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This is just something I came across which made me angry, I purchased a cheap "Chineseium" projector on Amazon which had lots of 5 star reviews and praise and so i thought well it might be okay even though I had my doubts. When I received and tested the projector it was terrible, more like a kids toy in terms of quality and almost useless in the real world.
I sent it back and put a review on amazon to try and redress the balance to warn others, I assumed the five star reviews were "fake" as no one in there right minds would have reviewed the projector so high.
A few weeks later I got an email from the seller. They apologised for my experience and offered to send me a free projector and a 16GB SD card for my troubles. I love free stuff and so agreed, they obviously asked if I would "update" my review but I ignored them.
A week later I received the projector, it was the same model I had originally sent back, still a pile of poop and no SD card, I searched through the packaging and noticed a voucher for an SD card in the pack, I remembered there had been the same thing in the original purchase. However the voucher was only redeemable if you write a 5 star review of the product on amazon. Aha I thought, this is why it had so many 5 star reviews.
Anyway considering reporting this seller to Amazon as this sort of tactic can't be allowed right?
Anyone's thoughts?
I sent it back and put a review on amazon to try and redress the balance to warn others, I assumed the five star reviews were "fake" as no one in there right minds would have reviewed the projector so high.
A few weeks later I got an email from the seller. They apologised for my experience and offered to send me a free projector and a 16GB SD card for my troubles. I love free stuff and so agreed, they obviously asked if I would "update" my review but I ignored them.
A week later I received the projector, it was the same model I had originally sent back, still a pile of poop and no SD card, I searched through the packaging and noticed a voucher for an SD card in the pack, I remembered there had been the same thing in the original purchase. However the voucher was only redeemable if you write a 5 star review of the product on amazon. Aha I thought, this is why it had so many 5 star reviews.
Anyway considering reporting this seller to Amazon as this sort of tactic can't be allowed right?
Anyone's thoughts?
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