How BuyVeto scores product risk.

Veto Score is a deterministic risk score from 0 to 100. Lower scores mean fewer buying caveats. Higher scores mean stronger reason to wait, compare alternatives, or veto the product.

Verdict thresholds are fixed: 0 to 24 is Buy, 25 to 49 is Buy With Caveat, 50 to 69 is Wait, 70 to 84 is Risky Buy, and 85 to 100 is Veto.

The default weighted components are complaint severity, durability and reliability risk, hidden-cost risk, warranty and return risk, review trust risk, price fairness, and alternative advantage.

This MVP uses seeded editorial notes, structured score components, and clearly labeled evidence cards. It does not scrape retailers or depend on external product APIs.

BuyVeto uses measured buying-risk language such as review trust risk, hidden-cost risk, marketing overreach, return friction, and support complaint pattern. It avoids defamatory claims unless an explicit verified source supports them.