved on and has been replaced by an equally nice man.

What had me confused this week was M&S asking me to review the new pyjamas I had bought. Except I hadn't bought the model they wanted my views on and the ones I had ordered hadn't even arrived.

M0nica Sat 27-Nov-21 15:19:27

I have never had a probem with Hermes and had one delightful lady delivering my parcels for severa; years. She has moved on and has been replaced by an equally nice man.

What had me confused this week was M&S asking me to review the new pyjamas I had bought. Except I hadn't bought the model they wanted my views on and the ones I had ordered hadn't even arrived.

Mummer Sat 27-Nov-21 15:19:07

We've been really lucky with H deliveries as our chap is ever so nice, he's been delivering for couple years now and is always chatty and really careful when he has to leave in safe place.

Mummer Sat 27-Nov-21 15:16:52

Hilarious! Although I always try to shoplift either 2 right feet or 2 left feet of footwear......

sodapop Sat 27-Nov-21 15:08:55

I delete as well unless the product or service is really good or bad.

rockgran Sat 27-Nov-21 14:24:11

I used to respond but now it is so overwhelming I just delete them. I don't mind giving a quick score (as on Ebay) but some of them are several pages long and have very obscure questions.

AGAA4 Sat 27-Nov-21 13:28:28

I don't understand why companies use Hermes. I have problems every time with them.
I delete most of the review requests.

JaneJudge Sat 27-Nov-21 13:22:18

If you want a good laugh

I'd actually put them on and was about to leave for work and thought, that's off the lace up thing is different at the top..and then I looked again and I thought, they look a different colour.....then tuned them over and s l o w l y thought they are not the same shoe

Septimia Sat 27-Nov-21 13:06:05

I usually delete them, but I sent a rather stroppy one to M&S yesterday. I wasn't rude about the goods, which are a present so I can't really comment, but about the bally silly questions they asked!

Tizliz Sat 27-Nov-21 12:48:25

I can’t understand the dog food ones, I am not tasting it. Every time I order it comes up. Also I order at least 20 kilos so it is going to be a month before some of it gets used.

How to you rate pencils - it works, if it didn’t I would have returned it.

I used to wonder why people on Amazon down rated things because of slow/late deliveries, but now I realise it is the only way to draw attention to the bad courier service.m

glammanana Sat 27-Nov-21 12:47:42

Just delete delete delete .