Can we have a different vendor review system?

People often use a 1 to 10 chart that adds up to an even 100 that usually looks like

Rating
Communication: / 10
Stealth: / 10
Shipping time: / 10
Price value: / 10
Aesthetics: / 10
Weight: / 10
Quality: / 10
Transaction: / 10
Vendor: / 10
Drug: / 10
TOTAL SCORE: / 100

Fuck that. Most critaria in that catagory overlap with the others and in the real world, one thing should hold more weight than another so this "total score" shit is meaningless. What makes it worse is that people give 10's as long as there's nothing wrong with it. 10 is not an average people!

I'm at about a 6 right now, so I'm filled with good ideas guys. I think a review should have 3 sections:

  1. From/To countries, how long it took, stealth, and price (what you ordered should be apparent in title). Simple sentence like "Canada to UK, 12days, Plain packaging with 2 layers of mylar inside, 1oz for $250."

  2. Product weight, effects. And pictures people. Not just a weed porn shot with the best bud in the lot, but lemme see the whole thing!

  3. Any extra comment.


Comments


[26 Points] samwhiskey:

I hate the vendor review template.


[10 Points] dnmuse:

Sorry, but advertising the stealth exactly in the manner you describe is a breach of security. And pictures would even further breach that because you know there will be plenty of people who leave EXIF data on.


[5 Points] None:

That review template was created by a user and a lot of people adopted it. It has advantages and disadvantage for sure. We added it to the sidebar as it really does help people who don't know where ton start or what to include in a good review.

We welcome people to create new ones, as well as let people use whatever format they like, as long as it has helpful info - "best vendor ever yeah!!" probably doesn't cut it.

We would love to hear suggestions on how to improve it!


[3 Points] mvolz1:

Personally it's not so bad the way it's set up. Yea it's a 100 scale for the total but you can see each 1-10 section. So say everything is on par at 10 but the quality is at a 1 no one is going to say hey they scored a 91 that's awesome let's buy this here. That doesn't mean the vendors shipping, communication or stealth isn't great. People read and understand this system. I don't understand how they overlap really either do you mind explaining?


[2 Points] galaxyandspace:

our reviews used to look extremely shitty. then came along this post and exactobob's review chart. They look the best they ever have been. We don't require the use of the chart, but it gives most people a good starting point...


[1 Points] MrThomson:

The template isn't great, the overall score does not mean that much as the weighting in the categories is not equal. Product quality, stealth, price and shipping times are the most important IMO.


[1 Points] saystheleon:

I agree, a lot of these categories are pretty much the same exact thing said twice. I'd condense them down to:

  1. Communication -
  2. Stealth -
  3. Shipping Time -
  4. Product -

5. Overall - (replacing the total score idea and based subjectively on the reviewer's overall experience. Simply adding up the other categories for a total score isn't particularly insightful if the reviewer values some categories differently than others.)

The price value (which would be discussed in my #4 and #5), aesthetics (my #4), weight (#4 as well), transaction (#5), vendor (#1 and #5), and drug categories (#4 and #5) are all pretty much useless and can easily be merged.

I'm not sure how I feel about the 1-10 scale though; even on massive clearnet sites like Amazon, finding an objective and non-biased product review can be difficult. People are generally going to be either very positive or very negative in their reviews, which is an inherent problem found on any review system. It's a very controversial and complex topic with no simple answer.


[1 Points] SgtFaecesProcessor:

The template is far from perfect but you don't mention communication which if you do communicate can be a very important factor.


[1 Points] None:

What do people think of this:

Break the experience down I to the process. Instead of a huge table of scores, use three general categories and use words and not numbers. Something like this (pardon mobile formatting)


Title:

VENDOR • PRODUCT • AMOUNT ORDERED • PRICE

Ordering:

clear descriptions, communicates well, accurate/good photographs. Communication is friendly and professional, responds in timely fashion if necessary, speed from order to processing. Fair price compared to going rate or if added value warrants higher price. Note if FE requested.

Shipping:

Time until marked shipped, if actually shipped marked day, is stealth/packaging appropriate, shipping method (FC/priority/express.) and time to arrive. Include origin and destination to compare (e.g) EU to UK, USA Domestic, etc.)

Product

Quality, weight/count, appearance for the few it matters for, any extras/samples, test the drugs and see how they are and if you feel they're a good overall value of if you feel you overpaid for what you got. And other thoughts of comments can go here.

Then, just consider the overall experience and give the vendor 1-10 points based on the entire thing. That prevents someone who sent mediocre underweight product but did everything right still getting a 93%. People here are definitely smart enough to decide how to score overall without needing math.


I like the current system for people who have no idea whatsoever how to start. But now that most people have a much better understanding about what others are looking for in reviews, I think a three-section system like tis will provide ample information without it being a lot of numbers without a lot of actual info as to how those scores are reached.

Any thoughts on something like this?


[1 Points] m_me_ur_drugs:

My only change that I can think of would be to change the drug rating to rating if the product is actually as advertised. I think it would help make it more accurate because the reviewers idea of top grade drugs is likely different from others.


[1 Points] guest20253:

Might be a bit OT but I would LOVE to have a seperate sub just for reviews. Or even a catalog in this sub or something which shows all the reviews people add.


[1 Points] None:

Fuck that templates easier