Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're...
by danjayh on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @12:19AM
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Worse still, Amazon will delete authentic reviews that contain information they don't like. For instance, I started working my way through all of the batteries on Amazon (top review on this product, for instance: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B009PPR5OU/ ), and Amazon deleted them from multiple products because of the table with cost/battery data (which is extremely relevant when reviewing a commodity product like Alkaline batteries). I got pissed off and quit reviewing stuff on Amazon unless it sucked (or in rare cases where a chinagarbage product and/or seller exceeded my expectations).
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Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're...
by ejo4041 on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @08:18AM
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As a seller, I can verify that one of the reasons I can request a review is removed from my product is because of cost. However, I cannot find a reference in their product review guidelines [1]. Seems like they need to update that guide, unless I missed it.
Sellers play a big part in flagging reviews that violate the guidelines. In fact, I think most of the culling of bad reviews comes from customers and sellers complaining and very little from automation as people here might imagine.
[1] - https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=...
Re:Some Amazon Reviews Are Too Good to Be Believed – They're...
by sdoering on Tuesday July 31, 2018 @03:28AM
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Additionally they delete reviews of the same product if distinct people are deemed to be somewhat connected or deemed to be in one household.
So if you and your spouse like to keep their own opinions and review separately never connect your accounts in any way.