If we're unsure about a potential product, its description won't always give all the answers we need to make an informed decision. After all, it was written either by the manufacturers or the sellers, and they might accentuate the positives and omit the negatives in order to make as many sales as possible.
No no, for an accurate picture we need reviews. Honest ones, coming from buyers who have already used the darn thing and know if it does the job. Luckily, people understand this and happily share their experiences with one another. Oftentimes finding the perfect words too.
The aptly titled subreddit 'Amazon Reviews' is the ultimate archive of these little online texts. Continue scrolling to check out the best pieces that its 132K members have gathered recently and for the older gems, fire up our first publication on it.
Also, we contacted one of the subreddit's moderators, u/pzreich, and book writing and publishing coach Lisa Tener, so don't miss the interesting insights they shared. (You'll find them between the images.)
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Currently, the subreddit 'Amazon Reviews' has 7 moderators looking after it, and they have things to do. "Definitely the two most common issues we run into as mods are people trying to use our sub to advertise products and people trying to use the sub to complain or seek help about Amazon, such as with shipping or payment," u/pzreich told Bored Panda.
"The former gets an immediate permanent ban as advertising is against our rules, and the latter's posts are removed, and don’t face any bans. I'm generally sympathetic to anyone who has issues with Amazon since I have absolutely no love for the company, so I sometimes will redirect them to the official Amazon sub to see if they can get help for their issues. Generally, the commenters behave themselves which is nice!"
However, these few details aside, u/pzreich said that "modding this sub has been a breeze and given me many laughs over the past few years. It’s nice to see the creativity of strangers, products I didn’t know existed, and the collaborative efforts of the sub members to bring it all together."
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Normally I hate ppl writing in all caps, but understandable in this case
Wasn't Expecting To Laugh So Hard At A Review About A Plastic Strip That Helps You Remove Hair From Your Drain
A Review For Caliwhite Teeth Whitening Gel That Got Political Very Quickly.
Lately, u/pzreich has been wondering a lot why product reviews make such good writing prompts. "I think it boils down to a few factors. Product reviews, despite the fact that there's often a name or username attached, tend to feel rather anonymous, and people may feel a freedom to express their thoughts in a creative way, and to bring smiles to the faces of readers."
"People read reviews to get the honest thoughts of others, and may find themselves chuckling at especially imaginative feedback. Sometimes the situations you end up in while using a product are inherently funny, and sometimes the humor or interest comes out of the reviewer not understanding the product or getting mad at a specific element. Overall, there’s a very wide subject matter and an endless amount of people writing them, which leaves a wide range of potential reviews," the moderator explained.
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She’s not struggling to understand it, OP is! She’s clearly playing hide and seek and waiting patiently for them to figure it out.
Lisa Tener is a leading authority in book proposal development and her clients have signed 5- and 6-figure book deals with HarperCollins, Random House, Yale University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, HCI and other major publishers, as well as being self-published.
She agrees with u/pzreich, saying that, "Product reviews are an excellent way to practice writing because they help you a) think about your own experience and how you can bring it to life b) provide specific examples c) write for a particular reader/audience."
"In addition, if you can make a product review entertaining and engaging, it will help you with all your writing. For example, challenge yourself to come up with engaging headlines by using alliteration (words starting with the same letter or sound), humor, or a quirky detail. If you can write engaging headlines on your product reviews, you can do the same for blog posts, articles, social media posts, or even a book!" Tener added.
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Of course it was only once! Why would she need 2 vacuums?
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Never buy chore-doing gear as a present unless they explicitly asked for it!!!
Idk about you all, I like getting kitchen stuff as a present. But I also like functional gifts, AND love to cook, so. That might be why. (My parents got me a nice stainless steel pan one year. Restaurant quality. It's amazing. I loved it, and still love it to this day.)
