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Post by gato on Feb 4, 2020 8:25:56 GMT -5
Sellers working through Amazon have hit on another way to get glowing reviews:
for purchasers of their products, they include what at first glance appears to be an Amazon gift card. On the reverse side, however is the admonition that the card can only be redeemed if the purchaser writes a five star review on the Amazon site.
And the terms of this bribery must not to be mentioned in the comments.
Amazon says it has investigated two sellers involved in this "gift bribery" and has taken "appropriate action."
While I do read reviews of products I am considering purchasing, I'm careful to analyze specifically WHY the product gets a high rating, and then compare it to lesser review caveats.
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Post by Duke on Feb 4, 2020 20:31:28 GMT -5
Sounds like the 'Amazon Vine' is growing.
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Post by rickyguitar on Feb 4, 2020 20:48:29 GMT -5
I bet Jeff is livid.
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Post by JDC on Feb 4, 2020 21:35:51 GMT -5
Unless Amazon is the only place to source a product, I always go to other retailers' sites and compare the reviews of the same product with those on Amazon.
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Post by gato on Feb 5, 2020 7:11:49 GMT -5
Seems like brick and mortar stores have become the unwilling "demonstrator kiosks" of the retail world.
Shoppers go to a Target or Best Buy, scope out the item they want in person, and then order it on Amazon.
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Post by swampyankee on Feb 5, 2020 7:17:52 GMT -5
Sounds like the 'Amazon Vine' is growing. Apt analogy. It seems like you can't do a search for anything online without Amazon showing up. It's as insidious as Bittersweet! |
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Post by HenryJ on Feb 5, 2020 7:20:27 GMT -5
Seems like brick and mortar stores have become the unwilling "demonstrator kiosks" of the retail world. Shoppers go to a Target or Best Buy, scope out the item they want in person, and then order it on Amazon. They used to go to places like RadioShack, look at the item, and buy it from WalMart. RS should have never started selling brand-name merchandise; their own brands got good reviews in magazines. |
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Post by K4 on Feb 5, 2020 7:28:11 GMT -5
What killed RS was the cell phone debacle. Remember when every time you went into a store and had a phone shoved in your face? They over promised, couldn't deliver, and it was in a contract. They lost their ass. The deal was no residuals if the promised number of lines sold didn't meet contractual numbers.
I won a cruise for being the most profitable store in the region, got top floor over the pilot house cabin with balcony. I lost my store due to not having a 1 in 20 phone hit rate. Corporate only cared about phones.
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Post by HenryJ on Feb 5, 2020 8:48:21 GMT -5
What killed RS was the cell phone debacle. Remember when every time you went into a store and had a phone shoved in your face? They over promised, couldn't deliver, and it was in a contract. They lost their ass. The deal was no residuals if the promised number of lines sold didn't meet contractual numbers.
I won a cruise for being the most profitable store in the region, got top floor over the pilot house cabin with balcony. I lost my store due to not having a 1 in 20 phone hit rate. Corporate only cared about phones.
Yeah, that was the final coup de gras. I was talking about earlier years. One of the things that led to their demise was when they quit promoting from within. The new executives were not steeped enough in the culture to understand how RS had outlasted other consumer electronics outfits who came and went. They were looking for profits in the wrong places--the residuals. |
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Post by Bronx on Feb 5, 2020 10:47:54 GMT -5
Unless it's something I already like or know I'm going to buy anyway, when shopping on amazon.com I usually go right to the 1 and 2 star reviews and largely base my decision to purchase on them.
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Post by JDC on Feb 5, 2020 17:01:30 GMT -5
Seems like brick and mortar stores have become the unwilling "demonstrator kiosks" of the retail world. Shoppers go to a Target or Best Buy, scope out the item they want in person, and then order it on Amazon. I really prefer to buy locally and (personally) find it "bad form" to "kick the tires" one place and buy at another (although I WILL ask if there's a price match policy in effect lol) |
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