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| Thread ID: 126680 | 2012-09-11 23:44:00 | Fisher & Paykell | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1300559 | 2012-09-12 20:13:00 | The problem with basing a buying decision on consumer reports is that these reviews give no indication of reliability of NEW models. For sure. best to read user reviews, especially those who had one for a while. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1300560 | 2012-09-12 20:16:00 | We had some of the F&P stuff here in the States for a while . Yeah, I found a US user comments forum once, there were pages and pages of bad reviews....massive fail there. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1300561 | 2012-09-12 21:39:00 | For sure. best to read user reviews, especially those who had one for a while. I'd agree except the users most likley to review are the ones who had a bad experience, people complain more readily than praise. Consumer does do reliability surveys as well as product reviews and is about as close to an objective opinion as I think you can get. Not that I ignore peoples opinions and reviews, they do still influence me I just try to balance that with other information. If for example I google a product for reviews and find large amounts of negative feedback I'd start to believe it, but if I find one or two bad reviews and it's a product sold in the 10's of 1000's I'd figure that was actually a pretty good sign. That said I do often find myself going for the brands with a reputation for reliability, sometimes even when they cost more. I got an intel SSD because of all the trouble people reported with OCZ and sandforce, and recently upgraded it to a samsung 830 for the same reason. |
dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1300562 | 2012-09-12 21:56:00 | I used to work for a second hand dealer and he always bought second hand F&P but did not like the other brands. He had to put a warranty on them and was in contact with repair guys. And imho repair guys are the ones to ask. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 1300563 | 2012-09-12 22:09:00 | And imho repair guys are the ones to ask. So true. Ask a mechanic and auto electrician which vehicles they see most of for repair and you know which ones to stay clear of. |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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