so why am I seeing some really rotten reviews and some that are rave reviews?
362246
It came without the selection of featured lenes and the film advance lever was frozen I had to pay a certified repair shop with the parts $80 to fix it.
2154069
Definitely the review system needs tweaking! I suggest they 'weight' the reviewers, so those with verifiable info, a track record of genuine reviews, and so forth, their reviews get more 'weight' (ie count for two or something). Yelp does something like that now. As far as this green coffee bean extract, the giveaway is that all the other suppliers for the same product have lowish reviews, wouldnt make sense that this one supplier would have such a superior product.
1080123
The company did not "bribe" people. If you like a product you give them a review, if you don't like a product you do the same. To my recollection I ordered 2 times last year with the flyer in it. So, they only asked for a month last summer. This listing and review about this has gone way to overboard. So, take one month of reviews and delete them and you end up with over a hundred more 5 star reviews.
1564515
They're likely not real. Many of the so-called results have photos clearly taken in different areas/lighting or even shopped. So many reviews are clearly one-sided and sound forced. Put more weight on the reviews that list pros/cons and don't use ostentatious vocabulary.
1319882
No idea. I wonder also when I browse and read reviews. I only take those with "verified amazon purchase" reviews seriously. Not much I am aware of unless others can chip in.
1114609
Thank you, Travis. Many reviews do look fake -- how can a no name brand get 75 reviews in only 2 months of product launch? Anyway, since I've already bought it, I'll keep trying. Appreciate your tips, though.
784842
I have no earthly idea. I don't get quite that detailed with my reviews, etc. Sorry I couldn't help.
726224
Thanks. Now it also shows reviews again. Strange. It did not show any reviews nor the link to write a review when I posted here 5 days ago. Maybe it was a glitch in the Amazon.com website or something. Cheers!
1338085
I wonder that too, looks like many of the reviews could be fake or people from the company. They only have 1 review and it happens to be this product....
814833
I am officially not buying this product because of the Vine reviews, and very specifically after hearing the vine reviewers in this answer thread extolling the how great getting free stuff is and how super unbiased they are...this is irritating.
1275364
Half of these reviews seem bogus. If one reads through the reviews, they will find several reviews that have the following in common:1. "Technical Support" as the subject2. Purchases are not "Amazon verified"3. When one looks up "see all my reviews", there is only 1 review.Really, I mean if I'm a newbie on Amazon, the one and only purchase I decide to review is a wireless IP camera that I'm going to have to punch through a router in order to see it on my iphone, IPAD, or Android device, and the subject of that review is praising technical support, I think not. Come on Amazon, wake up! Half of these reviews seem bogus. If one reads through the reviews, they will find several reviews that have the following in common:1. "Technical Support" as the subject2. Purchases are not "Amazon verified"3. When one looks up "see all my reviews", there is only 1 review.Really, I mean if I'm a newbie on Amazon, the one and only purchase I decide to review is a wireless IP camera that I'm going to have to punch through a router in order to see it on my iphone, IPAD, or Android device, and the subject of that review is praising... » Read More Half of these reviews seem bogus. If one reads through the reviews, they will find several reviews that have the following in common:1. "Technical Support" as the subject2. Purchases are not "Amazon verified"3. When one looks up "see all my reviews", there is only 1 review.Really, I mean if I'm a newbie on Amazon, the one and only purchase I decide to review is a wireless IP camera that I'm going to have to punch through a router in order to see it on my iphone, IPAD, or Android device, and the subject of that review is praising technical support, I think not. Come on Amazon, wake up! « Show Less
1278733
Because they have better things to do than investigate suspicious reviews for a $20 amplifier? Surely the precedence from erasing suspicious, but not provable, negative reviews has much greater negative implications than positive.
404838
Rumor is, some shady business practices could be contributing to the population of rave reviews. Some companies have been caught paying for reviews in the past.
911810
I saw that too, and I think it was just an accident by the Reviewer. BUT - Anyone who reads the review will SEE that it is an error because the customer was quite pleased and very enthusiastic about buying more. Sometimes mistakes happen - and I think that's the situation here. But the overwhelming positive opinions will prevail. This is a popular item.
1766242
There are many people that write deceiving reviews. Some are being paid and some are getting free product. For instance a person that gives 5-star reviews for three like products from three different companies the same day or within a couple of days. Saying for each, "nothing worked until I tried this". Also a variety of different products. It can take up are lot of time to do this research. Check the other $100's of various products reviewed at the same time. I have written down the names of 14 people that reviewed the same items around the same time, saying about the same thing. But not giving info that is significant.
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.
1037218
They are definetly fake reviews just start checking what else they reviewed and everything is simailar and 5 stars, shame on you amazon thats why I use your site, now YOU cant be trusted..