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Title: Poor Quality Video/Great Movies
Review: First of all, the actual movies and the actors are great. The series is very entertaining and tells a good story. It is suitable for the whole family.Now for the bad news, Sullivan Home Entertainment should be absolutely ashamed to sell such poor quality DVDs. I could have done better myself by copying video tapes and burning them to DVD. The video is very grainy like they made no attempt at all to remaster it. At times the audio does not match the video. Also, there is only a rudimentary menu system. You cannot jump to a particular scene like you can with almost all other DVDs on the market. In addition, the set I received had two of the three disks bad.The price of $59.99 is extremely high for what you get. Given the quality and other problems, it should be in the $5 bin at wal-mart!My advice is to rent the videos if you can and save a ton of money by not buying this junk.
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Title: Anne of Green Gables
Review: I was really disapointed in the presentation of the DVD. It doesn't even have chapter selection on the DVD menu. The point of getting the DVD was to have those amenities that DVD's offer and I had to fastfoward slowly through the movie until I got to the scene where I had last left off. Since the only difference between the VHS version and the DVD is the Cd itself, i felt that it was extremely overpriced. However, it is a wonderful story and I very much enjoyed watching it again. :)
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Title: RETURNED THIS ITEM
Review: I ordered this video set with the intention of revisiting some of my very favorite childhood characters & sets. When it arrived, I opened the box very quickly and rushed to put the dvd into my player. Unfortunately, my experience was brought to a halt & cut short by the discovery that this set IS NOT CLOSED CAPTIONED. Not only does it not have CC, it also has NO SUBTITLES. This product is NOT applicable to every viewer, and it does not accommodate viewers with special needs or handicaps. I am profoundly deaf, and do depend on written translations so I can decipher the words being spoken. I was very, very disappointed that the website failed to include that it did not provide captions or subtitles. I returned this product the very next day! At least I got my money back...
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Title: Expected More
Review: I wanted to confirm some of the other reviews that I have read regarding this product. This is basically a copy to DVD of the VHS tapes. Theres really no quality improvment and there are no chapter breaks or divisions. So, other than taking up less space on the shelf and perhaps lasting a bit longer than the VHS, theres not a whole lot of difference from the VHS.
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Title: Anne Trilogy Box Set
Review: The CD's of Anne of Green Gables are of very poor quality. The film was not always clear and there were some skips and missing parts to the CD. I would return them but, I just did not have the time as they were a present for my granddaughter. I will be chalking this purchase up to a big mistake and buy the CD's at Best Buy. My very old VHS's are better.
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Title: Horrid
Review: The rating is not a reflection on my love for this wonderful story, but on the highly disappointing product itself. First off, there's the cheap cardboard packaging it arrives in. The DVDs come completely unadorned & the menu screens are super amateur looking (yes, for this price you deserve a pretty disc!) I popped it in & thought, "so much for digitally remastered" (more like lack of). The picture was just grainy & awful. Then to top it off, disc #2 skipped, or just outright stopped at parts. By the last few precious moments it just died on me. At first I was willing to accept a replacement, but then changed my mind & have asked for a refund instead. If the discs were damaged but had at least offered decent quality otherwise, then an exchange would be fine. But I'm not willing to shell out this much money for substandard goods. Anne of Green Gables deserves better!!
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Title: There has never been another group like these guys.
Review: The spring I graduated from high school, my boyfriend and I saw these guys open for Elton John of all people. We couldn't believe our ears. They were the hippest, tightest, swinging-est band we'd ever heard. In fact, most of the audience didn't know what to make of them, but I found a lifelong favorite. Give this disk a listen.
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Title: Very satisfied!!!
Review: Very satisfied. Price of this product made it worth keeping my camera after loosing the charger and one of the batteries. Was gonna graigslist it and buy a new one.Thanks Dekcell this was easy and VERY affordable!!!!!!
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Title: Good reference
Review: This book has good coverage, small pictures next to the text, and reasonable descriptions. However it is arranged by scientific name so it will not be easy to use this to find the name of that pretty little yellow flower by the roadside. Look at "Wildflowers of Texas" by Geyata Ajilvsgi for a similar field guide but that is grouped by flower colors.
