# Another Amazon oddity (Reviews)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-amazon-oddity-reviews/836303>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 30, 2019, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-amazon-oddity-reviews/836303 "2019-06-30T15:25:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-amazon-oddity-reviews/836303/21 "2019-07-02T14:34:58Z")

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> [@Cayuga](#):
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> Did you look at the last photo in the column on the left? A masterpiece of Photoshop artistry.

They must be wizards. Using their socorer’s ways to open cans, and then suspend them facing away. I suspect they needed to because the can opener didn’t work.

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**Author:** ![Jet\_Jaguar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jet_jaguar/32/3562_2.png) [@Jet\_Jaguar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jet_Jaguar)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-amazon-oddity-reviews/836303/22 "2019-07-02T16:56:46Z")

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> [@Raza](#):
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> I first saw this about a month ago. A cow-orker theorized that, since in my case the “sold by” was not Amazon, that the seller simply re-used the same Amazon ID (ASIN, I think) for a different product.

I’ve seen this kind of thing before, and once read that it’s basically this. These weird, unrelated reviews happen when third-party sellers re-use Amazon product id numbers on new products.

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**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2019, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-amazon-oddity-reviews/836303/23 "2019-07-02T19:13:09Z")

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[FakeSpot analysis](https://www.fakespot.com/product/can-opener-manual-food-grade-stainless-steel-tin-opener-hanldhled-jar-opener-ergonomic-anti-slip-big-turn-knob-and-rubber-soft-handle-ultra-sharp-blades-ideal-for-seniors-arthritis)

[ReviewMeta analysis](https://reviewmeta.com/amazon/B07PRMG2LD)

This can opener URL seems to have succeeded the other ones.

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