NEVER Trust Amazon Reviews!

Amazon reviews are a mess - here's why.
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[@Mrwhosetheboss]

Correction: I was unaware that the brand FunWares reached out to a member of my team located in the United States. That member asked to have the items sent to me, but since I did not have any direct contact with Funwares, neither myself, the UK team, nor my family knew where these had come from. The brand did not just send it out of nowhere. Further, I am not alleging the brand paid for any fake reviews. The miscommunication prompted the investigation into this topic, but I do not believe that FunWares fakes its user reviews or pays for any user reviews. As stated in the video I enjoyed using the product and make no representations or believe that the company has done anything wrong or misleading - that said, it doesn’t change the fact that these types of scams are very prevalent online!

[@joey26784]

hello there

[@hawker131]

Yoooo hi dude

[@T.O.F.G]

Ok

[@hawker131]

@@E..-_NOOOO

[@joey26784]

​@@E..-_beat me to it-

[@MrUnknownXD]

Well I never read the positive reviews anymore on Amazon. I mostly scan the negatives to see if there's any consistent issues. If they are only "shipping got damaged" or something clearly that the manufacturer warned against and the buyer still bought it..."this was too small or big" kind of thing (measure before you order, people)...I'm good to go. Is it me or does anyone else skip over the positives?

[@samakshbharagav5012]

yes good strategy

[@Johdanlop]

its a great strategy for suspicious listings.

[@tomc9453]

Same, I also skim over the questions section above the reviews for the same thing, seems like you honestly can't trust reviews on any site now!

[@susear5939]

Yeah. I go over the low and negative ratings, see pictures and go over the Q&A before buying. I rarely go over the positive reviews.

[@ccost]

he mentioned in the video fake negative reviews can be bought

[@bbc4191]

I’ve been delivering for Amazon for 3 years and the amount of people telling me they haven’t ordered the parcel is insane, glad you made this video

[@JustYoAverageGuy769]

I know Arun's address

[@matiaspaltto]

@@JustYoAverageGuy769 What is it?

[@zacharytang3840]

@@matiaspalttoquite easy to deduce if you wanted to, but it is DOXXing, which is illegal and falls under the Computer Misuse Act.

[@SriramPatnaik-ru2oz]

I one bought some binicolours and in the producr it said 5 star reviews gives you a free prodouct

[@siu703]

@@JustYoAverageGuy769 what

[@Shubham89453]

The biggest scam is when companies edit their entire product page, where they received amazing reviews for an old product, and replace it with their new products. This makes customers think that the reviews are for the current products but in reality the reviews are many years old and was for the old product. Xiaomi and Samsung are expert in doing this scam.

[@hazadoor]

He mentioned this in the video

[@Sashazur]

If you spend a minute reading reviews it’s easy to detect this.

[@Zactivist]

Meanwhile, Amazon randomly banned me from reviewing products. I used to enjoy writing a review of things I bought there and detailing the type of things that I find helpful to know when I'm buying something. The experience of being banned for no reason and having to fight with them to unblock me made me stop doing reviews. Just soured me on it. So they allow a lot of fakes and treat their actual customers like crooks.

[@dangda-ww7de]

I got a lot of email from amazon to write reviews, i dont have time for that, its a waste of my time to write it for them, they got to pay me to do that, my time is not free.

[@HydratedBeans]

Same. They removed a review and banned me for “reviewing the shipping experience” even though I’ve never mentioned shipping in any review before.

[@pokettomonsta]

same

[@daughterofsekhmet81]

Same thing happened to me. I contacted them several times asking what I did wrong but the only response I ever got was a canned email accusing me of violating review guidelines. I can't think of a single rule that I ever broke, my reviews were always polite and honest and my small handful of negative reviews were always civil. I think amazon's system is very broken cause I still get emails asking me to review my purchases too. Like gee I'd love to but you nippleheads banned me. I shouldn't get so pissed at something this small but I honestly enjoyed writing reviews and helping other people decide if a product is worth their money. It's just asinine that we get censored while millions of obviously fake reviews stay up. And it pisses me off all the more that it's getting harder and harder to find certain products in stores so I can't even completely stop shopping on amazon.

[@silentrunning9847]

Yes they rejected a review I wrote for a totally great product! I don't waste my time anymore

[@finnmac5969]

As an AI model, I cannot provide information from personal experience, however, this video is a great review of the "Amazon Review Scandal". It excellently describes the problem and stays entertaining.

[@Samuel-cm5nv]

😂😂😂

[@privacyvalued4134]

@@Samuel-cm5nv As an AI model, I agree with your use of emoji.

[@spoongrman]

@@privacyvalued4134As an AI language model, I must agree with your auto-generated statement.

[@christopher4215]

npc energy

[@erratnicgaming8939]

My chat gpt when I try to make friends with it 😂

[@komaboi19]

The scam I noticed on Amazon was just how many products were raised in price in the past few weeks and then "put on sale" for Amazon Prime Day. I saw quite a few items that had a nice % off, but when I checked their price histories, it was just the normal price for the products. I thought this was illegal...

