Unable to place a WikiReader review on Amazon

Joshua Judson Rosen rozzin at geekspace.com
Thu Nov 19 04:25:23 CET 2009


Sean Moss-Pultz <sean at openmoko.com> writes:
>
> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 2:19 PM, Sean Moss-Pultz <sean at openmoko.com> wrote:
> > >    All reviewers must have a password-protected Amazon.com account
> > >    used for at least one purchase from Amazon.com.
> >
> > Ah ok. So they're forcing you to buy something direct from their store
> > after all. This is discouraging.
> 
> Finally got a reply from them this morning:
> 
>   "Thank you for writing back to us.
> 
>   "We understand your concern in this regard, as please be informed that
>    we have checked the details and we are aware of the details in this regard.
>    The potential customer should have a buyer account and he should have
>    at least one single item purchase on amazon for the last six months.
> 
>   "Only these potential customers can have option to leave customer reviews.
>    We appreciate your understanding and apology for any misunderstanding
>    that we have may have contributed to you in this regard."
> 
> So that does now confirm what you said. In parallel universe, I'm sure
> there's a system better than Amazon's.

At least, as they would say..., a system better IN THIS REGARD. :)

(I've never seen that phrase used quite that frequently before--
an average of ~once per sentence?)

At least its showing up in the product listing again. :)

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