Definitely. You can usually tell when it's a situation (a) where you can't please everyone or (b) a serious problem hidden by fake reviews. I try to put some thought into my reviews so that they can be identified as real (I hope). For example I bought cat food and did the review from the point of view of the cat if he could talk. I know exactly what he's thinking. Well usually.

@@origamiandcats6873 Unfortunately many fake reviewers copy and paste legitimate looking reviews from other (usually) similar products. Looking for ear buds I found a lot of reviews copied from product pages of Bose and other well known brands. If you didn't know better you'd think it was a well thought out review for that product.

and sort by recent rather than top reviews

Absolutely. Pay no attention to number of stars and ignore (or de-rate) positive reviews, and read the negative ones. Also be sure to sort the reviews by “most recent” so you can see reviews by buyers who have owned the product for a long time. That’s when problems happen, after the warranty expires.

In the same time you may end up reading fake negative reviews posted by competitors to catch someone like you. I personally don't know how to avoid scam like this but prefer to trust long detailed reviews more no matter of how much stars they give. It's also important to understand why someone reviewed the product in the first place. It more complicated than it might seem. People tend to leave negative reviews more often then positive thus if no fake reviews ever exist we would still be getting incorrect first impression about a product since most reviews would be negative. Also useful if reviewer explicitly states how long he/she uses the item and how. But it rarely happens. Unfortunately, good detailed reviews rarely happen. Even if the review is sincer but not detailed, it still useless

that's my energy lmao

My favourite are the one's that buy a $20 product and then write a 3 or 4 star review saying it's a decent product but then 3 paragraphs about how it's not as good as the $100 version.

or when someone gives it 3 stars and then goes on to write paragraphs about how amazing it is

Or one or two stars and continue to praise the product, see that a few times.

There's the book reviews that say "contents are good, but the books condition was poor."

Was the product made in China? If the answer is yes, there you have your answer.

@@opinanlosjovenesrd3477 bruh :v

@@suawdthedude8583 😝

@@opinanlosjovenesrd3477 99% of everything on that site is from CHINA. To ask if it was or wasn't, as if you're going to find an American made version is F*CKING hillarious.

@@jeremymetcalf2502 wrong answer. The correct answer is, buy from anywhere but china. Us made is great, but not realistic. Now, I want you to review your study materials and be a good peasent and and try again tomorrow.

yep!!

I am willing to accept that Amazon hast problems tracking all the fake reviews because of the massive scope, but simply refusing to even publish real reviews just because they're not that good is just outrageous!

Amazon doesn't care about reviews, they only affect the merchants. Forcing poor products only hurts their business model.

@@rmm3803 well they don’t know, unless they actually buy that product. Or the 3rd party can give a 100% natural t-shift for Amazon to approve but then sell all polyester t-shirts on Amazon. I mean I’m not saying that’s what they did but it’s possible.

Lulzs. Pro tip, boys and girls: when someone like Jean gives you very vague anecodets, it's probz because they're giving you a very one-sided story. Jean was probably going full Karen in the comments, using slurs, and being unnecessarily aggressive and slanderous. Amazon is not in the business of arbirtarily removing negative reviews.

This is what I do as well, it's a trick I found while researching others opinions on books, applies just the same for Amazon reviews.

Same here. Always look at the bad reviews start from 3 star or less

Oh they do

stacking 3 stars against 0 star raises the star rating. you just need more 3 star reviews than >3star reviews. think about how averages work. although 3stars is not best review, it makes it easier to offset to a 5star rating once you have out averaged the lower reviews.

Actually, that’s not true. Some companies offer you the option to purchase 3 and 4 star reviews to make you look less suspicious to Amazon. Amazon started trying to crack down on these a couple years ago (but they went about it poorly) when people where selling Amazon FBA courses teaching how to fake reviews. After Amazon sued the course creators people started selling all different star reviews because having enough 3 and 4 stars reviews protect them from algorithms. Currently, there are lawsuits to some companies for this. I work as a paralegal editor, however as some of these cases are not open to the public yet, Amazon has yet to take action on those being sued.

More specifically, products bought on Amazon including providing proof of purchase.

@@Quantum3691 Amazon knows full well what you purchased. Shouldn't need a proof, the review option shouldn't even be available otherwise

I think google maps prioritizes the reviews of people who actually went to that location.

I actually thought that's the policy...

Amazon reviews cause Amazon to get a sale, think they care?

Excellent suggestion.

Brilliant!

Unfortunately there are places that send items to people so it’s a verified review.

you dont know how the compensated reviews work huh lol

@@Erinnestatic it'd make it harder in the least

i think a great solution for this problem is to find 5 or 4 star reviews that also list the negatives

I try and look at multiple sites and read the reviews. This usually gives me a better perspective. I'm pretty sure Wayfair was doing this too because their products are crap. Yet they always had great reviews, I don't buy there anymore. I also avoid Amazon as much as possible.

What I’ve noticed are some items with 1, 2, or 3 stars that have no written review there to see when you try to read them!

I use a few tactics when I look at reviews. Sadly, my wife doesn't bother looking any deeper than the average rating. The first thing is to actually read a few of the top reviews. It's often pretty easy to spot fakes and paid ones. Second, to get a real perspective, switch to "recent" reviews instead of the highest rated ones. I wish there was a way to "exclude seller" from searches when you spot the companies committing fraud.

