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    Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    This happens with a lot of products sold on Amazon and Overstock. Lots of jewelry sold on these sites have lots of reviews that are just paid shills (often employees of the jewelry distributor) that give it a five star rating and rave over the product, while reading the product specs in front of them. Of course, it was sometimes contrasted greatly by the reviews where the item was actually not what they ordered, or the setting was cheaply made.
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    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    On an unrelated note - Dan, you seem like a "default settings" kind of guy.


    I only mention this because the screenie is Firefox with the default Strata theme on top of XP. You've even got a Google search bar in addition to the Google search box.

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    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    I am not a shill. However, I am quite happy with the bigass Belkin HDMI cable. It's 12 feet long (J&R was out of 6') and is very durable.


    I think I have a surge protector by them too. It works fine and does a good job of sitting up a dresser with crap plugged into it.

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    Image of Monty Monty
    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    Are you saying my paying people for positive reviews of my comments at Gizmodo is a bad thing?


    The big problem is that I keep paying people, and I still have not figured out where they are putting in their positive reviews, and how it helps me.


    I hope Belkin is having better luck with their paid reviews.

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    01/17/09

    @Monty: +1!!! LOL!!!! Oh SNAP!!! Comment of the day!!! /expects payment.
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    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    I don't know what you're talking about. My belkin router is so awesome. Boy it's just so awesome. It routes just like it says it does and then some. I'd buy this router again and again just cause it's that good. Even if I didn't need it. /Belkin: please send payment to usual address. thanx!
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE GitEmSteveDave_My Brute Dojo CDIAFIFE
    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    I mostly read the negative reviews of things to base how they are. I always assume that 85& of people not happy with a product post bad reviews, but like only 25% post reviews if they are pleased with a product.
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    01/17/09

    @There'sAManOnTheWing!_GitEmSteveDave: yeah. I find that if you take the time to read through all the reviews you will find common threads between all the crap and lies. Generally if I find a common complaint between 10 or more reviews then Im going to assume its a real issue, and I havnt been wrong yet.


    Also, if you just use some brain power you can figure out whos BSing and whos just a fanboy etc. then you simply skip that persons reviews.

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    01/18/09

    @pevans34: I hate when the bad review is about Amazon/other retailer and not the product itself. Like "Amazon took 10 days to get here!" and 1 star. What about the product?
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    Image of cyborg5001 cyborg5001
    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    Not that it really matters, but I had that hub, and it is compatible with OSX... but the software is clunky on both the PC and the Mac, so returned it. I gave it a 3/5 review personnaly.
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    01/17/09

    @cyborg5001: For that you only get 39 cents, sir...
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    Image of ScottRose ScottRose
    01/20/09

    @cyborg5001: You needed software for a USB hub?
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    Image of Pootie Tang Pootie Tang
    01/17/09

    In reply to Belkin Rep Pays For Positive Reviews of Belkin Products on Amazon
    Why doesn't he just do what many of them do and write over-the-top reviews for his products under fake names and save a dime?
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    01/17/09

    @Poon: Because that would be too obvious.
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