Same! We got my dad an air fryer, and it is used once a day by someone in the husw
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Oh, this takes me back to 1970. Got married Nov. 20 (I was 19 yrs old, escaping my alcoholic father, & naively jumped from the frying pan into the fire). Just over 1 month later, on Christmas morning, opening gifts with new husband, excited to see something nice - jewelry, new clothes, y'know - something sweet & personal. He hands me a medium size, kinda heavy box, pretty wrapping paper & fancy bow on top. I rip it open to find...a steam iron. Then the a**hole says "my mom picked that out for you, it's to go with the ironing board my parents got for you so you can keep all my shirts looking nice". Yeah, over the next 2-1/2 years, we were separated 3 times & I got a divorce in June, 1973. Never looked back.
The only time a practical appliance is a suitable gift for a significant other is: they asked for it AND you’ve added a piece of surprise jewelry inside.
Nah, If I asked for it.. It's probably expensive enough as it is. That and I actually don't like jewelry.
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I need a soapbox for this. [steps up] The tradition of gift giving is rooted in the sentiment of the act, not in the gift itself. It tells a person that we think of them often and care enough to listen, learn, remember, understand, anticipate, and act with love. Gift giving allows us to select a token that reflects these sentiments to the recipient IF we use them in choosing the gift. It's not about the token itself but the spike in serotonin that occurs when we've shown someone we regard them highly and they receive it with gratitude and excitement. Even if we miss the mark occasionally, it's why the idiom "it's the thought that counts" exists (assuming there was thought put in). Even in the wild crows bring small trinkets to a human after a trust bond is established. We wouldn't place rules on this because we understand why they are doing it and it makes us (and them!) happy. Maybe we should stop doing it to each other. And now I lovingly step off the soapbox.
Completely. One thing as women we tend to forget, men can't read minds. Not all guys are into the "mushy" stuff, some people just aren't great gifters. But I've noticed, men especially, will take all your likes, and go with the most logical one. If you keep repeating you need a new vacuum, he's going to take it quite literally, and get it when the time comes. He believes you want it, because you keep saying it. All they're trying to do is please you. Then some women complain. Like bruh, you're hubby was just trying to make you happy. Don't give him hell cus he got what YOU asked for. Little kids do the same thing. They just want to make you happy. All these people complaining about their S.O.'s Smh... At least he/they were listening.
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I couldn't get what's wrong with having this cooker for Christmas until I read the comments. Some people are so spoiled *smh*
Thank you for the voice of reason! We don't do Christmas gifts with my SO, but if we did, we would definitely both prefer something practical like a rice cooker.
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Marjorie, kitchen utensils and tools are suitable Christmas presents as you should be spending your time in the kitchen preparing my meals!
I must not be like most women because I would LOVE to get new household items for gifts.
I was just thinking the same thing. Anything that is useful would be a great gift for me. Especially something for the kitchen. Where I love to spend time with my teens. Who are learning to cook and bake. I got an amazing stand mixer for Christmas last year. I could even make the spoiled bunch freak out worse... He bought it from the p**n shop! Gasp! I believe in reusing and recycling anything that can be. I absolutely hate the way new things are made to break with their planned obsolescence. It is such a waste of resources. I'm not an environmentalist but wasting resources that are finite makes no sense. I try to buy things that can be fixed rather than thrown away and will always buy used if I am certain it is in good shape. I would rather have pots and pans, a new microwave, blender, etc over jewelry any day. I'm just a weirdo though I guess.
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Once upon a time I would have thought the same. But I found, after hitting about 38, I developed an unexpected enthusiasm for kitchen gadgets as presents. Pyrex casserole dishes? Thrilled. A stainless steel saucepan set? Just what I wanted. I don't have a rice cooker, and Christmas is approaching... 🤞🏻
About 15 years ago, I received a hacksaw from my husband for Valentine's Day. He said I didn't have one so he thought I needed one. He is still my husband but has not lived it down. He really is a good husband, a bit clueless, but good none the less.
never give a woman a present that has an electric cord according to my husband.
