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dolphinboy Original Post: Oct 04 '09,  8:39 am           Reply
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Help!

I just goofed last night, and wrote nearly identical reviews for two nearly-identical products. My mistake, and the NH ratings on both were deserved. I just deleted one review and updated the other, but not all the raters have valid e-mail addresses listed.

Suggestiions, please.

   
pvreditor Posted: Oct 04 '09,  4:51 pm           Reply
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RE: Help!

One solution is to delete the review and re-post it. You could even have a sentence at the beginning stating that you're re-posting the review due to some initial problems. After a couple of weeks, simply delete this sentence -- nobody will care anymore.

This is a little like swatting flies with a hammer but there's often no other way to get some people to re-read/rate a review. If you have honestly done your best to correct the problems, you shouldn't feel guilty about deleting and re-posting.

Otherwise, I can't think of anything else.

--Bob

   
dolphinboy Posted: Oct 06 '09,  3:24 pm (Updated: Oct 06 '09,  3:25 pm)           Reply
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RE: Help!

Quote: pvreditor
One solution is to delete the review and re-post it. You could even have a sentence at the beginning stating that you're re-posting the review due to some initial problems. After a couple of weeks, simply delete this sentence -- nobody will care anymore.

This is a little like swatting flies with a hammer but there's often no other way to get some people to re-read/rate a review. If you have honestly done your best to correct the problems, you shouldn't feel guilty about deleting and re-posting.

Otherwise, I can't think of anything else.

--Bob


Thank you. I'll leave that as a last resort. All but two raters have now re-rated. The two non-re-raters are a veteran with an invalid e-mail address listed, and a newbie with no listed e-mail.
   
pvreditor Posted: Oct 06 '09,  8:21 pm           Reply
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RE: Help!

Quote: dolphinboy
Thank you. I'll leave that as a last resort. All but two raters have now re-rated. The two non-re-raters are a veteran with an invalid e-mail address listed, and a newbie with no listed e-mail.

You can leave a comment on one of the veteran's reviews, although a handful of veterans are testy about that. I personally think it's just fine, as long as the person is polite. If the newbie has a review, you can try the same thing. Otherwise, you can reasonably assume that the newbie's rate carries little weight beyond its psychic effect on you.

--Bob
   
dolphinboy Posted: Oct 09 '09,  3:42 pm (Updated: Oct 09 '09,  5:47 pm)           Reply
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RE: Help!

Quote: pvreditor
You can leave a comment on one of the veteran's reviews, although a handful of veterans are testy about that. I personally think it's just fine, as long as the person is polite. If the newbie has a review, you can try the same thing. Otherwise, you can reasonably assume that the newbie's rate carries little weight beyond its psychic effect on you.

--Bob


The Comment route worked. Thank you, danke, merci.
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