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Amazon had employees deleted bad reviews and other bad stuff.

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The corrupt part of China is at it again.

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09-20-2018 at 06:45 PM.
09-20-2018 at 06:45 PM.
Which goes hand in hand with another huge problem -- fake reviews.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ri...30368.html
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09-20-2018 at 07:03 PM.
09-20-2018 at 07:03 PM.
Quote from MLx3 :
Which goes hand in hand with another huge problem -- fake reviews.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ri...30368.html
I just ran into what appears to be Amazon trying to stop this.

I bought these watch bands for my S3 [amazon.com] and they are shitty. Well I only tried that magnetic one and its look horrible on attached to the watch. I tried to leave a review and Amazon won't let me, specifically saying.

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This product currently has limitations on submitting reviews. There can be a number of reasons for this, including unusual reviewing activity
So I guess this seller has been giving away free or cheap samples to buy reviews.

Either way I'm returning mine with free return shipping because its a crappy product.
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09-20-2018 at 07:15 PM.
09-20-2018 at 07:15 PM.
Quote from Bmr4life :
I just ran into what appears to be Amazon trying to stop this.

I bought these watch bands for my S3 [amazon.com] and they are shitty. Well I only tried that magnetic one and its look horrible on attached to the watch. I tried to leave a review and Amazon won't let me, specifically saying.



So I guess this seller has been giving away free or cheap samples to buy reviews.

Either way I'm returning mine with free return shipping because its a crappy product.
Yep, Amazon has a daunting task on their hands dealing with the fake reviews, and the deleting of bad reviews.

The review issues seem to have been left pretty much unchecked for way too long, now they're trying to "fix" what they can.

Another reason I don't shop on Amazon all that much, and, when I do, stay away from pretty much ALL 3rd party merchants.

Glad you're able to return, with free shipping, for a full refund.
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09-21-2018 at 12:53 PM.
09-21-2018 at 12:53 PM.
That's why in practice, consumers need to read the actual reviews online. When I'm shopping on Amazon, I'll look at the number of reviews for an item. Then, I'll read a few pages of the reviews. You can usually detect the fake ones.

I do this for all user reviews on all websites. Like with Yelp reviews, you really have to read the reviews. A lot of the bad reviews are pretty lame. Usually customers complaining about minor issues or dumb issues. For restaurant reviews, I look to see who is actually writing the Yelp reviews too. Sorry.....but if i'm checking out the reviews for an Asian restaurant, I put more weight on Asian yelpers. Likewise, when I'm checking out Italian or American cuisine restaurants, I put less weight for the Asian reviewers. Again, I read the actual review and decide how much weight I'll put into each review.
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