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Stacey D.

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4 Reviews by Stacey

  • Vintage Brand

12/31/23
Verified purchase

Ordered several shirts in 12/8 to be given as Christmas gifts. The shirts are great but they didn't make it in time for Christmas which was super disappointing. Good company to do business with overall, but just do t expect to get your items quickly.

  • ZipLineGear

5/3/21
Verified purchase

Like many families looking for some stay at home fun during this pandemic, I decided to build a zipline in our back yard, much to my husband's chagrin. I purchased a kit from Amazon for Christmas after doing some reading and YouTube watching. I thought it would work fine. But as Spring approached, I took another look at our yard and decided I needed to put it in a different place and therefore needed a longer cable. And thus started a long string of watching more videos and making more purchases. My day job is an orthopaedic surgeon and I treat a LOT of broken bones so I wanted to make sure our zipline was as safe as possible. I decided I wanted a thicker cable and then a much more robust turnbuckle than what came in the kit. I needed new cable clamps and tree protectors and a larger sling for the tree. I needed new carabiners and straps and harnesses. I did my calculations for height and slope and built a launching platform. And finally, we put up the cable. I knew we would need a come-along and I had borrowed one from a friend. Unfortunately, the cable on it is 1/4" and my line is 5/16", so I didn't think my cable clamps would work properly. So I ordered the zipline tensioning kit from Ziplinegear.com. I was shocked and amazed that they allow you to use the kit and return for a full refund! That is amazing. I decided I also wanted a longer bungee than came with my kit, so I purchased a 30' bungee from them as well. The purchase was shipped quickly and the tensioning kit was a lifesaver. It is easy to use and is designed for the job. You really can't tension your line without it. After our first tensioning, we realized that the whole line needed to be brought down by several feet. The tensioning kit made it quick and painless. And if you can use it just for the cost of shipping, that is freaking amazing. But the best part of the experience was the instruction manual and safety booklet that they sent. It was absolutely chalk-full of everything you know to put up your zipline. Everything you need to know for planning and safety and what you need and how it works. My kit from China had 3 pages of poorly written instructions. The Zipline Gear booklet was everything I learned watching countless videos and I made some adjustments to my plans because of it. Mind you, I only purchased a bungee cord and a tensioner. They didn't ‘owe' me the booklet at all. I wish I would have bought EVERYTHING from ziplinegear.com. Their costs are comparable to Amazon but they really do give you unrivaled customer service! I will be returning the tensioning kit so someone else can use it. I so appreciate their policy on this. What started out as a couple hundred dollar idea quickly turned into a $1000+ project. But we finished it today and it is a blast.
Thank you ziplinegear.com. You rock!

  • Amazon

12/2/18

I have been a huge Amazon fan for years... Prime member for years... almost all on-line shopping dine through Amazon. I have relied heavily on their customer reviews because I felt that they were an HONEST evaluation of a given product. I discovered this week that their reviews are a LIE. They CENSOR and BLOCK negative reviews of verified purchases. This is OUTRAGEOUS. I am shocked and dismayed and wish there was some way I could tell the public at large that AMAZON REVIEWS ARE A SCAM. They will block negative reviews so that people will continue to waste their money on junk products.

Here is the story and the proof.

I purchased a stupid Christmas beanie cap on one of their Black Friday lightning deals. It was only like $6 or $7. The fabric has Christmas lights around it and they supposedly lit up. I thought my high school daughter would get a kick out of it. Despite being Prime, it took like a week to arrive (their "2 day guaranteed free shipping is another scam which has frustrated me, but not like this... not enough to make me quit the convenience of Amazon). It shows up yesterday and I pull it out of the package and discover that - not only does it NOT light up, it has zero wires and no battery pack. There is a small pocket sewn in the inside where the battery and switch are supposed to be, but again, there are no wires and no battery. It was cheap and I didn't really care enough to return it, but I went onto website to leave a review. (I will generally leave reviews on products that are either 5-star fantastic, or 1-star terrible. I think those experiences are most valuable to other shoppers.) I went into my account and started my review by clicking the one-star button. This should have allowed my to then title and explain my poor review. Instead, I git a message saying that Amazon could not accept my review if this product (mind you, all I had done was click the one star button.) They said that they had some unusual review activity' so they were blocking reviews of this product. I went back into the product image and lo and behold, I see the questions and comments part, I discover that multiple customers received hats just like me. No wires. No battery. And they were also very upset that Amazon was not allowing them to review it. So I sent Customer Service an email expressing my dismay at them blocking honest reviews of products by verified customers on their website. It took a full day (not the 12 hours promised) to reply, but this was the response:

Hello Stacey

This is Deleon from Communities.

