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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Neither history nor literature Product review: Sorry - this simply is not history. There's maybe one fact every 30 pages -- the rest is repetitive thumbnail characterization, wallowing in shallow "historical forces" analysis. No historian today would call this anything but story-telling. But it's terrible story-telling -- void of thought, narrative or interesting detail. The opinionated tone is maddening -- who cares if this author thinks a Doge from the 9th century was dull, incompetant, feckless or brilliant? How can you libel someone 1,000 years from your experience? What is the value for the reader? None. I love Venice, and I have patience -- I read manuals for heaven's sake -- but I cannot force my way through any more of this. I stopped at 60 pages, and I wish I'd stopped earlier.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Short life span Product review: I purchased a Laserjet 1100 two years ago, and it has been subjected to light use. I am on my second toner cartridge. For the past six months, it has been feeding multiple sheets at a time--2 - 12. Repair estimate is $114.00. I have purchased a number of HP printers in the past, and all have performed well for a number of years. I gave my mother a Laserjet II, purchased more than 10 years ago, which was subjected to heavy office use. Although the resolution is lower and the ink not as dark, it still works great.
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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Programmed to win Product review: I have an older version of this game that I have had for several years and I just love. I play it all the time. It's a lot of fun but it is pretty much worn out. I love that it has a big screen so when I saw this one with a big screen I bought it to replace my old game. With my other game I would win about 50% of the time and that was pretty fun. This one is programmed for you to win only about 2% of the games. That isn't any fun at all. I have had this new game about a week and I took the batteries out of it and threw it away. I only wish I could fine the old version again.
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decrease

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You are considering whether to buy a product. You look at the reviews. Would the following review decrease or increase the chances of you buying the product? Review title: Was Recommended Product review: I haven't read the book as my daughter requested it for Christmas. It is larger and more substantial than I thought it would be by the photo, which makes it an impressive gift. My daughter wanted it because of an article she had read about the author. Apparently it is very inspiring and written to encourage women of all ages to get fit, in a no nonsense, easy to follow way. The author was (is) a women in her forties who shares her amazing story of being the oldest women to win a gold medal in tennis, I believe she was 43 at the time. I might be off a little on the facts as I recieved them second hand, but her feat is no less amazing. She is very fit and a good writer as well.
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