The other day while viewing Amazon for a scam product I noticed I couldn't see any of the 1 star reviews.
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@xssfox
be me.
want books.
amazon has them all for 70ish.
never used them dont wanna start because: obv.
say fck it because: $$.
feel bad, do a quick search.
confirmed news report about a guy dying because floor manager put productivity over human life.
coworkers traumatized.
ok.
amzn off the table.
bwb is 190, mucho!
abebooks 110.
abebooks is 50ish% amzn.
ok
indigo has them.
indigo supports idf.
one of the books literally titled "Mass Psychology of Fascism".
too much irony.
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@funkdoctor @xssfox America U.K. & Ireland only Im afraid.
best practices and prices hands down, though. -
I’m surprised they let me see two 1-star reviews
@xssfoxWhen @cstross and @lcamtuf first mentioned that, I went and looked at that and several others.
The listing for the one found by @draNgNon was (and still is for me, as I checked it again just now) exactly as @xssfox described. Only a few reviews that clue people in that this is money for old rope, and a hyperlink to beg permission to see anything more than a handful of reviews out of a couple of hundred.
https://mastodonapp.uk/@JdeBP/116788436560592117
There have been reports for years of the #Amazon reviews system being gamed, with things like tricks to get things listed as verified purchases.
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The other day while viewing Amazon for a scam product I noticed I couldn't see any of the 1 star reviews. There was a button to click to "request all reviews" or something like that.
Now several days later I get "Your request is not approved at this time, and you will see a limited selection of customer reviews."
This seems bonkers to me... like.... nearly fraud?
@xssfox Amazon is a dropshipping marketplace and scammer paradise, not a reputable company.
The sooner everybody understands that, the earlier we can boycott that awful anti-human company out of existence.
I wish I hadn't bought - woops I mean "licensed" - a whole bunch of movies from their platform.
My media library being held hostage by them is probably the only thing keeping me tethered to this awful corporation.
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The other day while viewing Amazon for a scam product I noticed I couldn't see any of the 1 star reviews. There was a button to click to "request all reviews" or something like that.
Now several days later I get "Your request is not approved at this time, and you will see a limited selection of customer reviews."
This seems bonkers to me... like.... nearly fraud?
1. Best to ignore reviews on retail sites. They're there to sell, not inform.
2. I quit Amazon after the local distribution center's gig-work Amazon Logistics drivers began deliberately failing to deliver about 25% of my orders. They'd drop several packages at one doorway, then send the same "verification" photo to every one of those several customers. Amazon customer service eventually refused my calls claiming I'd asked for too many refunds. I'd actually never asked for any.
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The other day while viewing Amazon for a scam product I noticed I couldn't see any of the 1 star reviews. There was a button to click to "request all reviews" or something like that.
Now several days later I get "Your request is not approved at this time, and you will see a limited selection of customer reviews."
This seems bonkers to me... like.... nearly fraud?
@xssfox if I look for that ASIN on German Amazon, I can buy the book, but it shows Zero reviews, and the usual link to "reviews in other languages" seems missing.. as if nobody had ever bought that book.
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1. Best to ignore reviews on retail sites. They're there to sell, not inform.
2. I quit Amazon after the local distribution center's gig-work Amazon Logistics drivers began deliberately failing to deliver about 25% of my orders. They'd drop several packages at one doorway, then send the same "verification" photo to every one of those several customers. Amazon customer service eventually refused my calls claiming I'd asked for too many refunds. I'd actually never asked for any.
@Corb_The_Lesser @xssfox Amzn delivery quality is abysmal. My drop-off instructions state "parcel box at front entrance" (which is set back about 10 meters from the street), and the lazy fucks repeatedly drop the parcels just over the garden fence, where they're exposed to the elements and widely visible for theft.
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The other day while viewing Amazon for a scam product I noticed I couldn't see any of the 1 star reviews. There was a button to click to "request all reviews" or something like that.
Now several days later I get "Your request is not approved at this time, and you will see a limited selection of customer reviews."
This seems bonkers to me... like.... nearly fraud?
@xssfox I'm able to click through and see the one-start review. Which I think means they're hiding it from you specifically for some reason.
You might be pulling a thread at something even more interesting than Amazon helping scammers.
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@funkdoctor @xssfox America U.K. & Ireland only Im afraid.
best practices and prices hands down, though. -
@funkdoctor @xssfox you're very sweet thank you.
the offer braught be a smile. -
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