It’s absolutely brutal especially as a new seller on the platform. Customers don’t leave positive reviews nearly as frequently as ones who are unhappy. The “:) thank you” customer will leave a star rating at best usually, vs the “can I speak to your manager??” customer who needs the world to know they think this product stinks. In my opinion, the best way to start is by looking for a registered brand vs a brandless product. If there’s no brand, 99% of the time it’s cheaply made and Alibaba repackaged

Same 🙌🙌 they can't fool us

@Dharma Queen I prefer ,,appropriately stingy"

I love this comment (five star review)

Lmfaooooo

SAME

Same. Happened to me twice for netword PCIe cards I bought.

jminer LOL pretty much...

I've gotten the same several times. Nothing ever happened about it.

Same thing happened here. They rejected my review where I called out the vendor.

@@seanm1724 thats prolly why they rejected it its cuz u called out the vendor. Reviews are supposed to talk abt the product

It’s a review problem .

@@donoc6036 I would honestly go with it's both

I could also argue the same about UKposts and Facebook and I bet you're not going to give those up.

Hmm, that sounds awfully similar to what happened here on UKposts...

Almost like it's not in their financial interest to allow people to talk bad about a product they're taking a 15% cut on. Inaccurate and shallow positive remarks from shills solicited with the promise of free stuff? That's fine. Almost like.... UKposts? Owned by Google? Owned by Alphabet Inc, the world's biggest tech corporation? Who takes a % cut (unsure what) of each monetized video's ad revenue? Even if it's fake, harmful, inaccurate or simply worthless? Oh, you betcha!

All the stuff I buy on amazon seems fake. Got a pair of Vans, the back of the shoe ripped after a month of light use lol

Even on items shipped and sold by amazon!

Call it China problems.

Supposedly the Levi's jeans I bought might be fake. The only reason I still use Amazon is there return policy. I figure I can always return it. Edit- since a like reminded me of this post. I had so many times Amazon messed up and blamed the rite aid(hub) I just closed my account. Amazon might be convenient but there's other options out there.

I got fake Uno cards once

Because they may have bought it elsewhere. Some of my early reviews were of things I purchased elsewhere. I stopped posting those some years back, but o can see people wanting to recommend or warn others about a product they bought in person somewhere.

I've written reviews on Amazon for some items I bought elsewhere. I don't get any monetary gain but if it's a product I really like, I don't mind to promote it. I depend on reviews quite a bit, especially for shoes because I wear a 15 and can't hardly buy them in stores, so I appreciate people taking time to write quality reviews. Just trying to pay it forward.

agreed

@@ironman2326 i get my size 15’s from Spearshoes.com

@@diannt9583 How about a "Verified Purchase from Third Party" tag?

She should have edited all those reviews to one star and changed the text to some cut and paste "this company stole my account to make fake reviews" text.

There’s a lot of average middle men, there’s tutorials on yt on how to buy in stock for few cents and sell for x10 the price, then during a return they will not respond.

Could she not have just changed the password?

yep

Yup, I was looking at an eye drop guide, and all the reviews were for an eye wash cup, which this company also sells. As I was trying to choose the best eye drop guide, this was very annoying.

Oh yeah, you can now change products as a seller and keep the reviews the old one generated. For entirely unrelated products too, which is just foolishness.

Thats usually because they are the same product from different people. What people do is shop from Alibaba or AliExpress and resell on Amazon. A lot of people actually made a lot of money doing this but as information got out more and more people do it until now there is just page after page of the exact same product. So for future purchases if the shipping time is too long for AliExpress just go with the cheapest listing on Amazon.

There's a new trend in online shopping, where the same item is sold at a variety of prices under several, different company names (regardless of who actually makes the item.) If you're searching for a better price for ABC Lamp (for example,) you won't find it, as the cheaper price is listed as XYZ Home Light. I had to use an image search to find the best price on an island light I recently purchased, and was only successful because it was a VERY unique design.

@@zqxzqxzqx1 that doesnt seem like a new problem though. Same product in Costco and Walmart might have a different price.

That's how Bezos earned the richest person on earth and pay $0 for his company.

@@junhyunglee6744 You've missed my point.

Isn't this video about "fake reviews" though?

@@rick_terscale1111 what do you think unvetted vendors mean? Lol...

No they don’t. It takes time and evidence to identify bad sellers

It’s a huge problem

Simple solution to a lot of these problems; cut that big ass wire under the ocean that connects to China.

What laptop is it?

They probz didn't accept it because you most likely let your child play with it, they spilled their Starbucks frappucinio all over it (because you're probz someone who would buy their kid Starbucks), and tried to blame the seller for selling you a "broken/used" laptop. You're not fooling anyone, Tatyanna, which is why you have to be very vague on the details.

@@pearlsswine bruh why are you trying so hard to defend Amazon 😭

$50m yacht is nothing compared to $5.5B+ Rocketship

Darren Bauer Same thing happened to me when my order arrived damaged. I received an email that my review broke the guidelines.

What did your review say exactly? You should be able to put one right back up. Most people have an extremely hard time getting reviews taken down.

Omg this happened to me too! I was younger and bought a textbook that came ripped at the cover when I paid MORE for it to be 100% new. I wrote a review saying I was disappointed and it was flagged as inappropriate? I didn’t curse at all so I thought maybe I was on mobile so it was an “unsafe network” or the app glitched but now that I think about it this is completely intentional and so low of them.

​@BabyUnicornio It's the condition the product came in so I believe it to be pertinent to the review. I mean by your logic, yes, it wasn't about the book's content itself (although the book itself also came with pages that weren't cut and the font coloring was weird/faded on some chapters but I didn't mention that in the previous comment so let's ignore that) however, people still write the whole experience from ordering to delivery in their review - what's wrong with that? Reviews are, as the video said, a prime way people get information before buying and if that particular seller has a tendency to not be careful about their products, to ship damaged goods, then I'm going to include that and hope to save someone $ just like I hope someone else is that honest for me. It's not so far off topic that it should be a problem, is what I mean.

