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That could work if Amazon started fixing reviews but for now most reviews are spam. All the China products have raving reviews.

• swamp40 7y ago
  Why don't they only let you review items that you have purchased using the same account? Too simple I guess.
  • colejohnson66 7y ago
    The idea is that people may have bought it somewhere other than Amazon and to let them post a review. Amazon does distinguish between “verified purchase”s and not
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  • ceejayoz 7y ago
    They do highlight reviews from users who actually purchased the item. That's why there's a thriving business in free products in exchange for good reviews. Giving away a few hundred or thousand items can lead to huge sales numbers.
  • ardy42 7y ago
    > Why don't they only let you review items that you have purchased using the same account? Too simple I guess. Doing that would help, but probably not as much as you'd think. A lot of the fake review scams have the reviewers purchase the products legitimately and then get reimbursed through Paypal.