How often do you write online reviews for the things you buy?

Almost never. If the item is bad, the assholes before me didn't do me any favours, so why should I? In the alternative, if the item is good, then the prior reviews should suffice.

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Never, and it's never occurred to me to do so.

If the product is really good or bad I usually will. I never do it on the store site or wherever I buy it, I do it on my site for the benefit of my readers.

this is true, and I probably aught to do it more often. any amount of information is important to a future buyer and just as I rely heavily on reviews I should do the same. as it is I only write a review once in a while for good or bad.

the biggest deterrent is usually that you have to register and have a user name and all. the last thing I need its another website to register to and get stupid emails from. I wish you could just click on a link for writing the review and do it that way.

This pretty much sums up what I was gonna write.

I only tend to write reviews only when I completely love or hate the product.

I am what some may call a "vocal minority."

second part of this statement is ok. first part really?

if you felt you got screwed and that could have been prevented by a review to that effect you have no interest to warn the next dude? im not saying i actually do this, but saying tough on the next guy i got screwed so will you is a bit harsh no?

I pretty much look at professional and (as much as possible) unbiased reviews of new stuff before buying them but I've never given any review or feedback.

You don't know me that well, do you?

not as far as you know anyway, why?

I used to because the requests always seemed so personal. Now it is rare that I do, and usually if the item or service was crap.

Constantly check them, never write them. I have given star ratings to a few Android apps, though.