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I had a great laugh along with another reviewer for this bike that seemingly hired a bunch of exaggerated writers to post unverified purchase reviews for it. ht

I had a great laugh along with another reviewer for this bike that seemingly hired a bunch of exaggerated writers to post unverified purchase reviews for it. https://www.amazon.com/VTSP-Upgrade-Bicycle-Mechanical-Warehouse/product-reviews/B07B7GTCJ2 https://www.amazon.com/VTSP-Upgrade-Bicycle-Mechanical-Wareh... Something about the language trying too hard that the reviews just came off fake. It's a real bummer having to add this to the mental wading through online junk. On another front I definitely like the idea of Amazon's Choice, that's based on quantitative things like return rate and what not. I'd like to see more of that data trend in that direction.

taserian 8y ago
That's a totally different issue. There are multiple products on Amazon that develop a "following" (either because the product is ridiculous on its face, or because it's so ordinary ), and manage to accumulate all sorts of reviews, from funny to poetic. See https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-amazon-reviews/ https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-amazon-reviews/ and https://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Dairy-Whole-Vitamin-Gallon/dp/B00032G1S0 https://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Dairy-Whole-Vitamin-Gallon/dp/... as examples.
jdietrich 8y ago
Most of those reviews are satirical, as are the Q&As. The product is a grotesque parody of a bicycle, so some scallywags have reviewed it appropriately. It has clearly been designed by someone who has seen a few photos of fast road bikes, but doesn't know or care about any aspect of what makes a bike fast. It's the bicycle equivalent of a cheap Honda that some teenager has absolutely ruined with tacky "upgrades". It might not be obviously apparent to a novice, but the product images genuinely made me laugh out loud. The reviews are an embarrassment to Amazon, but so is the fact that this product is even for sale. It's an atrocious bicycle that should have never been built in the first place, designed with the sole intention of deceiving naive customers. A quick browse of the bicycles category on Amazon suggests that this is an endemic problem - the customer reviews suggest that many are dangerously defective.
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- alonmower 8y ago
  Woah, you're not exaggerating. It weighs 41 lbs!!!

taserian 8y ago

That's a totally different issue. There are multiple products on Amazon that develop a "following" (either because the product is ridiculous on its face, or because it's so ordinary ), and manage to accumulate all sorts of reviews, from funny to poetic. See https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-amazon-reviews/ https://www.boredpanda.com/funny-amazon-reviews/ and https://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Dairy-Whole-Vitamin-Gallon/dp/B00032G1S0 https://www.amazon.com/Tuscan-Dairy-Whole-Vitamin-Gallon/dp/... as examples.

jdietrich 8y ago

Most of those reviews are satirical, as are the Q&As. The product is a grotesque parody of a bicycle, so some scallywags have reviewed it appropriately. It has clearly been designed by someone who has seen a few photos of fast road bikes, but doesn't know or care about any aspect of what makes a bike fast. It's the bicycle equivalent of a cheap Honda that some teenager has absolutely ruined with tacky "upgrades". It might not be obviously apparent to a novice, but the product images genuinely made me laugh out loud. The reviews are an embarrassment to Amazon, but so is the fact that this product is even for sale. It's an atrocious bicycle that should have never been built in the first place, designed with the sole intention of deceiving naive customers. A quick browse of the bicycles category on Amazon suggests that this is an endemic problem - the customer reviews suggest that many are dangerously defective.

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alonmower 8y ago
Woah, you're not exaggerating. It weighs 41 lbs!!!