Funny our 2nd Christmas, 1981 I bought my wife two beautiful hand painted expensive lamps. Quizel ( spelling) and she still loves them like family.....
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My husband once said my x-mas present was outside and to come see. I was so excited! He got me tires for my car :/ I mean, yeah, I needed them, but as a Christmas present? It felt...off.
Oooooh, maaaaan, that was a NICE gift!!! Good tires are expensive, and can make the difference between ice skating in a car or making it home as normal. One year my great guy bought the awesome grippy firestone or goodyear (I forget which) snow tires (we lived on top of a mountain across from Pike's Peak) for BOTH me and his Mom, and installed them - boy did we feel cared for and safe!!!
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If she's a devoted foodie and literally begs people to give it to her for Christmas it's the perfect gift. If she's the one cooking all the food because no one else does it it's not a good gift because you're gifting yourself. It would be like giving someone trash bags for Christmas because he's always bringing out the trash ... My hubby gifted me a whole kitchen for my birthday. It's what I wanted because I actually enjoy cooking and wanted a functional and pretty kitchen. If my FIL would buy one for my MIL as a birthday present he'd sleep on the streets for a year. She hates cooking and since he never cooks she rightfully expects the kitchen to be paid from the budged as a living necessity, not as a gift.
Being someone who loves to cook, I'd be happy with a rice cooker as a gift lol. Actually, just bought my husband a zojirushi neuro fuzzy rice cooker and he adores it. He bought me a wusthof 8in chef's knife and we make beautiful sushi together... all about what the person likes.
Why would anyone be mad at a practical gift that they'll use all the time?
I would drop dead if I got this for Xmas! I've been asking for one for years now! ...over a decade in fact. I keep having to use my money on my sister for her kid or her car.... I need a whole new kitchen... Even my crockpot bowl shattered in my dishwasher and not long after the dishwasher became possessed by a demon and started spewing black fluids out the front of it....
One year on our anniversary my husband brought home a really nice rotisserie/convection oven. He expected me to be thrilled because we had been looking at them and this was the model we had decided on. It was actually a pricier model and he had gotten it at a great price. I was in fact not delighted, but was rather livid. When I asked him what made him think that this was an appropriate anniversary gift, he swore he had forgotten the date and had made plans for the date he thought it was.Of course I know full well he didn’t forget, but compromise is sometimes letting your partner fall on the sword of their choice. Also his day of choice was appropriately more extravagant than usual.
Maybe just because I love to cook, but if someone got me a brand new rice cooker, they would now be my favorite person
This is the kind of Christmas present which will always be remembered. Always.
My dad once gave my mom a lawnmower for Mother's Day. Believe me, a rice cooker would have been far preferable.
I dunno. I'd e thrilled to get something like that. Better yet, baking pans. (So I'm weird. I like cooking.)
Funny how that works... you give a guy tools, a battery operated drill, a chain saw...what ever ... and he would be thrilled. ANY time of the year...(unless he's already got a nicer one.) But give a woman something to use to cook or clean.... you are looking to sleep on the sofa. Women want fun or romantic stuff on special days. Now you can give ME a router or any cool tool and I'd love it. I bought MYSELF a better quality calipers.
As a teen, I worked at a hardware store wrapping xmas gifts. I had to wrap an IRONING BOARD and I felt bad for the woman who was going to receive it.
You guys are very funny. I nearly chocked to death laughing at these comments. They reminded me of my childhood when my dad did the same thing. My mom was definitely not happy.
I am one of those women who love appliances and kitchen stuff for Christmas presents! My big hi light one year, was a VITAMIX BASIC!! I was in heaven!
My children’s father gave me a vacuum for Christmas when my first born was 5 days old. I have NEVER forgiven him.
My children’s father gave me a vacuum when my first born was 5 days old.
I gave my mom a beautiful set of serving bowls one year for mother's day. They were gorgeous colors & 4 different sizes. They were Not cheap. I never made that mistake again.
