WTF?! Amazon Has BANNED Aukey!

[@jarekjot]

I recently bought Aukey webcam at the other store and I am ok with the product. In the box, there was a special bonus card. The problem is that they didn't ask for an honest review but for a 5-star review "Get$10 bonus by leaving 5-star review with contents" and "Find your order and share your 5-star shopping experience". I think Amazon could take it as a rules violation.

[@SC-hk6ui]

cheers - nice to know.

[@whiz3528]

Have been reviewing web cams for several weeks and decided on the Aukey LM1E after watching your review, but discovered Amazon has dropped Aukey from their listings.

[@VideoJamesShow]

One year later and they are still not on Amazon

[@redracer2797]

A while back I took a chance on Aukey bc of all the positive reviews. I got the product with a simple request to leave a 5 star review with no promise of anything. I was like ok... seems fishy. But the products are actually really good. High Quality. It's a shame it had to come to this.

[@Later_Nerd]

That sucks, I have a few pieces of gear from them and they're all great! Typically on par with Anker and a bit cheaper. I have a sleek 100 watt USB C charger from them that I've had for over a year, works great and is much smaller than most offerings. Even if they did rig reviews they only did so for visibility reasons. It's not like they're pushing bad products.

[@xPRxMEx]

The real question, that Aukey webcam or that Depstech!?! 👀

[@TechVerveyt]

Great video! I hope Aukey gets back on Amazon soon

[@TechAuditTV]

Thanks for watching! I hope so too! I'm one of the 89% that prefers to buy through Amazon :D

[@Rapyxl]

ITS BEEN 4 MONTHSSSS

[@makogiron]

No way, I own both Aukey and Mpow products that I really enjoy. I wanted to buy new mpow wireless headphones since the ones I bought years ago were worn out and old but still work perfectly. So I had bought from a company called pictek I bought both keyboard and mouse from them. They gave me a full refund for both my products via PayPal. For leaving an honest review. I did, I really enjoy the products and have two sets. One at home and one at my work desk. I didn't see a problem since both products are great and I use them daily. For the Aukey, I bought the type c cables about 2 years ago. I never received and incentive for review but I did leave them since they were good products and would recommend them. I still use the cable to this day for my car.

[@slomotrainwreck]

I needed a 2 port USB A car charger and I had good luck with Aukey products in the past so I went to their website to see what I can order, to my chagrin, there was no way to place ANY items in the shopping cart and purchase it. I hope they fix this soon.

[@petemarsden7271]

You can still find it minus the branding here on our uk Amazon store for £19.99. Just ordered my branded one from eBay though for £13.99 after seeing your reviews.

[@andraskarsai8501]

That Aukey will be back on Amazon prediction didn't work.

[@artinist]

They have the best and smallest car USB C/A combo charger on the market. this is ridiculous

[@Splatcat]

Edited version: "ok, so I bought that webcam and now I see that Aukey has left Amazon and so I search it up and find you, thanks you! Luckily I got it at 30$ dallors and it's a epic webcam but rn its 47$ on there website so I'll buy another later but no free one or gift card, I wish I could make a review but they got banned for awhile maybe, thanks for the info! And on the webcam to. *Sub* See ya!!!!

[@kwd57]

I have never and will never post a good review on a bad product by getting a free gift or discount.

[@ICGorillaP]

That sucks, I love Aukey and RAVpower

[@spinnerboyz]

Yeah, i just had to get it from aliexpress 2 weeks ago. Man they had a huge discount on their official website but they unfortunately don't ship it here :(

[@madhousegaming1711]

In belgium , you can order them where ever you want .good cam

[@etherlords88]

Aukey is far far better than logitech and anker! I've been using Aukey products for many years with no issue! I have their high wattage chargers (65 and 90w), power pads, hubs and the only cards in those boxes were, "happy? leave us a review, not happy? let us know what happened and we'll take care of it!" Apparently I was and am still genuinely happy with their products that I am buying stuffs directly from their website.

[@NotThe1stHero]

SO thats why I couldn't find it I was looking to buy another one My previous one broke

[@andrea07pr]

Last month, i got earbuds and they asked me a review in exchange of i don't even remember what.. i think it was a second battery case for them. I'm definitely not an influencer, and i bought them on my freewill

[@TechAuditTV]

Yep! That's Tactic #2 and it's by far the most popular method.

[@guillaumegagnon7049]

Great video!

