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Ugh. Those reviews would have been cute 10 years ago, but I really wish Amazon would screen reviews or only allow people who have purchased that particular ite

• ijk 13y ago
  Which is a problem for a marketplace of mostly-unique or one-off items. Ebay makes the seller ratings paramount, which mostly works. Amazon has seller ratings, but the sitewide culture doesn't place as much emphasis on them. I've rated every Ebay seller I've ever worked with, but I don't always remember to do the same with Amazon, and I assume that's pretty typical.
• mathattack 13y ago
  This makes me wonder if it's a PR stunt. I think Amazon allows them to stay up because it draws traffic to the site. Amazon does flag reviews where they can verify the purchase.