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Idiots Reviewing things

Pretty much any time I read "reviews" of anything on the Internet, I think "someone, the gov't or someone should step in and regulate who can and can't offer opinions."

It never ceases to amaze me how someone will purchase the wrong item, and then provide it a bad review because it didn't do what they wanted or thought that it should.

For instance, I have been looking at miter saws online. There are sliding miter saws and non-sliding miter saws. Depending upon what you want/need, you can buy either one.

I just read this review of a non-sliding miter saw.

"poor design, fence moves instead of saw. each time you change the miter angle the workpiece or the entire saw must be moved. vewy awkward when working indoors with large pieces such as basecoards and crown moulding. i returned the this saw and bought a 10' slider instead"

Come on, seriously? So apparently all non-sliding miter saws are poor designs? This sort of review is everywhere on all sorts of stuff.
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