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Amazon Reviews - very suspicious

LadyDee · 2015-12-30 23:42:14

I have for years based many of my purchases on reviews published on Amazon, and until today I've found it a reliable basis for purchases. However, I've spent several hours today looking for and checking out a proposed purchase and having just about made up my mind on which to choose, I decided to really check out the…

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chico Posts: 147 Forumite

29 May 2016 at 11:28PM

A review for an item that has been bought free or at a discount in exchange for a review can be fine, if it is a genuine review with a disclaimer.

The issue is that Amazon does not even bother to check the reviews and so allows through clearly duplicate reviews that do not relate to the subject of the review.

This makes all reviews suspect, even verified purchases.

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