Online Shopping Tip

I have made numerous online purchases with no problems however, before I purchase an item online (or offline for that matter) I go to Amazon.com and search for the item, then check to see if there have been any customer reviews. Amazon has a five star rating system with 5 stars being the best.

If the item has 4 or 5 stars and has several reviews, it is most likely a good product. Next, I read the lowest rated reviews first because these reviews may contain information that pertain to my current purchase. A lot of times a negative review will deal with an issue that will never pertain to my current purchase (like shipping time, out of stock, returned item, color, compatibility, etc.). I can throw these negative ratings out and adjust the star rating accordingly.

In any case, I take each review with a grain of salt because the author may have a hidden agenda but collectively, the customer reviews give me a good feeling of the quality of the product and vendor that I may soon be dealing with.

Background

CyBeerMall.com is a spin-off of my original site, MrGoodbeer.com , a virtual homebrew technician. It is an online shopping mall of beer and brewing related merchandise from various online merchants. I receive a commission (affiliate fee) from all sales but do not stock or handle any products. If the fees add up to pay for my domain name registration and ISP fees, I'm happy.

Today, CyBeerMall.com is mainly associated with Amazon.com aStore. The items are categorized to make your beer gift search a little easier than if you were shopping directly at Amazon.com .

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