@@indaeyo1773 Agreed. The review should be related to the buying experience. It would be helpful if the reviewer gave specific details, but again as a consumer I want to know that I'm getting what I paid for - a product that works as advertised delivered in a manner that makes me want to either purchase it again or let others know the pluses and minuses of the purchase.

@@detroiter2655 tf lol what a strange thing to say 😂

I am always suspicious. Especially of a mouse without an eye patch. ;)

Hah I got a product from amazon and in the product, they said if you put a 5 star review you can get a free product. I wrote about this in my review about the product, however it got pulled down!!!

Xhon Keri Interesting 🧐 and good info.

Sounds like a corrupt politician

yep!

I'd be like 'cool, free stuff!'

Haha I do see that alot

Yeah I always take those with a half grain of salt, what hubby is going to say it sucks even when it does?

@Politically Incorrect Bender HA! You got me there.

I've seen that for ladies lingerie. Lol

Leech Phillip make sense lol.

I live by this

To these people it’s “just business” unfortunately

I no longer believe that old myth that people are basically GOOD.

@@ginawiggles918 I've NEVER believed that mess!

@@marciawade9101 : I tried to. But I kept seeing the evidence that I was wrong.

They could limit reviews to only people who bought it

@@forgivenhallelujah I ordered Walmart a lot in 2020. I was sweeping up the burst sugar for weeks. Lol. But I can understand a burst plastic bag, but dented cans in an unbroken box lmao so obvious. I used to get my money back for that. And yeah super large boxes. Wacky stuff. But I forgave that part since supplies were short because if the pandemic. But dented cans in an undamaged box? Lmao. Yeah right. ps. They once threw in some maternity shirts (just your basic comfy jerzees type stuff in plastic) I asked if they wanted them back. No, they said keep them. Still haven't given them away.

WDYM look closely? You don't have to look closely because it's SUPER obvious they're photoshopped stock images.

@@forgivenhallelujah wow, your comment is all over the place, but let's dissect it: 1. You ordered a case of canned goods from Walmart and they showed up damaged. Did you document it and report it? Walmart would have no issue giving you a replacement or refund. 2. Mom and pop shops went out of business? Well, that's life. Throughout all of human history things have come and gone. Your business is not entitled to survive just because it exists. In the exact same comment, you admit to ordering food from mega corprations (Walmart). Why not get your lazy ass out of the sofa and drive to those mom and pop shops you reminsince about? Oh, that's right, because you enjoy the convience modern technology has brought you - while at the same time pretending you disapporve of it to make yourself feel morally superior. 3. "We didn't demand it". Of course, you did, Timmy. The reason why these products are so prevelant is because they're in high demand. You're acting as though there's literally no alternative to cheap products. There's always a better altnerative, but people demand the cheaper products. 4. "all of the camicals, pollution, and wate ruining our planet" Umm okay, that's a totally different conversation. Focus! 5. "I remember having school shoes, gym shoes and play shoes. Until I got my first job, I was lucky to have 3 pairs of pants that fit" Well, clearly you and your parents prioritized shoes. I grew up with only one pair of shoes lol. 6. "Knowing there are people (children!) out there with far less in such a lucrative country really makes me sad." Point to anywhere in the world, at any point in history, where this hasn't been the case. 7. "But seeing kids with roomfuls of plastic crap makes me sadder. " So, you're more okay with a kid having nothing at all than something to play with? 8. "We seem to be living in an era when people think they need so many "things" to satisfy them." You just literally said that seeing kids with nothing makes you sad. So, I guess you're one of those people you're talking about lol. 9. "I’ve discovered all i really need to fill my heart is God, family and friends. " Then why write an entire novel about how horrible this world is because we don't have good "stuff" anymore?

Walmart allows 3rd party sellers, too

Same here, I’m Chinese and many of my Chinese friends were introduced to making 5 star reviews. And my mother started doing it as well, since she can’t speak English so, I’m the one making the reviews. I feel sooo guilty for making this reviews.

@@ilikeudonnoodles1626 how much do they pay you?

@@ilikeudonnoodles1626 it's amazing we live in a world in which a person can openly admit to committing fraud and nothing is ever done about it.

I once did that. I took the money, then changed the review.

@@ilikeudonnoodles1626 As soon as money is involved morality goes out the window? Do these people just have no concept of right and wrong? Disgusting.

Should of took a picture of that, posted it with a 1 star review

Same here. I bought a toy for my puppy and if I left a 5 star review, they’d send me a gift card. Sus af.

@@MM-xc2bt that’s exactly what i did! Amazon didn’t post my review. After the submission I received an email saying my review won’t be posted. I reworded and submitted again. The second time it was rejected immediately. It was for a supplement which review count grew thousands over night and they were offering free product in exchange for review. So now I think Amazon not only does nothing to stop but promote fake reviews.

At the same time though... you can't give 5 star and request a refund. lol So if they rely on real customers to give 5 star, then at least the product isn't trash. The reviews from fake customers are the real issue.

I purchased a USB microscope form a Chinese seller for use to view electronic circuits. It actually was an ok product but the direct light from the ring-formed light around the lenses made it hard to read text on chips. The company offered a free stand with two LED lights on flexible arms making it possible to get illumination from the sides, which would have been a great help. I just needed to send an email and ask for it. I send them a mail after which I got a mail back with a link to an Amazon side where I was supposed to write a review, take a screenshot, and forward it to the company. Needless to say, that I would NEVER click on a link in a mail, so I never got the stand. A pity actually because I was quite happy with the product.

yep!!

