Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

There are 36 resellers (in addition to Amazon's fair price) and 34 of them are inflating the MSRP of this game and you'd think, "what am I missing out on?" Nothing...absolutely nothing! I believe the stellar reviews are misleading as this is NOT a quality Scrabble board game product at all. It is my intention and hope that my straightforward review will help someone. Perhaps they'll think twice before wasting money on a sub-par product from China. This 2010 Scrabble Deluxe Edition received practically a perfect score with approximately 5 stars! And with 33 pages of reviews since it was released in 2010 it sounds too good to be true, right? That's because it is! This edition has been discontinued and there's a good reason for that. It's a cheap and poorly manufactured product! Why? The board itself is uneven due to it folding in half, with a slight gap and moves ever so slightly every time a word is played. Think of when you're sitting at a table with legs in a restaurant, and due to it being uneven, the table slightly moves every time you touch it. Then you have to place a piece of paper underneath a leg to stop it from moving. That's exactly how it feels using this board. The tiles are awful! They're cut unevenly, therefore, irregular in size. Also, the ink used for the letters sometimes saturates one tile while another is faded. The letters are unevenly sized/stamped, i.e., sometimes the letter is in the middle and sometimes it's up towards the left corner or slightly to the right side of the tile. The tile rack looks like something from the dollar store, and by that I mean ALL four tile racks cost one dollar. This is nothing more than an over-hyped, overpriced piece of junk. I was duped and will be donating this game to Goodwill. The only positive comment I have to say about the game is that it does rotate. Please save yourself $42.99 (Amazon's price) and especially whatever inflated price is advertised from the resellers and just buy the classic Scrabble. P.S. Amazon is a helpful resource for reading reviews of endless products and one I consult with frequency (among other reputable resources online) when deciding whether or not to make a purchase. It is reliable for the most part, present occasion not withstanding, and one I've appreciated over the many years.