My Mum one gave my Dad a pair of garden clippers for Christmas. He went into a permanent sulk, I swear! Never the same again,
How long did it take to remove said red vacuum cleaner from his nether orifice?
Soon after to be ex gave me a sandwich spreader and ' Rules of Grammar'. Doy!
Yes i would not appreciate it, like getting a vacuum cleaner on your wedding anniversary.
This is what happens to men when practicality joins with emotional ignorance to overrule common sense. This happens because of our innate love of tools and machinery! We would be overjoyed to receive a cordless drill for Xmas so we can stop dealing with fasteners. A new self-propelled lawnmower or a rider? Heck yeah.
Take the cooker with you because you probably don't know any other way to cook rice. You sure did cook your turkey though!!!
my SO bought air fryers for everyone in the family last year..... I finally bought one for $40 less than he paid when they went on sale... hahahahaha love the stupid thing... love my Foodie too though
This lady would love it! Or a vacuum cleaner. I love such machines x
I would love it... or a vacuum cleaner. I am a very practical woman.
Dad got mum a Dolly Duck butter dish. She's allergic to dairy and only cooks to survive. She nearly used the cheap set of kitchen knives he gave her the year before.
Hahahaha! I love stuff like this, but then I'd rather shop at Home Depot than Nordstrom. 2 of my favorite gifts have been my Defiant Tactical Flashlight and the Chef's knives he got from the culinary school at the casino he was working for.
The first Christmas my husband and I were married he gave me a calculator and a framed picture of himself. Sorry, I misspoke - my ex husband.
My dad gave my mom an electric meat carver, so she could do the only job dad ever did for holidays. Almost had sliced dad for Christmas that year
My dad gave my mom a nice food processor for Xmas. Sh*t hit the fan. Boxing day he got up at the Crack of dawn to go shopping. Got her stereo rack (this was in 1984) and some garnet earrings, which she gave my to grandma. She never used the stereo either bur we kids loved it. I'm almost 50yo and would love a food processor and some nice earrings.
Big hint here Mike: If the potential gift is something she could find useful for anything a mysogynistic scumbag might refer to as "women's work" it's not a good idea.
Yes, I remember getting a soup pot for Christmas from a boyfriend back in the 90’s and all my fellow office co-workers at the time were disappointed as they were expecting an engagement ring… I’m not a demanding kind of gal, but a soup pot?
A coworker of my mom's bought his wife a boat trolling motor for her birthday one year. They're not married anymore.
Unless you're sure, I guess. In 1980, after 12 years of marriage, my husband got me an end table for Christmas after I had hinted around for a moderately priced watch. His response to my guilt feeling disappointment was, "Well, I don't know what you like."
a friend of mine once gave his longtime gf an iron for xmas. an iron. and yes, it went exactly the way you are currently picturing it in your mind...
I got an iron and a can opener on our first Christmas together. Never since
Same reaction my mother gave my father when she opened up a gift and found a dust buster. She was furious.
My mother refuses to accept household appliances unless she specifically asks for something. Dad learned that early on. Too bad he didn't figure out vacuuming the floor of the garage with her good vacuum was a very BAD idea. :)
My brother-in-law bought my sister a dustbuster once. Once. He'll never live it down.
"There are a number of things you can do to express your thoughts more clearly through text," the author of The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day told Bored Panda.
"Be clear about what your goals are. After writing the first draft, ask yourself whether your writing will likely produce the results you were going for."
"Focus on your target audience or readership. Who will be reading this review, article, email, text, or other writing? What are their goals? Their pain points? How can you help them? What language and examples will resonate for them?"
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To make our sentences more colorful, Tener suggests asking ourselves how can we bring our writing to life for our readers by providing examples and stories.
"Metaphors can often make writing vivid. And employing various senses (smell, taste, sound, touch, and visuals) will also make your writing vivid," she said.
