Is this allowed?

[queenwaldorf]

Seems odd to say the least.

222602427754

[springyzone]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

Here t'is.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Ill-Pay-You-For-A-5-Star-Google-Review-Please-Read-/222602427754?hash=ite...

Here is one person destroying credibility of Google reviews for the sake of a few bucks. Disgusting.

And he says he is in business. (Shakes head)

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I can't figure out how you could ensure you got anything-seems to me you pay $1 but you might not get anything back.

There doesn't seem to be a link anywhere to show what the seller's business is. How could you write much of a review without knowing a few details?

Most market research is paid for, or a lot of it is. You get paid to do surveys, usually. I collected a reasonable amount in the past from it. Mind you, about things I usually knew something about!! Even so, after a while you learnt that some questions would just keep you going forever (eg tick all the brands you have ever tried), so you learnt to just tick the top 3 or whatever.

There are often prizes offered for 'liking' a business on facebook or writing a review.

I would always take a review with a pinch of salt. Read carefully, see how genuine it sounds.

[kopenhagen5]

I think the idea is you buy one.

Then he will message the business to review.

Once you leave a 5 star rating you get $6 in PayPal.

[collect247]

Check the feedback as a seller to see what business it is or was 

But I think kopes is correct they will message you with the business they want feedback too.

[kopenhagen5]

Item location states Sydney but he is actually in Melbourne.

From where I grew up. Giving that wonderful suburb a bad reputation also.

I'm tempted to buy one and give it zero stars. Definitely worth a dollar.

Or I could open a INR case afterwards and get my dollar back.

[springyzone]

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@kopenhagen5 wrote:

I think the idea is you buy one.

Then he will message the business to review.

Once you leave a 5 star rating you get $6 in PayPal.

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Bad way to go about it.

Why doesn't the seller email some real customers and ask if they would be willing to write a review?

A few years back my sister & I had an email like that from an estate agent who had acutioned our parents' house & we were only too happy to give him a glowing review for nothing.

[queenwaldorf]

I used it because I assumed it wouldn't get bleeped! Wrong I was.

[go-tazz]

Possibly a hijacked account and the account holder wouldn't have a clue until negative feedback started to

appear,(the account hasn't sold anything else for over a year).

The only items that they have bought have been more than 30 days ago.

[queenwaldorf]

ebay still hasn't removed it. So weird.

[kopenhagen5]

The initial staff at eBay probably don't understand it.

I reported it also.

Perhaps a few more members reporting it might help. 

[imastawka]

I reported it - as an intangible