AMAZON Sues 1114 FIVERR Sellers

[sd_ann]

After looking into the service and reading all this. I won’t be paying for any reviews. I don’t need to. But in general terms I believe Amazon are going over the top. Family members have given good rankings and so have their friends as favours or support to boost sales which can also be seen as misleading customers which is where the idea to purchase reviews like this has come from. So Amazon. Please define “misleading customers”.

[fastcopywriter]

That’s very scary, and it’s a bad practice for the media. Of course, The New York Times hates Bill O’Reilly, so his books usually get negative reviews even though they’re often on the NYT Bestsellers List.

[jellyfishonline]

Let’s look at it from the other side: These sellers never claim that they will review the product positive or give a 5 star to it. How can Amazon still sue them?

[auraiyaits]

that’s why everyone get quality services.

[fastcopywriter]

Yeah, that’s the hypocrisy of Amazon. It’s not OK to pay for reviews, but it is OK for you to gift your book to friends, family, even perfect strangers in exchange for reviews.

Who cares? To me reviews are like advertising, if the product is great then advertising creates word of mouth which leads to more sales. If the product sucks, you’ll get a ton of negative reviews so your sales will drop.

Whenever I want to buy a dubious book, I first read the 1-star reviews and then the 5-stars and use my judgement to see if it’s worth buying or not.

[psychicbunny]

That’s insane. Leaving fake reviews is unethical but do they really have to SUE them? That’s a little excessive…

[psychicbunny]

This is exactly how I feel

[saquibraza15]

Great news
but You get what you pay for

[pacquills]

I hope this suit does not get far. It is not bad to game the system. Big corporations have gamed the consumer’s mind for decades. With falsified data and doctored research. What’s in a review? 😦

[pacquills]

I also have to add that Fiverr has a terribly bad reputation as the place to get fake online stuff (reviews, likes etc) . Let’'s improve the rep of Fiverr so that we can attract a high quality of buyers.

[jessica90066]

Exactly. And some people need the money. Really who does it hurt to write a review about a book. I read the books and post the I got a copy of this book in exchange for a review statement. I am unemployed right now and I really need the money I was making writing the reviews. Everyone can get off their snarky superior than thou high horses because it’s not an attractive quality to be happy about other people’s troubles. It’s not like we were stealing people’s pensions or selling government secrets ! For goodness sake people have some compassion.

[jessica90066]

How did you find out you were part of the lawsuit ?

[jessica90066]

Amazon says that you cannot receive compensation for writing a review. I just got a very upsetting email from them. Even if you state that you received a copy of the book in exchange for a fair review.