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[Ibby114]

I take Amazon reviews with a grain of salt, I've seen that 'disclaimer message' too often with reviews on their site! 

[Tique]

@Mimi 1883  I understand how you feel because I would feel the same way. Here's the question only you can answer: If you hadn't been offered this enticement would you have given the product a 5 star review?

[Mimi 1883]

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@Tique wrote:

@Mimi 1883  I understand how you feel because I would feel the same way. Here's the question only you can answer: If you hadn't been offered this enticement would you have given the product a 5 star review?

@Tique  No, I would not, and am not giving Any review. First of all, I can't and won't be "bought" for a review, or anything else for that matter. I do, however (like most people,) rely on items' reviews, albeit sometimes with a grain of salt, so it's disconcerting to think of the number of erroneous 5-Star Reviews products may be attaining. 

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[Mimi 1883]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

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@Mimi 1883 wrote:

You mentioned Amazon and I just happened to receive in the mail today a $15.00 Amazon Credit IF I would give a '5 Star Review' for a particular item I recently purchased. Not only that, but they want me to take a Screenshot Shot' of this 5 Star Review and email it back to them in order to receive said "Credit."

Just rubbed me the wrong way, and am thinking...Is that even ethical? Makes me wonder how many people have given undeserved 5 Star Reviews for items just so they can receive an Amazon Credit.  🤔

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This is VERY wrong and I hope you passed it on to Amazon.   I don't believe that sellers are allowed to bribe customers for reviews.

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I'm not sure, as they have my name/address. Granted, there are many purchasers, but with the way things are, especially right now, not sure I'm willing to risk it; sad, but true. I'm sure it's been brought to their (Amazon) attention because there has to be other sellers who are using this practice. 

[shoekitty]

Good luck.  There  chat is the worst I have ever had in my life  it was 4 minutes between each post  took me a total of 73 minutes.  She got everything wrong, not entirely her fault, she was pleasant and trying.  It was amazon fault, they can't access records very easily.  

amazon owes me 110 dollars for pasta sauce delivered all broken  it's been a month, they can't figure it out.  They also took 6200  points from my card , from a purchase they cancelled. And never returned them...  that's almost 80 dollars and it  was March 12.  They have been the worst company during this horrible disaster.  Maybe the should have  spent their money in the last couple years figuring  out what they would do during a disaster    I am not sympathetic to amazon as a company,  ma to the workers. 

there is no  phone service, and what the have  a ha is not working half the time.  It has been 3 months  they till don't take calls, and I know why.  I am not alone.

[Mindy D]

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@Mimi 1883 wrote:

You mentioned Amazon and I just happened to receive in the mail today a $15.00 Amazon Credit IF I would give a '5 Star Review' for a particular item I recently purchased. Not only that, but they want me to take a Screenshot Shot' of this 5 Star Review and email it back to them in order to receive said "Credit."

Just rubbed me the wrong way, and am thinking...Is that even ethical? Makes me wonder how many people have given undeserved 5 Star Reviews for items just so they can receive an Amazon Credit.  🤔

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I would contact Amazon's customer service by phone and check if this is real. I've had a rash of Amazon scams and I've called each time. The CS reps were wonderful and helpful. I know you're asking, wel how would a scammer know what I bought and where to mail a letter about it unless it was really Amazon? I'd call CS anyway, the scammers are becoming incredibly crafty.

[sueinsf]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

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@Mimi 1883 wrote:

You mentioned Amazon and I just happened to receive in the mail today a $15.00 Amazon Credit IF I would give a '5 Star Review' for a particular item I recently purchased. Not only that, but they want me to take a Screenshot Shot' of this 5 Star Review and email it back to them in order to receive said "Credit."

Just rubbed me the wrong way, and am thinking...Is that even ethical? Makes me wonder how many people have given undeserved 5 Star Reviews for items just so they can receive an Amazon Credit.  🤔

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This is VERY wrong and I hope you passed it on to Amazon.   I don't believe that sellers are allowed to bribe customers for reviews.

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I had a similar experience, except I was offered $20 for a 5 star review (more than the actual cost of the item - how is that possible??).  I know someone who is a seller on Amazon and asked him about it.  He did say it was against Amazon policy and he suggested I not redeem it, as he felt I might be bombarded with email trying to sell me other products from this seller. I wrote an honest review and chose to ignore the offer.  I didn't report the seller but I did notice a couple of reviewers did mention it.    

[hckynut]

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@Ibby114 wrote:

I take Amazon reviews with a grain of salt, I've seen that 'disclaimer message' too often with reviews on their site! 

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@Ibby114  Hi,

I get as much info about all products I can find, and then read reviews. For me it isn't that hard to weed out the ones that just don't jive with the info I researched.

Many people,  like myself, would not take the time to write a review if it was BS. I don't brush them off, if I did, why read them? I am seldom disappointed in the products I have purchased, partially because of the reviews I have read.

hckynut 🏒

[Chi-town girl]

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@millieshops wrote:

@gidgetgh I do feel for the workers at Amazon, but for Amazon overall and Amazon's stock holders, the pandemic is an absolute cash cow.   If anyone is curious, just Google Amazon's stock price over the last 6 months.

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Yes, it certainly benefited Bezos personal wealth.

Good that many jobs were created during the past 2-3 months, but I read today they rolled  back the wage rates. They paid a higher wage rate (I believe $2/hour higher than pre Covid wage rate) that was only temporary.

That's unfortunate given the new volume of customers and business that boosted Amazon and created some extraordinary bonus/revenue for the executives but for some reason the growth isn't enough to sustain a higher wage for the warehouse workers. 

[NickNack]

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@Mimi 1883 wrote:

You mentioned Amazon and I just happened to receive in the mail today a $15.00 Amazon Credit IF I would give a '5 Star Review' for a particular item I recently purchased. Not only that, but they want me to take a Screenshot Shot' of this 5 Star Review and email it back to them in order to receive said "Credit."

Just rubbed me the wrong way, and am thinking...Is that even ethical? Makes me wonder how many people have given undeserved 5 Star Reviews for items just so they can receive an Amazon Credit.  🤔

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@Mimi 1883   Amazon sent out an email a few years ago asking anyone that was asked to post a five star review in exchange for money or merchandise to report it to them.  I would call and find out how to report this today.