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  1. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #911

    Britton30 said:
    madcratebuilder said:
    essenbe said:

    I own one. It does not get great reviews, but I've been using mine for over a year with no problems at all. It works well. If you read them, some of the bad reviews are user errors.
    I check buyer reviews on almost everything I buy. I think the vast majority of low ratings are from people that rode the short bus. It can be very humorous reading at times.
    Yup, "I pushed down on the flash drive only a little bit and the USB connector broke, this is a piece of junk".
    All joking aside
    I have noticed that more and more USB sticks are supplied with plastic USB connectors, these do tend to break without much real effort, especially if you actually insert / extract a stick many times a day as is normal for a technician moving around many systems
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  2. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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       #912

    essenbe said:
    whs said:
    I have one of those too. It runs flawlessly since at least 2 years. Only little problem is to yank out the disk. That is a bit hard at times and needs a strong arm.
    Yours does not have an eject button on the front? Mine does and if I push it too hard the hard drive will shoot all the way out and on the floor, if I can't catch it. So, I've learned to push it easily.
    Steve, mine looks the same as the one on the linked picture. But you are right, it can make quite a jump when you push real hard.
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  3. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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       #913

    Nigel, how can plastic USB connectors give you an electrical connection?
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  4. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #914
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  5. Posts : 9,600
    Win 7 Ultimate 64 bit
       #915

    madcratebuilder said:
    essenbe said:
    I own one. It does not get great reviews, but I've been using mine for over a year with no problems at all. It works well. If you read them, some of the bad reviews are user errors.
    I check buyer reviews on almost everything I buy. I think the vast majority of low ratings are from people that rode the short bus. It can be very humorous reading at times.
    And that is why you have to read the reviews, not just count stars or eggs. Take Amazon's Marketplace vendor reviews for example. Many of those reviews are actually product reviews so you have to read through them and look for patterns, such as the vendor frequently shipping the wrong item, takes longer to ship than promised, makes lame excuses for its mistakes, etc. I've shied away from many Marketplace vendors that had otherwise good reviews because a high percentage of the reviews were actually product reviews and a high percentage of the actual vendor reviews were less than stellar or showed a pattern of vendor incompetence, such as late shipments (actually, not all that big a problem unless one is on a schedule), shipping wrong items, poor packaging of shipments, blaming the customer for complaints, etc.
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  6. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
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       #916

    Thanks Nigel for the heads up.
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  7. Posts : 4,161
    Windows 7 Pro-x64
       #917

    Nigel, is this you or did someone steal your avatar?

    Ran across it while searching for hardwood lumber.
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  8. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #918

    Lady Fitzgerald said:
    madcratebuilder said:
    essenbe said:

    I own one. It does not get great reviews, but I've been using mine for over a year with no problems at all. It works well. If you read them, some of the bad reviews are user errors.
    I check buyer reviews on almost everything I buy. I think the vast majority of low ratings are from people that rode the short bus. It can be very humorous reading at times.
    And that is why you have to read the reviews, not just count stars or eggs. Take Amazon's Marketplace vendor reviews for example. Many of those reviews are actually product reviews so you have to read through them and look for patterns, such as the vendor frequently shipping the wrong item, takes longer to ship than promised, makes lame excuses for its mistakes, etc. I've shied away from many Marketplace vendors that had otherwise good reviews because a high percentage of the reviews were actually product reviews and a high percentage of the actual vendor reviews were less than stellar or showed a pattern of vendor incompetence, such as late shipments (actually, not all that big a problem unless one is on a schedule), shipping wrong items, poor packaging of shipments, blaming the customer for complaints, etc.

    To me, the hardest thing about Amazon reviews is they take all reviews for every vendor of the product, including themselves, and lump them all together. So, when you see 'the item was poorly packaged and the wrong item sent', you really have no idea which vendor they are talking about unless they name them. It lends a new meaning to the saying 'one bad apple can spoil the whole barrel'.

    It's the same with Windows OS on Amazon, if one vendor sells a pirated product and the review does not state who it was purchased from, it makes everyone selling that OS suspect, including Amazon. And that simply isn't the case.
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  9. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #919

    essenbe said:


    To me, the hardest thing about Amazon reviews is they take all reviews for every vendor of the product, including themselves, and lump them all together.
    Very true. Unfortunately, I'm seeing a related issue on Newegg reviews---they often combine reviews of similar but distinct products into the same list.

    Suppose you are researching 3 TB drives and locate one of possible interest and begin looking at the reviews--you'll see reviews of the 1 TB and 2 TB versions of the drive mixed in with the 3 TB reviews.

    I think this is a relatively new development---at least I don't recall it from 2 or 3 years ago.

    Not that you should place a lot of credence in Newegg reviews generally.
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  10. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #920

    carwiz said:
    Nigel, is this you or did someone steal your avatar?

    Ran across it while searching for hardwood lumber.
    Not Me - not a gamer :) or a lumberjack

    The avatar is something I picked up years ago online, so not a problem :)
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