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I just watched a YouTube video about Fake Reviews on Amazon.
My take away after watching the video is Amazon’s entire review system is broken, and the average consumer has no way of deciphering between a legitimate review left by a real human being after they actually purchased, and used the product versus a fake review left by an unscrupulous bad acting company that is paid to leave false & misleading reviews.
I have a feeling most of us already knew this, and this is not news.
However, at 10:18 in the video he describes a bait & switch tactic used by sellers that I witnessed when the viofo A119 Mini 2 was released.
On the very first day, (June 15, 2023) the Mini 2 was available for sale on Amazon it already had 237 reviews, (it currently has 248).
I started reading all the reviews, and they were reviews that were left for the original A119 Mini that was released one year ago.
It appears Viofo simply updated the original A119 Mini item listing with the Mini 2.
Basically when the consumer is shopping for the Mini 2, they will see it has 237 reviews.
But those 237 reviews were written for the original A119 Mini, not the Mini 2.
The Mini 2 is a completely different model.
This does not sit well with me, and feels like a false & misleading bait and switch tactic.
I would like to request @viofo make this right, and separate the two Amazon listings for the original A119 Mini, and the A119 Mini 2 to reflect the true reviews for each model.
Here is the listing for the A119 Mini 2; https://www.amazon.com/gp/B0C5MVB7NX
Sorry for the rant.
-Chuck
My take away after watching the video is Amazon’s entire review system is broken, and the average consumer has no way of deciphering between a legitimate review left by a real human being after they actually purchased, and used the product versus a fake review left by an unscrupulous bad acting company that is paid to leave false & misleading reviews.
I have a feeling most of us already knew this, and this is not news.
However, at 10:18 in the video he describes a bait & switch tactic used by sellers that I witnessed when the viofo A119 Mini 2 was released.
On the very first day, (June 15, 2023) the Mini 2 was available for sale on Amazon it already had 237 reviews, (it currently has 248).
I started reading all the reviews, and they were reviews that were left for the original A119 Mini that was released one year ago.
It appears Viofo simply updated the original A119 Mini item listing with the Mini 2.
Basically when the consumer is shopping for the Mini 2, they will see it has 237 reviews.
But those 237 reviews were written for the original A119 Mini, not the Mini 2.
The Mini 2 is a completely different model.
This does not sit well with me, and feels like a false & misleading bait and switch tactic.
I would like to request @viofo make this right, and separate the two Amazon listings for the original A119 Mini, and the A119 Mini 2 to reflect the true reviews for each model.
Here is the listing for the A119 Mini 2; https://www.amazon.com/gp/B0C5MVB7NX
Sorry for the rant.
-Chuck
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