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Title: Un excelente libro de campo
Review: Texas Wildflowers es un excelente libro para el biologo de campo, ya que cuenta con bellas fotografias de los ejemplares revisados en el libro. Es una ayuda para los estudiantes de botanica de Texas y el Noreste de Mexico. Solo le falta un indice por especie y uno por color de flores para su mejor manejo en campo.
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Title: Best fund raising book ever
Review: This is a major advance over Worth's 1993 book, which already was called the classic--this book is really the "New Testament." This book brings us up to date to the early 2000's and provides even more wisdom than the original.It is absolutley a must-read for anybody working in fund-raising, whether staff or volunteers.
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Title: These guys are the WORST ever
Review: They were bad in the 80s, and remain bad now. I'll just never get get this bunk-cheese-euro-pop-stuff. Matter of fact, I disliked them so much in the 80s that I had to look them up today just to dis them. Sorry ABC fans.
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Title: Del vikings
Review: I can not rate this cd yet because i have not received Come go with me yet by the Del vikings. I must say; I do love the song and I will rate the CD when I receive it. I'm sure it will be a five star rate.
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Title: keep failing one after the other...
Review: We have 24 of this light bulbs in our house. After 8 months, 6 of them failed. Some of them we didn't even use that often. It take a 2-3 mintues for it to warm up as well. I will not buy this again.
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Title: Citizen Eco Classic Style Wristwatch
Review: Happy with this watch so far. Day/Date is set a little deep to be seen easily. Looks attractive if you like the classic look with a leather band. If it had been available 2 1/4 years ago I would not have shelled out a bunch for a gold watch just to get the style.
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Title: UnHardanger
Review: This is a book for people who don't actually like hardanger. The patterns rely entirely on the use of coloured threads for their effect, so even if you substitute thread of a single colour for the rather gaudy colour combinations suggested, the designs look completely bland. There isn't any difference between these patterns and conventional cross stitch patterns except in the use of satin stitch--the lacy open spaces of traditional hardanger are scarcely in evidence. Look at Jill Carter's Hardanger Embroidery to see the real beauty of the form.
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Title: Solo Poppy Seed Filling
Review: Had extreme difficulty finding this product in our area. Received order promptly. Product was exactly what was ordered. Came quickly and was boxed in a secure package.
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Title: no poppy seed taste or flavor
Review: whole, unbroken kernels in some sort of sticky syrup, it just does not taste as poppy seed to me. Defenitely not good for rolls or as a filling, might be better if you mix it in dough. I will better spend more on a quality product. Also, way too sweet for me.
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Title: solo poppy seed paste
Review: I have used this product before with excellent results.My husband worked in the retail grocery business for 50 years, so this product is not new to me.It has always been a very popular item with consumers. I was very happy to find this product on amazon at an excellent price. Eileen
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Title: Poor overall design.
Review: People complained about the earbud being too big, but it is not meant to go straight into the ear, but rather to be sideways. This is supposedly less damaging to one's hearing. That said, it still doesn't fit well, and is rather uncomfortable. To make matters worse, the clip that comes with it tears the outter insulation on the wire apart. put the clip on and leave it. Taking it off will tear the wire, tring to slide it will tear the wire. This product gets an F- for engineering, but a B for sound quality, hence, 2 stars.
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Title: Too big for my ear
Review: It was too big for my ear and it was not very loud even after turning the volume up...take it off the market..please
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Title: Earpiece is too large for ear, causing pain and/or falls out
Review: This headset is useless. The ear piece is much too large for my ear. So, it either hurts the inside of my ear, or else falls out. I keep 1 anyway (b/c I live in NYC and it is illegal to drive w/out a headset), but I don't make calls in the car like I did. The proprietary connector to the phone limits my use of outside headsets (such as the ones I have, from my old phone). I am looking forward to a JABRA headset being made for the RAZR!
