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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by varispeed on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @05:05AM (#44441523)
Some company said they know where I live and they will pay me a visit if I don't remove the bad review (product was dangerous). That was on Amazon.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by _thisdot on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @07:17AM (#44442327)
Do they know where we live? Aren't orders fulfilled by Amazon?
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by account42 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @07:39AM (#44442476)
Amazon also has sellers that do their own fulfillment.
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by account42 on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @07:37AM (#44442466)
Did you report this to the police?
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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by varispeed on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @01:54PM (#44446784)
No, because we have mickey mouse police here in the UK. I deleted the review.
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