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    Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

    A short thread to warn about a scam going on with @amazon. Note that I do not think Amazon is doing this, but rather someone has figured out an exploit on the Amazon marketplace. 1/

    5:54 PM - 13 Apr 2021
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      2. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        I have a habit when I shop on Amazon. I search for products and pay a lot of attention to both the average customer reviews and the number of them. Today, I was searching for a way to keep my cats out of my neighbor's newly planted vegetable garden. 2/

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      3. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        Easy enough. I went to Amazon and searched the following: cat deterrent outdoor ultrasonic Then I changed the sort order to "avg. customer review." 3/pic.twitter.com/BV815kRDmf

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      4. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        That owl looking one looked promising. 2600+ reviews with a 5 star average. So I drilled into it, read the product description. All seemed fine. Then I got down to the Q&A section. What's this about flags? 4/pic.twitter.com/bUj68wwd1l

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      5. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        Scrolled down further, to the actual reviews. Definitely talking about a flag. All verified purchases, too. 5/pic.twitter.com/qFW7Xs7qFn

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      6. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        I shrugged it off as something getting screwed up on the webpage side of things. So I checked a different one from the results. And I immediately saw more issues. Compare. 6/pic.twitter.com/GqM6S39XMu

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      7. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        Same product description. And supposedly different brands (PETBROO and Laixwec). Scrolling down on the Laixwec one, the Q&A this time did seem relevant, but the reviewers were all talking about different things-- driveway stain removers and decals. 7/pic.twitter.com/W7cD4jRhyj

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      8. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        A third. This time the Q&A and reviews appeared to be about a saw. 8/pic.twitter.com/wNwK6qGc5t

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      9. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        You can check this out for yourself. Click on any of the products named above or any of the ones that are made of green plastic on a stake. https://smile.amazon.com/s?k=cat+deterrent+outdoor+ultrasonic&s=review-rank&crid=1QJZDPJHDILTS&qid=1618359805&sprefix=ultrasonic+outdoor+cat+deterrent%2Caps%2C196&ref=sr_st_review-rank … 9/

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      10. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        I saw a similar thing a few weeks ago. Some sort of promoted ad on Twitter. "Buy yours now!" Looked like a fun thing for my granddaughter, but when I clicked through to whatever site was linked on Twitter, it was vastly overpriced. So I searched Amazon for something similar. 10/

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      11. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        Again saw dozens of similar things, all priced about half of what the promoted tweet's site had. All had hundreds if not thousands of 4 and 5 star reviews. But the reviews themselves seemed to be about the wrong product. That day I dismissed it as a website glitch. 11/

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      12. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        So this time, I contacted Amazon. Got them to do one of their call-backs. I tried to talk the lady through how to find these, and she could not. She had me read the ASIN for one of them to her. It was not in their system. That should be impossible. And yet. 12/pic.twitter.com/OPzZlsPXEb

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      13. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        I then figured that it would be easier to show by doing a web chat with an Amazon associate. I shared the links, and he saw it too. He has escalated it to a community product team. So, maybe it will get resolved. 13/

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      14. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        My warning to you all is-- read the details. Make sure that the reviews fit the product and so does the Q&A. Make sure that you have heard of the brand. Do not take the average number of stars at face value. 14/

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      15. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        Look for boilerplate product details on several different products. Look for things you look for in spam emails, like poorly edited information. /15pic.twitter.com/iZ0MYKi9Jp

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      16. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        That's all. Hope this is helpful to some of you. /fin

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      17. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 13

        ps- I lied when I said the thread was short. I am a lying liar who lies when it comes to saying, "it's a short thread."

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      18. Random Old Guy‏ @GerryDales Apr 14

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        Those who were telling me, "Amazon knows but Amazon doesn't care" have more evidence to back that view up now.https://twitter.com/GerryDales/status/1382396248578166785?s=20 …

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        An addendum to this. @AmazonHelp took the issue as reported to their associate by me, and decided the right reply was to send boilerplate responses that anyone who actually read the details of the issue would never think of sending. https://twitter.com/GerryDales/status/1382135046400847876 … pic.twitter.com/MulywqlRr5
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