[@JLinggirl]

That practice has been around forever with not just amazon, its especially common on Black Friday, sellers raise the price months before the date then slash it to the original on the sale day

[@australia1972]

@komaboi19 supermarkets do this all the time,it is illegal but good luck in proving it.

[@dsmyify]

How did you check the price history?

[@meej33]

@@dsmyify There are browser extensions that provide a price history. Like for instance keepa.

[@Bananova-slupka]

It has made illegal in my country fairly recently, but i dont know about USA

[@naomiboyce7186]

I once gave a 2 star review on a product on Amazon that I thought deserved the 2 stars and the company emailed me and told me if I took down the bad review and replaced it with a 5 star one they would send me a $50 gift card to Amazon… I was shocked!

[@KittenSprite]

THAT IS SUS

[@agrisimfarming]

I hope you denied the offer

[@yatshie8717]

I actually did something similar when I was a poor college student haha. It was a bit different though. I got a mail that I'll get a 20$ gift card when I review their product and I did cause I actually liked it. I never leave reviews though even if I always want to, I'm too lazy.

[@dollzo]

I'd take it but make the positive review really incoherent

[@hazadoor]

The only correct thing to do in that case is write a 5 star review then take the gift card and then change it back to a 2 star or whatever

[@ynglink]

My wife was impacted by something like this and we got some really odd items from it. Like a multicolored shiny flag and a panda hat. After we confirmed none of our accounts were impacted and nobody sent it to us as a gag gift or something, we looked more into it and found it's a common scam practice.

[@Kennephus]

This happened to me. Exactly this. The item was a low quality digital TV antenna. I spent weeks on the phone with Amazon trying to get to the bottom of it, and most of the reps I spoke seemed to assume I was the scammer.

[@lipsee100]

i ORDERED AN EARTH GROUND ROD AND RECEIVED 12KG OF VEGAN DOG FOOD( i WAS TOLD TO DONATE IT ) gawd know what happened there

[@FahadFSA]

@@lipsee100 wtf is vegan dog food xD

[@gojoxxae]

I got a 200 dollar drone

[@LiterallyAllNamesAreTaken]

@@FahadFSA something you shouldn’t feed your dog.

[@Snakejaguar.]

@@FahadFSA the stuff the poor vegan teacher's dog eats 💀

[@zRedPlays]

This is why I almost always watch reviews on KZbin, while making sure they aren't sponsored.

[@globalist1990]

Just how do you make sure? 😅

[@zRedPlays]

@@globalist1990 Usually when they're sponsored they leave a link with a bunch marketing in the description, along with a nice discount code surprisingly named after them, or if the product was sent to them for free, or if they literally announce the sponsor

[@RobCXS]

​@@globalist1990Legally you have to disclose clearly if you are sponsored

[@globalist1990]

Dudes how innocent are you? Are you 9yo?

[@user-sf9gs2pg1b]

@@RobCXS tons of people don’t, but I get what you’re saying.

[@peterblue5561]

A couple years ago I looked at my reviews and there was two fake reviews that had been made for things iv never looked at let alone bought or reviewed. The scarier thing was they were medical items like a home x-ray machine MRI scan or something else medical can't remember exactly what it was but there were two different items and both were medical. All Amazon did was delete the reviews.

[@victorxes10]

Amazon has a bit of the blame tho. Almost every negative review I have left on any product has been rejected and needed to be rewritten to be "more product related" but as soon as I swapped bad remarks for good, it gets approved with no issues from Amazon, just like any other positive review I have left.

[@sukhmeetsingh9520]

But still amazon is much better than rival ecommerce companies like flipkart, walmart etc I have been conned by Flipkart.. by their fake 'Supercoin' thing. At least amazon does not resort to these things !

[@timkiemdautu]

Hi

[@pixels_per_inch]

Amazon doesn't like bad reviews because it means less sales and therefore less profits

[@user-xw4mu6nz4t]

The thing with reviews is as a company, you do want people to only sell good products... And in order to do that negative feedback is great! But what you don't want is people just complaining and venting... I write amazon reviews all the time, so much so I've been invited for Vine, and quite of number of them have been negative reviews, below two stars. I've had a number of reviews rejected (and banned from reviewing on the product) but the negative reviews that weren't rejected were all those where I tried to seem level headed, provide both the negatives and positives (if any) and provide any solutions I can think of.

[@sukhmeetsingh9520]

@@pixels_per_inch bro all major ecommerce companies block negative reviews.. as you said it impacts sales But more than that it creates a negative impression (of the vendors and ecommerce platform) which all want to avoid. Btw nowadays as you can buy likes , friends, subscribers on FB and insta so can you buy positive reviews !!

[@piyanshu8989]

The way Arun tells us "This could be a sign of data leak" and procedes to let us know about surfshark that he uses for years now is hillarious

[@outsidethebinary7157]

looking for this comment lol

[@juswa639]

May I know why it's hilarious? I'm genuinely curious. Is SurfShark involved in some sort of data leak before?

