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minus-squarefluckx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up37·11 months agoWhich is weird. Because some reviews have a tag/label specifying “received product for free”. So there must be some way to indicate it.
minus-squaretiramichu@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up12·edit-211 months agoI believe those are ones where it’s a product sold by Amazon first-party and Amazon themselves sent it free, maybe as part of the Amazon Vine program.
minus-squareRunawayFixer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up24·11 months agoSo Amazon goes by the maxim of “rules for thee, but not for me”. I can’t say that I’m surprised :)
minus-squareJustMy2c@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up14·11 months agoThat’s LITERALLY what their entire business is…
minus-squaredual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 months agoI always disclose in my reviews if the seller tried to bribe me and that I refused. I have yet to have one taken down for that, and I figure that’s something people might want to know.
minus-squareDark ArcAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoThe only time I was bribed, I left a note on my review about it, and it’s the only product review I’ve left anywhere that’s ever been rejected.
minus-squareDark ArcAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoYup that’s like exactly what I did and what happened to me, except it was a nose hair trimmer
Which is weird. Because some reviews have a tag/label specifying “received product for free”. So there must be some way to indicate it.
I believe those are ones where it’s a product sold by Amazon first-party and Amazon themselves sent it free, maybe as part of the Amazon Vine program.
So Amazon goes by the maxim of “rules for thee, but not for me”. I can’t say that I’m surprised :)
That’s LITERALLY what their entire business is…
I always disclose in my reviews if the seller tried to bribe me and that I refused. I have yet to have one taken down for that, and I figure that’s something people might want to know.
The only time I was bribed, I left a note on my review about it, and it’s the only product review I’ve left anywhere that’s ever been rejected.
I had the same experience.
Yup that’s like exactly what I did and what happened to me, except it was a nose hair trimmer