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A trick on Amazon, which I have no idea how it's allowed, is to create a listing for a product like detergent or soap, get tons of reviews that are 4.5 stars+ t
by partiallypro 3y ago
A trick on Amazon, which I have no idea how it's allowed, is to create a listing for a product like detergent or soap, get tons of reviews that are 4.5 stars+ then change the listing to something else entirely, like supplements or anything. Something high margin that is being drop shipped. Suddenly all the reviews are mixed between this new product and the old one, but you have 4-5 people go in and create reviews for the new product the listing has been replaced with, and have accounts just mark those as the most helpful, so they rise to the top (most people don't go through more than 5-10 reviews.) It's such a scam. It's very common too.
- Mistletoe 3y agoThis infuriates me and I know Amazon could fix this with like five minutes of trying on their part. It seems like such an obvious engineering fix that it must be intentional that it remains as-is.
- partiallypro 3y agoKinda like Amazon turns a blind eye to selling counterfeits and just outright stolen items.
- onlyrealcuzzo 3y agoIt's almost as if Amazon is inventivized to make money...
- hutzlibu 3y agoYes and we have to set those incentivization right, so they don't see fraud as profitable anymore. Which is what this law is about and it comes way too late.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoThey dont turn a blind eye, they directly profit by traking a vut from this fraud. This is like claiming that a kingpin could shutdown crime on his street - why would he, he gets a cut
- thaumasiotes 3y agoThat is addressed by § 465.3, "Consumer Review Repurposing". > It is an unfair or deceptive act or practice and a violation of this Rule for a business to use or repurpose a consumer review written or created for one product so that it appears to have been written or created for a substantially different product, or to cause such use or repurposing.