[@nasukemugiwara]

@@juswa639 It's hilarious because if Surfshark can protect your data then why do the sellers have data on his address when it's supposed to be protected?

[@jaycanpaint2533]

@@nasukemugiwarasurfshark isn’t incogni. there’s a possibility that before he had surfshark, his info could’ve been sold to data brokers. also, maybe it’s not on all the time. so many factors here bud

[@sinewybug8415]

@@nasukemugiwara its ironic that he uses this as a sponsor selling point, that it will be a safeguard against data leaks, whilst admitting he has received and thus likely to have been in a data leak himself

[@Ms.Doomer]

I refuse to buy anything on Amazon again. They aren’t stealing my money anymore.

[@grummbunger]

I deleted my account as they charged me for prime (that I had canceled 10 seconds after the sucker button MOVED under my mouse. I could not cancel as it was ALREADY CANCELED. immediately after deletion they emailed me that they refunded because I did not use it. I now save money just buying of the products home webpage. did you know it is huge saving not buying of these sites like Amazon or Ebay.

[@anitapw9257]

They don't steal money they make stuff expensive

[@Ms.Doomer]

@@anitapw9257 true but I feel like it’s stealing when the reviews are fake and you think you’re getting something real but it’s not. I spent like 35 bucks on sheets that ripped after one wash. I can’t afford to risk that. I have to go to the store and touch it to make sure it won’t break because my money doesn’t go far.

[@bioLarzen]

This was this very brushing scandal when a few years ago suddenly a lot of people started receiving small satchels of random plant seeds from amazon without ever ordering anything like that. Many feared they were something dangerous - turned out they were ordinary and harmless seeds. The scammers just needed to send something to obtain a tracking number, and this something nooded to be cheap aand insignificanrt, so sending a lot of them to many customers doesn't cost a lot, and the customers who receive it surely won't bother sending it back.

[@QwoaX]

In Germany I've heard about a similar case years ago. Some guy received endless amounts of deliveries he never ordered from Chinese companies because sending stuff they can't sell to random adresses is cheaper than paying Amazon the storage fees or even the disposal.

[@misterlestari5772]

lmao 🤣

[@geto124]

big gay

[@MrE_]

I will gladly volunteer my address to receive free stuff

[@user-lb2pl7kz5n]

​@@MrE_ and hope you don't get someone's kidney 😅

[@illovetohoop]

this happened to my family we kept getting free cake products

[@Eckziebop]

I love how he took so much time off the actual topic of the video just to explain to us about fake reviews and haters, this man is the best for real

[@TheSagaBeginsNow]

Thanks for the update brother, I see the fake reviews and leave things I want on hold and see more upcoming reviews and see if close friends and family have the product for me to test out and go from there. I have had companies message me and ask me to change my review for gift cards or another product. Gotta be careful everyone! I love the idea of item purchase date and price on the review!!!

[@ramzanraza9165]

Another problem is people who give fake negative reviews and complain to amazon to get refund and keep the item for themselves

[@paulanderegg5536]

Same people probable send back a rock in the return package to scam the seller out of even more money.

[@square_logicc]

Arun’s uploading schedules is on point. And each video is a goddamn masterpiece.

[@Emxn4444]

You never watched the whole ting

[@carmansunnyboi7972]

@@IlIllIllIIlllIIIIbrotha you posted this exact comment context or not five times on this one video you have one video on your own channel so much for “content” and one subscription you are legit one of the bots Arun was talking about in the video I doubt you watched

[@Suwawako]

Bot

[@Epicgamer-tn1mt]

i got £10 amazon gift card for leaving 5 star review, i mean can you blame me lol?

[@LandofNagas]

Is this paid comment??

[@Butterflyness75]

Thanks for explaining this. I’m an Amazon seller, honestly doing my business with everything above board. A few weeks ago I had a customer email me that someone sent them my product for free and they didn’t know who. I was perplexed and said it must have been a gift. Other people told me there was a scam involved, I just didn’t understand what it was. Amazon does try hard to mitigate these black hat tactics and genuine sellers like myself are afraid to step any toes outside the lines because we don’t want to risk our accounts. However there are millions of Chinese sellers and others who use all these crazy tactics. It does make it hard to sell against them. Still I would not resort to doing these things. I really hope that Amazon does come up with more ways to fight these issues while not penalising genuine sellers like myself.

[@maxpro751]

Why can’t they have a unique QR code for each package and it only activates when the shipment is delivered. After the customer scans the QR code, they are able to review the product. I feel like this could be a good solution.

[@timkiemdautu]

Hi

[@feras_133]

​@@maxpro751shit bro that's a sick idea

[@stevenkeller3047]

Man! You do a lot of research. Thank you. It's a crazy world out there and it's only going to get more crazy. Thanx for the work you do.

[@nicholas_black]

I have been an Amazon Vine Voice for the past year. Amazon actively encourages leaving accurate reviews that express your real opinion. They frequently punish people who are overly positive on all their reviews. Also, Amazon provides a very large list of products that you can select from, but from that list we can pick and choose. Most products are from unheard of brands, but I have found numerous good quality products on there. It is a very good program and I believe it does help to weed out the scams and terrible products.

