Amazon "Verified Purchase" Reviews

Unheard · 2019-11-26T09:24:04.000Z

They all do this. Even I have been contacted by S. ( ) with an offer for a 99% coupon. Took it and wrote a honest review. Their next offer was only 50% . Currently, they ignore me.

We should simply be honest. But most people are. Those who aren’t, or are careless about their reviews are easily identified. You know … that’s awesome .

Unheard · 2019-11-26T09:23:16.000Z

Bearbreeder:

Free flashlight?

SWEEEET !!!

You’re the one buying all those lights? :smiling_imp:

Bearbreeder · 2019-11-26T09:26:00.000Z

Unheard:

Bearbreeder:

Free flashlight?

SWEEEET !!!

You’re the one buying all those lights? :smiling_imp:

I gave ultrafire bats a 5 star review in exchange for some fireworks

Unheard · 2019-11-26T09:29:27.000Z

Lux-Perpetua · 2019-11-26T10:00:30.000Z

Unheard:

[…] You know … that’s awesome :person_facepalming: .

Charles BridgTec? :-D

Unheard · 2019-11-26T11:29:01.000Z

Lux-Perpetua:

Unheard:

[…] You know … that’s awesome :person_facepalming: .

Charles BridgTec?

Yeah, and he’s not alone with that.

Muto · 2019-11-26T11:51:23.000Z

Bearbreeder:

Unheard:

Bearbreeder:

Free flashlight?

SWEEEET !!!

You’re the one buying all those lights? :smiling_imp:

I gave ultrafire bats a 5 star review in exchange for some fireworks

LOL
Good one!

Flying_Luminosity · 2019-11-26T12:00:41.000Z

S. sent me a light that they reimbursed me for, and I wrote an honest Amazon review that included several photos. Definitely wasn’t hyping it and I also mentioned what I thought were its weaker points. The next day I got a message from Amazon saying they had declined my review. So I guess that they suddenly had tons of reviews for the same product, which must have raised alarm bells with them.

Not going to bother with this kind of arrangement in the future. If I really like a light and I feel like reviewing it, I’d much rather publish it in this forum.

Muto · 2019-11-26T14:02:09.000Z

Good story concerning this very subject;

BuzzFeed News

Her Amazon Purchases Are Real. The Reviews Are Fake.

One woman stumbled into a side hustle that’s resulted in hundreds of free Amazon products worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Best line to me ;

“I’m just a pawn in their marketing scheme,” she said.

Joshk · 2019-11-26T15:17:55.000Z

Bearbreeder:

I gave ultrafire bats a 5 star review in exchange for some fireworks

I bought an UltraFire and it burned down my house, garage, and both cars. “5-star: As advertised” Haha. jk

MtnDon · 2019-11-26T15:22:16.000Z

Muto:

Good story concerning this very subject;
This Amazon Customer Has Received Hundreds Of Free Products In Exchange For 5-Star Reviews

Best line to me ;

“I’m just a pawn in their marketing scheme,” she said.

Very good article, Muto. And this line caught my attention….
““I definitely feel like I have to keep [the reviewing] a secret from people who have strong morals,” Jessica added.”

Muto · 2019-11-26T15:40:33.000Z

Another thing that puzzles me, doesn’t paypal have to report you to IRS at some point for all these payments?
How is she hiding the income?
She “claims” she is losing money and giving most things away, yeah right. Most are resold under different name on epay or otherwise.

ZEUSFL · 2019-11-26T15:41:19.000Z

There is a website https://www.fakespot.com/ that allows you to check if the review is fake or not. Just copy and paste the URL from the product review on fakespot.com

lampliter · 2019-11-26T15:57:09.000Z

reviewmeta.com
Only does Amazon reviews.

Lightbringer · 2019-11-26T15:58:44.000Z

Lux-Perpetua:

Unheard:

[…] You know … that’s awesome :person_facepalming: .

Charles BridgTec?

Huh… never heard of him before a coupla days ago.

Some light I was looking up just out of curiosity, think it was the “glimmer mode” one?, that I wanted to see the “glimmer” in action.

Good God, I almost fell asleep. How much time was wasted in the Grand Unboxing, like pulling out a piece of paper, “Uhh, and this is the manual for it…”. Duh, ya think??

Lightbringer · 2019-11-26T16:02:46.000Z

Flying Luminosity:

S. sent me a light that they reimbursed me for, and I wrote an honest Amazon review that included several photos. Definitely wasn’t hyping it and I also mentioned what I thought were its weaker points. The next day I got a message from Amazon saying they had declined my review. So I guess that they suddenly had tons of reviews for the same product, which must have raised alarm bells with them.

A coupla times I was offered 3bux from Amazon to be an “early reviewer” or something. Once, it worked. Second time was for a light I already reviewed a coupla weeks(!) before. Edited it to add some text to the review, but never got that 3bux. Liars… :confounded:

Lightbringer · 2019-11-26T16:20:13.000Z

MtnDon:

Very good article, Muto. And this line caught my attention….

““I definitely feel like I have to keep [the reviewing] a secret from people who have strong morals,” Jessica added.“

I love the paragraph immediately before. She 5-stars some poisonous cosmetic, then gives the unused bottle to a cow-orker.

“Here ya go! Fingers crossed, hope ya don’t die…” :laughing:

xevious · 2019-11-26T17:43:38.000Z

Bearbreeder:

And its a free return on amazon within 30 days

So theres no way they can enforce the positive review as youll just return it with free return shipping

Not to mention the person will probably leave a negative review at that point (just claim defective or something similar)

Its not like the company can complain to amazon about it

That’s fine for the first time, but you won’t develop a review reputation to support future opportunities if you’re changing reviews from positive to negative.

That BuzzFeed article is pretty eye opening. Writing a convincing review is time consuming, in addition to taking good quality photos. It’s unsettling to think of how many people are doing this. Amazon is making a killing. Literally. They’ve killed the local markets. The road side store you can walk into & buy things that aren’t food… will become extinct in due time.

Btw, when the “teat” of inexpensive Chinese goods finally runs dry, and prices go up, it’ll be an economic shock wave. Amazon is becoming the defacto retail platform & makes so much money that it won’t feel the pain. But the end-consumer will.

Bearbreeder · 2019-11-26T17:49:47.000Z

Dont need a “review reputation” if u arent a “professional reviewer”

If a company tries to scam u just leave a negative review

LightObsession · 2019-11-26T18:57:28.000Z

Heck, I get excited when the review listed below a product is actually for that product and not a different flavor of that product or a completely different light all together.