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Title: This completely sucks
Review: The sound is horrible... people say I sound like I am in a muffled tunnel. And I bought two, to have in case the BT ran down.... poor me..... And my Plantronics 620 works like cr*p too. No noise cancellation worth a d*mn... forget about using it when driving a car.... I am trying to find a new one...
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Title: bargain made usable by DIY earhook
Review: I got this because I was tired of my bluetooth earpiece loosing connection all the time. As other reviewers noted, this thing does not stay in your ear. I fixed that by braiding two long twisties into a DIY "earhook". That simple addition rendered this bargain priced headset completely functional.
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Title: Garbage
Review: Ear piece is not designed to fit the human ear. Idiotic design! Parts fall off. Save your money.
Answer: | No |
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Title: Broke after second use
Review: Broke after second use and on first use I could hear well, but other party couldn't.don't buy it.
Answer: | No |
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Title: Faulty merchandise.
Review: Purchased Item: Handsfree - SAM. a303,a503 (HAN-SAMA303 REG)Total price including shipping & handling charges, $7.58.I purchased this item for a friend and when we received it, the item did not work. I asked her to re-read the manual to her cell phone for handsfree options for a Samsung Cell Phone. She did and it still does not work. It is the correct item but there is no sound that comes through the ear piece. We tried more than once to no avail.Please have the seller send another of the same item. If that is not possible, please refund the amount to me. Please let me know what steps I must take from here. The other items I received in this order were in perfect working order.Thank you for your concern about the merchandise that is sold on Amazon. I do enjoy doing business with you.La Verne Edmond
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Title: It fell apart!
Review: I love the other product that I received from Amazon but this item fell apart within the first five minutes that I had it and I could not get it back together. Although I only paid 1 cent for it and the shipping cost was where I really paid anything I was a little upset. I still use it because I cannot find another head set to fit my Motorola razor except the expensive blue tooth. I also do not like the way it fits in my ear. It is very uncomfortable. Thanks and have a great day!Sincerely,Dianna Lopez
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Title: junk
Review: i figured for $5 and free shipping it couldnt be that bad, but it was. worthless, not even worth sending back... i cant tell whether it was broken or just really poor quality stuff.
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Title: Undependable junk
Review: - Fits my ear badly- Cheap crummy plastic clip for your shirt- Weak Microphone- Dodgy answer/dial button- Broke in less than a yearI can't believe that Motorola put their name on this piece of junk.
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Title: Not the best
Review: Sound Quality is on par with other wired head phones. For some reason though the headset kept making 3 way calls and the cord was too short.
Answer: | No |
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Title: Piece of garbage - microphone hardly works.
Review: I took a chance and bought this in spite of the bad reviews. What a mistake! The earphone works OK, but the microphone is so weak that one must yell directly into it to be barely heard. I cannot believe that this is a "geniune Motorola" item.
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Title: Undependable!
Review: This headset worked fine for the first week, after which, it started acting up. It would dial the last number even when I am on the phone with someone. Very aggravating!!! The sound is good. Although the price is remarkable, please consider buying something more valuable that will work well for a prolonged period.
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Title: Excellent ear phones
Review: This Ear phones work perfectly okay. I brought these for a cent but i feel Spending 5-10 $ is also worth.
Answer: | Yes |
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Title: Sadly, mine was defective
Review: The first time I used it, I discovered it was defective. Maybe not all of them are but this one definatly was. As soon as I received it, I called my sister to test it out. On my end there was crackling and she couldn't hear me well at all. I kept having to repeat myself. Realizing it was useless, I immediatly returned it. I'm Still waiting for my refund.
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Title: Great Choice
Review: If you are looking for a wired handsfree device this is it for you. Sleek design and works great with the Razr. If I ever lost it I would replace instantly.
Answer: | Yes |
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Title: Doesn't work at all!
Review: I purchased 2 of these, one for myself, another for someone else. Turns out one of them only sort of worked, person on the other end of the line always said it was too quiet even though the volume was turned to the max setting. The other didn't work at all, maybe something wrong with the connection. Either way, don't waste your time.
Answer: | No |
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Title: disappointed
Review: I received the product but changed my mind and decided to return it. After sending the package back to the company I never received any refund. I made several phone calls but only got empty promises that money would be returned. As of today I still have not received any refund.
