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What happened to Fairywill toothbrushes?

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Jul 5th, 2021 5:34 pm
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Jul 5th, 2021 5:34 pm

What happened to Fairywill toothbrushes?

This brand was all the rage for an affordable alternate to Sonicare. There was even a Yahoo article on how this brand has "de-throned" Philips and Oral-B. Searching Amazon for replacement heads and not a single listing. No toothbrushes, no replacement heads... it's like the brand just disappeared from both amazon.ca and amazon.com

The fairywill.com website is still alive... anyone have any insight?
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Jul 5th, 2021 5:54 pm
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Jul 5th, 2021 5:54 pm

NO CARRIER wrote: ↑ This brand was all the rage for an affordable alternate to Sonicare. There was even a Yahoo article on how this brand has "de-throned" Philips and Oral-B. Searching Amazon for replacement heads and not a single listing. No toothbrushes, no replacement heads... it's like the brand just disappeared from both amazon.ca and amazon.com

The fairywill.com website is still alive... anyone have any insight?
Just a stab in the dark here, but did you bother contacting Fairywill to ask them?
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Jul 5th, 2021 6:02 pm
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Jul 5th, 2021 6:02 pm

ALLCAPS wrote: ↑ Just a stab in the dark here, but did you bother contacting Fairywill to ask them?
I did email yesterday, only the automated response so far.
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Jul 5th, 2021 9:43 pm
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Jul 5th, 2021 9:43 pm

cursayer wrote: ↑ Could they have also fallen victim to what happened to Aukey/Mpow/RAVPower?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/2253 ... ved-amazon

Amazon has started to purge brands that incentivize good reviews.
Wouldn't surprise me. They seem like the kind of brand where most articles about them are infomercials. I bought one of them and it's in no way comparable to Sonicare, even the lower end Sonicares. After about 6 months of use, it's about as good as a $10 battery operated toothbrush.
Jul 5th, 2021 11:32 pm
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Jul 5th, 2021 11:32 pm

cursayer wrote: ↑ Could they have also fallen victim to what happened to Aukey/Mpow/RAVPower?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/2253 ... ved-amazon

Amazon has started to purge brands that incentivize good reviews.
amazon canada still has over 200 aukey products for sale https://www.amazon.ca/s?me=AREE309N4XPX ... Q1WTGCTBG2. looks like theyskilled the other two though there store front page is still there but no products listed.
Jul 5th, 2021 11:45 pm
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Jul 5th, 2021 11:45 pm

cursayer wrote: ↑ Huh? Those are Anker not Aukey
lol nvm amazon search fail when u search Aukey it brings up anker name looked close enough i didn't notice lol
Jul 6th, 2021 12:08 pm
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Jul 6th, 2021 12:08 pm

Interesting.

I bought a Fairywill teeth whitening pen at the beginning of June and now when I check the product page it just goes to a page not found. Looks like you are right and all their products were purged.
Jul 6th, 2021 1:49 pm
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Jul 6th, 2021 1:49 pm

cursayer wrote: ↑ Could they have also fallen victim to what happened to Aukey/Mpow/RAVPower?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/2253 ... ved-amazon

Amazon has started to purge brands that incentivize good reviews.
I just bought a macbook pro charger and in the box was a card that asked me to leave a good review, and if I did and sent them screenshots I'd get an $8 gift card.

I left one star for it being defective and even noted in my review that it's ridiculous I'm being asked to accept payment for leaving a positive review.

It makes the entire product review system pointless.
Jul 6th, 2021 1:51 pm
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Jul 6th, 2021 1:51 pm

XtremeModder wrote: ↑ I just bought a macbook pro charger and in the box was a card that asked me to leave a good review, and if I did and sent them screenshots I'd get an $8 gift card.

I left one star for it being defective and even noted in my review that it's ridiculous I'm being asked to accept payment for leaving a positive review.

It makes the entire product review system pointless.
Report it to Amazon. It's against the rules and what they're trying to clamp down upon.
Jul 6th, 2021 1:53 pm
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cursayer wrote: ↑ Report it to Amazon. It's against the rules and what they're trying to clamp down upon.
Will definitely do it

It's one thing to ask for a review but to offer payment for it is ridiculous. A good product doesn't need reviews to be paid for.
Jul 6th, 2021 1:54 pm
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Jul 6th, 2021 1:54 pm

That's a shame. I have one of their toothbrushes, really good product, came with 7 replacement heads and on-par with the expensive stuff from Philips and a lot better than my old Oral-B electric.

I'm sure they were soliciting reviews, combining paid reviews with a good product is a recipe for taking the top spot on Amazon. They probably could have done well if they didn't bend the rules.
Jul 6th, 2021 4:02 pm
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Jul 6th, 2021 4:02 pm

cursayer wrote: ↑ Report it to Amazon. It's against the rules and what they're trying to clamp down upon.
XtremeModder wrote: ↑ Will definitely do it

It's one thing to ask for a review but to offer payment for it is ridiculous. A good product doesn't need reviews to be paid for.
Amazon didn't GAS until they were finally called out for it in MSM. People have been complaining about it for years.
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Jul 6th, 2021 4:09 pm

caltran wrote: ↑ Amazon didn't GAS until they were finally called out for it in MSM. People have been complaining about it for years.
Definitely. And they'll probably let it fly again once the attention dies.

It's in their best interests to let these companies continue on the site because they bring in so many sales, even with their scummy sales practices.
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cursayer wrote: ↑ Definitely. And they'll probably let it fly again once the attention dies.

It's in their best interests to let these companies continue on the site because they bring in so many sales, even with their scummy sales practices.
Well now that it's out in the open the FTC has no choice but to pursue. It's false advertising.

Maybe one day somebody will do something about the money laundering and counterfeit items on Amazon.
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Jul 8th, 2021 12:02 am
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Jul 8th, 2021 12:02 am

cursayer wrote: ↑ Could they have also fallen victim to what happened to Aukey/Mpow/RAVPower?

https://www.theverge.com/2021/6/16/2253 ... ved-amazon

Amazon has started to purge brands that incentivize good reviews.
I had no idea. Thanks for that. Shame as I've purchased both Taotronics and mpow in the past and been happy with both products.

Though I'm willing to lose access to those brands if it means increasing the accuracy and integrity of reviews. I do depend on reviews quite a bit when shopping online.
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