> I got boxes of unopened free shyt from Amazon. Today I got a large box. I have no idea what it is.

Sometimes I get large boxes from the Federal Reserve.

I should probably open one.

Spanky wrote:

They don't tell you what you are getting?

Yes but sometimes I have so many orders that it gets hard to keep track of.  Also some ship immediately and come the next day.  Others take months.  A few never come and either get lost or cancelled. (I have over 500 orders now in the last year) Looking it over I suspect they might be grave flowers.  But the box seems awfully big for that.  I will probably open a few boxes later tonight.  I think I have about 6-8 unopened boxes.

Why do you need to order 500 times from Amazon? That is almost twice what Senor Dinero Enfuego buys.

fudster?

ITT: mental illness.

anon user #3 wrote:

I am in the Amazon Vine program.  They send me free stuff in exchange for reviews. 

Some of the most recent things I got:  a retro gameboy clone that uses Linux to run emulators for arcade games and consoles, queen size self inflating air mattress, cat water fountains (I have six now), grave flowers (that's what the box from last night was oddly).

A lot of it is kind of just a step above junk but every once in a while you can get something good like a drone, 80" Samsung TV, Samsung phone, automatic litter box, cat wheel, etc.   I saw a $1500 exercise bike the other day but didn't get it.

Do they care if you give bad reviews?

Samples_Boi wrote:

Do they care if you give bad reviews?

No.  I've given out about four 1* reviews.  Maybe a few dozen 3* or below reviews.

Samples_Boi wrote:

I just did a bit of googling. It sounds like a chore/job. Amazon scores your reviews and noone seems to know what the metrics are.

My reviews really aren't anything special.  When I got the invite I had just reviewed a book on a somewhat obscure subject.  It then popped up afterwards and offered me the invite.  I thought it was a scam at first so left the tab open and investigated a bit before accepting.


You do have to review at least 60% of items at all times.  To get "gold" (you get to order 8 items a day versus just 3 and also get access to items over $100) you need to review 90% of items.  So it is a bit of a chore sometimes, yes.  Especially to "Stay gold."