I think most people that respond are doing it conversationally, not maliciously. They are asked a question and don't quite understand that they don't have to answer, so they default to saying 'I don't know' out of politeness.
If that were the case, Anker would be in the news.Menace wrote: ↑ Any of those big Chinese brands will have the same fate. It's a part of American take on the Chinese unfair trade practice. I have MPOW stuff, they are fine. However, my MPOW car phone holder broke in less than 6 months, they totally ignored my warranty request. Yes, I will try to stick with AmazonBasic if I can even though they don't everything under the roof.
Or... it was because of the 7GB data breach on ElasticSearch that revealed this scheme.
Never had a bad experience with Anker. Aukey on the other hand.... not so much.
Add "Yaber" to the list. I posted (it was removed lol) a mini projector deal that came with a bribe card too. And a strongly suggested note that a bad review will make it hard to process refunds...
I don't think Anker is on the hit list, even Apple sells Anker products:
Blame Amazon on the method though.
Very true.bylo wrote: ↑ Sometimes it's obvious the review is for a different model or even a different product. But I think some of that is Amazon's fault in that they consolidate reviews from older models into the listing for the current model. Presumably that happens by some algorithm that's far from perfect. Or maybe it happens at the seller's request. In any case they're trying to jack up the total number of reviews in order to make the item seem "hotter." Regardless, all of this just makes reviews even less reliable and even less useful.
So that gives you an idea of the kind of money we're talking about. Amazon must cut off a few sellers to look like they're trying. They can't cut off every offender because that would be like half of their entire marketplace.Several accounts belong to the same parent firms, as it’s normal for big sellers, those with more than a million dollars in annual sales, to operate multiple brands on Amazon to optimize sales.
TechCrunch has reached out to Mpower and Aukey, whose Amazon stores are gone and were two of the most successful brands native to the American marketplace.
In total, the suspended accounts contribute over a billion dollars in gross merchandise value (GMV) to Amazon, said Kaziukenas.
That data breach article though, my goodness! The amount of customer accounts and info exposed. I mean, was it even worth it to these customers after all, just to get a cheap 'free gift'?bylo wrote: ↑ Popular tech brands taken off Amazon following ‘fake reviews’ report
See also SafetyDetectives: Amazon Fake Reviews Scam Exposed in Data Breach
“We take swift action against those that violate them, including suspending or removing selling privileges,”Keith1411 wrote: ↑ https://techcrunch.com/2021/05/11/chine ... om-amazon/
So that gives you an idea of the kind of money we're talking about. Amazon must cut off a few sellers to look like they're trying. They can't cut off every offender because that would be like half of their entire marketplace.
