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Can you really trust an Amazon review? It's one of the most gamed systems in all of e-commerce...

• lxgr 1y ago
  I do trust that at least negative ones don't get deleted (if drowned in fake positive ones, sometimes), unlike on merchant-operated sites.
  • cjonas 1y ago
    Good point. Although on several occasions, I've left a negative review on a top rated product, only to have the seller contact me immediately in an attempt to bribe me to delete it.
  • dns_snek 1y ago
    Not only do they delete reviews (I'm sure you can find thousands of complaints online if you google it), they also allow sellers to take products with 5 star reviews and repurpose them for a completely different product, reviews and all, and many 3rd party sellers will bribe you in exchange for a positive review (e.g. free products).
• vunderba 1y ago
  Having not shopped on Amazon for years now, I'm sure the problem has only gotten worse but for a while an easy to use heuristic that I would personally apply was to strip all 5 star reviews, check for a minimum number of reviews, recalculate the final rating, and then read through some of the 3/4 star reviews. These days I make it a general rule to find AMZ alternatives particularly for highend items. - Electronics: B&H - Music Equipment: Sweetwater - Computer related: Local Microcenter