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Even for verified purchases, Amazon's over-eager review beggary is just bonkers. You buy something, and regardless of what it is, you get automated requests to
by bostik 8y ago
Even for verified purchases, Amazon's over-eager review beggary is just bonkers.
You buy something, and regardless of what it is, you get automated requests to review the purchase. Sometimes before the item has arrived. Practically always well before you have managed to establish whether the purchase was any good or not.
This is why I ignore pretty much every single please-review-me prod from Amazon and their retailers. Send me a request to review before I could have had proper time to evaluate the purchase in practice, and you get bucketed with other entitled f--kwits. You are also likely to lose my future business.
I believe Amazon could improve the S/N ratio of their reviews if they actually considered how long it takes to test out any of their purchases.
- cwkoss 8y agoThere are facebook groups where Amazon sellers will post an item. Then you purchase it and write a review, and seller will send paypal or an amazon gift card for the price of the item and maybe a few more bucks. Hiring a few interns to sign up for all of these facebook group and track who is participating would go a long way. Doesn't seem like Amazon really cares much.
- bigger_cheese 8y agoA few years ago during a business trip I ate at a relatively upscale restaurant with work colleagues the waitress offered our table a discount if we'd all leave positive reviews online. Seemed very dishonest to me.