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A small, hopeless way around this as a buyer: buy from EU Amazon sites (UK/DE/IT). You still have review number jacking (as Amazon shows aggregated numbers) but
by poisonborz 4y ago
A small, hopeless way around this as a buyer: buy from EU Amazon sites (UK/DE/IT). You still have review number jacking (as Amazon shows aggregated numbers) but reviews in the local language will be honest, the markets are too small for chinese vendors to care. Ordering by "new" will tell you if the currently sold product is good, or if it had been swapped.
- luckylion 4y agoCan't tell for UK or IT, but this isn't accurate for DE (anymore?). Tons of auto-translated 5-star-reviews (the bad Chinese kind of auto-translate) in essentially every niche unless you're looking at large brands. It's somewhat easy to identify when you're actively looking, but when you're looking to buy something, you don't want to play review detective.