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Found a fake review on a $40 blender and reported it
I was looking for a new blender last month on a budget, right? So I'm scrolling through the buyer reviews on this site and I see this one with a 5 star rating that just sounds... off. It said something like "best blender ever" but the wording was all weird and robotic. I checked the person's other reviews and they had five different 5 star reviews for the exact same blender under different accounts. I reported it to the site and they actually took it down in two days. It made me wonder how many other reviews are just fake plants from sellers trying to boost their ratings. Has anyone else caught fake reviews like that and actually gotten them removed?
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jessew831d agoMost Upvoted
yeah that wording thing is a dead giveaway every time. i've noticed a lot of the fake ones use the same phrases over and over like "game changer" or "works amazing" but with zero actual details about the product. the weird thing is how many people just scroll past them without thinking twice. so here's my question for you - did you check if that blender had any verified purchase badges on the reviews you saw? cause i feel like that's the only thing keeping some of these sites honest, but even then i've heard of sellers gaming that system too.
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