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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by dankwizard on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:54AM (#44443159)
Sure. It's cold, rainy, and midnight but here's what came up in my email when searching "vacuum". It's not all, and you can see some I didn't reply to but -

https://imgur.com/a/F0u9xVM

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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by dankwizard on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @08:57AM (#44443190)
Example of the contents of an offer:

https://imgur.com/a/q634ty4

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Re:Fakespot shuts down today after 9 years of detecting fake... by bsdz on Wednesday July 02, 2025 @01:15PM (#44446267)
I was looking forward to seeing 12 neatly stacked & boxed vacuum cleaners in a dimly lit corner of your shed ;-)

That said, thanks for sharing the emails/headers.

It's curious that Amazon hasn't flagged you for purchasing & reviewing multiple similar items in such a short span of time. I would imagine it would be quite easy to spot someone who's bought and reviewed 12 vacuum cleaners in a 2 or 3 year window.

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