I see a problem with this.
Biased reviews, its been going on for a long time unofficially and officially.
Depending on the item i don't really trust amazon reviews.
There are no biased reviews in the Vine programme.
There's no advantage to it at all.
Amazon doesn't have to pay for the products. Third party sellers provide sample goods for review, before being accepted or rejected as a seller on the Amazon marketplace.
I just wondered if anyone else was doing it.... apparently not!
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