[@TechAuditTV]

Thanks for the love, Guillaume!

[@danielgarepisholland]

Aukey and MPOW make good products, but they did use fake reviews/incentives that violated policy.

[@ilynaive]

it’s $25 on the aukey website with a promo code!!

[@themmacircle7645]

Damn I was just about to buy one.

[@ilynaive]

it’s $25 with promo code on their website right now. i just ordered it!

[@floralpoboop]

I have gotten a free t-shirt and a free arduino clone, for a good review, I of course did take advantage of this and did not leave a good review and mentioned the bribery in the review and still got everything free because of wordage.

[@JTB_Computers]

Wait Fr that's crazy

[@TechAuditTV]

Yeah, super crazy!

[@cierrablue]

Very interesting.

[@TechAuditTV]

Interesting indeed!

[@lindelltulloch5405]

This sucks because I suggest the FHD to everybody

[@lanzer22]

One thing about business in China is that people genuinely do not think that these types of tactics are immoral. When Amazon reach out to them and say that they broke the rules many are probably scratching their heads wondering what's wrong. The act of giving someone money for favors exist in all levels of business in the country. Not saying that it's right, just saying that its the norm over there.

[@markmacias6780]

Good vid, interesting content 👍

[@TechAuditTV]

Thanks, Mark!

[@ernestkooistra1559]

👍 👍

[@TheAngel_]

First

[@TechAuditTV]

Welcome

[@davidf1985]

Many thanks, I needed a webcam & watched your webcam comparison video. I was interested in the aukey until I saw it is a chinese company. I bought the logitech 920. It's good enough for my casual use. Regarding Amazon reviews, I gave a 1 star review for a non-tech product months ago. The product made big claims that weren't true. Lately, the company is emailing me again, trying to bribe me to delete my review. Here is part of their email : "I'm from China. Maybe my English is not good, or the translation is wrong, I can't express my meaning clearly. If I don't convince clients to delete enough reviews, I risk losing my job. It is not easy to have a job in these difficult times, and I need this income to support my family. You can help me if you don't mind. We'd like to give you a refund of $30" I didn't know this product I bought was from China. Am wondering if I should report this to Amazon & complain that this behavior gives Amazon reviews zero credibility. I always thought Amazon reviews were skewed due to too many 5 star reviews, as if a 3 star ( good ) and 4 star review ( excellent ) review isn't good enough.

[@danmagoo]

I can confirm this. I bought a half-dozen super-cheap webcams from Amazon (during the pandemic shortage) to test, and posted reviews - mainly for my own note-taking, as I am not a major reviewer. 4 of the webcams were pretty good, 2 did not measure up. Soon after, BOTH of the sellers that got poor reviews contacted me, and offered to refund my money (letting me keep the lame webcams) if I would take down my review. By the way, as to Mpow, I loved the headset of theirs that I got, so much that I bought them for my wife and sister, and they love 'em even more. I have bought some good Aukey products (not webcams) also.

[@private-nobody6667]

They also sell on eBay which where I got mine from. Just got it Tue. Love it for the price and it is often more responsive than the C920.

[@MindfulSapient]

Now that you have been using the webcam for quite some time, would you recommend it? Is it working fine?

[@MadmusicalHulk]

I got the Aukey 3 in 1 wireless charger in April. I don’t remember writing a review for them though or even being asked to write one. It’s a really cool device and works brilliantly.

[@ethanfrost7204]

they are not back rip

[@bendirval3612]

I bought an Aukey but I hate that super huge field of view. I wish higher-quality webcam manufacturers wouldn't assume that users want their whole room in the picture all the time

[@TechAuditTV]

Yeah it's definitely a unique look!

[@youngduck09]

I bought Aukey LM1E web cam for 18$ and it has very good quality when i use stream lab. I really like that web cam.

[@joeyparlegreco1983]

Just ordered mine 10 min ago from walmart for $19! it was the only place I could find it.

[@SofaKingA]

Aukey has been banned for over a year from Amazon and I never noticed...

[@spacemanplayz5690]

This blows ding dong. I just watched the videos you referred to in the beginning and decided to get the webcam. I won a 50$ gift card to Amazon and wanted to grab a webcam finally. Welp. Couldn't find it and seen this video and what do you know. I can't get it now. Have to find another cam I guess.