[@May-tr7ms]

The fact that Amazon punishes overly positive reviews, doesn't that mean it is controlling your feedback? At the end it should be want that customer thinks. Postive or negatjve

[@nicholas_black]

When I say they punish people who are overly positive on their reviews, I don't mean individual reviews. I mean people who only leave 5 star reviews and don't spend time actual trying the products and reviewing them. There are clear indications in the program of who is putting in work and providing good feedback. The real reason behind this isn't exactly to keep leeches off the platform (that's a bit more of a biproduct), but instead to prevent seller manipulation (buying people's reviews). As someone in the program, I can tell you that some manufacturers try and include extra 'gifts' and 'personalized messages' with their products to encourage viners to leave positive reviews. This is thankfully caught pretty easily, and there is a strong baseline understanding in the community that if you do this, you will be caught.

[@todanrg3]

That's why sellers sometimes receive Vine reviews with made up "problems", just so that it won't look perfect. Not much better than having a fake review.

[@CrunchyF123]

I have just become a vine voice and the first 3 items I ordered 1 was complete junk and of very poor quality and my review reflected that however I saw many 5 star vine reviews for the bad item, one review even said they purchased the item even though there is a tag that says it was a free item ! ?? Or am I just seeing that tag ? I am an honest person and I was really shocked, I guess these people are either dishonest or just fearful of writing bad reviews or using AI ect, I will never do that, I just hope that my honesty will not effect my aim to get to gold tier, with higher valued items, but free stuff is free stuff, and so far even with it being mostly tat available I'm happy with what I'm getting so far.

[@todanrg3]

@@CrunchyF123 Honest review is always good. Unfortunately there are many low quality products with thousands of 5* reviews, don't know how they get them. Then when you want to launch a quality product, you struggle to get a few good reviews because 99% customers can't be bothered to leave a review.

[@drphibesrises]

I find that shopping on Amazon is actually a lot of work because you have to do all this research not only to find a product you want, but to go through the reviews to see if they seem fake. I do this for most items I buy. Some items that are brands or an item I am already familiar with I don't have to do that much effort. Also when I do reviews I try to be detailed so people reading it will realize this is a real review and not a fake one. It is a shame that so many scams are out there. Heck, the internet is basically a scam. The anonymity of online entity's makes it too easy. I don't think this will ever change much. I hope that Amazon and others can help reduce the problem, but I am not holding my breath. It all comes down the old adage "BUYER BEWARE"

[@niranjanpandit6497]

I didn't face this problem too much, probably just look at the price to see if it is decent for the product and see 'Amazon's choice' options.

[@sujeewarathnaweera]

@@niranjanpandit6497 Amazon's choice is considered *crap* by some percentage of the pc builders and gamers.

[@piguy4137]

​@@sujeewarathnaweeraOr locks. Lockpickinglawyer shows how terrible the choices are.

[@MrMark1]

You don't have to do any of this if you stick to the main brands

[@HydratedBeans]

I just started using AliExpress because everything on Amazon is just drop shipped from there anyway

[@NonLegitNation2]

this hits home for me. I've been an Amazon Prime member since 2014 and I have 100s of reviews of products, good reviews and bad reviews. One day out of the blue Amazon decided they didn't want me reviewing purchased products anymore and they banned me from reviewing products, saying it appears that I was compensated for a review, which is not allowed on Amazon (this just happened to happen after I left a 1-star review of a product). I contacted Amazon customer service and they were absolutely no help, they wouldn't even tell me what review i had supposedly been compensated for. I must have chatted with 5 or 6 different Amazon reps and all of them refused to give me any information and told me they would not restore my ability to review products. To this day I still can't review anything, and even worse I'm not even allowed to ask a question about a product. Not being able to review a product, especially if it sucks or is defective is frustrating, but not being able to ask a question about the product in downright infuriating. Because of Amazon's asinine mistake and policy, I now end up returning about half of my purchases because of not being able to ask about details or features of the items.

[@Etrius_Fysik]

This is also an issue that definitely needs addressing. I'm surprised Arun didn't talk about it in this video. This for sure isn't the first I'm hearing about this.

[@larsl7483]

Just open a new account mate.

[@Yendahc]

@@larsl7483principle though tbh

[@NonLegitNation2]

@@larsl7483 I can't because if I use the same shipping address or payment method as my current account then I think my new account would also be flagged. But I'll give it a try and see what happens, I do have another email address I could use.

[@knightride9635]

​@@NonLegitNation2 you would need to change the name and credit card number too

[@TrevorAgli]

Wow. What a rewarding rabbit hole. Amazing video mate, I've been following you for years, and this was absolutely conclusive detective work. Really well done!

