Re:Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations
by afavour on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:04PM
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I bought a USB hub on Amazon and in the box was a postcard offering me a $20 voucher for a review if I “enjoy the product”. I wrote a review mentioning this and Amazon rejected it. There’s no way they don’t know what’s going on.
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Re:Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations
by yumraj on Sunday May 23, 2021 @02:39PM
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I had purchased a set of 10 earbuds for $10 or something. They were horrible, like really bad with muffled sound. It had a card that if I post a review they’ll give me $15 gift card.
I wrote a review with how bad they were and also made a note of the $15 gift card offer. Last I checked my review was not deleted and it was available. I don’t think it made any difference though since the product is full of 5-star reviews claiming they are audiophile quality earbuds.
Just curious if you had also reviewed the hub or just that it had a gift card offer?
Re:Aukey kicked off Amazon following fake reviews allegations
by Rebelgecko on Sunday May 23, 2021 @09:05PM
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I had a similar situation (with a pair of $25 earbuds). Amazon took my review down for "promotion", presumably because I included a picture of the card with an email address to contact if you wanted to be compensated for your review. Probably 75% of my deleted review was about the item itself.