The Uninformed was born on 1st October 2007 as a project to accurately rate and score anything which has a value, in other words anything you can buy, with money or a money substitute such as a credit card, or maybe a cheque. There are many such review sites like this for things like DVD’s, CD’s, personal loans and the like, however the information contained within the review and the rating at the end can only be compared with another DVD, or CD or personal loan. This isn’t very useful if you are suffering a short term cash flow problem, it may be just days to payday, and you find yourself in a position where you just cannot work out whether to shell out the last of your cash on something to eat, or a new pair of jeans. Perhaps you cannot choose between luxury products. Can you do without a garden shed, or is it time to go on holiday?
This is where the Uninformed can help. The Uninformed gives a universal rating to anything and everything that is reviewed. So you can finally work out which you will get more pleasure from without needing to hang around your local shopping centre uhm-ing and ahh-ing. The Uninformed works as follows;
Five questions are asked, which will be universal to any product or service that requires cash to be paid in order to recieve said product or service.
What is it? Explains what the product or service actually is.
What does it do? Explains what the product or service actually does, and what it is used for, if anything. Naturally the more useful a product the higher its score will be, and vice versa. However seemingly useless products or services may obtain a higher score should they have a certain ‘must have’ quality. Products or services which at first seem very useful, but turn out to be not so useful, will be marked down accordingly. Products will also be marked down if they are difficult to put together, fiddly, or hard to understand.
Where does it come from? Where you can obtain the product or service, be it in a shop or online, or from a bloke down the pub. The availability of a product or service also affects the score, as it may be the best product or service in the world, however if you need to personally visit a salesman on Christmas Island to obtain it, the usefulness of the product naturally will drop, and this may possibly be reflected in the score it has been given.
How long will it last? Not simply whether it has a use before date on the side, or if it will go bad, but how long will you actually use it? For example you may be technically able to watch a DVD hundreds of times before it starts skipping, but would you really want to? Again, it all affects the total score.
How much will it cost? Is it value for money? Can you get similar items cheaper elsewhere? Are there other, ‘hidden’ costs (ie non financial, like smoking is obviously expensive, yet has greater ‘costs’ associated with it)
How The Scoring Works
The score is calculated by using a calculation which due to its complicated nature, I cannot reveal.However, it produces a percentage score which can be compared against anything that has been reviewed before, and everything that is reviewed after. I hope you find this guide is both rewarding and enjoyable, as well as useful, however please note I have become aware that there are in fact many products and services around the world, so it might take a little while to get through all of them… please bear with me.
Regards
The Uninformed
