Another tip thats worked for me when buying off amazon: Give a 1 star review to something. We bought an elliptical exercise machine off amazon, which was around $300 and left a bad review; mentioned that I would return the machine if it wasn't such a pain to disassemble. The company messaged me and told me they would refund me if I deleted the review. Free elliptical!
I've heard quite a few stories related to this. Like if you buy some cheap dongle or other mass produced products, inside the box is a little card that says they'll give you free Amazon credit for a 5 star review or they'll give you some other free shit instead.
Some of these sellers build up a hugely positive rating and heel turn at some point, start selling "video cards" or other expensive shit and start shipping rocks or sand instead and basically exit scam. Obviously this isnt all of these sellers but there is some money to be made by doing this tactic since Amazon is so hands off on this when it's third party sellers
Another tip thats worked for me when buying off amazon: Give a 1 star review to something. We bought an elliptical exercise machine off amazon, which was around $300 and left a bad review; mentioned that I would return the machine if it wasn't such a pain to disassemble. The company messaged me and told me they would refund me if I deleted the review. Free elliptical!
I've heard quite a few stories related to this. Like if you buy some cheap dongle or other mass produced products, inside the box is a little card that says they'll give you free Amazon credit for a 5 star review or they'll give you some other free shit instead.
Some of these sellers build up a hugely positive rating and heel turn at some point, start selling "video cards" or other expensive shit and start shipping rocks or sand instead and basically exit scam. Obviously this isnt all of these sellers but there is some money to be made by doing this tactic since Amazon is so hands off on this when it's third party sellers
lmao literally a bribe. 10/10 rating system