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As in you can't emotionally "get past" it? Or you didn't see the "skip ad" link?
With Ghostery enabled, it won't go away.
The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
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Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's still technically illegal if they turn down qualified applicants for jobs that were not the same religion/sect/cult.
Just guessing, but they probably just post Yiddish only job ads in the local Jewish paper (there are plenty in North Jersey and NYC).
You know how they say most jobs from from personal leads? That's all it is.
"Hey we need someone else for a customer service position - you know anyone?" "Sure, my neighbor's son is looking a job."
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#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Jews stick together. One of reasons for their resilience and business success. Unsurprising he brought a lot of his own in on the business. They do that in upper-ranks in my area, too. Now, you probably won't see the media report on racist hiring practices in Jewish companies as quickly as they do anti-Semitism. ;)
Let's be specific. Orthodox Jews. It's basically an society-accepted fanatical cult. I bet none of those 150 were women, they wouldn't be tolerated to work together, or pray together, etc.
> I bet none of those 150 were women, they wouldn't be tolerated to work together, or pray together, etc.
You know nothing about Orthodox Jews do you?
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#44"Private Label" manufacture of goods is a fairly large cottage industry. Unfortunately many of the mostly fly by night home based Alibaba arbitrage schemes fail pretty hard. I've certainly purchased these off amazon ebay etc and have found they rarely stand up to the hype. For instance, I recently purchased a WooPower dual 2.4 amp charger off Amazon. Total POS doesnt come anywhere near 2.4 amps per output. I have a suspicion the 300+ reviews are fake.
Not to throw shade on these guys but you get what you pay for.
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#45Now this is a capitalist. This guy is what happens when you make it easy for someone to go make a new-and-improved product.
Now that he's on the news the patent trolls will get to him. Wait and see...
I suspect a hapless patent troll would get far more than he bargained for after sending his C&D to these fellows.
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Note that the most helpful review is someone who did not buy one. Same with the second. And the third. > Sample provided for review. > Got this at no cost for unbiased review. > *I received a sample product from Ivation. Reviews are much more scattered if you filter by "Verified purchase only". It's interesting that this drops the number of reviews from 165 to 104 for a product which is designed for and presumably so…
I like how their super-duper religion doesn't prevent them from scamming people. EDIT: downvoters, care to explain what's wrong with this comment?
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I don't think it's a racist hiring practice, it's religious nepotism. Mormons and scientologists often stick together in the same way (and really probably any small group of people very closely connected; immigrants often initially do the same thing in a new country as well).
It's actually both. Religious nepotism often requires discrimination based on religion.
Jewish isn't a race. It isn't necessarily racial discrimination to just hire Jewish people (a Jewish person can be white, black, whatever).
Is it discrimination based on religion? Obviously.
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
#48Its interesting to think about why this enterprise succeeds and yet Quirky, for example stumbled: this one starts with a known selling product and iterates on it based on market demand, rather than just coming up with cool ideas, perhaps. (I'm actually a fan of Quirky so this isn't really intended as a dis, but one of these two has "nine-figure" (really?) sales, and one doesn't)
This is complete speculation:
Quirky likely had far more scruples and far less connections than these guys, plus I bet Quirky had far less balls when it came to negotiating with a vendor.
These buyers are likely expert and negotiating the price down, or even playing vendors against each other, to get the costs as low as possible.
Their savvy in being able to react quickly with a response product is likely largely driven by their business accumen in this regard...
Quirky was too altruistic in the way they likely handled the manufacturing.
Remember, success in business can often be a reward for some pretty shitty behaviors.
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au contraire: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TQ5TDLC
Does it bother anyone else that the three customer reviews on the product page all give five stars, and all three reviewers received the product for free in exchange for an 'unbiased' review? (And that fact is only visible if you click each 'see more' link at the end of the truncated review). I just have a hard time believing this practice doesn't create bias, even if unintentional. I'm finding I have to work harder…
Some companies will provide the product "for free" but then -- and here's the kicker -- require the product to be returned or they'll charge you for it. I can realistically see an unbiased review coming from that process, but not one where the reviewer gets to keep the product for free.
Re: The Amazon Whisperer (2013)
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Does it bother anyone else that the three customer reviews on the product page all give five stars, and all three reviewers received the product for free in exchange for an 'unbiased' review? (And that fact is only visible if you click each 'see more' link at the end of the truncated review). I just have a hard time believing this practice doesn't create bias, even if unintentional. I'm finding I have to work harder…
Amazon has begun firing off lawsuits against review stacking companies specifically to fight this type of problem. http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/18/technology/amazon-lawsuit-fa...
Good for them -- BS reviews are poisoning one of Amazon's most valuable datasets: the gigabytes of human-created product reviews.