Thread: Vendors and Feedback

Originally Posted by BigJim

In the spirit of providing a supportive community to assist and encourage wet and straight shavers might it be appropriate to create space in which members can relate their experience with our various vendors?

Specifically a place in which people have the freedom to post their objective experiences, positive or negative with specific elements of their vendor experience. Such as: Service, Shipping, Performance, Overall Pleased/Disappointed
used this service, so the two week figure is an arbitrary time used for example only)

Unfortunately this cannot happen on a site such as ours. The main problem is the abundance of dishonest people who have no issues lying behind an anonymous internet identity.

We see it happen all the time as it is, and establishing a vendor feedback platform is simply inviting it to become more rampant. It is not only buyers (real or fake) but also sellers offering incentives for positive reviews. And there are sellers who have been banned from this site, so there is no way for them to present their side of the story.

Now, what you want already exists - there are organizations/websites such as the Better Business Bureau where customers with real identities can provide feedback on businesses.

I think SRP should do things that it is suitable for and stay away from things that are not appropriate (e.g. arbitrate third party dealings).

No need to pile on. Issue's been dropped.

I completely agree that this site is not the proper arena for vendor feedback. But I agree that it would be helpful and keep vendors and patrons well informed. I'd love to see reputable vendors sign up for a Yelp page and encourage their patrons to write reviews based on their experience.

I'm in the service industry and we have really put a emphasis on reaching out to satisfied clients to write reviews. That's all I use now when I go out to eat - or buy something on Amazon for that matter.