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Re:Amazon bans incentivized reviews tied to free or discount... by smokey_the_bear on Monday October 03, 2016 @06:43PM (#12631969)
Anecdote. I bought a dinosaur costume for my toddler son for Halloween, they sent me the wrong size but I didn't notice until Halloween, it sort of worked anyway. Later they hounded me for a review. After five or so requests, I replied saying I wasn't going to leave a positive review because they sent the wrong size. That was all, I didn't ask for anything or leave a negative review.

They sent me huge rant about how I couldn't have a refund and what their return policy was.

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Re:Amazon bans incentivized reviews tied to free or discount... by cmdrfred on Monday October 03, 2016 @07:00PM (#12632064)
Retailers are shady despite people most of the time.
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Re:Amazon bans incentivized reviews tied to free or discount... by TeMPOraL on Monday October 03, 2016 @09:07PM (#12632643)
Retailers are shady... but so are the customers too.

Source: my SO worked on phone support in her last two jobs, one was selling old books on-line, the other selling various appliances. Man, you wouldn't believe the horror stories I heard from her every other day. Having a phone number seems to somehow attract the worst subgroups of humans to it.

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Re:Amazon bans incentivized reviews tied to free or discount... by bradleyankrom on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @11:16AM (#12636163)
hope the dinosaur costume was awesome, though
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