Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
by bluGill on Friday May 07, 2021 @12:16PM
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I keep thinking I need to subscribe to consumer reports. They seem to be the only reviewers these days that I can be sure are not bought. They might or might not know what they are talking about, but at least they are not bought.
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Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
by davidhowlett on Friday May 07, 2021 @01:02PM
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I spent years worrying about misleading descriptions and fake reviews. I then bought a subscription to which.co.uk and have been a happy customer since. They review a wide variety of products and they are a non-profit registered as a charity in the UK. They are mainly funded by consumer subscriptions so conflicts of interest are avoided.
Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
by Dayshine on Friday May 07, 2021 @03:39PM
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How do you justify the £100/year?
Which's primary benefit seems to be for White goods, but how often do you buy a new fridge/oven/etc?
Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
by throwawayboise on Friday May 07, 2021 @07:25PM
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CR are not as unbiased as they claim to be. They love Honda cars for example, and my experience with Hondas has been uniformly disastrous. Or may I just got two lemons.
Re:Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
by achenatx on Friday May 07, 2021 @02:00PM
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single reviews are fine for product features but not really about all the ways a product can fail. This becomes statistical in nature and a single reviewer wont necessarily find those issues.
I find amazon reviews are still fine. Read the worst reviews read 3* reviews to find all the worst things. Use 5* reviews to get an idea.