Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: GordenHere]
#6298424
08/10/18 06:26 AM
08/10/18 06:26 AM
|
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978 potter co. p.a.
pcr2
"Twerker"
|
"Twerker"
Joined: May 2010
Posts: 28,978
potter co. p.a.
|
believe your eyes and not your ears.i usually could care less what someone else thinks.
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: Claypool313]
#6298456
08/10/18 07:28 AM
08/10/18 07:28 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,080 SEPA
Lugnut
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 20,080
SEPA
|
Go with Olympic judging when looking at reviews. Throw out the highest and the lowest. I also disregard any out of the box reviews. I want honest opinions from folks who actually used the products. I use reviews when deciding on some purchases. There's always going to be a few disgruntled crackpots that give a good product a terrible review for no good reason. Likewise there's always going to be those who give glowing reviews to a product right out of the box simply because they spent their money on it. After reading many reviews, these folks are not hard to spot. The quoted advice is spot on.
Eh...wot?
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: GordenHere]
#6298526
08/10/18 09:32 AM
08/10/18 09:32 AM
|
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 992 Ohio, USA
Ave
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Oct 2016
Posts: 992
Ohio, USA
|
I’ve seen traps rated at one star and called “ terrible” because the traps were too hard to set by hand lol.
Ave don't go where the beaver don't flow
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: EdP]
#6298533
08/10/18 09:40 AM
08/10/18 09:40 AM
|
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 35,175 McGrath, AK
white17
"General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
|
"General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 35,175
McGrath, AK
|
When considering a product I like to look at the Amazon reviews. They show positive and negative and I look for repetitive complaints on the same issue, not just one disgruntled buyer. Some reviews I ignore totally. For example, when looking at hiking boots that will be reliable for backcountry backpacking and a guy says "I just got these yesterday and the leather smells great. They don't have a scratch on them and the rubber is shiny. I haven't put them on yet but I'm sure I'm going to love them." That gets tossed as does the review by a construction worker that uses them for work. Just not applicable. On the other hand, when several folks say the top hooks broke in the first month of use, the boot gets the boot. I too look for repeated complaints about the same thing. One word of caution.......Amazon is now using bots to write reviews when they don't have enough from real people. They say it increases sales . Are we surprised ?
Mean As Nails
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: GordenHere]
#6298535
08/10/18 09:43 AM
08/10/18 09:43 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,914 Central, SD
Law Dog
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 34,914
Central, SD
|
I have bought and sold sooooooo many traps, I tried this or that and found good and bad in most of them worked my way up to MJs for yotes best trap going IMO for my needs and soil and for risky areas I use 1.75 Sleepy Creek O/S.
Been running that set up for many years now. Unless your a trust fund kid starting out with MJs would be tough so if a guy buys and sells right as the goes you can work your way to better and better over time. I'd keep an eye on what selling quickly in the Shed and buy quality traps as cheap just gets cheaper.
Always going to be guys that will tell you your wrong and then repeat back to you what you just said in another way like it was their idea. LOL It's like putting together a tool box take what you like from different people and make your own one.
Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that!
Jerry Herbst
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: GordenHere]
#6298538
08/10/18 09:54 AM
08/10/18 09:54 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,615 Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,615
Green County Wisconsin
|
I look at the detail put into a review , if they outlined an issue in great detail then I give it merit. if they just popped in and hated on something with no detail , then they are usually just a hater.
you have to remember there is a % of the population that can just never be happy and they delight in making others as unhappy as they are.
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: Muskrat]
#6298539
08/10/18 09:59 AM
08/10/18 09:59 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,928 Oakland, MS
Drifter
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 11,928
Oakland, MS
|
My final test is to order one each of the candidate traps and compare them in hand. Play with 'em for several days before making the decision to buy dozens of 'em. Agree and use them for a season as well.
Some individuals use statistics as a drunk man uses lamp-posts — for support rather than for illumination.
Andrew Lang (1844-1912) Scottish poet, novelist and literary critic
Life member NTA , and GA Trappers assoc .
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: Muskrat]
#6298569
08/10/18 10:54 AM
08/10/18 10:54 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 4,238 Illinois
ratbrain
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2008
Posts: 4,238
Illinois
|
My final test is to order one each of the candidate traps and compare them in hand. Play with 'em for several days before making the decision to buy dozens of 'em. Great advice here. I have done this a few times when pondering a trap I am unfamiliar with.
|
|
|
Re: Someone's Always Got to Ruin it for me
[Re: GordenHere]
#6298582
08/10/18 11:20 AM
08/10/18 11:20 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 414 Roanoke, VA
Meathunter1978
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2015
Posts: 414
Roanoke, VA
|
Well I read some reviews on the new Duke #2's. But I needed to see for myself. So last year I bought 2 of them. Let's put it this way, my Bday was last Saturday and guess what I got from my wife 6 more. That's what I asked for. The dogs get bent but after season I'll change them. By the way these are the 4 coil offset. Love them.
Formally known as Meathunter78. Just doing it for meat.
|
|
|
|
|