| General > General Technical Chat |
| Scamazon are at it again (surprise surprise) |
| << < (4/6) > >> |
| SilverSolder:
I guess the official Trading Standards bodies that most governments have for bricks-and-mortar businesses, really need to get their s#!t toghether and start prosecuting abusive practices online as well. |
| PlainName:
--- Quote ---Because a prominent UK newspaper, has found that those reviewers are receiving extra money or something --- End quote --- Those (the 20,000 reviews Amazon have allegedly canned, where the chap reveiwed £15K of stuff over the last month and then flogged it all on ebay after getting his kickbacks) are typical of the off-Amazon paid-for reviews. None of these stories relate to the Amazon Vine program. In fact, thinking about it, Vine is actually better for product reviews than the zillion YouTube videos which people seem to think are acceptable, which are typically just paid-for reviews placed off-site. Having said that, I normally ignore Vine reviews on the basis that the reviewer is pressured to say something. A review written only because the reviewer felt strongly enough to say it's great or shit is far better than one dragged out of them. |
| MK14:
--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on September 07, 2020, 02:19:44 pm ---None of these stories relate to the Amazon Vine program. --- End quote --- Yes, as I understand it (now), that is right (but earlier, I was confused by some of the news reports about it and the Vine programme). See here: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/amazon-bans-biased-reviews-incentivised-a7344761.html --- Quote ---Amazon bans biased reviews that have been influenced by brands Posts written in exchange for free product or discount rated the item in the top 6% in its category, on average. Amazon has banned “incentivised reviews” after analysis of over 7m posts proved they are significantly more favourable than those where no incentive was offered. Typically, incentivised reviews involve a company offering their product for free or at a big discount if the recipient agrees to review it. Analysis by ReviewMeta found that incentivised reviews gave an average score 4.74 out of five, compared to 4.36 for non-incentivised reviews. The difference is enough to move a product into the top five per cent in its category, from around halfway down the rankings, the company said. --- End quote --- --- Quote ---Amazon has responded by banning incentivised reviews, except for those under its own Vine programme, which invites vetted and trusted reviewers to test products and provide feedback. --- End quote --- tl;dr I guess the Amazon Vine programme is not as bad, as I originally feared. |
| Mecanix:
Unfortunately Amazon, and all other eCom platforms I'd say, works in the interest of their shareholders/their own incentives and couldn't care less about fraud, on the contrary! Due diligence is a buyer responsibility at the end of the day. Its great contributions like this thread that makes it work in the advantages of consumers though. Probably okay for low cost items (gadgets and consumables?), however nothing beats the visit at the counter or the rep/re-seller to see less affordable product(s) you need buying. Don't believe everything you read on that Internet ;) |
| eti:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on September 06, 2020, 01:59:54 pm --- The fake reviews have been obvious for many years. Wonder what Amazon could actually do to help the situation? A couple of things spring to mind for starters: 1) If you change the product in the catalog, all the reviews disappear. They belong to a specific product. Exceptions can be made in rare cases but would be via telephone and authorized by Amazon on a case by case basis - it would not be the default. 2) A customer has to have purchased at least 25 different items on Amazon over a period of least 1 year to be allowed to write a review in the first place. --- End quote --- Go out of business, that would work, and no one would miss them. |
| Navigation |
| Message Index |
| Next page |
| Previous page |