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Post by ianr on Aug 12, 2020 6:48:01 GMT
Anybody noticed these articles in the papers recently, the seeds have been turning up all over the place America and the UK. A great boost for the china threat conspiracy theorists I'm one ian www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-53736078
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Post by Tringa on Aug 12, 2020 7:43:31 GMT
I haven't seen any articles in papers or seen any of the seeds myself but they have been mentioned on a few forums.
I couldn't understand how the 'brushing scam'(referred to in the BBC article) worked. I could not understand how anyone would give a positive review for an item they had not ordered but it seems sellers can get a positive rating from e-commerce sites from the number of sales. More sales means a better rating, so some seller generate sales themselves by sending out unsolicited items, or even just empty packages.
As the BBC article says no one should plant them.
Dave
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Post by rowanberry on Aug 12, 2020 10:12:21 GMT
I got two items last year from Amazon I hadn't ordered, (two cheap digital recorders, like what students use to take notes in lectures.) I tried to return them, but couldn't get anywhere with Amazon... I certainly never left a review, so I'm not sure what the point was. I didn't learn about this 'brushing' scam until about a month ago, so I don't know if what I received was one of those or not. There's got to be something very wrong if sellers can send out things like this and take the loss just for the sake of a review. I get tired of being asked to leave a review for every single item I buy these days... and that's just for the things I DO buy! Perhaps if the seeds are planted, they grow a Corona tree! (now that would be a conspiracy-theory-come-true that I'd like to see.) i.pinimg.com/originals/7e/fc/5a/7efc5af9e444260f07e722b74372d593.jpg
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