Joe Lycett EXPLOITS Trustpilot with FAKE Reviews! | Joe Lycett's Got Your Back
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@clondon84
4 жыл бұрын
Could we have the Samuel Leeds exposed put on this channel which was showed last week?
@SuzLa1
4 жыл бұрын
How can I trust trustpilot when they removed my real experience with a company, saying I can't prove it happened? My phone had a design fault and they refused to replace it. That's a valid complaint.
@thefifthGV
2 жыл бұрын
My work asked me to leave fake ones and I refused. Then I resigned 🤣
@team3383
2 жыл бұрын
Could Mr Joe Lycett do this AGAIN and see if the bar stewards at Trustpilot have actually done anything about it ?
"Your product was too fraudulant for our fraud detection systems to pick up" Well isn't that some shit
“Because it’s a colander.” Why did I laugh so hard 😂
@MarieGarrett.
3 жыл бұрын
Not sure how that is relevant@@oliviaava7825
@s4tchm0j0n3s
3 жыл бұрын
@@MarieGarrett. phishing post. Seems this one found its way on to a video that makes no sense.
If their 'fraud detection systems' aren't triggered by a brand new product / company with a sudden wave of 5-star reviews all submitted around the same, short time period... How are they going to work when it comes to real products and companies?
@sadstormtrooper
3 жыл бұрын
It is just a damage control statement that's all. I personally know about multiple scam sites that have existed for years and now have thousands of fake 5-star reviews, yet they do nothing about it.
@SwedishNeo
3 жыл бұрын
The only 'fraud detection system' Trustpilot have is that they remove negative comments if the companies pays them enough to do it. Trustpilot is nothing but a scam.
@IBIZABIKE
3 жыл бұрын
@@SwedishNeo yes personal experience of leaving a negative review of a bad service ,first off it was pulled until I provided proof of the transaction ,I did this ,it was not reinstated for some trivial reason , I kept looking at the site and literally thousands of bad grammar 5 star reviews left at 4 and 5 am continued to fill the site
@tishtashyates2632
2 жыл бұрын
Tru dat!!
@ashwellhield8165
2 жыл бұрын
So we can't trust ( trust pilot)
I know about 40 people who would buy that colander in a minute flat, then rave about how 'ionically charged' their urine has become since using it.
@janani1826
4 жыл бұрын
People who buy smart water 🤣
@barryhomeowner9293
3 жыл бұрын
@@janani1826 smart water's gone cheap now, Voss is the new thing
@lynseylou7318
2 жыл бұрын
@@janani1826 I bought smart water once, surprisingly enough it was the cheapest in the hospital shop. Who wudda thought ey?
@mk2nathan
2 жыл бұрын
@@janani1826 smart water tastes peng.
@witchypeoniflorallungs3044
Жыл бұрын
… This low-key sounds like they’re drinking their own piss 😂
I love how the kid takes one lolly, but the woman gets a handful. Clearly she needs to teach others her negotiation skills.
@aellalee4767
4 жыл бұрын
I worked at a bakery next to a mall We handed out candy for Halloween, and had leftovers. The manager said we had to offer candy to kids after because if we set it out the adults would come in and fill their pockets and not buy anything. Like last time...
@DeathnoteBB
2 ай бұрын
@@aellalee4767Free is free and candy is expensive
I would love to see a "where are they now" type of episode where they go back and see where all the company's they have investigated are now and if they actually fixed things
@foxxxy1115
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! So many of these company's responses sound so disingenuous and insincere, it just sounds like the typical legal tripe you have to spit out to avoid social consequences, and I would love to see if they actually followed through of if their fake words would blow up in their faces!
@jonhohensee3258
Жыл бұрын
ItsMeHere - companies
@DeathnoteBB
2 ай бұрын
I really doubt they did
I just realized “i-Con” = “I con”
@freyas2338
4 жыл бұрын
I only realised when he called him a con artist lol
@theograyell5527
4 жыл бұрын
Apple: "Write that down, write that down!"
@rainmeh4255
4 жыл бұрын
Should have been I-con-people-for-a-living
@jocomfiresin6982
3 жыл бұрын
A college was made based on the profits, everyone's gonna wanna go to I-Con-U
@Jane.MacArthur
3 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah 😂
Joe Lycett 5 * * * * * Charming, intelligent and stunningly handsome.