[@Daoland-Everywhere]

Probably one of the most interesting reviews you made. I was thinking of publishing a book on Amazon and you outlined Amazon functionality by showing how as a user we get scammed

[@mistyblue2917]

7:22 ".. a prime-ate" 💀😂

[@_demosthenes]

The timing of this is crazy. I just recently purchased a small telescope off Amazon and when it arrived the box had a little note inside that said something along the lines of "review the product for 5 stars for a chance of 25$ (or 25% off, i don't remember)". I genuinely remember thinking how suspicious that was, even though the product arrived and it seems to work, I can't help but feel suspicious of it.

[@venataciamoon2789]

Something similar Happened to me, the seller offered me £30 to remove a bad review. I did just to see if I could get £30... I didn't get it.

[@pureluck8767]

That happens all the time to me. They’re cheap Chinese made junk products there manipulating the algorithm. Amazon has to stop this crap immediately.

[@ginemginem]

I worked as a graphic designer and copyrighter for an Amazon seller in my young and hungry years. Sooo many scummy tactics, the dude was also probably the worst person out of all my clients troughout the years. Don't worry, not doing that crap anymore, earned enough money and got enough experience to get the job I always wanted to get :)

[@rrrrrr12rr]

Same thing happened to me as well

[@SecondTake123]

I get those all the time.

[@FattusCat]

Thanks for the information. Most of this i think many of us knew but its nice to have it all explained and there were many things I personally wasn't fully aware of.

[@emmanuelhpun]

I once sat down and wrote like 5-10 genuine reviews for Amazon products that I purchased and liked. They all got flagged and rejected by Amazon because my behavior was bot-like I guess? When I followed up with customer service to try to get my reviews published, it didn't go anywhere. So in trying to weed out bad reviews, Amazon also prevented real reviews from being published and basically discouraged me from ever reviewing anything ever again.

[@Blue_797]

No matter the topic, Arun always entertains us in a next level way, keep going Arun!

[@Epicgamer-tn1mt]

i got £10 amazon gift card for leaving 5 star review, i mean can you blame me lol?

[@LandofNagas]

Is this paid comment?

[@mubarakhussainridoy3368]

@@Epicgamer-tn1mt where do I sign up?

[@dystopiawanderer]

@@Epicgamer-tn1mt Yes, I can.

[@Epicgamer-tn1mt]

@@LandofNagas ​ @assassin8636 no i swear bro like actually like it was coz i had bought like 4 of the same product so i was like a "special customer" ig and i spammed this everywhere coz i want likes

[@carrioncrow8191]

We NEED more of this from you. You are big enough to make people aware of these scams. Keep up the good work!

[@RobiePAX]

Well done raising awareness to this. Amazon wont be happy but they need to fix this.

[@JustRomainYT]

Great video ! And yes.. there's just too much fake reviews, even fake comments (hello Twitter) and it's just that easy to believe whatever we read if we don't take the time to check if the account from which the comment comes from is fake or not

[@Nik-do1wd]

Chat gpt says: "Wow, this video really opened my eyes to the extent of fake reviews on Amazon! It's shocking how some companies resort to such deceptive tactics. As a savvy shopper, I'll definitely be more cautious when relying on reviews for my purchases. Kudos to 'Whose the Boss' for shedding light on this issue and helping consumers make more informed decisions. Keep up the great work!"

[@Nickxmw]

I completely agree! It's alarming to see how prevalent fake reviews have become on platforms like Amazon. 'Whose the Boss' deserves credit for exposing this issue and raising awareness among consumers. It's crucial to approach online reviews with caution and skepticism. Being a savvy shopper means double-checking and looking for additional sources of information before making purchase decisions. Let's stay informed and support creators like 'Whose the Boss' who strive to empower consumers. Kudos to them for their efforts, and let's hope for more transparency in the online marketplace.

[@jessy1982]

Both these replies haven't fully gotten to human natural yet ig

[@BRUH2004FTW]

@@jessy1982lmao they were designed to be VERY specific

[@jessy1982]

@@ai-loudward Now this feels like an official company response lol.

[@tooley008]

3:22 i dont work 😂

[@THE_CARBON]

Same

[@chandanasri7404]

The reviewers brain doesn’t 😂

[@Nordern]

Fake reviews like this is the reason i only look at the bad reviews for any product, if the problems people have are trivial or a non issue to me it's much more likely to be a good product

[@colombosmarco]

Seeing an Amazon ad before this video was perfection

[@scaryworld1853]

Heyyy that's JoJo ringtone....i got the same ringtone on my phonee 😂 ( 3:44 )

[@irakligaming134]

same 😂

[@stargeek1020]

Same 🤣

[@b_man-25]

I think it's great that Arun and other big tech reviewers are out here teaching people about the dangerous and sleazy things going on in these online marketplaces. It's really important things for consumers to know, and many less tech savvy people don't think about things like this. So Arun, thank you for watching out for us!

[@hubtubby]

What are the odds those toy weapons were actually paid reviews.......

[@timkiemdautu]

Hi

[@youandiryan]

This is an excellent video Arun. And I wasn't even thinking about stuff like this until I watched this video. And now when I'm on Amazon it's always going to be a seed in my head

[@magnus33john]

Thought this was happening to me when i suddenly started getting smart vacuums i didn't order. After some digging it turned out not to be the case and instead was a seller getting rid of old stock. It was more costly to have amazon process it and ship it back then it was to just send them to people who bought from them before.