It would benefit alot more if people did their best to stay away from China made brands

You really just ought to know better by now, should be common sense.

This is a “news report” about a corporation that pays no tax in America and CNBC dedicated 16 minutes of air time to it. Ya’ll really think this is helpful? Also… what fake ass profile u using…. All in an Asian language with a Russian face…

I would never buy electronics on Amazon either, mostly fake and refurbished stuff and the manufacturer warranty is invalid, so if it’s a lemon there’s no refund

I see many people haven't met Google Play yet.

Yeah especially sd cards.

My sentiments exactly!

@@Moses255337 What's your point; what about Google Play?

It is fun reading the Fake Troll Reviews of Conservative books

They refuse to hire more ppl to deal with those problems, they rather overwork the few ppl they have

Iskandar Ibrahim what the hell did you say buddy?

You don't understand because you don't own a multi billion dollar company.

Agreed.

Nicely done.

They just want control of reviews for themselves. TBH reviews are usless except for you using them to make sure the product isn't fake or just cheap crap. They think other sellers are taking their potential sales because of the reiviews. I don't buy it. No one, cares that much or reads that many reviews or even uses reviews in their judgement unless the reviews are all legitimately bad. They will just get rid of reviews and censor people then they can control the market. You see it seems like a ploy to try and silence people altogether much like they have here in the comments on YT.

Because Amz is in on the scam

Wtf thats complete BS! I can't believe they can hinder you from being honest...NUTS!

Tough, it seems like if you don’t have pictures of the item purchased, Amazon may think you are a bot spamming negative reviews, weird

That makes no sense. I've left many bad reviews from 3 to 1 star. Never been banned or blocked for reviews. lol

That's what i do, too, but so many 1 star reviews are filled with ridiculous hyperbole and rambling.

If I see a bunch of five star reviews with a single line of text, for example " great product " or " works good, I like it " Etc. I am immediately suspicious.

All or almost all of the negative reviews on great material will be by people who are jealous of the success of the company and the quality of the product. Let me give you a totally random example: I like chess and want to step up my game. I heard about a chess book called Applying Logic in Chess that won 2nd place in a major book of the year award by the top ranked chess coach in the world, International Master Erik Kislik. Chess is a 100% science, where everything is proven, and the book has 20 Amazon sample pages, a 20 minute video explaining what is in the book, and 40 hours of free content up online by the author. In other words, there is no subjectivity at play. The best coach in the world, who is the fastest improver in the game, presents proven content that makes him the best coach in the world, published by the best chess company that exists in the game. So what do I see when I log into Amazon? Here are the negative reviews: 2 star: Review does not discuss the book (against Amazon's policies) and says the author is not an International Master. That is defamation, against Amazon's policies, and outright illegal and disgraceful, but up on Amazon, from an account with ONE review, only that one. They probably did this for legal reasons to try to protect themselves. 2 star: Review only says the book is not logical. No examples are given, and this violates the Amazon policy of "be critical of expertise only respectfully." This would be like reviewing a medical textbook and saying, "There is no medical advice in this book." Surely, even an 80 IQ person could not get tricked by that. It is not even a creative fake review. 1 star: Reviewer calls the Norwegian author Jewish, which is obviously hate speech and against Amazon's policies. No discussion of the book is made, but the author is attacked repeatedly. Completely and obvious against Amazon's policies, without even a slight doubt. 1 star: Reviewer says the book on chess is "boring." This is analogous to a medical textbook being called boring. Logically, would anyone buy the book who finds the material boring, especially after seeing 20 pages of the book in a sample and a 20 minute video? Of course not. Would anyone who finds chess boring buy this book? Of course not. That is why it is obviously a fake review. There is no indication that this person read the book, and they appear to be connected to a group of online trolls who targeted the book with fake one star reviews to taunt and mock Amazon. 1 star: A well-known chess troll named Vishnu Sreekumar, who was kicked out of the Washington DC Chess League for writing defamatory comments about a FIDE Master on Twitter, and caught cheating in a simultaneous exhibition against Grandmaster Sam Shankland, writes a scathing one star review. No details about the book are given, and you can find on his Twitter that he is making death threats to the author on there, as well as saying, "I am going to leave more one star reviews." His one star reviews are a form of straightforward threats and bullying to popular people in chess, and as a well-known cheater and defamer, this is par for the course for him. Amazon doesn't know any better and cannot identify this well-known troll as a troll. So how does Amazon get tricked by all of this? Well, it is an area outside of their area of expertise, and they refuse to respect their own policies. I am sure that everyone reading this can readily and easily agree that the only 5 negative reviews are OBVIOUSLY fake, without even a slight doubt, and OBVIOUSLY in violation on Amazon's policies, often 4 or 5 of them at once. See the problem here? It is extremely easy for some kind of hateful troll to use fake reviews as manipulation tactics and for bullying and abuse. Amazon needs to step up their game or they will be sued into oblivion. Since they are publishing the defamation, they are legally responsible. If you are reading this, please report all 5 of those fake reviews. This is pathetic. I'm an interested beginner chess player and whenever I go on Amazon, I see obviously fake reviews, that are blatantly in violation of their policies, and even obviously true to me as someone without much knowledge of the field. Amazon must do better. If this is happening on such a large scale in something as irrelevant as chess books, imagine what is happening elsewhere.

And neither did donnie t rump......

Sorry but that isn’t worthy of anyone and it’s not always true so you too could be publishing a ‘fake’ review?!

And that’s based on... what?

@@lillianmurphy3937 basic knowledge of business. No one who is rich has done so by being completely honest. All businessmen want profit and that's already getting over on someone in itself. Sure profit is important because you gotta make money but when you're charging 10x what a product is actually worth then that's just being greedy.

