My reviews are generally positive but I have noticed if I call a piece of crap a piece of crap, the comments start to fly.
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Amazon review process
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I buy a lot of Kindle books, often from first time authors. For three or four bucks I'm not really concerned if they turn out to be losers but some of them have reviews that appear to have been written by family members, including the dog. That doesn't necessarily mean they're bad though.
I pay more attention when buying higher priced items. I answer more questions than I ask but I do like the way you can ask actual users if the FramishCo SuperWidget will fit your 1909 Hupmobile.
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I've seen some split ratings. I like the Photon MicroLights and bought several. One of the third party suppliers was ringing in Chinese ripoffs so the people who got those and didn't realize it were giving bad reviews.
I'd ordered three and got two genuine and one that was obviously a knockoff. I emailed Amazon, told them the knockoff worked okay but obviously wasn't the real deal. It wasn't a big enough deal to send it back for an exchange but Amazon credited me for it anyway. That particular third party supplier was dropped. That has to be a headache for Amazon. They can't warehouse everything in the world but vetting the suppliers for some of the small items must be a pain.
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The packaging review requests are a little annoying. Yes, it came in a box, no, I didn't have to get out the chainsaw to open it. Yes, it was what it was supposed to be. I plugged the usb cable in and it worked. I don't have enough words in my review?
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8 years ago
Ever heard vine reviewers? There are pro reviewers paid for their job.
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Amazon also has no price control over vendor-sold products. I've written 5-star reviews which I titled "Rip Off" and "Sucker Play" because by the time I wrote the review the price had been outrageously jacked up. Those reviews were "liked" by 4 or 5 people last time I looked.
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Moe DeLoughan posted for all of us...
I never fill out reviews for anything. New cars, repairs, customer satisfaction, etc. They just start bugging you for more and more of your time and phone number. Sometimes they send a dollar to make one feel obligated. Hah, they have to pay me more to open the envelope.