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Title: Worst Headset
Review: This is the worst headset I have ever used. The earbud is good for kingkong only. It is so huge.
Answer: | No |
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Title: Stay Clear
Review: Listen to the others. It's a piece of junk. No one can hear the you becauase of the poor quality microphone. I bought it, tried it, trashed it. Save yourself the hassle and look elsewhere.
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Title: Motorola Razr V3 Headset
Review: I ordered two sets. The first two sets did not work at all( you can hear the caller but the caller can't hear you). After complaining to Amazon (complaining to the vendor got no response), the vendor sent me two new sets that worked.The sets that did not work were silver in color with thin calbes.The sets that work are black in color and have thicker cables.
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Title: FIT SOLUTION
Review: I agree that this is by far the worst wired headset. I have searched and was unable to find any alternative. I bought Jabra ear gels, (the ones shaped like the inside of your ear) and that made a big difference. The headset is still horrible, but at least is stays in my ear now and it's actually almost comfortable.
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Title: Won't even FIT in my ear
Review: It works fine as hands free and sounds as you would expect for being fairly cheap, but it's completely useless to me as it won't even FIT inside my ear. I have to hold it to my ear to even use it. I'd like to use something else, but bluetooth seems to be the only other option and I don't want to spend that kind of money for a hands-free.
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Title: might as well be holding the phone.
Review: this ear bud is very large and uncomfortable. i pay more attention to holding the earbud than i do to my driving. this thing is useless. spend the money and get the blue tooth.
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Title: The Worst headsets ever
Review: DO NOT BUY THIS, especially if you have long hair. Your hair gets all tangled up and it is painful, twice I lost a bunch of hair getting them off. I trashed them. The sound quality is awful and they are so big they hurt your ears. Not worse a penny.
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Title: Does Not Work With My Verizon RAZR V3c
Review: The mic works, but the ear-piece does not. Tried 2 different ones, thinking that the 1st one was defective. Don't buy if you have the V3c.
Answer: | No |
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Title: LATE AND BROKEN!
Review: The Earbud that I ordered didn't arrive after 3 weeks, so I Emailed that I hadn't received it. They sent an Earbud the next week and it was broken. It didn't work at all.
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Title: Didn't receive item I told you guys this three weeks ago .
Review: I did not receive this item & I told you guys about it. You sent me someone elses item & not mine the thing that I ordered only cost a cuple dollers so whats up?
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Title: hands free phone accessory
Review: Motorola Hands-Free Headset for RAZR V3This product is good for what it is. It's very inexpensive, but does the job well. I give it two stars, because it does have the "blow-by" sound when you breathe into it, or if the wind blows over it. It works great indoors though.
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Title: Dead Unit
Review: Never worked out of box so i am not sure its seller mistake or ear buds `ve durability issues ,just don`t buy them from "accessory one" try some other seller may be You`ll have better luck.so one star may be unfair for the product itself......
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Title: Does not fit well.. you get for wat u pay
Review: This headset is usable but does not stay on ur ears. you wud perhaps need a sponge cover for the earphone.
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Title: Product Doesn't Work
Review: The handset arrived and it does not work. I tested it several times - absolutely nothing came out of the ear piece. I tried a different headset as a test and that one worked, so this one is faulty. A total waste of money. Given that I have to pay for the return packaging and postage, not even worth returning. A complete waste.
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Title: Non-functional
Review: Returned this headset to Amazon after five minutes of testing. The volume just wasn't there. I have normal hearing and could not make out anything the person at the other end of the line said.
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Title: Wish I'd come to Amazon first
Review: I bought my first one at a car wash for $20+ with tax. It didn't work. You could not hear anything from the earpiece and the person you call could not hear you clearly or easily. They complained of scratching and crackling sound and very low volume. I returned it to the car wash for a replacement and this second headset seems to be working okay. We'll see for how long... Like I said, I would have been much less upset if I had only paid $0.01 for it, because from the look of the other reviews that's about how much it's worth.
