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burychka · 10-30-2009, 11:00 AM

As happens from time to time, my wife just found an unbelievable price on a camera that is in short supply, indeed almost unavailable at all from known legitimate retailers (B&H, Canoga, BuyDig). I checked immediately here and found Camera Kings is a new alias for Broadway Photo et al. 45 RR reviews of this "new" company seem to have been posted since about the first of September '09, most in October. Almost all of them are not just good, but glowing!

On close inspection, though, virtually all of these new reviews are also new RR members with no other reviews. To me this is suspect. Also, they seem to be the same writing style, or more specifically like the same person trying to sound like different people.

I don't have a solution to this new problem. Clearly RR has only limited ability to detect fake reviews. The linking of new companies to their former selves is a big help. New users, though, need to be aware that unscrupulous businesses can and do engage in ballot box stuffing, clearly following the joke, "Vote early and vote often!"

10-30-2009, 11:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
burychka Registered User Join Date: May 1999 Posts: 5	See today's most popular deals at » They're back...Broadway Photo is now Camera Kings As happens from time to time, my wife just found an unbelievable price on a camera that is in short supply, indeed almost unavailable at all from known legitimate retailers (B&H, Canoga, BuyDig). I checked immediately here and found Camera Kings is a new alias for Broadway Photo et al. 45 RR reviews of this "new" company seem to have been posted since about the first of September '09, most in October. Almost all of them are not just good, but glowing! On close inspection, though, virtually all of these new reviews are also new RR members with no other reviews. To me this is suspect. Also, they seem to be the same writing style, or more specifically like the same person trying to sound like different people. I don't have a solution to this new problem. Clearly RR has only limited ability to detect fake reviews. The linking of new companies to their former selves is a big help. New users, though, need to be aware that unscrupulous businesses can and do engage in ballot box stuffing, clearly following the joke, "Vote early and vote often!"