An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon

Re:An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon by zippergz on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @07:38PM (#24205620)

I've had this same experience. After all the pestering and offers of cash to remove my 3 star review, I lowered it to 1 star.

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Re:An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon by abiogenesis on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @09:44PM (#24206362)

Sounds like a business model to me. Leave a 3 star review, and if they try to bribe you $X threaten them to lower it to 1 star unless they pay $2X.

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Re:An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon by jjeaff on Tuesday August 18, 2020 @11:09PM (#24206781)

People do this. I used to sell a lot on Amazon. I would occasionally get a non-coherent one star review and then a message basically trying to extort a full refund in exchange for removing the review. And no, it wasn't because the book was in bad condition, they can always return for a full refund. They want to keep the book and get a full refund.

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Re:An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon by abiogenesis on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @12:28AM (#24207139)

I was (obviously) joking but this is really a sad thing to hear.

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Re:An example of how brands build fake reviews on Amazon by zeepzeep on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @03:36AM (#24208073)

There's truth behind every joke.

And this really is a decent biz model. I mean, free items, just sell them for 50% and you can make a living.

Scale this up using multiple amazon accounts, multiple addresses.

The market is big enough so that you can make a living out of this, I'm sure.

And your x2 multiplier makes it even easier!

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