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Written by Yvan on 2025-01-17 at 10:57

So this is rather blatant.

I left a 2-star review for this product a week ago - because one of the microphones simply died, doesn't charge (I've not investigated). Yesterday in the post I get something offering me a £30 voucher (about twice the value of the item) if I show them I have left a 5-star review.

LOL at "Attention: For your account's safety, please don't attach this card to your review."

Are Amazon sellers permitted to basically buy 5-star reviews?

Partly I'm tempted because thirty quid is thirty quid, but mainly I don't think it is something I can do, I'd feel the guilt of it for years.

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Written by Yvan on 2025-01-17 at 11:03

The "163.com" caught my attention, it's just some sort of Chinese free-email/content/etc company "NetEase"... so basically Chinese HotMail.

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Written by Mike on 2025-01-17 at 11:35

@yvan It's not uncommon - or at least it wasn't a few years ago, I thought this had all stopped.

One of my family members with a suspect moral compass used to do very nicely out of the chinese who would offer them free stuff in return for a 5 star review of the 'gift'.

Amazon never rumbled them and thankfully they no longer do this - as far as I'm aware.

It's one more reason why I don't trust 5 star Amazon reviews.

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Written by Yvan on 2025-01-17 at 11:36

@MikeFromLFE absolutely right in not trusting reviews!

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