[@Dude_Guyman]

Bummer. I bought a couple Aukey GM-F2 gaming mice for ~$15 each and they are very much better than anything I've seen in that range, actually as good or better than many $70+ mice I've seen. They never offered me anything for any reviews either. Aukey makes outstanding stuff for the money. Meanwhile, Amazon continues to sell absolute garbage, even counterfeit, and known defective products from shady vendors. They also lump reviews from one product right into another similar, but completely different model product from a different manufacturer. So their reviews are completely worthless anyway. Check the photos people post in the reviews and half the time you'll see it's not even for the thing you were looking at.

[@yoyofargo]

Mpow was great too, but they deservedly got banned because they asked people for 5 star reviews and incentivized them. Gaming the review system is not okay.

[@MikhaelHausgeist]

It is chinese company. It is all info I need to know to not to buy it. Thanks.

[@RV-pn2oz]

I can't buy anything from aukys website

[@applepine1048]

i bought a usb-charger from aukey and it blew up.

[@redracer2797]

Also... I bought some earbuds from Aukey. They failed. Got refunded. no problem. too bad they are not on amazon anymore.

[@ascensionoftheindigo9432]

the website don't have a at to cart button it just says quantity an there no way to process payment an then if you chat with them it says they are unavailable do you know how i could get one?

[@technickr]

its about two month ago. So it seems to last (forever).

[@numbernine5044]

I don't see how anything they did was unlawful. It just went against Amazon's so called policies. and how does the public even know how often they did it? I own an AUkey mouse and they didn't need to bribe me to know that its a solid product. they probably took time off last year and this year because of possible shipping problesm due to covid.

[@galenyeo46]

The Aukey didn't work for us. The camera has issues under some lights due to the 50/60 hz. Couldn't be solved - disappointing.

[@Matt-rj2wx]

well, that explains why I couldn't find that webcam anymore when I went to buy a second one in early 2022

[@JustBeYouTy]

Wenkia JHO3 is the exact same camera. Check it out. It actually has the Aukey name on it.

[@TheMuradafzal]

Great bro.. Murad afzal khattak from peshawar Pakistan

[@j_nation770]

newegg had it on sale for 18$ + tax so 20.38

[@the2nddog217]

Hey I got My Aukey webcam today, I had to order it new off of ebay as they dont ship to the uk and I couldn't find it on amazon. I didn't find anything in the box asking for a review.

[@TechAuditTV]

I actually ordered as well after this video, and the same for me! Although I'm sure since they are no longer on Amazon there is no motivation to ask for reviews.

[@Crazyreviewer123]

I got a card when I first got my Aukey 10000 portable charger with a built in usb c cable. The product broke down on me without warning that exact day I got it. A few days later I noticed they disappeared from Amazon. I’ll probably try aukey again in the future but for now I’m sticking with Anker

[@TechAuditTV]

Bad timing! Sorry to hear that. Anker is a solid brand as well!

[@Crazyreviewer123]

@@TechAuditTV they sure are not long after I took back the Aukey I got a similar portable charger from Anker it was a black Anker 10500 with the built in usb c cable attached months later still going strong no issues and now I use it on my new Oneplus 9 phone and it works with no issue and stays on the whole time. I wish it worked out with the Aukey but it worked out in the end with getting the Anker as the replacement.

[@suemer3885]

I was about to buy it, I was reaserching about it, and it's how I find your channel... but when I went to buy it it was gone!. I'm from Spain so if they don't come back to amazon I won't be able to buy it as they don't send to my country...

[@ilynaive]

it’s $25 with promo code on their website right now. i just ordered it!

[@suemer3885]

@@ilynaive I'm from Spain, they don't send them here... :( but thanks for the answer :)

[@DonaldMolter]

I have a set of Aukey ear buds and really enjoy them. I also did not get anything requesting a review but then again they were purchased around Christmas time.

[@TechAuditTV]

Greed got the best of them!

[@DonaldMolter]

@@TechAuditTV sad panda 🙁

[@wealthbuilder1016]

Aukey has a store and is being sold by 3rd party sellers on Walmart's site. Walmart has opened its site up to outside sellers like Amazon and to compete with Amazon. I wonder if there is a behibd the scenes power struggle between the two because I've gotten in the habit of checking the Walmart site if I can't find something on Amazon. It's usually there.

[@TechAuditTV]

I'll check out Walmart! I did notice they are now being sold on Newegg as well.

[@apologyapocalypse8693]

This actually helped me out found a large reduced price, thx!