Phony reviews: Anybody else think these early reviews seem awfully phony?
775278
My thoughts exactly. Too contrived. Sounds like typical advertising swill dreamed up by some lame marketing toad.
629882
Fake reviews will happen, but that doesn't mean they are all fake. I just popped on didn't see this earlier. Can't say for everyone but certainly working for me, helping to lower my appetite.
1978877
James you are correct. If you pay any attention at all to product reviews, it is blatantly obvious. An average customer doesn't use all the technical information that the companies will. Sad thing is now customer reviews are only helpful if they are bad. Those are the only ones I read and go from there.
737660
I checked a few of the reviewers posting histories. While the ones who have only a single record of reviewing any product might be cause for suspicion, there are many other reviewers whose records appear to be legitimate. I'd suggest that this is not a case of a manufactured conspiracy, but simply a case of poor manufacturing quality control. The buyers who got good units were very satisfied. The buyers who got less-than-good-units were not very satisfied. BTW, this product is currently on sale at a daily-deal website for $69.99 delivered. Your review (and others complaining of poor quality) convinced me to purchase this product ONLY if covered by a "satisfaction guaranteed" warranty.
1585403
This product page is packed full of suspicious reviews. Whoever is doing this is even buying Google adwords which tout the great reviews that are now available to read on the Amazon page. What a shame. Especially since the product is pretty good and should sell quite well on its own, just through standard word-of-mouth. But the manufacturer has potentially buried all of the real, honest reviews with the hype. I can't trust them, and on principle I have to object.
1395601
Did you notice they use the same phrase "I'm a sucker for..." in other reviews? Definitely a bogus reviewer:)
1009756
Thanks for pointing this out! A check on some of the reviewers' profiles suggest you are right!
1541958
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...
1103311
That's a dumb claim. What is a "fake review?" I get offered free products to review and no one has ever said they would only give me a free test item if I gave them a high rating. I am also a real person who tries out products just like any person who buys them. I rate and review both products I buy and ones I get for free. I was offered this product to try and in no way did the person who sent it to me ask that I rate it in any particular way, they asked if I could provide an unbiased review. Its dumb to claim that these are "fake" reviews. Who do you think is writing them, robots? That's a dumb claim. What is a "fake review?" I get offered free products to review and no one has ever said they would only give me a free test item if I gave them a high rating. I am also a real person who tries out products just like any person who buys them. I rate and review both products I buy and ones I get for free. I was offered this product to try and in no way did the person who sent it to me ask that I rate it in any particular way, they asked if I could provide an unbiased review. Its dumb to claim that these are "fake" reviews. Who do you think is writing... » Read More That's a dumb claim. What is a "fake review?" I get offered free products to review and no one has ever said they would only give me a free test item if I gave them a high rating. I am also a real person who tries out products just like any person who buys them. I rate and review both products I buy and ones I get for free. I was offered this product to try and in no way did the person who sent it to me ask that I rate it in any particular way, they asked if I could provide an unbiased review. Its dumb to claim that these are "fake" reviews. Who do you think is writing them, robots? « Show Less
814834
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...
1408364
I am VERY sceptical of the reviews of this product. Rarely does ANY product receive a 4.9 rating (and NO 1, 2, or 3 star reviews) with as many reviews (73 as of 1 Jan 14), and wrist monitors are NOTORIOUSLY INNACURATE. It took me 3 minutes to scan all 73 "reviews," and I found that NOT ONE had an "Amazon Verified Purchase" tagline on it, further reinforcing my belief that these are phony reviews probably mostly done by Ozeri employees (many of them even say their review is in exchange for the device, i.e., they got it FREE). I say AVOID the thing and save the grief.
2202427
The negative reviews for the "newer" version seem to come primarily from "new" Amazon reviewers who have, not verified their purchase and in their short review histories, positively reviewed iFinity products. It looks to me like some the negative reviews for the lepai amp have been faked.
1982943
Plenty of reviews on line, which I took with a grain of salt. I didn't find they reduced mine but they haven't progressed either. I remain optimistic.
1295293
These are bogus reviews. It did nothing for me. I would say 90% of these reviews are from a circle of false reviewers. Check all their other product reviews and you will see that they are reviewing the same circle of products
1278728
The only reviews I pay attention to are 1) Verified buyers or 2) Those who very obviously have bought the product and are reviewing it here for benefit of other users. If there is a questionable review, just check the "reviewer ranking" to see how often they review on Amazon. I usually tend to pay more attention to the top 10k reviewers (if someone is in the 15 million area and their review fishy... you can probably ignore them for the time being.) ; )
106325
My first reply about a month ago: "Whenever I see so many 5 star ratings I head over to Engadget, gizmodo, the wall street journal, etc. to see what they have to say. They like it. They think it's a game changer and that seems to fit in well with the reviews here." After a Month with the Dash Express my revised feelings: The poster above couldn't have been more right. It was a total buzz campaign at first. I was really let down by the Dash Express and any 5 star reviews are grossly exaggerating the positives and ignoring some serious flaws. Sorry for doubting you Michael.
1216761
That's a very good question. I had purchased this a few years ago myself and had done a review for it way back then. Something must have happened with wiping out the previous reviews. I went to review a recent item a couple of days ago and this thing popped back up again, and, again, I knew that I had reviewed it at least a few years back. As for why...I couldn't tell you, but something definitely went goofy. I didn't mind reviewing it again, but it is definitely a strange situation.