[@vaultboy74]

I find it quite funny Arun tells about how surfshark will protect us from data breaches, while his own adress got breached 🤭😂

[@frederickwilt5541]

Your address may be in many, many places on the internet. A hack on just one can put your address out all over the place.

[@newtonfav]

Exactly my thoughts 😂

[@blayses3116]

Shill maybe?

[@-Xeno-]

It might be the sole reason he even took the sponsorship in the first place.

[@MorbidGod391]

Well maybe he only started using this feature because of this lol😂

[@rigidnoir]

Arun's so good at this 🤣. The way he spills the truth about the scandals and lies by the companies! just inspires other creators to step out and do the same. Soon, the tech community will become independent from the influence of such companies on their content.

[@_CallMeHeisenberg]

Fake, video in 5 minutes,....

[@donnikwels1337]

I strongly agree

[@AparnaGurudiwan]

Ameen to that brother

[@asphaltanimal8809]

Yes

[@Epicgamer-tn1mt]

i got £10 amazon gift card for leaving 5 star review, i mean can you blame me lol?

[@filipasplund5458]

Your the best tech KZbinr! I love your personality and dedication to your work!

[@RIXXitBiscUit7393]

Great video, as expected. But that Stardust crusaders ringtone (3:43) was unexpected lol. I have the same ringtone

[@suryakantsoni20]

I can only imagine the amount of hard work and time that goes into the making of such videos. Your recent videos spreading awareness have been really good and informative. You're doing a really fantastic job, buddy. Thanks a lot!

[@newshefan]

Informative! A prime (pun intended) example of a quality video! I've know most of the points raised here but learned that the seller can edit listings to add 'variations', and that ability explains why some product listings are so varied in their options lol

[@redfin382]

I always wondered why some reviews would say " really cheap,good deal blah blah" when it isn't a good deal.

[@ArjKm]

I am in the hospitality industry from past 10+ years. Now imagine this review scandal for the restaurants you order food from. A group of scammers are basically controlling what you eat and people have no idea !

[@TheTCOLL]

I actually used to be part of a facebook group that gave the merch away for free for positive reviews. I collected the data and contacted Amazon. They hung up on me and didnt care.

[@wendyon4517]

I was browsing for a wireless mic and found one with over 3,000 reviews. A browse through them showed that the seller was just switching out products and stacking new reviews on top of previous items sold.

[@HydratedBeans]

I don’t understand why Amazon allows listings to be edited.

[@Pwnation98]

​@@HydratedBeans The problem is that there are plenty of legitimate reasons to edit a listing. The price changed, fixing a typo, one color is no longer available, etc. A human can easily tell when it's an entirely different product, but it's surprisingly hard for a machine

[@HydratedBeans]

@@Pwnation98 there are ways to detect substantial changes though. Especially with language models. We can detect algorithmically when the meaning of something changes.

[@me-myself-i787]

​@@HydratedBeansBut it's not really necessary, since a quick look at the reviews will tell you that the listing originally showed a different product.

[@jgsawka]

Aside from the negative reviews, I don't give much credence to the positive reviews especially when they're aren't very many negative reviews on that product. On the Louis Rossman YT channel, he even said that his negative review never made it to the product reviews. So much cheap crap on Amazon now.

[@environmenthelpers8567]

I am receiving few notifications on my Amazon Alexa, to rate the products I have brought last month. If I check my account purchases, I don't see any products mentioned by it

[@johnunni85]

What a beautiful script and presented well.. awesome you and your team is Arun

[@marcustmusic]

Best way I found to “verify” reviews is not to read the amazon reviews but to look up the item I’m interested in on KZbin, find a review with a reviewer that specifically shows they have said product in their possession and pay attention to the product release date and when the products actually shipped.

[@madmcrae]

Absolutely crazy! I had my doubts already about fake reviews but after watching I'm scared to buy anything off Amazon ever again as I have always checked the reviews before purchasing. Thank you for this.

[@user-dd2nx9id7f]

The problem with product variations shown in the video is also very prevalent on ebay

[@KingsviewPops]

Gotta love the Amazon ads attached to the video 😂

[@Mr._Leaf]

Right as Arun snapped at 9:58 i got an ad. Talk about perfect timing.

[@ParsaIsFlying]

He added it, u can time the ads

[@flameking3544]

​@@ParsaIsFlyingI didn't get any tho

[@ParsaIsFlying]

@@flameking3544 maybe u skipped accidentally? idk

[@haizx]

I got an add aswell😂

[@shobhit.j3013]

just use some adblocker duh

[@ankitrajsingh6800]

I love how Mrwhosetheboss goes in-depth on the latest tech products. He doesn't just do a superficial review; he really takes the time to understand how the products work and what they're capable of. This makes his videos really informative and helpful.

[@drextrey]

Its a world wide problems, and wide platform problems. There is other platform with fake reviews, from Restaurant Reviews, to other E-markets, even Fake Dating reviews. This is crazy. Imagine how huge the fake review market is.

