Has anyone noticed the last 50 or so reviews all appear a little suspicious? Lots of one word reviews. Does anyone really use this product?
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I used it. Is it going to make a 50 year old look like a 20 year old? Of course not. Aging is more than skin wrinkles anyway, our bone structure and face muscles age too-- so even wrinkle-free skin on a 50 year isn't going to change the fact that they look "middle aged." I like this serum. It's a little runny, but reasonably moisturizing and absorbs quickly. My skin looks reasonably smooth for my age. I look like a better version of myself *for my age.*
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What sounds suspicious to me is they seemed to be answered by people whose first language isn't english! I just started using this product about 2 wks ago...so far, meh....average, nothing great yet.
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I'm a real person and English is my first language. I love this stuff. It makes such a difference in the "dewiness"/"glowy" thing. I used to use Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair, which is amazing, but sooooo much more expensive. The is a really good approximation (for me) at a much more doable price. In fact I'm worried it is being discontinued. The images shown here are for a different product, and it's now out of stock on Target.com too.
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I have used this product purchase, absorption is very fast, effect is very good, I feel rather easy to use.
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12 Oct 2011 I have the same concern. I am seriously considering buying a Smooth Agile DMT. But several things concern me about the company. First, on their web page for the Agile DMT, they show Amazon ratings: 9 reviews with an average of 4.7/5. On Amazon, there are actually 19 reviews with an average of 3.5. Smooth did not include the negative reviews and implies that the Amazon rating is almost a perfect 5. This is dishonest. There are a number of people who speculate that Smooth loads up web sites with positive reviews. Even here on Amazon, a lot of the 5 star ratings for Smooth products are from reviewers that did not buy from Amazon and only have one review, the Smooth product. Those reviews tend to be short and all positive. Quite suspicious. I ramdomly picked another brand of elliptical and most of the of the 5 star reviews were Amazon purchases and the reviewers had other reviews. I searched BBB and "Smooth Fitness" and it looks like this company used to be the Fitness Superstore based in NJ. It appears (although I am not sure) that they went online only and moved the sales office to King of Prussia, PA. Their machines ship out of a warehouse in Indiana. I would really like to buy the Agile DMT but I'm just not sure if I can trust this company on warranty. If anyone has personal experience with Smooth I would love to hear your thoughts.
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How do you know that this is fake and paid for reviews? Do you have any proof to back this up? I would be very interested, as I ordered this product and hate to waste money on products due to the reviews. Why would Amazon let this happen and Dr, Oz? I need to hear more about this.
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I personally don't think Amazon should let people review a product unless they bought it from them. The fake reviews can really skew a product's ratings. To second what Matt said, look for a trend in the ratings from verified purchasers vs. ratings from random people. :-)
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I am very confused by Amazon's new program to supply their top reviewers with free product in an attempt to help other Amazon shoppers. This program seems to be put in place to quickly propel sales of a particular item and in the case of this trimmer, which has not been on the market for very long, it has a very large number of reviews over a short period of time. And I always make my decision to purchase an item based on the number of reviews and the quality of the content of those reviews. So, this Vine program seems to lend itself to bias and misuse which really does not help the Amazon community! Maybe we should simply make the decision to not purchase Vine reviewed products? Just a thought!!!
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This product was announced nearly two months back, and available for a few weeks now, but I am yet to see a professional review. Any pointer to one? Just curious.
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I agree that several reviews appear to overly positive and generic. It makes me suspicious that they might be fake reviews.
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Does this not scream sales pitch? This, along with the 9,591 reviews, has to make you wonder how they are getting away with this. I especially like the responder who says "I don't believe the review ...". Are you kidding? Who says that? When you review a product, you do not write sales pitches. Free samples should be noted next to each reviewer.
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This question was answered in a review of the product that was written more than a year ago. Most askers of that question want to reject the product or give a low rating if the answer is "no". Check the one star reviews.
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If you look at the comments from 2011 & 2012, you will see if there are problems with this product. On the other hand, if you look at the comments made in the past year or so, the product is perfect, suddenly. You have to wonder if these are true reviews or those manufactured by the manufacturer. Possibly, they changed the material of the product itself and improved it. I found another product that works well and has given me no problems. http://www.rangekleen.com/index.php?cPath=13_315
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Definitely the review system needs tweaking! I suggest they 'weight' the reviewers, so those with verifiable info, a track record of genuine reviews, and so forth, their reviews get more 'weight' (ie count for two or something). Yelp does something like that now. As far as this green coffee bean extract, the giveaway is that all the other suppliers for the same product have lowish reviews, wouldnt make sense that this one supplier would have such a superior product.
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Thank you, Travis. Many reviews do look fake -- how can a no name brand get 75 reviews in only 2 months of product launch? Anyway, since I've already bought it, I'll keep trying. Appreciate your tips, though.
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I have no answer for this, but took a look at the products that a lot of the 5 star reviewers reviewed. It appears as if a lot of them reviewed the same supplements, books, wire hangers, and LED lights. Smells like paid reviewers to me. The likelihood that all of those people happened to purchase and love all of the same products is almost impossible.
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Hi, I'm a part of the Fluenz team. Thanks for taking an interest in our software and for your concern over Amazon remaining a valuable place for people looking to get objective reviews. We've been selling at Amazon for about a year and a half now. Over the course of that time, Amazon has contacted thousands of our users directly, and hundreds of them have responded by posting Seller Reviews. I bring this up because the Seller Reviews--4.8 stars from nearly 300 people--mirror the general feelings of the product reviews. There are a few negative ones in there (one person hated that he had to use the DVD, another experienced a shipping mistake, others had some usability issues), but overall they're very positive. And the only way anyone can submit a Seller Review is if they actually buy a Fluenz program at Amazon, and Amazon contacts them directly asking for their comments. Of course all the reviews on our product pages are real, but I think pointing you to these Seller Reviews is the easiest way to show this. You can read these reviews here:
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Same feeling here. I have never seen a product with 93 5-star reviews and only 1 one negative, 1-star. Nothing in-between. Seriously??? Plus a number of people have mainly Ozeri reviews.Plus all these reviews are extremely frequent: one every few days. What are the chances???
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Actually if you've done any googling you would have found out that there are 1000s of Vine reviewers currently and you only need to have one or two reviews to get invited. There is also some analysis out there that looks at how Vine products rate versus these peoples normal reviews. Turns out about the same averages. Personally, I think most people are honest enough to try to do a good job. Then again, most people view the actions of others as they themselves would react. Thus I think they're honest, because I am. You think they are cheats because...
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I, too, bought it based on the rave reviews. Add me to the list of those who question the veracity of many of them. For such a simple product, it's one of the most disappointing purchases I've made. I can't see it scoring so high. It wouldn't surprise me if many of the 5 star reviews are fake. All I know is I would never, ever, buy it again.