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Honestly, the reviews are a big reason why I use Amazon. Even if I know most of them (or all of them) are fake, I feel safer buying from Amazon when a product h
by bogwog 6y ago
Honestly, the reviews are a big reason why I use Amazon. Even if I know most of them (or all of them) are fake, I feel safer buying from Amazon when a product has hundreds of reviews, compared to an online store like Walmart which may have zero reviews for the same product. It's stupid, but there's a part of my brain that likes seeing those numbers I guess.
I wonder if there are any middle man review services out there that can offer product reviews to online stores, along with proper moderation.
If I see a product on Walmart.com I want to buy, but there are no reviews, I'll usually search for it on Amazon just to see reviews. But once I'm on Amazon, they usually have the better price and free 2-day shipping with Prime.
- ben509 6y agoOne test is to search for something that's obviously a scam: '2TB flash drive' You know these are scams because SSD chips with a high enough density to get 2TB in a keychain form factor are going to be cost thousands. When they're advertising $40 or $50, it's likely a 64GB drive with a controller that fakes the available storage. Run some of those listings through FakeSpot and ReviewMeta to see how they do at identifying scams.
- holoduke 6y agoAnd you support the extortion of sellers who are suffering quite a bit. If everyone would use Amazon, the world soon would be enslaved by one single retailer offering the lowest wages on planet earth with zero to no respect for human rights.
- jareklupinski 6y agoThese days I DDG/google the product name I'm interested in and look for no-name forums on page 2/3 where people post at least a picture or two and an honest review. I'm 50/50 on affiliate links, but tend to trust them more if it links directly to the manufacturer's webstore.