This happened to my account out of the blue, too. 13 years with no returns or tomfoolery and suddenly my account got nuked with no explanation. I got an automated email citing nebulous TOS violations, threatening to ban me for good if I tried to appeal. Even customer service will not respond to you by phone. I pity some of the self righteous people on these comment sections. If this happens to you, there's nothing you can do about it.

⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️ EXACTLY! They banned me and I have no idea why. Frustrating.

Banned me too

It happened to me. I tried so hard to get my reviewing status back, but nothing worked.

Kind of like how facebook uses bots to selectiveley censor people.of course fb wont admit to it tho

But when mommy's got Amazon Prime good luck convincing her to shop anywhere else.

A seller is offering an Amazon $10 giftcard if I send a screenshot of a picture review, that has been approved by them already to appear on the site, of their product to them. Is this legitimate? The offer came with my product (which is 100% fabulous).

Thank you for not being money hungry 🙂. Hope you keep reporting them

Happened to me to , I also had sellers send me small cards in the mail saying to rate them 5 stars and ill get something for free smh

@@JamaicanRain Tough ethical dilemma. I'd like to know that answer to that

Good for you. But for most people they will take that $50 instead.

Well we’re a corporate plutocracy so Amazon will likely continue to do what they want and further consolidate.

Is it even only restricted to Amazon reviews ? There used to be lots of smart phone reviewers that are paid to attack their opponents brands. Even youtube comments can be paid comments.

I have no faith in amazon or the US to resolve the issue

Porschen Hund DANGIT! 😡 Porschen Hund, I:I thought I told you to leave a bad review of the UKposts video paid you

But who is going to watch the watchers?

Out of curiosity, why did you capitalize "MAILED"?

@@skontheroad who uses mail? Email is better.

@@skontheroad Because they mailed a letter to them instead of using email, which is a bit odd considering emailing is much faster.

You should take the gift card, then change the review back.

@@sheep5403 No, it's because most consumers tend to get rid of those physical letters. Emails are harder as stuff on the internet stay on the internet. If you buy locks on the internet, sometimes they have a rebate coupon attached to it asking for a positive review.

TOO much work ! its just a damn shame.

Why not go to department stores and tries it on in the fitting rooms?

The better solution - Don't buy anything from third party sellers. Just buy everything from original seller accounts. If it's unavailable or expensive buy same products from local stores. The reviews don't change anything and not too much work either.

I've been doing this since I began using amazon almost a decade ago. Yes it is a lot of detective work but I have no other way because where I live, there are no stores that have the product locally, hence why I am looking for it on amazon.

@@lacie824 In my country the fitting rooms are closed. Anyway I mainly use Amazon for goods that aren't clothing or shoes.

Now that’s a conspiracy theory I can get behind

They stand to lose plenty as well. If people don't trust you to supply quality goods, people will find it elseware. I've gotten to the point that I only buy stupid little trinkets or whatnot from amazon because I know I'm just gonna get the same cheap chinese crap at any other store.

I was thinking about that too

Never cared for Amazon only ever bought one thing from their website along time ago, and never looked back when I realized I could get the same stuff for cheaper on eBay and other places.

I'm close to a former engineer at Amazon, she can attest that Amazon doesn't manipulate their own products review. internally Amazon has a 3* limit for their own branded product. if it cannot achieve above 3* it basically gets slashed. hence why PMs and engineers are worked to the bone in order to ensure their own products stand the test of reviews. the one thing you can trust Amazon to do is exploit and burn its own employees to ensure that their public perception is positive.

were all in a simulation

A house of horrors

its all about china. seize all fakes before they rule the world!

How is your reflection? I lost mine 👽

I don't even know what or who to trust anymore

yeah i always feel if you get something for free it will always be better than something you buy with your own hard earned money.

This was EVERYWHERE in the youtube beauty community in 2015-2017. So many beauty gurus were sucking up and praising every single PR product they got in order to stay on makeup companies' good side. Every PR product was their "new holy grail" or "best ever" even though many of them were never mentioned again in future videos or were clearly not working out well on camera for the guru. Fortunately because of that, some of the big makeup video trends now are anti-hauls, "worst of" videos, and declutter videos. I'm glad that people are realizing that it's okay to say negative things about a product if you dislike it.

It's a 2 way street. YOU have to have common sense and be a smart consumer by not falling for sale pitches from "influencers" It's easy to get sucked up into buying something our favorite influencers is peddling. But nobody is making you buy anything

But this is different because that is sponsorships just like comparing bribing with lobbying, one is legal one is illegal

People who waste their time watching influencers are so stupid, so they deserve to be scammed.

They can also not be experienced There's always a risk when you buy something. I try to look at everything. So far all my purchases have been great/good. No real issues.

I personally dont count those 1-2 sentence reviews at all. I generally look for those paragraph long reviews because they likely went out of the way to see if the product is what it seems. but all really good points there.

@@thirtyonefifty3133 Same. Even if they're by a legitimate consumer, reviews that short aren't informative as to why they liked/disliked the product. I like specifics, and the ones that have updates months later are even better.

Shhh don't say they'll learn for this!!

