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I write reviews all the time, and to be honest, Amazon makes it pretty easy. Basically if it shipped on time or earlier and was exactly what I expected, I will write a review and say exactly that.

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What has shipping to do with the products quality? There are two things you buy at amazon: 1. a physical product 2. the amazon service and shipment. The second one should IMHO not be relevant for the peoduct review, yet many rate them and skew the results.

Yeah, fair, but if it's not a common product that amazon keeps on their shelves, then it's an important note, I think. I usually only buy stuff on amazon if I can't find it in the store, so it's usually a somewhat rare or very specific thing.

I have never ordered a product from Amazon that didn't ship on time or wasn't what I expected.

I'm not trying to be negative but I don't see what value the type of review you say you are writing adds.

I bought a smartphone case that looked robust in the picture, but was kinda cheap and didn't perfectly fit the phone, so I noted that in my review.

It's just a dinky review, you're not supposed to do a full product breakdown. If everyone thought of amazon reviews this way and just gave 30 seconds for a review for every item, then there would be no automated review problem.

That's fine. It's the other type that people are asking you not to do: didn't ship on time, packaging damaged, delivery person left it in the wrong place, the wrong item was sent, etc.

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