[@shaneintegra]

Yup! I unfortunately did this. I was short on cash and ran into someone doing it. It was an easy way to make money but eventually Amazon caught on to what I was doing. (I can no longer post reviews)

[@sausagesuprise1942]

I've always known there were many fake reviews on Amazon bit never realised how easy it was. Its now down to gut feeling and comparing the product features against others and then checking some positive, negative and middling reviews. It's a lot of effort but it's the only way to have some comfort that you aren't just wasting your money

[@eglol]

Yeah.

[@MuhaamadAreeb]

14:50 bro just proved the whole video that his security doesn't work and proceeds to namedrop the security service at the end 💀 That's not a promotion Arun , that is a clear sign that they sell your data

[@jessy1982]

Yeah, how did they get his address?

[@Geomedge]

I was just about to point that out as well

[@theworm7156]

Maybe it did alert him, he just didn’t make the connection, also he shares his account

[@lmaoidgaf]

Bro it cannot prevent if Data got breached from. Company's end 😂😂

[@lubna5814]

I once ordered something and it came with a card "We will pay you £5 if you write a 5 star review"

[@bananapantz]

This has happened to my family a few years ago. They were some weird body products. We had no idea what happened but now I can tell them what I just found out. Thanks

[@Arindamdebnrh]

4:16 That guy is a Bengali guy ... I can bet about that Its bengali assent

[@Yuvraj.S]

100% because the way he said 30 Days LoL

[@Catalyst512]

I once had a random delivery of a tiny little key carabiner. Never ordered it, and then I figured out it was part of an Amazon review scam. Its crazy

[@Mmmkaramel]

My usual principle is that I only look at the reviews with photos or videos of the product. Those are usually pretty in depth and helpful, and you can also use the photos to gague if the actual product lines up with the listing.

[@BaddBadger]

About a month or two ago i bought some dirt cheap ear-pods through Amazon. Even for the price they were terrible, so i wrote an Amazon review saying so. I also commented that it was odd that all of the other reviews read exactly like marketing talk, with bullet points nailed one after the other. A lot of people seemed to take the time to write (often at great length) exactly everything that you would want the perfect ear-pods to be. And you know the saying, if something sounds to good to be true, it usually is. And you can't really expect £17 ear-pods to be THAT good, can you? Amazon refused to post my original review because, apparently, you are not allowed to comment on other reviews in yours. But within a week i received a postcard from the company selling the ear-pods saying that if i changed my review to a five star one, and e-mailed them a link to prove it, then they would give me a £20 Amazon voucher (which is £3 more than the ear-pods cost!) This postcard was also very clear about NOT mentioning this arrangement (obvs), or including a photo of the postcard with all of this on. So me being me, i instantly wrote another review mentioning all of this, and included photos of all of this scheming bribery with the important lines even highlighted in pen. I value my self respect more than twenty damn quid thanks! Anyway, i don't think TrustPilot can be counted on much either. I left dozens of genuine reviews on there (a roughly 50/50 mix of good and bad), and about three quarters were flagged as fake and taken down. I got the impression (though i have no evidence to back this up) that the biggest companies have a say in how many bad reviews get taken seriously, and positive reviews for smaller (rival) firms get dismissed as fake.

[@ulize.]

Bro really threw away 20 for no reason, just leave the 5 star review they want and then edit it

[@vleps181]

we didn’t ask you for your lifestory tho

[@dilpreet6930]

​@@vleps181wite you hate people? Let everyone say what they want. You are not the one who decides it

[@ulize.]

@@vleps181 literally no one asked for your input though, see how this works?

[@evolettoo]

The fact that they sent you a postcard and told you to not say anything about it is messed up 💀

[@alexandradonaldson5411]

Love your videos!! Thank you for doing the hard work and giving us the information

[@badllama8090]

Brushing, yep had same a couple of weeks ago!

[@mikeso3691]

I've reported this type of stuff to Amazon on several occasions about many different products

[@robertm923]

Great video, Arun! I really appreciate you covering this important topic. It's so frustrating to see how easy it is for sellers to game the system and manipulate product rankings with fake reviews. I hope that your video will help to raise awareness of this issue and encourage Amazon to take stronger action to crack down on fake reviews. I also like how you went into detail about the different ways that sellers can game the system, and how to spot fake reviews. This was really informative, and it will help me to be a more informed shopper. Thanks again for a great video! Here are some other things you could mention in your comment: - How the Amazon review scandal has affected your trust in online reviews. - What you think Amazon should do to address the problem of fake reviews. - Any other thoughts or questions you have about the Amazon review scandal. I hope this helps!

[@gadgetmatch]

Appreciate the effort and the amount of research put into this video. Enjoyed this video. Great job buddy!

[@AlexSage]

What are good alternatives to amazon? besides ebay & walmart?

[@JohnBailey]

It would be amazing if I could go to physical location where I could look at products, experience the product before I buy, and ask friends in my neighborhood what they think.