But this doesn't work if it's an actual quality product that is the best on the market (it's effectively only true for fake or bad products). All or almost all of the negative reviews on great material will be by people who are jealous of the success of the company and the quality of the product. Let me give you a totally random example: I like chess and want to step up my game. I heard about a chess book called Applying Logic in Chess that won 2nd place in a major book of the year award by the top ranked chess coach in the world, International Master Erik Kislik. Chess is a 100% science, where everything is proven, and the book has 20 Amazon sample pages, a 20 minute video explaining what is in the book, and 40 hours of free content up online by the author. In other words, there is no subjectivity at play. The best coach in the world, who is the fastest improver in the game, presents proven content that makes him the best coach in the world, published by the best chess company that exists in the game. So what do I see when I log into Amazon? Here are the negative reviews: 2 star: Review does not discuss the book (against Amazon's policies) and says the author is not an International Master. That is defamation, against Amazon's policies, and outright illegal and disgraceful, but up on Amazon, from an account with ONE review, only that one. They probably did this for legal reasons to try to protect themselves. 2 star: Review only says the book is not logical. No examples are given, and this violates the Amazon policy of "be critical of expertise only respectfully." This would be like reviewing a medical textbook and saying, "There is no medical advice in this book." Surely, even an 80 IQ person could not get tricked by that. It is not even a creative fake review. 1 star: Reviewer calls the Norwegian author Jewish, which is obviously hate speech and against Amazon's policies. No discussion of the book is made, but the author is attacked repeatedly. Completely and obviously against Amazon's policies, without even a slight doubt. 1 star: Reviewer says the book on chess is "boring." This is analogous to a medical textbook being called boring. Logically, would anyone buy the book who finds the material boring, especially after seeing 20 pages of the book in a sample and a 20 minute video? Of course not. Would anyone who finds chess boring buy this book? Of course not. That is why it is obviously a fake review. There is no indication that this person read the book, and they appear to be connected to a group of online trolls who targeted the book with fake one star reviews to taunt and mock Amazon. 1 star: A well-known chess troll named Vishnu Sreekumar, who was kicked out of the Washington DC Chess League for writing defamatory comments about a FIDE Master on Twitter, and caught cheating in a simultaneous exhibition against Grandmaster Sam Shankland, writes a scathing one star review. No details about the book are given, and you can find on his Twitter that he is making death threats to the author on there, as well as saying, "I am going to leave more one star reviews." His one star reviews are a form of straightforward threats and bullying to popular people in chess, and as a well-known cheater and defamer, this is par for the course for him. Amazon doesn't know any better and cannot identify this well-known troll as a troll. So how does Amazon get tricked by all of this? Well, it is an area outside of their area of expertise, and they refuse to respect their own policies. I am sure that everyone reading this can readily and easily agree that the only 5 negative reviews are OBVIOUSLY fake, without even a slight doubt, and OBVIOUSLY in violation on Amazon's policies, often 4 or 5 of them at once. See the problem here? It is extremely easy for some kind of hateful troll to use fake reviews as manipulation tactics and for bullying and abuse. Amazon needs to step up their game or they will be sued into oblivion. Since they are publishing the defamation, they are legally responsible. If you are reading this, please report all 5 of those fake reviews. This is pathetic. I'm an interested beginner chess player and whenever I go on Amazon, I see obviously fake reviews, that are blatantly in violation of their policies, and even obviously true to me as someone without much knowledge of the field. Amazon must do better. If this is happening on such a large scale in something as irrelevant as chess books, imagine what is happening elsewhere.

Good. They don't care about a refund anyway. They destroy almost all returns because it's so low value. Many people are low value to for shopping at this ratchet froud that is Amazon. I don't feel sorry for them.

@@helenarichard Ratchet? Spanner?

A seller on ebay would only refund me if I left a positive review. They were selling useless garbage that didn't match the description at all, but I took their offer. And then I stopped shopping on Amazon or Ebay.

Same here. Now I only buy from Walmart

At least you were able to keep the negative comment to warn other people. My honest negative review on a thermo pot was deleted without any explanation! That pot is $99 and has a design flaw. It's dangerous to use! But I am not able to warn anybody about that. Shame on you Amazon!

@Andres Barreto yea it so dumb

Because, you know, "positive energy only". Same with UKposts's ommisions of counting downvotes.

Bad reviews are important too. I am 4'10" tall. The best fitting clothes on me have negative reviews like "this (whatever) is too short".

tsula m true

This absolutely true. All these big companies are infested with bots, look at fb instagram for example. Almost every verified account on IG has top comments which are just bots. It's so shambolic, but they still won't take enough action. Their human support is miniscule in size. At one point, they didn't have anyone in US to review the reported comments, it was all being done in bangladesh by a group of 30-40 people. Unless we have strict laws forcing these companies to take action, there's very little incentive for change.

You mean lawyers

Lol they prolly hired 5 more investigators. That makes a grand total of 25 investigators.

Amazon has updated their review policy in the beginning of 2020. And so far it’s the best .wheh thus policy was implemented lakhs of reviews were removed , accounted were banned for reviewing and even the sellers got ban . I have been a part of this and I know how serious Amazon is about it . Amazon never entertain these fake reviews and always get updated to counter these acts

Chawndel the problem is that one feeds the other. It’s hard to spot a fake product when it has a large number of convincing reviews.

