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Cassandra

Website: http://www.akrasiac.org/eredien/index.html

Bio: Writer, gardener. I like thinking about UI design too.

Hardbox drive enclosure is hard, not really much like a book

May 13, 2008 6:18am

It could contain its own user manual.

Camera shop offers customer bribe to remove bad Amazon review

May 6, 2008 5:58am

I had this happen to me, and the amazon.com seller offered a refund of $5 for taking the negative review down. I didn't. My favorite part was when they complained that the review made their rating go down. That's the idea.

I ended up calling Amazon and saying, "can they do that?" It turns out they can't under the Amazon merchant agreement, according to the customer rep I got on the phone. Report it if this happens to you.

As a buyer online, I have an obligation to report what really happened to me, not remove that report for money.

It's a double obligation to:
- warn other customers that they might have the same experience.
- let the store know that I had a poor experience. If they really care, they will want to fix it.

Caveat emptor doesn't work when you're being bribed to silence.

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