@eleanorcooke7136
4 жыл бұрын
5 * * * * *
@charliebowman1221
4 жыл бұрын
2**
@darylmortlock1986
4 жыл бұрын
Puff
@gcmarcal
4 жыл бұрын
And modest!
@LulibelleAmour
4 жыл бұрын
*** coz hes a nice guy
"Tastes like the river from Pocahontas." im dead xD
I wonder if Trustpilot have a rating for Trustpilot......
@crispoman
4 жыл бұрын
I have no idea, but I love that the people selling rating 5-star ratings promote themselves using their 5-star ratings.
@MarkOfTzeentch
4 жыл бұрын
@Impeccables its really difficult to get below 4 stars.. so if you see one.. you know its shit
@frainy345
3 жыл бұрын
@White Van Man it's impossible to have a numerically negative rating because the scoring scale used doesn't allow for that... However anything less than 2.5 stars is negative based on the scoring metric. The comment of "would leave no stars if I could" is redundant a a score of 1 is a terrible review a d quantitatively the lowest range of the measurement scale.
The Vice video of London's top restaurant demonstrates this brilliantly
Love how joe basically just complimented himself the whole time
I had a poor experience with a bathroom installation company rated as 5* by TP. I tried to place an honest review and they rejected it as not being positive. I escalated up thro the TP chain and got to a Director who simply refused to respond. It is so untrustworthy it's unbelievable. I sued the bathroom company and placed honest reviews everywhere I could. They closed down but no doubt they reopened with a different name
@samwayne9000
4 жыл бұрын
Nice
@GeorgiaGeorgette
4 жыл бұрын
Good on you for fighting their bad treatment of you.
@jenniferbaron6060
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time and making the effort!
“Because it’s a colander” 😂😂😂😂
I gotta hand it to him, I would never walk around like that in a shopping centre talking to strangers 😂 makes me feel nauseous just thinking about it
@mlhussivxi
4 жыл бұрын
Speaking Truth you’re definitely speaking truth....unless, you know you’re the type of person who gets nauseous from forced, back to back , anxiety ridden conversations lmao 😂
That American accent was amazing.... it fits so perfectly
@jasoncooper5322
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds more irish to me h
@jonahs92
3 жыл бұрын
It's honestly terrible. One of the worst Californian (and American) accents I've ever heard!
@alexis9672
3 жыл бұрын
@@jonahs92 that's why it's amazing
@devonodonnell715
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever spoken to an Irish person if that sounds Irish to you?
My sister used to work there!! They pay people to give crap reviews so the company can call them and pay for TP to work on fixing it for them 😂 that was her job!
@rhonddalesley
3 жыл бұрын
Naomi MUA WOW, just, WOW!
@ashwellhield8165
2 жыл бұрын
Wow
@crackhead4540
Жыл бұрын
Omg
@jaimemurphy2208
Жыл бұрын
I don't believe you.
@artgreen6915
Жыл бұрын
You are suggesting like a review protection racket?
"why have which labeled it as a which don't buy" "Because it's a colander" Omg, that got me xD
@minikipp8549
4 жыл бұрын
That sent me 😂🤣
@tkralva.6668
4 жыл бұрын
Which
@janani1826
4 жыл бұрын
It was a really nice colander tho.... 😂
@orangetangyvideos
4 жыл бұрын
@@tkralva.6668 darn it! I thought I spelled it wrong
The icon saved my marriage 😅😅😅😅
How fortunate of them that Joe caught them just when they had launch new initiatives and new investments....what a load of bollocks. Would be interesting to check again in a year to see if anything changed in a year, but I doubt it would have.
@generichuman2044
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, they just danced around the issue by using word salad and empty promises. Also, nice excuse by saying that Joe's fake company didn't have enough genuine customer reviews to be flagged
@Joliie
4 жыл бұрын
just do it in a month and it will the same bs.
@starpilotalliance
4 жыл бұрын
Corporate synergy syndrome
@MarkOfTzeentch
4 жыл бұрын
@@generichuman2044 its a shit excuse. if all of them were "fake", surely the system put in place to flag fake review would catch them?
your mates at hermes have a bot that posts good reviewa every few minutes to drown out all the bad reviews that people leave for them, you can tell that their fake because all the good reviews are super generic like "great service" and "really happy with this" ect while are the bad reviews are like 3 paragraphs and super in detail
@oestergaard141
4 жыл бұрын
To be fair, most people who leave good reviews just leave simple sentences, customers often get requests on mail etc., to leave positive reviews, and to get through it asap, they just leave few words. Not saying those reviews are real, but you cant base it on that, because that often how people just leave reviews.