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Title: REALLY poor sound quality
Review: Sound is muffled and nearly impossible to understand. Would not recommend purchasing, not even for $.01
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Title: If you like static, this is for you :-)
Review: I just received mine and called someone to see how it works and everytime I said something all they could hear was static. There's alot of interuption too, I hear loud noises on my end and now have to spend more money on another one. DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY ON THIS ONE!!
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Title: The device has a connection problem.
Review: The device seems not to match well my mot razr v3 cell phone. It has a connection problem, and hardly works.
Answer: | No |
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Title: surprisingly good after reading the poor reviews
Review: The sound quality and microphone are great. As for the complaint about it fitting poorly, I don't walk much with the earpiece in, but if I did, it would have trouble staying in. So if you are planning on doing much walking, maybe this isn't a good product for you, but if not, I have absolutely no complaints.
Answer: | Yes |
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Title: Worst product ever!
Review: This is the worst design of a hands-free headset! Rather than helping me keep my hands free while talking, it keeps my one hand engaged because it never settles in the ear and keeps popping out. I wonder how they come up with such designs.I would not recommend this product at all.
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Title: Works with V3 phone
Review: One of the few wired earphones that work with the mini USB on the V3. Sound quality and reduction of background noise is good. Ear piece a little large for those with small ears.
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Title: DO NOT PURCAHSE-YOU CAN BARELY HEAR
Review: Do not purchase this item. I could barely hear anything even with the volume maxed. I even tried it on my wife's phone with the same results. The seller was great and I give them an A+. They shipped a replacement right away, but of course same issue as the first. This is common complaint about this product, but I thought I would give it a shot anyway. Bad move!
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Title: Piece of cr@p!
Review: I wish there was a way to rate this item ZERO stars. This is not worth the plastic and wires it's made out of or the cheap price. Save your pocket change, it's not even worth the effort of buying.Each person I used this set with said that it was difficult to hear me and that everything sounded muffled. I wasn't sure if it was the headset or the phone. After getting another headset, it definitely was the this piece of junk.
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Title: Defective product
Review: I ordered two sets. Did not work at all( you can't hear the caller but the caller can hear you). In sum, it was a waste of money. I will not buy again.
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Title: no good
Review: I bought two of these, thinking that the first was defective. Perhaps my phone is defective, but people cannot hear me when I use this. I have used wired headsets in the past. My Bluetooth headset works fine. I would have preferred to use this wired headset as it does not require battery charging, like the Bluetoth headset.
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Title: Terribly unconfortable
Review: Bought this beacuse is the OEM earbud and I supposed it was good. This device has 2 problems:1. The cable is too short so if you want to speak in the car, is very difficult to put the phone at rest at some place.2. The earpiece is terrible, gigantic. I am not a small person and the earpiece barely fits in place, it falls all the time.Terrible product.
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Title: terrible
Review: I agree with all the other reviewers. It is TOOOOO big for your ear. I don't know why it is made so large.
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Title: Made for a Giant
Review: This headset was apparently made for a giant, as I can only imagine that a giant would be able to fit this thing in his/her ear. I am an average size woman, with what I belive to be average size ears and I could not even come close to getting this thing in my ear.Make sure you have big ears before ordering!
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Title: Useless with an L2
Review: I bought 2 thinking that it was a cheaper alternative for my home mobile phones and a more secure alternative to the Bluetooth headset for my work phone. I've had hearing tests that were louder than this headset.The L2 isn't listed here, but it is in other places. If that's your model phone, don't buy this headset.
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Title: Too large for anyone
Review: I am a six foot tall man, and this headset won't fit in my ear. Apparently Motrola wants to "up-sell" their RAZR customers to blue tooth.
Answer: | No |
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Title: Help!
Review: Not only is this the worst fitting hands-free wired headset, but unfortunately I cannot find any alternatives on the market because of the USB jack. Does anyone know of any alternative WIRED earbud sets for the RAZR?
Answer: | No |
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Title: Motorola Hands-Free Headset for RAZR V3
Review: Product not what I thought it would be, it does not help me at all. Wish I could change it, but I know that I can't and my phone is so old that it needs to be changed, but I can't afford it.
