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It's good to see some review policing happening. I have become very skeptical when reading reviews. I've noticed fake reviews on Amazon. Sometimes it is painfully obvious the review was written by a manufacturer plant. Regular people don't tend to talk using sales pitch-speak.
ResellerRatings, Kudos for being swift in response, upfront about your dealings with sites and the details about your verification. You earn major points with people who read consumer blogs and respond to good management. If you could take these policies and provide for an honest and comprehensive review site, you will be rewarded with droves of consumers starving for a trustworthy source. If you build it, we will all come!
\"ResellerRatings does not condone fake reviews\"
Doesn't he mean he DOES condone fake reviews?
Very nice response. Quick and thorough. (Was that review of your reviews good enough? Now send me my 5 bucks)
Thingfling.com does the same thing, offering coupons for favorable ratings before you even make a purchase. Then they rip people off with their mystery boxes.
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@aishel:
No, to condone means roughly to accept a situation, to go along. Clearly, they do not condone what thecellshop.com is doing, since they dropped the hammer on them.
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@aishel: Um, no.
Props to them for sending out a quick response though. And it is nice that they contacted the reviewers individually instead of just flat out disabling it.
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I think his response was great-- the perfect gift both for anyone ages 9 to 99!
It'll come out always if the intention wasn't genuine and real.
if you are not going to let me post please delete my account
So is TheCellShop scammers or no?
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@Insder: You're probably right. \"to condone\" and \"to condemn\" confused me for a bit when I was learning English (my 2nd language).
This forum thread should answer all your questions if they are real or no. I'd say no.
Mr Resellerratings. What about the NEGATIVE reviews written by competitors? I guess no action is taken in that case. The fact is, these Rating Companies prefer negative reviews. It makes their site interesting. What good is a site if everything is positive. Additionally, when a Customer is reading these reviews, they seem to pass all the positive reviews and read all the negative ones. They then react as if those are the only reviews defining the Company.
It's absurd!
Well, that was kind of predictable, since ResellersRating want to keep their own reputation for honest reviews.