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Sounds like the classic excuses you get from chinese sellers, they say their boss will punish them if you've left a bad review, aliexpress will punish their sto
by Magnets 10y ago
Sounds like the classic excuses you get from chinese sellers, they say their boss will punish them if you've left a bad review, aliexpress will punish their store, company will close etc.
It's no problem though, they can just keep sending out free review units to get their 4 and 5 star reviews. 2 verified purchases from 11 reviews, and one of those got it for free or heavily discounted "The AuYou Power Socket arrived very fast & was packaged well. I received it for an honest & unbiased review"
That is what's really killing Amazon reviews, free products in exchange for 5-star reviews.
- UnoriginalGuy 10y agoWhat is interesting is that Amazon had the "Amazon Vine" Program which clearly listed that people received the product for free (or at a discount). But for whatever reason that has fallen out of fashion, and now manufacturers recruit outside to get unmarked reviews which sometimes don't list the potential conflict of interests. I wonder if this behaviour violates FTC's rules[0], I know it was a big thing on YouTube (YT channels failing to disclose financial incentives/conflicts of interests). [0] https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftc...
- kw71 10y agoI have purchased many things from China on eBay and am now getting spam offering me free products if I review them. I'm sure that Amazon or any site could detect and cull these reviewers, but would it be in their best interests to do so?
- tamana 10y agoIs Vine discontinued? My buddy still does it, at least until recently
- bayamos 10y agoA lot of participants quit a year ago when Amazon began issuing 1099s so participants would pay tax on goods received.
- tamana 10y agoWhy do so many have that exact wording "honest and unbiased review"? So bizarre
- andrewflnr 10y agoI'm guessing it's lawyer-specified boilerplate that spreads in the same manner as the ALL CAPS type of language you see in software licenses.
- Fej 10y agoWhat's the deal with ALL CAPS PARTS in certain legal documents, anyway? It can't possibly carry any legal weight...?
- jacalata 10y agoI saw someone say once that it is done to fulfil a legal obligation to make certain clauses obvious and noticeable, or a similar phrasing in contract law.
- brownbat 10y agoThe Universal Commercial Code requires some terms be "conspicuous" in transactions, and says you can satisfy that requirement with all caps text of equal or greater size than the nearby text. There are some other options, like changing color or alternate fonts, but those are generally just more complicated.[0] An example of a contract term that must be conspicuous is selling something "as is," ie, claiming no warranty that the thing even works at all.[1] A note on Universal Codes - nonprofits, usually mostly made up of lawyers, will write model codes for state laws and then try to get them passed in each state so that state laws are predictable. Almost all states have adopted some provisions from the UCC, but several states have adopted modified versions or old revisions.[2] [0] https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/1/1-201 https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/1/1-201 [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/article2 https://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/article2 [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Act
- coldpie 10y agoAs soon as I see that phrasing, I close the tab and move on to a different product. If you need to buy your reviews, I'm not buying your product. I see it a lot, which is making shopping on Amazon extremely unpleasant. I wish Amazon would crack down on these obviously paid-for reviews.