Everyone has their own way of determining what they rate products and why. There is no standard. Here is my way.
5 stars - The product is as described, works, or fits, and has no obvious flaws, user manual is easy to read, and understand, and there is generally nothing wrong with the item. I do not give 5 stars because I think a product is "wonderful" or "Amazing". I give 5 stars based on is the product as advertised? Some people almost never give out 5 stars unless they absolutely love something and that is not an honest review, it's subjective.
4 stars - Something is minor wrong with it. Usually more than one thing. but otherwise the product is still usable and does mostly what it says it does. This is where I dock a star if the product exaggerated or lied about some aspect. Battery capacity, run time, or is supposed to do 5 things but can only do 4 and seems to have never been able to do 5. I ordered a specific color, or style and got a variant.
3 stars - The product has a major flaw but can still be used, or fixed by me. Instructions are non existent, or confusing. Poorly constructed in some way. Not a dangerous safety hazard but maybe on the edge of sketchy. Description is mostly a lie. I would not buy the item again nor would I recommend it.
2 stars - cheap junk. Non functional and can't easily be fixed. I rarely give this rating because I can usually tell when something is junk.
1 star - Safety or fire hazard. Dangerous to use. complete junk. Fake. I have never given a 1 star review to a vine item because I can usually tell when something is a 1 star item, and don't order it.
Notice that in no case did I dock stars because something was a color I did not like if there is no option to choose a color. There are all sorts of things on amazon that show a color like blue and the item you get is yellow or whatever. Usually if you dig in to the description it will say that you might get a different color item. This is very common in things like ODB2 scanners, portable oscilloscopes, and other techy tools. Do not dock stars because (in your haste to order a zero ETV item) you did not see that it was sugar free, or had nuts, or some other allergen, or some ingredient or food that you don't like. That is not the fault of the seller. If it is a food item and you cannot or will not eat it then let someone else try it and use their reaction as if it was yours.
Do not dock stars because you cannot figure out how to use the item, or do not know how to use the item properly, or can't be bothered to read the manual. You can contact the seller and ask for tech support on how to use an item, Just try not to let them know you are a viner. If you do not know what an item is. or how to use it DO NOT ORDER IT!
Some people put a disclaimer in their reviews, or even a section detailing how and why they give stars. I do not care if you do this, but there are lots of viners that have a shit fit about it, and review shame (on forums) people who do these things. The issue is that if you put these at the top of the review then most people will skip the review, if you put them at the end then they probably won't read them, so skip it.
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