"The more specific you can be, the more it illustrates your points and engages your readers."
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And it's not like you have to sacrifice form if you want cohesive content. "Illustrative writing actually increases clarity when done correctly," Tener added.
"If you're not sure your writing is clear, ask a person in the target audience to read your writing and to let you know where they get bored or confused."
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To challenge yourself beyond routine product reviews, emails, and work reports, Tener suggests, "making lists and then using a prompt for an item on the list."
"For example, list ten things you love about your phone. Then pick one and write about it in a humorous or playful way," she explained."
Her most recent book, The Joy of Writing Journal: Spark Your Creativity in 8 Minutes a Day, is a great resource for these kinds of prompts as well as other creative, playful, and engaging tasks.
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I have noticed a downvoting troll on this page. Some people needlessly downvoted. Downvoting is not dislikes, downvoting can lead to people being banned, just for having opinions or making inoffensive jokes. Do not downvote, unless it is for the bots making "$400 an hour" or the obviously racist and hateful people.
If you see someone on minus numbers, show some love, upvote them, before the downvoting vultures strike.
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What I have learned from all of this is that I need to be a lot more creative with my Amazon reviews !
I already spend way too much time trying to comment something creative, and usually just end up deleting it and moving on 😂
Load More Replies... Am mildly disappointed I am not seeing the infamous Gummy Bear Review here. So here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2JGNJ5ZPJT4YC
The Tuscan Milk review page is a rabbit hole with reviews in the form of Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Marcel Proust, Samuel Coleridge, Sylvia Plath, and many more. From 2008 comes my favorite, from 'Edgar' in the style of 'The Raven' https://www.amazon.com/review/RXXPVOUH9NLL3
I once read an Amazon review for a HUGE beach ball, I wanna say it was like 6ft tall. I wish that was on this list because I damn near p**s d
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I recommend the Amazon reviews for the Trump ornament. The number of nervous and traumatized cats was hilarious. (Sorry, no link. The piece of garage I'm on is on strike.)
What Nathaniel and others were trying to point out is in BP the downvotes are not a "I dont like what you said, so I'm downvoting to express that dislike" thing, they are "this post is totally rude or a scammer and I want the post hidden and the poster banned" thing.
Load More Replies... I have noticed a downvoting troll on this page. Some people needlessly downvoted. Downvoting is not dislikes, downvoting can lead to people being banned, just for having opinions or making inoffensive jokes. Do not downvote, unless it is for the bots making "$400 an hour" or the obviously racist and hateful people.
If you see someone on minus numbers, show some love, upvote them, before the downvoting vultures strike.
Load More Replies... What I have learned from all of this is that I need to be a lot more creative with my Amazon reviews !
I already spend way too much time trying to comment something creative, and usually just end up deleting it and moving on 😂
Load More Replies... Am mildly disappointed I am not seeing the infamous Gummy Bear Review here. So here is the link: https://www.amazon.com/review/R2JGNJ5ZPJT4YC
The Tuscan Milk review page is a rabbit hole with reviews in the form of Shakespeare, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, Marcel Proust, Samuel Coleridge, Sylvia Plath, and many more. From 2008 comes my favorite, from 'Edgar' in the style of 'The Raven' https://www.amazon.com/review/RXXPVOUH9NLL3
I once read an Amazon review for a HUGE beach ball, I wanna say it was like 6ft tall. I wish that was on this list because I damn near p**s d
Let me help you with that: https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-beach-ball-amazon-review-reid-hamlin/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic
Load More Replies... I recommend the Amazon reviews for the Trump ornament. The number of nervous and traumatized cats was hilarious. (Sorry, no link. The piece of garage I'm on is on strike.)
What Nathaniel and others were trying to point out is in BP the downvotes are not a "I dont like what you said, so I'm downvoting to express that dislike" thing, they are "this post is totally rude or a scammer and I want the post hidden and the poster banned" thing.
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