How many of the currently 40 (out of 41) 4* and 5* reviews came from people who received this unit free in exchange for a review? The large number of 4* and 5* reviews is so out of line for this type of product that there is a credibility gap.
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I thought the exact same thing - such reviews are a destroyer of the forum's credibility. Send me one and I'll give an honest review - oh, except I don't have to pay $80. Well THAT is the part that makes me honest!
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Did the same thing for me. I filled a complAint and never heard back. I wish I had off read the reviews before purchasing because it seems to be common.
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Is it appropriate to write a review to point out that other reviews are fake? Like this, for example: http://www.amazon.com/review/RVB2G6BM1FZ0C/ref=cm_cr_rdp_perm?ie=UTF8&ASIN;=B005A3RUPU&nodeID;=&tag;=&linkCode;= . I put 5 in the one above to avoid changing the rating average. But DaveCt is right; unless people bother reading the full review, my putting 5 stars is actually worth the same (as far as the star average rating goes) as the other and obviously fake reviews.so, what star rating would/should/do you give?
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There are many people that write deceiving reviews. Some are being paid and some are getting free product. For instance a person that gives 5-star reviews for three like products from three different companies the same day or within a couple of days. Saying for each, "nothing worked until I tried this". Also a variety of different products. It can take up are lot of time to do this research. Check the other $100's of various products reviewed at the same time. I have written down the names of 14 people that reviewed the same items around the same time, saying about the same thing. But not giving info that is significant.
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Return it and get your money back as I did and write a review that you are not satisfied&gt; I was surprised they will bargain you to remove your review to get 5 star and give you some amount. They will force you to get it. Lol...You cant say "No" though...
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Would certainly say any reports such as this are incorrect. Reviewer samples are not paid by the company and are given away to select reviewers for an "honest" assessment. There would be no hidden agenda for supplying a reviewer with a "one off" build that contains higher end parts than what is claimed as this would surely be discovered over time.
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They're eBay feedback rating is pretty good too. I believe it was 98% out of around 20,000 ratings. It really is strange that there is such a drastic difference between their reseller ratings vs. amazon
786399
I'm a Vine reviewer and have submitted plenty of negative and mediocre reviews. I think if a reviewer were to be "fired" for negative reviews, the public would hear about it loud & clear! Since Vine still uses my services, I think I am the proof that there is no grade-shopping going on! Unfortunately, I never saw this item offered to Vine participants, but I think I will purchase one today. I appreciate the Vine reviews and do not consider them artificially inflated.
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I agree, most of the reviews seem to be spam. A dead giveaway is that for most of the reviewers, this is the only product they have reviewed on Amazon.
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Hi Scott, I reviewed this product and if you look you can see I reviewed a wide variety of items I purchased through amazon including 3 different brands of this product. Some of the products I loved. Some I hated and some were just ok. I assure you I don`t work for this sellar or any of the others.
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I must confess it is a bit disturbing to have the company president tracking down bad reviewers in the company database! Rather chilling and kind of Orwellian, don't you think? Also, your statement that OMyGarden has a near perfect record of customer satisfaction is wildly incorrect - on eBay, you have only a 97.2% rating (even mine is 99.2) and on Amazon a whopping 11% left negative feedback, with another 6% leaving only neutral feedback. This does not reflect an acceptable level of customer satisfaction. Perhaps ypur time would be better specnt improving your product and shaping up your customer service department than trolling the web looking for bad reviews and seeking out the reviewers.
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Check if these are verified purchases. Whether they are or not, consider my review. Anyone can purchase and leave feedback. Would anyone want to do this for a product that had negative reviews? I couldn't even get my first 3 reviews of this item to post. They were my honest opinion of the item. They were written in a clear and concise manner with no objectionable language. Each review I tried to submit was negative, finally just choose 1 star and a few words just to get it posted so others would know I was not happy with the purchase. Use your best judgement.
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It helps if you pick "verified purchaser" when you look at the reviews, and also compare the 1-star reviews (and how many are verified purchasers) to the higher ones... if there are a lot of low ranking reviews from verified purchasers, beware...
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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 makes me suspicious that they are fake reviews.When a product has so many positive reviews like this and they are simple reviews, 99% of the time if not 100% they are faked.
1467885
It's a good question but if you look at this seller's reviews, you'll quickly see that reviews which were given in exchange for an honest review (like the person below) give the required Amazon disclosure. First of all reviewers are not required give reviews in exchange for the product they receive. Their account, and the merchants' account can be banned for this. It's good to remember that Amazon's top Vine reviewers are all given free products in exchange for their honest reviews.
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I realize that I'm years late to comment on this, but that is exactly why you should use the forums for complaints about the company/fulfillment/etc. and use the ratings for the products. I didn't see your rating when skimming through, but I saw the effect of your two-star rating. Now, years after many people have had to wait for their units, production is not longer having trouble keeping up with demand, and your two-star rating is no longer relevant, but still affects the average rating.Regardless, Chris N. was a jerk in the way he/she addressed the misuse of the rating system.