Thursday, March 21, 2019

Amazon.com Bait & Switch Scam

I like Amazon.  I especially appreciate their product review system.  No, it's not perfect & it's not without flaws, but it's the most useful product review system I've ever seen.

This pains me especially, because I recently ran into couple of defective magazines from GunMagWarehouse online & their review system only took my 5 star review & denied the 1 star review for the defective factory Remington mags.  I was thinking how great & fair Amazon reviews are.  Never encountered rigged bias reviews like that on Amazon..... until I just ran into it the other day:

Some (un)lucky reviewers were able to get the warnings out.  What kills me is how they continue to advertise "Made in the U.S.A." not once, but twice in the description, even after numerous input from the shoppers that this knife is Made in China:

amazon bait & switch scam

This is what you'll receive:

amazon bait & switch scam china chinese counterfeit fake


They blocked my review challenging their Made in USA claim, I also reported to them using "report incorrect product information" link, but no change.  March 21st, the product page still promises the Spyderco knife purchasers that the knife is Made in the U.S.A.

I did "@" Amazon when I tweeted:







 Their response:




Finally, this is the rejected review:

amazon bait & switch scam

I thought Amazon was better than this.  Scam, incompetence, or both!  :(