Her Amazon Purchases Are Real, the Reviews Are Fake

Re:Her Amazon Purchases Are Real, the Reviews Are Fake by jimhefferon on Thursday November 21, 2019 @08:46AM (#21593891)

I used to think for reasonably everyday items, not too expensive, that the number of real reviews and answers would overwhelm the number of fakes.

But I recently asked a question about an item that I have bought before (a small appliance that I have been forced to find to be more a consumable than a durable). I asked if the vendor had fixed the flaw that made me throw out three prior ones. Within minutes there were three answers, assuring me that there was in fact no such flaw. These items were great. Perfect!

Silly of me, I guess.

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Re:Her Amazon Purchases Are Real, the Reviews Are Fake by brewdad on Thursday November 21, 2019 @11:04AM (#21595535)

I'm not sure if that's better or worse than all of the questions that get answers of "I don't know" or "Sorry, I can't answer your question"

How about just ignoring the question then and let someone else provide a useful answer.

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Re:Her Amazon Purchases Are Real, the Reviews Are Fake by harrygallagher4 on Thursday November 21, 2019 @07:52PM (#21601440)

I've always assumed this comes from older Amazon shoppers who interpret the emails asking if they can answer questions about some item they ordered as personally asking them to answer the questions.

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