Reviews for Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers
Fakespot Fake Amazon Reviews and eBay Sellers by Mozilla Firefox
288 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by purrvasive, 2 years agoI really helps and gives me confidence in what I purchase.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Nolffer, 2 years agoVery convenient! This plug-in works without having to go to the Fakespot website.
Sadly Amazon has been overrun by fake reviews. I wonder may is some of people who get paid to make fake Amazon reviews come here to leave negative reviews. - Rated 4 out of 5by Eirikr, 2 years agoPretty good add-on, could you add an option to only have a pop up appear if the seller is questionable or bad?
- Rated 2 out of 5by SagaciousB, 2 years agoI used to like Fakespot a lot. However, more recently it feels like the data is completely off. I can see a well-known reputable brand like Sony that I trust to not be buying fake reviews get a solid F. The reasoning doesn't even seem valid. Then some junky unknown brand/product gets an A rating with what are clearly bad reviews.
Furthermore, the A-F ratings don't actually help me decide if the product itself is good, so I don't actually get actionable information for making a purchase.
I don't know what they're using for training data or feedback for their ML models, but it doesn't appear to be working.Developer response
posted 2 years agoHi SagaciousB,
Thank you for your feedback.
Unfortunately, a majority of eCommerce is now run through third-party sellers who frequently manipulate listings for brands names like Sony.
When customers have a bad experience with a third-party seller it can impact that brands' reviews, even though the brand did nothing wrong. And this is just one issue of many that we help protect consumers from.
If you could, please email us any products you have questions about to contact@fakespot.com so we can take a second look at them and address any other concerns you may have.
Best,
Fakespot - Rated 3 out of 5by Rhyso, 2 years agoThe Fakespot sorting function doesn't appear on Amazon UK with Firefox, yet it works with Brave and Chrome. It's a pity since it's a really useful feature.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoHi Rhyso,
Our sort bar works on Amazon.co.uk in Firefox.
Please try it again and if you are still having issues please reach out to us at contact@fakespot.com.
Best,
Fakespot - Rated 1 out of 5by Pixie, 2 years agoThe intent of this is good but ever since I installed it my pages are completely different in font, color design. I have to scroll 10 times just to see what used to be right at the top.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoHi Pixie,
Thanks for your feedback.
Please send us the pages you are having issues with to contact@fakespot.com so we can research your issue and get back to you.
In general, our extension works by placing Fakespot Review Grades, Seller Ratings, and Highlights directly on the marketplaces we support.
If you do not like any feature, we give you complete control over your Fakespot experience in the extension settings.
This way you can only see the information you need to make a better purchase.
Best,
Fakespot - Rated 2 out of 5by David , 2 years agoHot take: you shouldn't clog up my browsing with a bunch of crap I didn't ask for without asking me first.
Developer response
posted 2 years agoHi David,
Thanks for your feedback.
Our extension works by placing Fakespot Review Grades, Seller Ratings, and Highlights directly on the marketplaces we support.
If you do not like any feature, we give you complete control over your Fakespot experience in the extension settings.
This way you can only see the information you need to make a better purchase.
Best,
Fakespot - Rated 5 out of 5by ryan-essery-gray, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13404024, 2 years agoI like using this add-on for browsers. Occasionally there isn't enough info to rate something but generally I'm happy with it
- Rated 5 out of 5by Mike, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Charlie, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14528670, 2 years agoWorked fine until Firefox updated to 107.01. Now it doesn't display any info. It says "guard is loading" then disappears.
- Rated 4 out of 5by SewHelpMe, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by keyraw, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14408536, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by robological, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kaiti, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17581788, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Ozamataz Buckshank, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Esteemed2801, 2 years agoExtremely good extension! Also very good summaries of reviews! Does not at all remove from the experience of online shopping but add to it!
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 17527905, 2 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by fghjkiolikujhz, 3 years agoPersonal Information We Collect
.... User ID also includes your account password, other credentials, security questions, and confirmation codes.Developer response
posted 2 years agoHi fghjkiolikujhz: Fakespot's privacy policy is only referring to account information with Fakespot accounts, not any other services. We cannot access, track, or collect passwords, security questions, or any other account information for other applications across any other websites. - Rated 5 out of 5by Baconisgood, 3 years agoI have used Fakespot for years and have been pleased with it. I don't have a problem with the permissions granted since I use Firefox and they block Facebook and that is all that I am concerned about. So far I have trusted Fakespot and they have been spot-on. I also have Malwarebytes on my computer and if there was a problem with Fakespot they would alert me. When I have been warned about new sellers I have respected that and then I wait until they have proven themselves to be legitimate.
So, that's why they have earned 5 stars from me. I would give 10 if they were available. - Rated 1 out of 5by fr34k1n9, 3 years ago