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Are You Crazy, Writing Bad Reviews For Things You Sell?

Submitted by The Zen Hippie on Thursday, April 1, 2010One Comment
Are You Crazy, Writing Bad Reviews For Things You Sell?

People must think I am out of my mind.  Selling incense and giving it not so great reviews.  True, that doesn’t follow the usual advertising paradigm which is to lie, then lie some more, but I would rather be known for what I am.  Honest.  I would rather help people make good decisions with how they spend their money than attempt to take it from them with any form of deceit whatsoever.  If I write a review of an incense and it isn’t glowing, at least it is honest and may help people make a good decision.

Scent is subjective.  What I love, others may be repulsed by.  What others find positively incredible, I might find to be disgusting.  So there is no way that any two people can experience an incense in exactly the same way.  All I try to do is write as clearly as I can what my impressions of a given incense are and whether I personally like it or not.  It goes without saying that some incense is of high enough quality and of such good formulation that most people will find it palatable.  Satya Sai Baba Nag Champa is a good example of this.  There is a reason it is the number one selling incense in the world.

So why do I stock incense that I don’t particular care for?  Because what I said in the last paragraph remains true.  Even if I positively hate an incense, someone somewhere will love it and be glad that I have it in stock for a fair price.  The opposite is also true of course.  I might be delighted by an incense that others may find to be an assault on their nasal passages, but I will be happy to find someone who sells it at a fair price and treats me well as a customer.

With that being said, my reviews and impressions are as honest as I can write them.  Everyone may not agree with me, but that is what makes the world a wonderful place.  You don’t have to agree with me or like the same things that I like.  You are free to pick and choose and explore and find the things that make you the happiest.  Never take anyones word on what will make you happy and please you.  Figure it out for yourself.  I think you will find you are a lot happier that way.

I hope that I can help with that as far as incense goes by being honest about the things that I sell.

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  • Hippie said:

    This can be said for a restaurant as well. What I may find good you may not. But the big difference is you are offering a product others may potentially buy and that is a big difference. We dont give a personal review of our products preferring to let other do that for us. As a shop owner we see so many items giving a review that is unbiased can be difficult. Glad I stumbled across your site we will be adding incense to the shop soon. :)

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