I shop on Amazon. Until this past year, I had relied on reviews to choose to make purchases. I am sad and perplexed because this is no longer a reliable means of shopping. People are actually PAID to post false 5 star reviews. I've read that there are online companies who hire people to write these bogus reviews. This not only applies to books, but almost all types of inventory online. I've bought some things that are absolutely horrendous or useless due to past reliance on the positive reviews. Recently, I've just gone to the bad reviews to see what kind of problems/complaints people have.
Has anyone else noticed or encountered this?
Patty