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The only problem with this strategy is that competing vendors will start leaving 1 star reviews on reviews of rival products. That said, I haven't bought much either and switched to vendors that somewhat vouch for their products like Best Buy, Walmart, Monoprice, etc

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I’ve started using Walmart.com for just this reason. I no longer trust Amazon. Trust is a hard thing to acquire once it’s lost. After an Amazon Basics usb cable stopped working after a few weeks I don’t even trust Amazon's own products.

In what way is that a problem, though, in the context of what I desribed?

I'm not merely counting 1-star reviews but actually reading them for content.

IOW, what content would a competing vendor be leaving in a review that would confound my research?

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