[@soldofficialyt]

So glad someone with a big influence is covering this - this needs more attention!

[@bitndragon]

The listing change thing makes so much sense I was in the market for a battery pack for my phone back when i played a lot of Pokémon GO and found one that had really great reviews. When i read the reviews they were for everything from t-shirts to power tools and was thinking the site was broken. I reported it multiple times as confusing and amazon never did anything about it even when i checked a year later lol

[@andizahra3066]

Lol that simply mean you were reading seller reviews. A seller can sell multiple things snd reviews can be about any of those.

[@bitndragon]

@@andizahra3066 think what you want

[@viewtifuljon8105]

​@@andizahra3066No he was reading the item reviews. I have experienced it myself on a few items, they simply change the product that the listing is for. I believe it works out cheaper for the seller to do this than create a new listing.

[@DoomFinger511]

@@andizahra3066 No he wasn't. You easily just change the name and image of a product and keep the same link and current reviews. It's a tactic lots of product sellers use.

[@Shannonconstantlycolors]

I have recently encountered this! I am like well now I can’t trust any

[@goodlookinouthomie1757]

I literally called this out in a review a couple of years ago and got my account muted for "unusual activity". I can still buy stuff, just not review anything.

[@williambell4591]

Thank you for this, as much as I shop on Amazon, this information is important and good to know! Such a waste sending all this stuff in mail to people that don't even know what they're receiving and and why it's on their doorstep. It just seems like such a shame!

[@pkoppula]

What an amazing, consistent, quality video producer you're Arun. Your research and delivery skills just kept getting better and better over the years. Thanks for this video. I never knew webpages like reviewmeta existed. 💯👍🏽

[@umbrellacorp.]

I wish I got random fun packages at my house. Instead I get people trying to steal my packages.📦

[@bestcoolgadgets30]

Your video is always interesting and amazing. You are growing each day with new gadgets, never feel bored while watching your videos 😊

[@Double-R]

I never thought about buying negative reviews for your competitors. That’s F’ed up.

[@AbbaLang]

How do you keep knocking these videos outta the park?! Been watching you for goodness knows how long. Heck, I even got the Nothing Phone (2) after seeing it get your seal of approval! On the back of getting the Realms X2 Pro 3 years ago after watching your review. You'd think I should know what to expect but you always figure out how to bring the novelty in your storytelling. Sending some Orson Welles claps your way! 👏

[@Kore_YT]

Absolutely love your investigative journalism style videos!

[@juicedup14]

I miss being able to look at a product in a store and judging how good a product is by feeling it.

[@manumandlik5287]

right

[@daughterofsekhmet81]

Me too. I still buy everything I possibly can in stores, but it's getting harder and harder as stores continually narrow their product selections. You could buy pretty much anything you could think of at Walmart or Target just 10 years ago, now if you need anything beyond basic items from the store's own brand line you have to order it online. Sucks :(

[@jessicatrevathan]

My mother's car was hit in our driveway by Amazon prime delivery , Amazon has to pay for it , that was in May , last month her car went to the repair shop. Just yesterday we out it was toedle. Mom needs new car again.

[@mediamech]

Arun’s content always makes me entertained, and this video was great to learn about review sellers. Keep up the good work, Arun.

[@oriehi_raphael_paul]

It's really great you're making video on this! Nowadays, companies not only pay for good reviews on their products, but also for bad reviews on the products of their competitors (I know this from my work as an E-commerce consultant) so whether positive or negative, be SUPER sceptical of any review you see on any platform. Video reviews are also easy to fake, but are hard to do at massive scale so those are a little more trustworthy (only a little).

[@kymberrywong740]

So so refreshing to watch a video without ads

[@johnnydepp6907]

I can't tell you how much I loooove your content and I really respect the amount of time, effort and research that you're putting in each video. Kudos for that

[@alextaylor3850]

This is an awesome video! You got super investigative. Also, I can’t lie the best part of this video is your “prime-mate” joke. I actually laughed aloud.

[@skay3264]

I was buying pet clippers and noticed that reviews are for a much reliable brand, but the picture and description on the listing is about completely other brand. So i got a hint, but you did this so in depth, as always, I'm impressed once again 😊 Great work! Not that you need me to tell you 😁

[@akshaysehgal]

You know they can also change the return/replacement policy after you purchase something right? This happened with me when I was buying an item with 0 reviews. It showed that the item had refund policy of 10 day return. But, I was lucky that I checked it again right before it was shipped, because I realised they changed the policy to non-refundable with only replacements allowed within 12 hours of my purchase! I immediately cancelled my order and got my refund back! That's why I always take a screenshot of the listing page (with their return policy etc visible) right before I purchase anything on amazon.

[@mbatz]

I had this happen for almost 2 years, at least four packages a week. The variety was insane, from charger cables to water filter cartridges to wigs and seggs toys.

[@ChristopherBonis]

4:35 The moment Arun realises he just spoke with his 4th cousin who never made it to the UK.

[@ItzzAlooOfficial]

LMAO 🤣🤣🤣

[@lmaoidgaf]

Noo...😭😭