Numeric Ratings Gone on Price Comparison

[The Merg]

What happened to the numeric ratings of stores when comparing prices on an item? Now when viewing an item, the ratings of the stores is shown in checkmarks. If you click on the store to view its reviews though, it will then show you the store rating numerically. Why didn't you just leave the numeric ratings?

- The Merg

One check is equal to about 2 points in the ratings; thus 2-1/2 checks would tell you that a merchant's 6-month ratings are in the vicinity of 5-6, for example.

[Admin RR]

The checkmarks are shown within our shopping search engine to offer a quick and easy way to visually see a store's rating without having to decipher numbers. You may know what an 8.0 means, but someone that has never visited ResellerRatings before won't know if that's 8.0 out of 8, 8 out of 10, or what, and it isn't as intuitive. A large percentage of people that use our search engine come from outside of ResellerRatings, and they aren't familiar with our numerical ratings.

[The Merg]

Anyway to possibly have both -- maybe underneath the checkmarks the numeric rating in a small font. I realize this may be a little bit picky, but seeing two vendors with 4 checkmarks is fine. I know that both have about a 8 rating, but that means one could be at 8.0 and the other at 8.49. If both vendors receive a lot of reviews, that not quite a 1/2 a point means a lot. I'd rather see that number on the comparison page so I don't have to click into each of the review pages for a vendor.

- The Merg