Re:Bed Bath and Beyond Files for Bankruptcy
by crooked-v on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @01:44PM
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I tend to find myself extremely dubious of Amazon reviews for anything but a brand I know and more-or-less trust already. There's just too much product listing manipulation and too many fake reviews.
Re:Bed Bath and Beyond Files for Bankruptcy
by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @02:00PM
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I think it really depends.
If an item is 4.5 stars with over 10,000 reviews, I find it's pretty trustworthy.
It's when it has under 100 that I raise an eyebrow. Under 20, and it's most likely fake.
Re:Bed Bath and Beyond Files for Bankruptcy
by solarmist on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @01:56PM
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BBB had high prices, but I've never gotten the impression that there was anything low quality.
Besides the as seen on tv crap they added over the last few years.
EDIT: I didn't know about the store brand push.
Re:Bed Bath and Beyond Files for Bankruptcy
by crazygringo on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @03:53PM
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It wasn't just the store brands that came more recently, but the longtime "name" brands that made lines of items exclusively for BBB. This was especially the case with things like bedding, shower curtains, towels, bathmats, anything with memory foam, and so forth. They were just overpriced crap, you'd discover after a few months.
They used to have higher end stuff, but shifted to different brands over the last few years. See: https://www.wsj.com/articles/bed-bath-beyond-ceo-private-lab... (https://archive.is/xacpG)
Yes it was good to be able to see and try items before buying, but then they'd just fall apart.
With Amazon, yeah it sucks I sometimes have to return things because you couldn't try it in person. But on the other hand, I wind up buying much higher quality items on Amazon, and at a cheaper price, because the top 15 reviews together usually give really solid feedback on how the item is holding up after a year or two.
When there are 500 or 5,000 reviews on an item, you generally know what quality you're going to get. At BBB that was never the case. Especially with so many items manufactured exclusively for BBB.