What Do Other People in My Situation Do?
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What Do Other People in My Situation Do?
Gaining insights from a relative handful of anonymous product reviews requires patience and skill at reading between the lines. Anonymous reviews of replacement auto parts are even sketchier. There are just too many parts and too many vehicle models to ever hope to get a meaningful number of useful reviews for any one part. RockAuto may have ten alternators with a choice of three amperage outputs that fit just one truck. Reviews of broad part types (alternators, thermostats...) and brands (ACDelco, Stant...) without any specific make, year, model, engine connections are likely to be nothing but vague opinions and biases.
RockAuto's heart icons (
) turn the extreme specificity of replacement auto parts into an advantage! A heart icon next to a part means it was ordered most frequently and returned least frequently for a specific vehicle. This is actual data from ALL customers facing similar repairs on the same vehicle. That is what makes heart icons great. They are based on data that automatically reflects the myriad things ALL customers purchasing that part for that vehicle have taken into account.
RockAuto's heart icons (
) turn the extreme specificity of replacement auto parts into an advantage! A heart icon next to a part means it was ordered most frequently and returned least frequently for a specific vehicle. This is actual data from ALL customers facing similar repairs on the same vehicle. That is what makes heart icons great. They are based on data that automatically reflects the myriad things ALL customers purchasing that part for that vehicle have taken into account.
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Joined: Oct 2009
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From: Poteau, Ok
I gave this same opinion on another forum. I like you guys and recommend you often. I have bought quite a few parts from ya's fixing up my car so have first hand experience with your company.The little hearts prevent buyers from actually giving a real review of the part itself. Whether it needed to be modified to work or fit, how long it lasted, overall quality, etc... A heart telling you that this is the most popular isn't the most accurate indicator of the best possible part just because most people bought the cheap one.
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Joined: Jun 2011
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I agree
many times ill choose two or three similar quality parts like acdelco wagner and moog and the shipping wharehouse will factor into which part i ultimately buy.
Its rare when i choose the cheapest part, but many times my choice will have the heart icon but i must admit that the heart icon does not usually factor into my decision.
many times ill choose two or three similar quality parts like acdelco wagner and moog and the shipping wharehouse will factor into which part i ultimately buy.
Its rare when i choose the cheapest part, but many times my choice will have the heart icon but i must admit that the heart icon does not usually factor into my decision.
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Joined: Jan 2016
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From: Nassau County, NY
In the past I've tried to find the AC Delco part first as all but one of my vehicles are GM. The work Van is a Ford. Since AC Delco decided to set up shop in China I'm not sure how I will purchase in the future, but showing some kind of country of origin will assist in my decision. Admittedly, I don't really pay attention to the heart but might start now that I understand why it is there.
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