@MrPianoMan
4 жыл бұрын
The thing is, it's a difficult one. People that have a complaint will really want everyone to know every bad detail as they're angry. People that leave a five star rating are happy so just leave a quick generic looking review. So there is no good way of actually telling if it's fake or not. One way I like to tell is if they have only left one review, their profile name and picture.
@TugAndThugComputing
4 жыл бұрын
OMG its true!
@EggandBanana08
2 жыл бұрын
most of the bad reviews end up on Hermes the clothes/scarves company even though it is meant for the courier company, because people get confused with their domain name
Say what you will about Randy, at least he actually uses his product. I doubt most of these companies use their own service.
I went on Trust pilot to rate TalkTalk wifi a 1 star and within a week I was reported for false allegations. I was stunned as the company was an absolute shitfest for 24 months and wanted to warn new buyers to beware. I reposted and it was taken down and realised their overall score was 4 stars out of 5🤬🖕🏿🤬🖕🏿
@xenon8117
Жыл бұрын
Not surprising but I think talktalk has a pretty shit reputation anyway fortunately.
i will say it now. Hugo boss must have a bad trustpilot rating
Operation "fart in a bubble bath" doth commenced! 🤣😂 Still use that line since the first time hearing it! It's the BEST! 😂
The i-Con works. I have one myself. It can remove impurities from water like... rocks, large bugs, and puppy dogs. ⭐.⭐.⭐.⭐.⭐
It's not just trust pilot. I've been to lots of restaurants that have bad reviews on Tripadvisor and they have been absolutely fine. People are more likely to leave bad reviews if they are disgruntled or have a bad experience. Also sometimes competitors deliberately try to give bad reviews.
@tehking111
4 жыл бұрын
This is exactly why they use a Bayesian average rather than just an average.
@vickywitton1008
Жыл бұрын
Yes I don't trust reviews for restaurants or places to visit, I like to find out for my self
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "you can't trust TrustPilot"
“this guy works for Brita filter.” 😂
From the USA. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE JOE!! I love 🇬🇧 shows!! The US needs shows like yours!! Most of my YT subscribes are UK channels!!
His American accent is pretty good! Better than Benedict Cumberbatch.
@lipamanka
4 жыл бұрын
hmmm... I mean it's okay... (I'm an American)
@aubyyyy
4 жыл бұрын
I thank you for not getting Benedict Cumberbatch's name wrong for a cheap joke, you have my undying respect
@badspecgamer128
4 жыл бұрын
he's got nothing on Hugh Laurie
@janani1826
4 жыл бұрын
@@lipamanka I mesn considering he wssnt trying cos it's all meant to be a joke i think it was good 😂
@Rachel98246
3 жыл бұрын
Benedict Cumberbatch’s American accent is actually pretty good and I’m sick of people saying it’s bad just because they dislike Marvel 🙄
The three-star guy was so sweetly honest xDDD
I was initially pissed off with my experience with trustpilot, having left a review and went through the process to become ✅verified (scanning my drivers license and submitting a picture of myself) and still being rejected due to “a fraudulent software detection” process, but this clip definitely lifted my spirits 😅
I have no confidence in TrustPilot, they deleted some of my not so positive reviews of other companies and services . Thank you so much for showing how the cookie crumbles. It all makes sense now.
The I-Con reminds me of the Juicero Press, a $699 machine that squeezed a proprietary packet of pulp ($7 each) to get a glass of juice. It worked about as well as squeezing the same packet with your hands, and not as well as using a conventional fruit juicer, or buying a bottle of juice. Most importantly, it only worked when connected to the internet via wi-fi, because ???. This brilliant idea received $120 million in startup capital, from investors I really, really want to meet, so I can pitch them some ideas. Unfortunately, you can no longer buy a Juicero Press. The company burned through that startup money in a couple of years, and went out of business in 2017. I’m sure it racked up some five-star reviews first, though.
@jessejackson4690
Жыл бұрын
And thats the problem with proprietary products linked to a machine. All those poor idiots that bought a $700 paperweight now because they cant get the pouches anymore
I literally got to 10:06 before I realised the name was “I con”... 🙄
@Lee-bv7tj
4 жыл бұрын
I realised when I read your comment
@Ellievibes10
4 жыл бұрын
Lee Bring it in. 🤗 We can be stupid together.