We couldn't accept your review for Windy City Novelties LED Light-up Knitted Ugly Sweater Holiday Xmas Christmas Beanie - 3 Flashing Modes (FA La La Beanie) because we detected unusual review behavior on this product. We place limits on reviews to preserve trust in customer reviews. This can include limiting submission of all reviews or limiting reviews to Amazon Verified Purchase reviews.

For more details, please see our Community Guidelines:

http://www.amazon.com/review-guidelines/

For more information about Verified Purchase reviews:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=*******

We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Best regards,
Deleon A...

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12/01/18 17:18:07
Your Name: Stacey
Order Id: **************852
Selected Order Items:
Windy City Novelties LED Light-up Knitted Ugly Sweater Holiday Xmas Christmas Beanie - 3 Flashing Modes (FA La La Beanie) - **************852
Comments: This "light up" hat came with zero wires and no battery pack. Looking at the customer questions/answers, this has happened to a lot of people who ordered this as one of your Black Friday deals. I went to leave a review and it says that Amazon cannot accept my review of this product. What?! You are deciding that customers cannot review a product if something you are selling is total garbage? It is not worth my time nor energy to return it but I wanted to be able to at least warn other customers about this product. I have always relied heavily on customer reviews and is why I have always been a fan of Amazon despite numerous frustrations with shipping expectations that you set but rarely meet. Now I know that your reviews are a fraud. You shut down reviews of products that do not even meet basic standards. This company should NOT be allowed to sell through Amazon AND you should allow every verified customer to review any and all products that they have purchased. Shame on you. I will likely quit Amaxon because of this and will post on a review website that you are sensoring and blocking negative reviews.
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The bottom line is this: Amazon is a DISHONEST COMPANY who is censoring customers reviews to protect their bottom line. They want everyone to waste their money on this stupid garbage hat because it makes them money. They want us to believe that the reviews we read are real and are from verified' customers, but they don't tell you that it ya all a lie because they pick and choose which reviews to accept. It is really a disgrace. They were the first company to publish customer reviews in 1995 and now they have lost their way. SHAME on Amazon. I will miss the convenience of shipping with them but I cannot support such a loathsome, dishonest company any longer. I hope all who read this will boycott Amazon as well.

  • BoardVitals

2/26/18

I paid the exorbitant fee for the Orthopaedic Recert Exam questions. The quality of the questions and the answers are laughable. There are so many grammatical errors and the explanations are horrible for most of the questions. There are omitted words. In one explanation, they call the scaphoid the scapula. Th Cases which have a humpback deformity (intrascaphoid angle greater than 35 degrees) additional require an open-wedge interposition graft, which restores the normal anatomical positions of the scapula in relation to the carpal bone. That is the explanation.:(

There are far better on-line prep sites for 1/3rd the cost. I feel like I was completely ripped off. There is no place on their site to actually submit a review... huge red flag. This is honestly just a scam, taking money off of people who are stressed about prepping for watever exam they have to take. Dont be fooled like I was. I dont feel like the questions would prepare me for the exam, even if the site was free (and it was over $600!).

Trust me... DONT DO IT!

(Ortho Bullets is a thousand times better for far less money and I assure you that I have no incentive to say so.)

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Kelly C. – BoardVitals Rep

Hello Dr. Stacey D. We’re sorry you didn’t find value in our Orthopaedic Recertification Exam questions. We've forwarded your feedback to our content team and since we’re always working on improving our qbanks based on user feedback, we'd love to hear any more detailed feedback you may have for us. Thanks for giving our qbank a shot!

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2/6/24

Ok. Need more vintage products.

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2/6/24

It was great found the perfect gift for my husband