Suspicious reviews Is anybody else suspicious about so many 4&5 star reviews where this is the ONLY review they've written? I gotta give the scammers props for spacing them out over a decent length of time and for the variety of the ratings. Suspicious reviews Is anybody else suspicious about so many 4&5 star reviews where this is the ONLY review they've written? I gotta give the scammers props for spacing them out over a... » Read More Suspicious reviews Is anybody else suspicious about so many 4&5 star reviews where this is the ONLY review they've written? I gotta give the scammers props for spacing them out over a decent length of time and for the variety of the ratings. « Show Less
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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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I've been wondering the same thing especially after reading a story today about a guy who made 28K by selling his reviews.http://finance.yahoo.com/news/best-book-reviews-money-buy-131408538.htmlI've been on this for 4 weeks now and haven't noticed anything but I'll give it 4 more weeks as one review suggested. If it's not effective I suspect all of these reviews are bogus
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Interesting reading about fake reviews: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/business/book-reviewers-for-hire-meet-a-demand-for-online-raves.html?_r=0
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Yeah, I feel sorry for anyone who orders this. Most of them are clearly fake reviews. The wording is way too consistent, as in how multiple years of usage is mentioned over and over again despite all the reviews being so recent. People with experience with tongkat ali aren't ordering this. If they were you'd see reviews discussing the taste and the smell of whatever's in the pills. There are 30+ reviews here and not a single world about the telltale characteristics of Tongkat Ali.
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Check out the reviews by Rick D., between Dec. 30 and Jan 7 he goes from a 20-something male to an active male in his 30s. Hmm suspicious much?
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I would agree - most of the reviews look fake. Even really good products get one or two bad reviews. I really wish Amazon had a way or reporting abuse for that type of thing. (This not the only product I've seen this happen with).
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You are right. The reviews here are very misleading. It sounds like paid advertisement to me. The one place I know that give honest reviews is overstock. You can tell these are real customers, reporting from real experiences.
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Hi Rebecca, I am not advertising anything. I just gave a review. It's been month but I think I bought it for someone else. From other reviews online, it's just a gimmick. So it does not work as advertise, it's for gullible people and I was one.
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I depend a lot on the reviews here on Amazon. More and more, I am seeing bogus reviews being written. Not only do I want to see Amazon deleting these reviews, I want to see these liars punished for their attempts to mislead consumers. It is bad business for both the companies doing this, and it makes Amazon look careless for allowing it to continue.
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I'm glad Amazon has transparency factors, such as "verified purchase" and "see my other reviews" to help discern legitimate reviews from possible phony reviews. If you peek under the covers, many of these stellar reviews appear suspicious.
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And btw - the original review was written by me, so others who are trying to sneak customers from my review section should not be heeded. Thanks!
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It may have been true when you wrote it that none of the five-star reviewers had done any other reviews before, but that's certainly not now, though it's less than two weeks later. But that was never evidence that the 5-star reviews were fake, anyway. I understand why someone would be skeptical of such an iinexpensive product, but I do wonder how you could be so confident that this is a scam without having any direct experience with the product.
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I KNOW right?!? What has been happening to Amazon lately? More than half of the reviews I read seem to be "fake"! This really makes me feel nervous about buying the products because if companies have to pay people to leave fake reviews, its says something about their integrity, and probably about the quality of the product too...
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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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Because there are companies that offer bloggers a chance to review several products, from many companies. Many bloggers get approved for the same review campaigns. Not fake.
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for what? I get this email asking me if, as a reviewer, can i provide an answer to your question. yet it doesn't tell me anything about your question...like what item you are speaking of or anything. lame amazon...very lame.
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I don't understand the question. This question is not proper English. If you're asking why I have done several reviews, I am catching up on reviews I have been meaning to give for quite some time.
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One of the one star reviews was not a review, but was somebody pointing out that the reviews must be "fixed" b/c they're part of the Vine program. This is the first I've heard of the program, but not that Amazon has not deleted this faux review which gave this sale product one star when the reviewer makes no mention of purchasing the TV. That kind of thing makes it hard to believe that Amazon is dealing in a shady way. At most, maybe they got this TV in the hands of reviewers who tend to give more positive reviews. Still, if it was a POS, they would have said so. Kind of hard to wade through the B.S. here and come to the correct conclusion. I'm still not certain. One of the one star reviews was not a review, but was somebody pointing out that the reviews must be "fixed" b/c they're part of the Vine program. This is the first I've heard of the program, but not that Amazon has not deleted this faux review which gave this sale product one star when the reviewer makes no mention of purchasing the TV. That kind of thing makes it hard to believe that Amazon is dealing in a shady way. At most, maybe they got this TV in the hands of reviewers who tend to give more positive reviews. Still, if it was a POS, they would have said so. Kind of hard to... » Read More One of the one star reviews was not a review, but was somebody pointing out that the reviews must be "fixed" b/c they're part of the Vine program. This is the first I've heard of the program, but not that Amazon has not deleted this faux review which gave this sale product one star when the reviewer makes no mention of purchasing the TV. That kind of thing makes it hard to believe that Amazon is dealing in a shady way. At most, maybe they got this TV in the hands of reviewers who tend to give more positive reviews. Still, if it was a POS, they would have said so. Kind of hard to wade through the B.S. here and come to the correct conclusion. I'm still not certain. « Show Less
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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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I give vine reviews less weight than other reviews. Not only is there an inherent bias when you receive a "gift" of a free product but they also try the product and do a quick review. They don't do the review after having the product for a reasonable period of time. At least Amazon notes that they are vine reviews.
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One of the first three posted reviews is a verified purchase, so that one might be credible. The fourth review was a one star review which was the first negative one posted.