Amazon - scam ?

50Twuncle

I bought a pair of £43 hair clippers, 2 months ago - from Amazon - and on delivery - there was a £10 Amazon voucher in the pack - which I spent on something else !

Now, 2 months later - I have received through the post (with a second class stamp on it) - another £10 Amazon voucher card which will be given to me - WHEN I POST A REVIEW on Amazon

Amazon do not recognise this - I have had an online chat with them

But if this IS a scam - how would the scammer benefit ?

My payment details are not left on line

jon81uk

The seller of the goods wants people to post good reviews so their item looks more popular on Marketplace.

They are in effect bribing you to review it well.

JamoLew

I think to claim the £10 you have to login on a 3rd party website with your Amazon details - or that's how one version used to work.
Once you've done that, your account is no longer secure/yours

JJ_Egan

As above  free gifts  free product for writing a good 5 star review .

oldagetraveller1

JamoLew said:

I think to claim the £10 you have to login on a 3rd party website with your Amazon details - or that's how one version used to work.
Once you've done that, your account is no longer secure/yours

I received these too, from a couple of non U.K. sellers. £15 and £20 with, as you write, a 3rd party site/e-mail. Amazon logo etc. on the card to make them look official and legitimate? A copy of your review had to be submitted to them with the Amazon order number, not account details though. Also a request not to add a picture of the "voucher". No thank you!

I contacted Amazon, not interested or concerned. I did review one of the products and added a picture - the review was removed.

50Twuncle

The link that they provide to take you to My Account to add the review is no doubt Dodgy too !!
Beware unexpected free gifts !

Takmon

50Twuncle said:

The link that they provide to take you to My Account to add the review is no doubt Dodgy too !!
Beware unexpected free gifts !

I've actually done this a lot in the past and got over £1000 of goods free by leaving 5 star reviews for products and then they refunded the money back in my Paypal after i bought them. The only dodgy thing is that people tend to write good reviews for bad product just to get them free but i sent the bad stuff back for a refund instead.

MalMonroe

Amazon do not pay for reviews, even if you buy from market place sellers (that is, not amazon). 

You can leave reviews for everything and anything you've bought via amazon but you won't get paid a penny.

If I don't like something, my review will reflect that. If I do, same thing. 

I would never accept or use any bribe to give a good review and I've never received any such bribe, either. 

Scammers benefit because they bribe people to give them five star reviews, even if products are rubbish. I could never do that to other buyers. But that's just me. 

gg23

MalMonroe said:

Amazon do not pay for reviews, even if you buy from market place sellers (that is, not amazon). 

You can leave reviews for everything and anything you've bought via amazon but you won't get paid a penny.

If I don't like something, my review will reflect that. If I do, same thing. 

I would never accept or use any bribe to give a good review and I've never received any such bribe, either. 

Scammers benefit because they bribe people to give them five star reviews, even if products are rubbish. I could never do that to other buyers. But that's just me. 

They do, however, give free products for people to review (and they get to keep them too.)  Not a bribe, per se, but not a million miles from what certain sellers are doing.

Takmon

MalMonroe said:

Amazon do not pay for reviews, even if you buy from market place sellers (that is, not amazon). 

You can leave reviews for everything and anything you've bought via amazon but you won't get paid a penny.

If I don't like something, my review will reflect that. If I do, same thing. 

I would never accept or use any bribe to give a good review and I've never received any such bribe, either. 

Scammers benefit because they bribe people to give them five star reviews, even if products are rubbish. I could never do that to other buyers. But that's just me. 

Also it is worth mentioning that Amazon do actually give out free products to selected people for them to review and it's called "Amazon Vine" so some are legitimate.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/vine/help

forgotmyname

Discounts given for leaving feedback early or a voucher you can activate by the code given after leaving a seller
a glowing review.  These vouchers can be a considerable saving on the item.

Or one case I had where a seller tried flogging me an item with fake specs, then offered an immediate refund
"IF"  I removed my negative review showing the genuine specs.

Seen far too many editorials on Youtube, I shy away from a lot of the content. Far too many box openers who
will happily read anything given to them by the seller or company as long as they get their shiny nickel. The fact
their viewers are getting ripped off wont bother some, lose some they will soon gather more as they aim to
open more boxes than the next heartless shill.