Q and A about Reviews (part 2):
What happens if I get offered a review item that I accept, but the seller does not respond back with a coupon code? It is pretty common that sellers will contact you about a review item, and you enthusiastically accept, only to have the seller never contact you again. It happens to me all the time, so much so I don’t even give it a second thought. In the last year that I have tracked such things, I have had almost 250 items that I was promised, but never received. That’s several items that don’t materialize each week, a few of those even were actually ordered with coupon codes on Amazon and the seller just never shipped. So don’t sweat it when it happens to you. It could be that the seller only had so many items to give out for reviews, and had more interest than items. It could be any number of reasons! There is no harm in contacting the seller to inquire, although I would not expect any answer. My personal philosophy is just to let it go, I don’t have time to try to manage all the sellers that bailed out on me.
What happens if the seller requires me to give a 5 star review AFTER I already accepted the item? You should never comply with such a request. It is somewhat deceptive on the part of the seller to “throw that in” after the fact, and in these cases (it has happened to me) you should email back informing the seller it is impossible to know before you receive an item whether or not it is 5 stars. Be sure you let the seller know where you stand, even if they didn’t give you the same courtesy.
What happens if I get an item, but I lost the product link to review and I can’t remember who sent me the item? This is where good record keeping can really save you. Sometimes though you may forget to save information. I admit, it has happened to me recently. What I did first was to go through my records, not finding anything there, I then went through my saved emails- and luckily the seller had an email that matched the brand name of the product. From the found email, I was able to get the product link. Had I not found it there, I would have gone back through my purchase records online (hoping it was not a direct ship item) to see if I could find it. But if you aren’t so lucky, in most cases after a few weeks the seller will send an inquiry as to why a review has not been posted. Be watching and waiting for it.
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