Chawndel well there’s a video at the right about that too. 😂🤣🤷🏾‍♀️

All or almost all of the negative reviews on great material will be by people who are jealous of the success of the company and the quality of the product. Let me give you a totally random example: I like chess and want to step up my game. I heard about a chess book called Applying Logic in Chess that won 2nd place in a major book of the year award by the top ranked chess coach in the world, International Master Erik Kislik. Chess is a 100% science, where everything is proven, and the book has 20 Amazon sample pages, a 20 minute video explaining what is in the book, and 40 hours of free content up online by the author. In other words, there is no subjectivity at play. The best coach in the world, who is the fastest improver in the game, presents proven content that makes him the best coach in the world, published by the best chess company that exists in the game. So what do I see when I log into Amazon? Here are the negative reviews: 2 star: Review does not discuss the book (against Amazon's policies) and says the author is not an International Master. That is defamation, against Amazon's policies, and outright illegal and disgraceful, but up on Amazon, from an account with ONE review, only that one. They probably did this for legal reasons to try to protect themselves. 2 star: Review only says the book is not logical. No examples are given, and this violates the Amazon policy of "be critical of expertise only respectfully." This would be like reviewing a medical textbook and saying, "There is no medical advice in this book." Surely, even an 80 IQ person could not get tricked by that. It is not even a creative fake review. 1 star: Reviewer calls the Norwegian author Jewish, which is obviously hate speech and against Amazon's policies. No discussion of the book is made, but the author is attacked repeatedly. Completely and obvious against Amazon's policies, without even a slight doubt. 1 star: Reviewer says the book on chess is "boring." This is analogous to a medical textbook being called boring. Logically, would anyone buy the book who finds the material boring, especially after seeing 20 pages of the book in a sample and a 20 minute video? Of course not. Would anyone who finds chess boring buy this book? Of course not. That is why it is obviously a fake review. There is no indication that this person read the book, and they appear to be connected to a group of online trolls who targeted the book with fake one star reviews to taunt and mock Amazon. 1 star: A well-known chess troll named Vishnu Sreekumar, who was kicked out of the Washington DC Chess League for writing defamatory comments about a FIDE Master on Twitter, and caught cheating in a simultaneous exhibition against Grandmaster Sam Shankland, writes a scathing one star review. No details about the book are given, and you can find on his Twitter that he is making death threats to the author on there, as well as saying, "I am going to leave more one star reviews." His one star reviews are a form of straightforward threats and bullying to popular people in chess, and as a well-known cheater and defamer, this is par for the course for him. Amazon doesn't know any better and cannot identify this well-known troll as a troll. So how does Amazon get tricked by all of this? Well, it is an area outside of their area of expertise, and they refuse to respect their own policies. I am sure that everyone reading this can readily and easily agree that the only 5 negative reviews are OBVIOUSLY fake, without even a slight doubt, and OBVIOUSLY in violation on Amazon's policies, often 4 or 5 of them at once. See the problem here? It is extremely easy for some kind of hateful troll to use fake reviews as manipulation tactics and for bullying and abuse. Amazon needs to step up their game or they will be sued into oblivion. Since they are publishing the defamation, they are legally responsible. If you are reading this, please report all 5 of those fake reviews. This is pathetic. I'm an interested beginner chess player and whenever I go on Amazon, I see obviously fake reviews, that are blatantly in violation of their policies, and even obviously true to me as someone without much knowledge of the field. Amazon must do better. If this is happening on such a large scale in something as irrelevant as chess books, imagine what is happening elsewhere.

they are both concerning!

They probably go hand in hand

i was nr 30 best german reviewer about 5 years ago. i was writing 100% honest reviews. even investigating into fake reviews and posting it on amazon reviews. it got so bad i stopped buying on amazon completely

I had that happened to me too.

I had received a pair of knockoff sneakers that were suppose to be name brand. They were packed inside of a plain looking box, while wrapped in that grey looking packaging you’d get from items overseas. My review was deleted because I talked about the packaging being sketchy.

I had same problem too! That is what happen in Amazon now! All fake review! Since the Amazon reject the reviews with negative about sellers, I am stop send all the reviews and feedback 😡

Happened to me too. I always commented with making reviews not just give out stars. Are we not "verified buyers?"

I had that feeling last year. Each year it gets worse. Never buy from a new brand on Amazon.

Not all the products on amazon are from amazon

Thats because it turned into a monopoly. Thats just the nature of monopolies.

I'm trying to source products from outside of Amazon (UK for me)! e.g. in the past I would have just gone to Amazon to buy things like books, diaries etc, now I go to national chains and buy them from there - OK, I have to wait instead of getting it next day, but at least I know that the products should be good and covered by UK consumer laws!

Or delete the review after returning , or maybe add a small label for the refunded product reviews

They kinda have it customers have to press on the start ratings and pull down a tab for verified purchases. Customers need to open they're minds more if the reviews are fake they need to look for that same product under another website who reviewed that product. Even better come to UKposts and watch multiple reviews from different youtubers where they unbox the item and talk about it in depth.

@@comebackcodplayer8248 UKpostsrs and influencers are bought as well.

Because fraudulent buyers are reimbursed after they purchase the product and show their review posting.

It wouldn't work. I watched a clip from a TV show from here in the UK called This Morning (clip is on UKposts) and some of these sellers get people to buy their products and after leaving a 5 star rating reveive a full refund.

it actually is

Actually I’m happier shopping with AliExpress and DHGate lol at least I know what I’m getting 😂 yes there are fakes! I mean the price reflects item is fake! It seems AliExpress sellers can’t delete negative reviews, because negative reviews are everywhere! Another bonus, if my items don’t arrive to my home country from China, I’ve gotten refunds. I’ve stopped shopping Amazon, shopping is too expensive for us people outside USA.

Why are people who have not even brought the product, allowed to write a review?🙄

Honestly AliExpress has such bad quality 😣😣

It is

Yup, I do the same. I start with 3 stars and work my way to one stars. If they all complained about the same issues I am cautious of the purchase.

Fantastic advice, thanks.

@@sferrara but the consistency of those reviews are in question. If they complain about the same thing, you can still tell by doing a personality check on them. No 2 people complain about the same problem the same way.

Reviews with low stars generally give better insight on the quality of product.

@@lextacy2008 exactly i feel like with little time you can spot fake reviews easily

This piece pointed out that competing companies pay for bad reviews to trash a competitor's product. I've written a ton of legit 5-star reviews. It's not black and white like you suggest.

