Firm pays cash for fake positive reviews


	Firm pays cash for fake positive reviews

tommy2balmy

1-28-2009 5:06 AM

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mike bayard, sleazebag, belkin, fake reviews

tommy2balmy says:

Yep, that’s right, according to his LinkedIn profile, Bayard is the Business Development Representative at Belkin International in charge of “Sales of Belkin products to major .com accounts such as Amazon.com.” In other words, this guy is paying people to post fake good reviews of his own products which, according to most people who actually use them, suck (and ironically, he’s using Amazon’s own service to screw up their own review system).

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1-28-2009 9:36 PM

deb2012

Hi Tom, good to know, thanks.

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