And some reviews from legitimate customers are getting removed, like how Amazon removed my review of a laptop I bought from them. 😠
The way his feet are pointed outwards on the escalator made me laugh way too hard.
I didn't see Joe's car parked on the moon
@Noobie2k7
3 жыл бұрын
That's because it's still in Leeds.
why does joe lycett literally deserve an oscar for this video
2:13 James Marriott, anyone?
@jeffjefferson1503
4 жыл бұрын
ha
@henntendo
4 жыл бұрын
Haha!
joe i honestly think you might have hooked up with my dad over grindr
@barryhomeowner9293
3 жыл бұрын
I mean we all have
Wait that's literally my local shopping mall?! Now i'm sad i missed Joe Ly... sorry I mean Randy Tarragon
@Owlabi
3 жыл бұрын
Sameeee lol
@JohnSmithShields
3 жыл бұрын
Hugo Boss
Not only is Joe hysterical but he is changing the world. Amazing!!! 😂 😂
I feel compelled to say as a stats grad student that Bayesian is not a formula but rather an approach to statistical analysis. The whole point of Bayesian analysis is to account for the fact that reviews aren’t a representative sample of everyone who engages with the brand or service, using something called “priors”. That is a different issue from the fact that it is easy to game the system - Bayesian priors are just part of the equation.
„Oh no, it‘s a split screen thing...“ 😂😂😂
"just one?" *joe hands the woman a handful as she proceeds to shove them in her purse* I love this show
I've been put off Trust Pilot ever since a company removed my one star review claiming it wasn't a valid purchase and it was only when I went to complain to TP and provide proof of purchase that I realised I hadn't been sent any proof of purchase whatsoever.
Alison laughing at joe makes it so much better
I have helped some local business screen obvious fake bad or ludicrous reviews like how for a secondary school, someone said about their terrible experience from when they Where 6. Or the shop that only exists to sell products that are near or passed their best before but are still safe to consume that had bad reviews for selling out of date products.
I love that someone said the icon saved my marriage 😂😂
Joe is absolutely brilliant. What he does is heroic to them he's helped.
This is great I loved that he called It Con. I gotta a good chuckle..
7:00 "Randy now runs the number 1 Water Purification Company" (fails to mention that this is also the ONLY Water Purification Company available)
"Arrange these in the shape of Namibia" killed me on the spot.
I remember a time when customer reviews could actually be trusted but those days are long gone and nowadays anything with too good a review always make me suspicious. I have personally been contacted by a seller of a product that I left bad reviews for, asking me if they could offer any service to make me change my review. Nice customer service one could say but it still does not change a poor product to a good one.
Worked for a startup in London for six months. The number of ways the company went about boosting there good reviews were astonishing. I was even asked to write one for them once
No matter which review site or which review section on which site always read through some of the most positive and some of the most negative reviews and make yourself a picture if they sound legitimate. Best way to also find out if someone is intentionally giving 1* reviews just because a product is missing one feature *they'd* like but is missing or different as expected by them. It is hard work but if you buy a product that is well priced and pretty good unlike some of the reviews make it out to be (like how only one review can tank a products rating when there are only three reviews in total for this product) it feels pretty good to have listenend to ones own instincts.
Another problem with Trustpilot that is that sometimes businesses will ask for a review immediately after the ordering process, not after delivery.
I can literally see the shop I work in in the background how did I miss this 😭😭😂
5:15 "just one?" legend
>Joe makes bad joke >Cuts to Alison to see her laugh
@Dog-hl7yj
4 жыл бұрын
*see her fake laugh
feeling blessed to have seen this
I've absolutely never worked for a company that asks its staff and asks their staff to ask family and friends to post trust pilot reviews. The certainly never let staff go home an hour early for posting revelations, and they definitely never staff into any kind of cash raffle, where the more people you got to post the more chance you have of winning. They certainly never added unessacery additional costs to services, and generously remove additional costs in forms of discounts, cashback, vouchers or additional free services in exchange for trust pilot reviews. They almost certainly would never offer to save the customers value time by emailing them a pre written review for them to copy and paste. Ive never read bad reviews about the company from people who have chosen to not to use our services, or chosen to cancel, then noticed they very quickly disappear. Because surly the fact that someone has chosen not use the services, because they were unhappy with the services or chosen withdraw from the services because of bad experiences, means that they arnt actually a customer of the company, so therefore can't possibly comment about a service that they arnt actually using.