Team GyanRoof - Education Channel it’s like eBay now

S F that’s how China works

It's filled with cheap and unauthentic products sadly

True. If there's something that you want that you REALLy want to make 100% sure is genuine, skip Amazon, because fakes are EVERYWHERE, on every product.

@@HeenaPatel253 *True*

Negative reviews are paid too! Even ones with pictures! This is donw by competitors. That's the whole point, you can't trust any of them.

@@dietrevich I know but that’s why I only look at reviews that have pictures so I know there’s proof. I just spend a ridiculous amount of time looking at reviews so I know which ones are legit because yah girl like to save a dolla. If there’s a bunch of fake reviews you’ll notice a pattern and I just ignore those and usually when someone is paying for reviews there’s lots of negative reviews with pictures of the same default.

Very true. The negative reviews give more insight than the positive ones (which are often all fluff) do.

DAMN SKIPPY YO! YOU GO GURL

@@pureadrenline I don't think you quite get it. Even the negative paid reviews are made to sound legit. They post similar "flaws" so that you may think you see a pattern but a lot of this manipulation is done by computers so that you can still be tricked.

Lol

Totally agree. Amazon is complicit. They end up making more. So they really don't care.

Excellent comment, and it is exactly the thought I had when my account was blocked from giving "real & honest" reviews; positive or otherwise.

They’re selling fake toothpaste smh

@@kidb1998 and fake body/hair products. I bought one of my favorite Nivea lotions from a seller and it was either fake or diluted.

*laughs in developing country*

@@CrockyDile15 yeah I wouldn’t trust skincare and medicines from Amazon.

And Amazon COPIES the best selling products, make them with less quality and put them first in the search lists. I think that's even worse from what's being critisized in this video.

I bought some baby oil once and got a horrible rash. I wondered if others had the same reaction, so I looked up the reviews on Amazon. It had 5 stars but when you read the reviews most were under 3 stars. Someone writing a review commented on how does this product have 5 stars when most are under 3?? That was a red flag, like they aren't even writing fake good reviews they are just straight up lying on how many stars it has.

I'm pretty sure if you were making billions every year, you wouldn't care who was buying what or where it came from. If you knew where 90% of your stuff came from, and all the slave labor used in China to make it, would you throw it all away?

There are yt tutorials on how to con peopIe, buy for a few cents and sell expensive, he also conned paying taxes, happening right in front of us, it’s one of the shadiest, I worked on the grounds in warehouses, back in the days it was the worst and people used to cry at the load. Individuals should not buy! As the corp will continue profiting, better if it breaks so you look for another. One company can build a town please be considerate, instead of feeding commu, west will feel it last but impacted the most.

@@corathorne4508 fast delivery and free returns makes Amazon huge its going to be hard to beat that.

Same exact here. I’ve turned away from Amazon and back to big box retailers BB Target wal mart and the like

Those Chinese knock offs almost ruined my life when I bought a pack of Trojans from Amazon 😥

Yeah, if you check where the seller is based, most of the time they are registered in China. Last year, my parents bought a computer chair for their grandson, and were told 7 to 10 days delivery. It took over 2 months to arrive, and we discovered that it was sent from China. I was looking to buy a computer chair too, but gave up after several days when I saw that almost all of them were sellers in China. I bought my chair from a UK company on their own website. It arrived in 3 working days.

Amazon is no longer a legit seller. Their website is now FLOODED by FAKE CHINESE UNKNOWN COMPANIES.

@Clarissa 1986 I wouldn't go as far as to say that it should be made illegal... Do you really want people going to jail for something silly as this?

They are paying people to buy products and leave good reviews. So that won't work either.

Not sure if you watched the video.

@Clarissa 1986 Then Instagram models who advertise products on their page should got to jail if they buy bot followers that happen to click 'like' on that post? You're not the sharpest knife in the drawer...

@@tinytownsoftware7989 just suspend the Amazon account instead

The same happened to one of my reviews! It had been up for years and had great comments then all of a sudden it was moved to another product. Very odd. Why would amazon do this?

@@bookbeing Yeah, I hope it's a glitch. They also sent me a request to answer a question for the product they moved my review to. And I've also lost likes on another review I wrote - from 19 they fell to 9. I'm thinking bug?

They do the same thing with questions too, and never correct anything even when notified. It's an integrity problem and that always starts at the top.

@@charlieb8788 Yeah, twice in the last couple weeks I received requests to answer a question on the product they moved one or more of my questions to. I'm thinking it's a bug, but an annoying one.

Amazon allows traders to modify products as they like. Even big brands use this to replace an old product with a new one without loosing the valuable reviews. Many company's also abuse the color selector to add completely different products to the same review pool.

Been happening longer than 2 yrs. You must of just noticed it.

Unfortunately, I've only just 'twigged' with this kind of thing (2020) and I am trying to support more national (UK) or local companies to try and keep them afloat, instead of giving my money to Bezos!

I'm not from the US so it may be different there but does amazon not show the seller?

🤣👌🤣👌🤣

When buying in wish you don't expect the products are genuine or of good quality. They are cheap and they fulfill 😅

At least you can trust the reviews on with tho. I've never been asked by a company to review their product on wish in exchange for free stuff

And this is the kind of mess to run into if things were to go virtually all internet buying, etc. Very few brick and mortar places. Having everything online can set you up to be HIGHLY scammed. Esp if the company is not in your country. Companies could do that. Like Amazon is here in America and decides to keep all of its centers in this country, while selling outside the USA but screwing everyone outside of it completely over. And some other company could do the same in their country. It could turn in to a total mess.