Answer: | No |
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Title: Hands Free Headset
Review: Nice product, comfortable for the ear, the volume is also good you can hear the other person. Yes, would purchase again.
Answer: | Yes |
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Title: Unbalanced bud makes it fall out (and beware the pic!)
Review: I bought this headset because I thought it was like headsets I'd used with all my previous phones, where the plastic arm comes straight off of the bud (like standard iPod earbuds, for example) -- that's how it looks in the picture. Turned out to be the same headset I'd previously bought and returned in stores (albeit cheaper); the earbud is a sort of megaphone shape, so where the downward pull of the cord keeps a regular earbud in place, on this headset, it just pulls it out of your ear. The angle of the pic in this particular listing makes it look like a regular earbud -- see this pic of another headset for a side shot: http://www.amazon.com/Hands-Free-Headset-Motorola-SYN0896-Eforcity/dp/B000VKAJJ6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=wireless&qid=1213019078&sr=8-4).
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Title: Keeps Falling Out
Review: After going thru several bluetooths, I decided to get a regular headset again because reception just always seemed better.I was thrilled to find the exact same headset that originally came with my Razr for such a great price.The only problem I have is that it just won't stay put. It constantly falls out of my ear. So now I am looking for a silicone cover that will help it stay in place.
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Title: cell phone accessories
Review: Would never order from this merchant. They do nothing about returns. They do not care about the consumer one bit. Greedy!!!
Answer: | No |
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Title: Good sound for very little cost
Review: This product was delivered on time and was what I expected. I bought three of them and they all work good. I thought MyNetDeals charged a little too much for shipping, all three Earbuds that I bought were in the same little box and I was still charged over $12 for shipping.
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Title: NOT FOR THE MOTOROLA Q
Review: Listed as an accessory under Motorola Q, it is not compatible. I'm sure it works great for the RAZR.....
Answer: | No |
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Title: Country Superstars
Review: I bought this cd when it first came out to shut up my son.Was I ever impressed! I had never been a country music fan (Thanks to my Godfather & Hank Williams,Sr-He sounded like he was in pain every time he sang!) but this was a real pleasure. I especially liked the duet with Vince & Jenny Gill. I was hooked and have since broadened my music collection to include country. You will be pleasantly surprised too.
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Title: Disgusting!!
Review: Shame on You Lorrie Morgan!! You butchered a classic when you took upon "O Holy Night!!" You were off key, off tempo, and backed off the high note at the end. I took this CD and literally threw it away...I did save the jewel boxhowever.
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Title: Not fit for teens
Review: The language is atrocious. I definitely wouldn't use this un my classroom. I am not sure why it is necessary to use filthy language to get a point across...good authors have been doing it for years.
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Title: Could have been...
Review: I don't understand how an obviously talented man could craft a book that is, by his own account, somewhat of a catharsis for him, yet is so completely mundane and poorly written that it seems to literally be written by an untalented teenager.The story could have been great. Maybe it is a great story if you have the experience of depression and suicidal tendancies. Maybe it expresses those experience and feelings exactly. I don't have that experience, and really, reading this book did nothing to help me understand those feelings, nor did it connect me emotionally to the experiences of people who suffer from these types of disorders.Runyon lived that which he was writing about. If only he would have somehow harnessed the power of those memories of that period of his life. It would have been great.Instead, we're left with this. A book about some kid with a bad attitude who doesn't give us any reason to care.
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Title: Needs some work.
Review: The Burn Journals, in my opinion, could have been written better. I mean, no one really needs to hear about someone having an erection. We want to know how he overcame his state of being and regained his dignity. That's why I gave this book a two. It was ok, but it needed more work.
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Title: So Much More Than I Expected
Review: This book is so much more than an account of a 14 year old's attempted suicide. It is, at the same time, wickedly funny and poignantly insightful. It's about families and friends (and random celebrities), about the heady effects of testosterone and the hard edges of being cool. It is also about unspeakable pain and uncompromising love. Beautiful, simple language. Dialogue that will ring true to the ears of teens and parents. Insights only a 14 year old could have combined with perspective only an adult could give. Impossible not to laugh and cry.
