Fake Nailer Reviews by Dummies

Wire-collated nail coil

Some of the staffers here at the Antisocial Network wrote at one time or another for review websites like Epinions.com, and they are all well aware of the "anything with a cord or a battery" mentality of fake reviewers. The idea is that reviews of expensive items like appliances, cameras, and power tools paid far better than reviews of music or books; which meant that the less scrupulous contributors were prone to exaggerating a) their experience and b) their expertise. One of the more egregious cases of fakers we've found is James K. Blake of EzineArticles.com, who pounded out 309 "reviews" for the website in about ten months (dumping out as many as twenty per day), more than 200 of them for power tools. If they all suck as much as "Nailing Made Simpler With The Hitachi NV75AG Framing Coil Nailer" (and the ones we're read do), you'd be wise to avoid his "work."

Blake's M. O. appears to be compiling statements from reviews of the most popular items at Amazon and stitching them together with his concept of how the tool is used. In the two cases we've already looked at in detail, it's clear Jimbo had no idea what he was talking about. This time... well, we'll let you see for yourself. In his own words...

• "Nails are used for joinery and fitting works."  – Say what?
• "...nailing can be a very tedious work when using the traditional hammers." – Are there non-traditional hammers?
• "Hitachi NV75AG... is used for driving both wire framing and plastic sheet siding collated coil fasteners." – The idiot didn't know that "wire" and "plastic sheet" modify "collated, not "siding... fasteners." And while we're at it, James, is it a round-head nailer or a clipped-head nailer?
• "With the light weight and well balance allows the user to work with the tool for long with less or no fatigue. " –  Uhh, yeah, that's what he said. 
• "To increase users' safety, Hitachi NV75AG has a Plastic shield that deflects wire collation. This ensures that the user is not exposed to the wire collation. " – Too bad James K. didn't know what they were talking about, otherwise he might not have said the same thing twice...
• "This nailer is most appropriate when driving both wire collated and plastic sheet collated nails for added flexibility. " –  We don't know about Blake, but we'd rather our nails weren't flexible.

• "It is also most appropriate to use where there is an intensive need for nailing function in a project, especially during the finishing part of the project. " – That's a little confusing. Shouldn't you use a finishing nailer in the "finishing part of the project"?

Blake (very likely not his real name) did little more than copy-and-paste the specifications for this tool from where it appeared at Amazon before sending readers to his personal website, where you could click on an Amazon link.  None of that, however, negates the fact that Blake is, once again, our Dumbass of the Day.

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