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11/10/12 at 4:39pm

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I was planning to get this drive because its so highly rated on amazon yet on newegg the ratings are terrible what gives?

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0053YLTBC/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=22-152-291&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=1&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Page=4#scrollFullInfo

Amazon = 4.5 Stars
New Egg = 3 Stars

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11/10/12 at 4:40pm

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Never ever ever, take ratings from a website.
Samsung drives are some of the best.
Read reviews not scores from idiots

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11/10/12 at 4:59pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Prideless

what gives?

People like reviewing about items more when they get a bad batch or DOA than when they get a working one.

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11/10/12 at 5:00pm

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Sean Webster

People like reviewing about items more when they get a bad batch or DOA than when they get a working one.

This. I have even been guilty of doing so in the past lol.

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Ratings are crap.

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