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Title: You have got to be kidding me.
Review: I couldn't wait until this book was over. I almost didn't finish and absoluteley skimmed over the last 60 pages when nothing had anything to do with any kind of growth or journey. If you want to read or want your kids to read an account about a guy who tried to kill himself, scared himself for life, continued to judge other people and feel sorry for himself, this is the book for you. Oh yes did I mention every 10 pages he talks about getting into a girls pants or blouse or trying out his "junk" to make sure it works. I wanted a book about a kid who survives a major ordeal and grows to appreciate life a little more. What was more important to the author was talking about his developing sexuality. Boring. Who cares about whether this guy want to touch a girls boobs? Spend your time reading something more important.
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Title: Heartwarming Tale
Review: The Burn Journals is a heartwarming tale of a of a failed suicide attempt. There is a long road to recovery when you a burned as badly as he is.
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Title: Review courtesy of www.teensreads.blogspot.com
Review: The reason that I picked up this book was that I had seen somebody perform part of it as an acting event. The thing was, he had only used the first section, which was so short, and the rest of the book was BORING!The writing doesn't get much credit at all. It's choppy, which was done on purpose, but I don't think that Brent reached what he had hoped to with this. Instead, he upped the page length and made his book much more choppy and annoying to read. At one point, there were single sentences on each page. It's because his thoughts were so choppy at that point, but it makes reading it very annoying.
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Title: The potential for an amazing story, but...
Review: I hope -- and suspect -- that even as a (target market) young adult I would have been as unsatisfied with this book as I was after reading it as an adult. It's laughable and ludicrous to compare this book to the likes of Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted or Augusten Burroughs's Running with Scissors simply because they share some basic similarities. The story itself, the event, has the potential to really knock a reader's socks off, but is told in such an artless and stumbling manner it makes it difficult to want to continue reading, and especially difficult to connect at all with the humans behind it. I didn't find it "refreshingly normal" and certainly not "scary", as some other reviewers have credited; I found it boring, course and overall disappointing. I've read better straight out of my junior high students' journals.
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Title: harrowing and real
Review: I read a lot of YA novels for my job, and most of them are terrible. What is so amazing about this book is precisely that it isn't a "problem" story with a preachy moral and an epiphany. It's absolutely real.And for those who think the writing is flat or amateurish, try writing like this sometime. This kind of prose is incredibly difficult to pull off, and the mark of having done so is that it looks easy.I plan to read everything this guy writes.
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Title: Amputated rather than edited...
Review: Burke's most important work "Reflections on the Revolution in France" is reduced from nearly 200 pages to 60 pages in this volume. Yet nowhere in the book does the editor describe what he selected or what he dropped, or the basis for his decisions.Comparing my copy of "Reflections.." to this chopped version I found that Kramnick had dropped passages that were highly insightful.When I discovered this, I could no longer be confident that the other works were not similarly mangled. I will now search for an anthology of works that is more respectful of the originals (or at least one where the editor is more open about his approach).
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Title: Not meant to be All The Burke You'll Ever Need
Review: I think the 2-star reviewers are missing the point; the "Reflections" are widely available, whereas much of the best of Burke is found in shorter texts that are harder to find. One would expect the editors to favor those texts instead of providing yet another full text of a book that any Burke reader should already have.(That said, one also suspects that Penguin wants to keep selling its edition of the full "Reflections" ....)Whatever its faults, there's really no alternative to this volume for the common reader.
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Title: beautiful
Review: Cecil's story was written by the sister of my English professor. It is simple but extraordinarily powerful. The book deals with a young boy's reaction as his father is wounded in the war, though I think it would be appropriate for any child who's parent has suffered an illness or injury. It concludes with the understanding that in the face of debilitating circumstances, we are fortunate simply to have each other.Both the writing and the artwork are extraordinary--I would recommend it for any child.
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Title: pretty much expensive chapstick...
