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Hi. Mind if a reviewer checks in.
First off, I always label how I got the book.
Now as to the verified purchases, people can and do shop other stores. 2 quick examples. The progressive bread keeper. I looked for it on Amazon but bought at Walmart because it was $5 cheaper. That is almost 10 lbs of bread flour. So I do actually own the product.
The Oster Bread Machine. I was going to buy it on Amazon but Oster offered me 10% off to go through them. The savings paid for the yeast.
HarryT,
My mother bought the banana slicer because of the silly reviews. She gave it to me and I gave it to my daughter to give to her father.
The silliest useful reviews had to be on the 5 lb bag of sugarless gummy bears.
On the paid for reviews they are easy to spot.
On the reviews showing up on the first day of sale, the good authors send out ARC's (advance review copies) to some people. Now the thing about ARCs or books given to the reviewer by the author/publisher/other person associated with the book is that the reviewer has to state in the review that they got the book free for a review. That is an FTC rule not Amazon.
Last edited by Cinisajoy; 10-18-2015 at 10:42 AM.
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