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 Amazon paid reviews- going to buy more junk to make money I had heard about vendors buying positive reviews, but if I am getting them, how widespread is it?  A couple of months ago, I damaged the screen to my iPhone 11 Pro that I was about to return. I ordered a $40 replacement screen on Amazon that was of lesser quality than Apple's but good enough to get a trade-in allowance from AT&T. Three weeks later, the vendor sends me a postcard offering $20 for a 5 star review. All I had to do was send proof of the positive review to get an Amazon credit. I recently bought some USB-C cables for my new iPhone for $12 and just got a postcard for a $15 gift card for a positive review. The listing was a bit misleading in that they were not selling actual Apple cables, you had to read the fine print, but they were good enough, so I added my review. I guess most reviews for off brand Chinese goods are fake or bought. Time to install that FakeSpot plugin or better yet, not buy knock off cr*p. | 
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 I must be buying the wrong things on Amazon...never had an offer like that. The Prime truck is here almost every day. | 
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 I must be buying legitimate brand name things that don't need validation. Never got an offer like that. | 
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 Man...........I wish I'd get an offer like that.  Best I could do is I found a $5 bill in the HD parking lot today.....sheesh....... https://media.giphy.com/media/3oD3Yq...mnsc/giphy.gif | 
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 The OP is a perfect example of why you should never buy anything online based on a 5 star review. | 
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 I know a person who received a free mattress in return for a five-star review. His friend's wife worked for the seller.  I think paying for reviews is extremely common, but the gift is typically smaller. | 
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 I get tons of free stuff from Amazon through their Vine program.  I can choose whatever I want to review, and can keep or do whatever I want with the product.  Most of these are items from new vendors trying to get their foot in the door with Amazon. | 
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 A few times, I posted a justifiably scathing review on some chinese crap I bought on amazon. Each time I got an offer from the vendor to keep the product and refund me if I took the review down ("but take it down first, LOL)...  I never did, got more satisfaction from outing their crap. | 
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 I gave this thread 5 stars. What do I get? | 
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