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I bought something from Amazon, and it wasn't up to spec, so I left a 3-star review. Well, I got contacted by the seller, offering me $20 to take down the revi
by 1024core 6y ago
I bought something from Amazon, and it wasn't up to spec, so I left a 3-star review.
Well, I got contacted by the seller, offering me $20 to take down the review. I ignored it.
Then a few weeks later, they upped the offer. And in response, I downed the stars.
Last I heard from them, they were offering me $70 to take down the review. For something that cost under $15.
Amazon itself doesn't help either. I bought something (a food item) from Amazon, and it was nowhere close to the quality in the photographs or description. I wrote a review, describing how the actual item was of much lower quality than expected. Amazon refused to post my review! And I've been an Amazon customer for nearly 20 years!
- amiga_500 6y agoDid the first company complain about you to Amazon, who then blacklist you for not playing ball?
- 1024core 6y agoI don't think so, I just ignored their messages.
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- zippergz 6y agoI've had this same experience. After all the pestering and offers of cash to remove my 3 star review, I lowered it to 1 star.
- abiogenesis 6y agoSounds like a business model to me. Leave a 3 star review, and if they try to bribe you $X threaten them to lower it to 1 star unless they pay $2X.
- jjeaff 6y agoPeople do this. I used to sell a lot on Amazon. I would occasionally get a non-coherent one star review and then a message basically trying to extort a full refund in exchange for removing the review. And no, it wasn't because the book was in bad condition, they can always return for a full refund. They want to keep the book and get a full refund.
- abiogenesis 6y agoI was (obviously) joking but this is really a sad thing to hear.
- zeepzeep 6y agoThere's truth behind every joke. And this really is a decent biz model. I mean, free items, just sell them for 50% and you can make a living. Scale this up using multiple amazon accounts, multiple addresses. The market is big enough so that you can make a living out of this, I'm sure. And your x2 multiplier makes it even easier!
- c00ls0sa 6y agoGreat time to no longer use their services!
- ceejayoz 6y agoI reported someone trying to bribe me to remove a review. Amazon passed it along to them and the company started emailing me creepy stalker stuff about my Instagram.