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zat0x91:
Nothing is 100% perfect and there's always the chance of you needing to RMA due to it being DoA or whatever.

Reviews left by 6 specifically in your link is a good representative for the total sales?  Yeah right.

kitamesume:
i meant having no RMA reports is still a good thing, not specifically that link....

xShadow:

--- Quote from: zat0x91 on July 04, 2011, 12:05:39 AM ---Nothing is 100% perfect and there's always the chance of you needing to RMA due to it being DoA or whatever.

Reviews left by 6 specifically in your link is a good representative for the total sales?  Yeah right.

--- End quote ---

Usually people bitch when their stuff is dead on arrival, to whomever will listen. Going to the reviews section and seeing no people bitching is definitely a good thing. People with negative experiences are probably more likely to leave a review.

What you probably should have instead called attention to is the fact that we don't know how many people actually bought the thing, since we only have 6 reviews. For all we know, 15 people bought it and all of those weren't DOA, and 6 of those 15 (40%) decided to actually report in. Maybe not quite 15, but... yeah. Reliability needs more than 6 vouches. I prefer going to a 4 egg item that has only few DOA reports out of hundreds of reviews as opposed to a 5 egg item that has 6 reviews.

Mcgreag:
I have a OCZ Vertex 3 240gb which has worked flawlessly since got it 2 months ago.
3.5% RMA is not overly high, mechanical harddrives are in the 2-3% bracket for good manufacturers. How many of you don't buy harddrives because they have similar fail frequency?

datora:
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Quick off-topic on the newegg reviews

(click to show/hide)I've written ten or twelve reviews for products there in the past year using three different accounts (I purchase through other people's accounts when building/maintenancing systems).  Not one of those reviews has been published.  Most were 5-egg reviews that were very positive, with a couple being 3- or 4-eggs with constructive criticisms.  I've also seen several comments in the feedback sections mentioning that other people have attempted to publish reviews and that newegg did not publish them.

When I look at ratings, I look at the total percentage of 4- plus 5-egg reviews.  If it is ~85% or higher, I generally consider that as a pretty solid product.  HOWEVER, with the caveats: 1) I want to see more than ~30 ratings and 2) I skim & read the feedback, specifically looking for postings that appear to come from pretty clueless individuals ... if I see a trend in either fanbois or technically illiterates, I adjust the percentage a bit and read through much more carefully.

The fun thing is, the community in general is quite helpful and literate, so you can pick up a lot of tips & hints ... but then you need to use those advices and exercise some google-foo.
Just some info to keep in mind.

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