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mgmueller · 11-13-2012, 12:43 PM

The reviews are roughly split in half.
One half is, what I'd actually call "reviews".
The other half is highly aggressive and plain stupid nonsense:

"I don't want to see ads. That's totally unprofessional."
Great. Why did you buy the sponsored version then? For a tiny uplift of 15 Euro you get a version without advertising.

"Amazon limits to their content."
Why did you buy a gadget, that wasn't advertised as a full blown tablet? Kindle Fire HD clearly advertises as consumption platform for Amazon content. Like it or hate it. Juts don't buy it if you're not into Amazon.

There are dozens of reviews like that.
To be a bit harsh:
I feel, the lower the level of education, the worse the grammar and wording, the more negative and aggressive the reviews tend to be.

Are those people not able to read a product description?
What do those people expect for 200 Euro? (vs. 2 or 3 times the amount for having an iPad).
And again: Why that aggression?
Just send it back. Or order the "right" product in the first place. It's not Amazon's fault, if you don't read the product description and expect something else.

I guess, I have to watch the movie "Idiocracy" again. Fiction 5 years ago, harsh reality nowadays...

11-13-2012, 12:43 PM	#52
mgmueller Member Retired Posts: 3,308 Karma: 13024950 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Augsburg (near Munich), Germany Device: 26 Readers, 44 Tablets	Reviews in Amazon Germany for Kindle Fire HD The reviews are roughly split in half. One half is, what I'd actually call "reviews". The other half is highly aggressive and plain stupid nonsense: "I don't want to see ads. That's totally unprofessional." Great. Why did you buy the sponsored version then? For a tiny uplift of 15 Euro you get a version without advertising. "Amazon limits to their content." Why did you buy a gadget, that wasn't advertised as a full blown tablet? Kindle Fire HD clearly advertises as consumption platform for Amazon content. Like it or hate it. Juts don't buy it if you're not into Amazon. There are dozens of reviews like that. To be a bit harsh: I feel, the lower the level of education, the worse the grammar and wording, the more negative and aggressive the reviews tend to be. Are those people not able to read a product description? What do those people expect for 200 Euro? (vs. 2 or 3 times the amount for having an iPad). And again: Why that aggression? Just send it back. Or order the "right" product in the first place. It's not Amazon's fault, if you don't read the product description and expect something else. I guess, I have to watch the movie "Idiocracy" again. Fiction 5 years ago, harsh reality nowadays...