Review: Seems like a nice, moisturizing balm. It's a little "claustrophobic" feeling on your lips: thick and petroleum-like, not something I would call "sheer". And though it comes in what sound like colors, like sheer burgundy, it dissapointingly adds NO color whatsoever, and virtually no shine. I'm sure it will be a decent, protective balm for the winter, especially to put on at night or outdoors in the wind. But I could've gotten the same results from original chapstick.Also, the vendor charges 4.99 on Amazon, but left their 2.99 store price slapped on the bottom of the jar. Not exactly something that gives a customer the warm fuzzies. I won't be buying any more.
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Title: JUNK
Review: This clock looks great for princesses, but does not work great. The pre-programmed princess song plays 1 lame partial song for a short period of time. The star night light burned out on 1 of the 2 we have within 1 year, and is not fixable. And we can only get 1 radio station to tune in, even with the thin wire antenna adjusted.It does keep time and the alarm clock wake with buzzer does work.Save your money and buy some cute other princess bedroom accessories, and skip this one!
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Title: Died In A Day!!!!
Review: Because my daughter loved Princesses my mother bought this clock for my daughter. We recieved it at noon on a Saturday, by 1pm that same Saturday it was totally dead. We thought we may have blown a fuse so we tried other electronics in the socket and they worked fine. To start with the princess songs (3) that play were a bit scratchy. I will admit the projection worked fine when the clock did work. It was hard to find any stations on the radio even with the antenna extended to the sky (wire). My daughter had only used the clock maybe 30 minutes when she reported that it no longer worked. I don't mean the radio stopped working or the lights stopped glowing... this is totally dead, no lights, no clock, no radio, no songs. Dead Dead. I am very dissapointed with this clock. The Hello Kitty sleeping on a bed clock we got for my other daughter works perfectly, may just get another one.
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Title: Waste of Money
Review: You'd think that a clock could keep time but this one can't, and I'm always having to readjust the time. The recorded sounds are barely intelligible and get rather annoying very quickly. The radio is hard to tune and it gets terrible FM reception. Basically it looks cute on the nightstand, but its a waste of money as a clock.
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Title: Also dissappointed...
Review: We received this as a gift, and our daughter loved it. However, similiar to other reviewers, we soon started having trouble with our star light. It flickers and is just a distraction to my daughter when she is in bed, so we can not use her favorite feature anymore. She asks us to fix it all of the time, but there is no way we have found to change out the bulb and I am not sure that would actually even solve our flickering. It is a shame that the manufacturer did not anticipate that the bulb would need to be changed out. Low quality and a poor product design.
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Title: Horrible. Period.
Review: Cheap material. No AM reception whatsoever. Knobs very hard to turn. Ugly colors. The only cool thing is the projection of stars on the ceiling. I returned it to the store for a refund.
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Title: Don't buy this clock!
Review: one of the LEDs was broken when we took it out of the box. so when it's 7 o'clock it looks like it's 1 o'clock.
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Title: A Big Let Down
Review: My daughter loves this clock, especially because the singing and the nightlight that projects stars onto the ceiling (which is an unusable feature now). As a parent, I feel differently. The material is cheap, the music is low quality making it hard to understand the words, and we have yet to find a fm or am station it will pick up. There is not an auto off for the projection light and ours died out after 4 months. I could not find a way to get to the light bulb to change it, so my husband worked on it. He had to take out all the electronics in order to reach the light, which is fiber optic encased in a housing unit that does not come apart, so the light is unchangeable. I am very disappointed as the music and lights were the main selling point of this unit.
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Title: Cute little alarm clock
Review: Just bought this at Target and it is a really cute little alarm clock. The stars on the ceiling are really cute- I just wish it had an auto off button for the stars because I can see the bulb burning out pretty quick if it is left on all night. You can wake up by radio, buzzer or a princess song and voice. I have no problem getting the AM/FM to work. It is a little annoying that it is a turn dial for the radio stations and not digital. I can't tell what station I have it on. My daughter is only 6 so she doesn't need to wake up to the radio anyway. I think it is really cute. It is smaller than it looks in the picture which is a good thing.
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