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Watch As Amazon Deletes Hundreds Of One-Star Reviews Of Hillary Clinton's New Book

Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 5 months ago to Culture
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The sad case of a ghost written book, a sordid story, and Amazon trying to make it seem somewhat worthwhile, all in all, making themselves look very stupid, and damaging their brand in the mix. Dumb. The 50% negative would be people who would never buy the book trying to justify why people should not, the other 50% are the Hillarites who would by a used piece of toilet paper if it was claimed to have been near Hillary's butt. Normal American politics at that point.


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  • Posted by Mamaemma 8 years, 5 months ago
    Forget Hillary's book. I think your post is hilarious!
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  • Posted by ewv 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    "Verified purchasers" means purchasing through amazon. A large portion of reviews on amazon are from people who are not such "verified purchasers". A policy of removing negative reviews of Clinton under the excuse "unverified" is inconsistent.
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 8 years, 5 months ago
    I usually don't buy new books; if they are hardbacks, they are usually too expensive, and it is generally some time before they come out in paper-
    back (and, I hear, the new fashion is something called "softcover", which, I understand, is more expensive than paperback.)

    And, as to a book by Hillary Clinton, I usually wouldn't read it if someone offered to pay me for reading it instead of my paying him (or her.)
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  • Posted by IAMGROOT 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    True, but the value still outweighs the negatives. We do more volume and make more money there than anywhere else, especially our own web site. They don't compete with us on everything, yet. =]
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Well, it's a free country. If you don't like their business model, you don't have to participate, essentially supporting it.
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  • Posted by IAMGROOT 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Absolutely! With their automated price adjusting software, Amazon ALWAYS undercuts the competition, and they can afford to with every single merchant subsidizing them on every sale THEY make.
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Doesn't that sound like, "We have to sell individual items at a loss, but we make it up with volume?"
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    One criticism that I liked was, "Hillary couldn't pour p*ss out of a boot without printed instructions."
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I like the option, but if you buy it with the intention of returning it, I would consider that intellectually dishonest and couldn't do it.
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  • Posted by IndianaGary 8 years, 5 months ago
    There is some justification of Amazon deleting 1-star reviews from their site. First, all these "reviews", including some of the 5-star, were posted by people who could not have possibly read it because they were posted before the book was even released. I've heard of speed-reading but time travel was never a requirement. Secondly, what they claimed to be deleting were posts from people who were not verified purchasers of the book. If those were only 1-star reviews then I'd suggest some manipulation might be involved. I don't think it's a big deal, myself, because I would never read the book, much less buy it given what I know of Clinton's escapades in the past, Anyone swayed by a book review from random people doesn't have much in the way of intellectual curiosity or capacity. If a friend I trust gives me a review, I would give it far more consideration.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I'm producing an open world multiplayer futuristic apocalyptic survival MMO. Soon we'll have a demo video and I'll post it here.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    she would score a third loss in 2020, and i think the democratic donors wont give $$ to her again,
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  • Posted by fosterj717 8 years, 5 months ago
    Its a shame that Jeff Bezos and Amazon are such slimy organizations! Cooking the books trying make the "lamebrain" Hillary Clinton look good. Her book of lies will command nothing but 1 star reviews if the people reviewing have any integrity at all.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 5 months ago
    Welcome to dino's book review corner~
    Oh, my goody goodness. Who wouldn't like a ghost-written book about a cackling Evil Hag who can't look in the mirror due to casting no reflection?
    That's why book is a modern abstract art masterpiece. What's abstract and what's the art?
    Me dino just told ya. It's all between the lines that crooked Shillary is incapable of looking at herself in a mirror. Her darling Billy must have bit her after too many rapes or something.
    Yeah, so you don't have to read the book to appreciate its aesthetic wonderment. That's because What Happened is not in the book to be read.
    And don't worry about bungle in the jungle people of the Amazon who kiss up with blowguns. Monkey hunters are what they eat.
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  • Posted by brkssb 8 years, 5 months ago
    A cursory review shows a whopping 93% five-star rating for Hillary Cretin’s book.
    Quote from Amazon reviewer (Kelley): “...Hillary continues to occupy rent-free space in so many people's heads."
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  • Posted by MinorLiberator 8 years, 5 months ago
    Do I actually read this in the article:

    " We do however have mechanisms in place to ensure that the voices of many do not drown out the voices of a few and we remove customer reviews that violate our community guidelines."

    Admitting the "many" rate the book negatively???
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  • Posted by MinorLiberator 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Indeed, I'm with those who want her to run in 2020. And prior to that, "assist" in as many 2018 Dem campaigns as she can. Although I think very few would want her "help", showing some Dems are not 💯 % stupid...
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  • Posted by IAMGROOT 8 years, 5 months ago
    I'm an Amazon "merchant partner," and my company has had a love/hate relationship with them for many years (we started selling watches on the site just as they were creating the "watch and jewelry" category). While they have created a truly awesome mechanism for making money through retail on the Internet, they are clearly in it for themselves. Not only do merchants pay them a commission off the top of the sales price, the same commission is applied to shipping charges. It's very easy for Amazon to make more on a sale than we do, particularly for high dollar items with slim margins. Despite that, the sales volume possible through Amazon is too big to pass up. In-addition, Amazon tracks a number of metrics to keep merchants performing at an acceptable level and they can, and will shut you down with a mouse-click if you drop below what they feel is acceptable. These metrics have to do with your response time both in fulfilling orders and responding to customer inquiries and dealing with customer issues. That makes sense, but they also track your sales metrics. They know what sells and they use that against you by acquiring your product lines. Once Amazon gets a hold of an item, they become the exclusive seller of that item. It is impossible to compete with Amazon in their sandbox. Another metric that can get you shut down is negative feedback. This is not the same as product reviews which is what the topic of this thread is and I apologize for deviating somewhat from the main topic, but if you have a certain number of negative (3 or fewer stars) feedbacks, you have a limited amount of time to bring that back up. Amazon is tough on its merchants. Too tough, IMHO, and it saddens me that a company that has created such great value for people (both consumers and merchants) plays the political power game when they could be a beacon for truth instead. Again, sorry for deviating somewhat.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    dont buy it. Thats the best "0" there is. Or better yet, buy it from amazon and return it to amazon.
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  • Posted by term2 8 years, 5 months ago
    Hillary is just trying to get attention so she can run for political power again. Her lack of appeal as a politician has been shown TWICE already by dark horses that came out of nowhere to beat her at the last minute no matter what political tricks she pulled. I say that people just dont LIKE her, they see the nastiness that resides inside her, and they feel her power hungry nature.

    In the quiet of the voting booth, these things come out as the opposing candidates are selected by the voter. She is one evil bit&*, and she cant hide it. Hows that for political correctness.
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