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Leroy N. Soetoro
Aug 8, 2021, 3:09:09 PM8/8/21
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When you buy something on Amazon, the e-commerce giant isn’t always the
one making the sale; an estimated half of all products sold on Amazon come
from third-party sellers. Amazon says it’s merely the conduit between
buyer and seller, and doesn’t bear responsibility if a third-party product
is defective (although some recent court cases have challenged that
stance).
Third-party sellers aren’t supposed to be able to email Amazon customers
directly outside of the platform, but a new report in The Wall Street
Journal shows that some sellers can find ways to get in touch with buyers
who leave negative product reviews, and some businesses even offer “email
extraction” for buyers as a service to sellers.
So rather than paying people to give favorable reviews, a practice Amazon
banned in 2016, these third-party sellers go after people who leave a bad
product review and offer them payment to change or delete it (a practice
which is also a violation of Amazon’s rules). Nicole Nguyen writes in the
WSJ about Katherine Scott, who bought an oil spray bottle for cooking
which didn’t work as advertised, so she left a negative review. A week
later, she got an email that looked to be from a customer service rep from
the oil sprayer company offering a refund if she deleted the review.
Ms. Scott asked for a refund but didn’t want to delete her review. Another
representative reached out the next day and declined to issue her refund.
“A bad review is a fatal blow to us,” read the email. “Could you help me
delete the review? If you can, I want to refund $20 to you to express my
gratitude.” (This was twice what Ms. Scott paid.) A few hours later, she
received another plea from the same email address.
Amazon told the WSJ it does not share customer email addresses with third-
party sellers, and that it removed some 200 million fake reviews last year
alone. But Nguyen writes that third-party sellers are finding ways to
email customers all the same. Go read this excellent report which includes
advice for how to shield your email address from Amazon sellers who
shouldn’t have it in the first place.
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When you buy something on Amazon, the e-commerce giant isn’t always the
one making the sale; an estimated half of all products sold on Amazon come
from third-party sellers. Amazon says it’s merely the conduit between
buyer and seller, and doesn’t bear responsibility if a third-party product
is defective (although some recent court cases have challenged that
stance).
Third-party sellers aren’t supposed to be able to email Amazon customers
directly outside of the platform, but a new report in The Wall Street
Journal shows that some sellers can find ways to get in touch with buyers
who leave negative product reviews, and some businesses even offer “email
extraction” for buyers as a service to sellers.
So rather than paying people to give favorable reviews, a practice Amazon
banned in 2016, these third-party sellers go after people who leave a bad
product review and offer them payment to change or delete it (a practice
which is also a violation of Amazon’s rules). Nicole Nguyen writes in the
WSJ about Katherine Scott, who bought an oil spray bottle for cooking
which didn’t work as advertised, so she left a negative review. A week
later, she got an email that looked to be from a customer service rep from
the oil sprayer company offering a refund if she deleted the review.
Ms. Scott asked for a refund but didn’t want to delete her review. Another
representative reached out the next day and declined to issue her refund.
“A bad review is a fatal blow to us,” read the email. “Could you help me
delete the review? If you can, I want to refund $20 to you to express my
gratitude.” (This was twice what Ms. Scott paid.) A few hours later, she
received another plea from the same email address.
Amazon told the WSJ it does not share customer email addresses with third-
party sellers, and that it removed some 200 million fake reviews last year
alone. But Nguyen writes that third-party sellers are finding ways to
email customers all the same. Go read this excellent report which includes
advice for how to shield your email address from Amazon sellers who
shouldn’t have it in the first place.
--
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering. 95% of COVID infections
recover with no after effects.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in"
ballots. Report voter fraud: sf.n...@mail.house.gov
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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