I’ve only found this gem of a man recently but he is one of my new fave comedians!
As someone who has experienced trustpilot as a reviewer I have encountered companies who pressure and spam me to leave them a really good review on there after I have bought from them again and again until I leave the review and they leave me alone. I wasn't bribed, but I was pressured and was very annoyed with them. And it's important to note that my actual experience with them was not great in terms of helpfulness and politeness BEFORE they pressured me to leave a review so when I said I liked them I was lying. I'm very ashamed of it but I think the experience brings to light how easily they can get reviews with corruption and manipulation. Joe bringing this to light is very relieving to see.
you have no idea how much i love this.
"click-click! That's what we've done!" Thanks for sharing, you are amazingly all over it!
omg.. it has been TRULY a while since I have laughed this hard... Thank You for this!
I left two negative reviews and both flagged for not being the customer. When providing receipts and bank statements, they still refused to publish the reviews. This is why I never trust, trustpilot. Maybe ASA should get involved for using the word trust?
Should leave a review of this episode on Trustpilot.
Trust pilot are unethical, and not reliable at all. I had a supposedly 'gentle' skin peel at a skincare clinic, which left me with dark pigmentation marks and permanent scarring all over my face. I wrote a review about it on TrustPilot, which was somehow deleted the next day. Later on, I came across a Facebook page with honest reviews about that clinic; where people said the exact same thing as me. So TrustPilot is basically enabling the bad behaviour from the clinic. The clinic is currently rated 4/5 stars. TrustPilot urgently need to review their practices, and I'm glad that it's coming to light.
At a company I used to work for we would get paid £5 per 5 star review on here, it just had to be left by a customer and have your name in it.
Whilst I am aware of fake reviews and a few things to look for, I did use this website the other day just cause it was the first review site that came up. I'm glad I've seen this because I won't be using it as a reliable source ever again
I love how eccentric the billionaire is ...just like every tech billionaire 😀 love joe
This is why I only read 1-3 star reviews, if the bad characteristics is something I could live with while others are over sensitive about then I go to KZread and see there how something works and to see the product better if possible.
@MrVidification
Жыл бұрын
I usually stick to 2 to 4, but if you can also receive false negative reviews from competitors then looking only at 3 star reviews is probably better as you'll usually hear both positive and negative points that way. I'm pretty sure there will be false 1 star reviews out there, even if not as many as 5 star. The issue online or off is that people love to complain, and even with genuine reviews of any kind, people can dramatise in their favour and overall scores won't always reflect many companies that well as a result. The best option is to just make sure you use a store you already know that has a refund policy for just about any likely issue
Channel 4 in Basingstoke? Didn’t know they knew that place existed, shocker. Had I of known I would have asked Joe round for a cup of tea🤷🏼♀️😅
Just realised this was filmed in Festival Place - Basingstoke. Nothing like seeing the hometown on KZread! Lol.
Arrange there in the shape of Namibia is the funniest thing I've heard in weeks😂
161 reviews and top product in multiple categories is more reviews than the vast majority of products on trust pilot - so if this "isn't enough to trigger their fraud detection systems" nothing is.
Got a lot of these water puns. IVE GOT THEM ON TAP 😂😂
love hwo the production team blurred out the volvic bottle at 3:49 but then you can just see it at the bottom right at 4:25
Just realised he was in Basingstoke, Festival Place! I would’ve loved to have seen him there :,(
You have to be the freshest comedian around atm I could watch your videos all day you have me in tears 😂🤣
I came to the conclusion years ago that a company's TrustPilot score is generally inversely proportional to the company's actual level of customer service. Now I try to avoid any company that shows a Trustpilot score on their website, regardless of what it is.
companies pay trustpilot monthly/yearly £sub $criptions for this, trustpilot allows companies control over what reviews are allowed - low-star can be removed trustpilot uses the income to advertise on TV - feedback loop, more companies pay subscriptions
He should do follow ups with the companies, I'm interested and worried about what the results would be.... if they even respond back
That Randy voice did something for me that I can't accept
Nothing makes me happier than a Joe Lycett video upload!!!!! Sending love and TRUST from the States! 😘❤️❤️❤️
i had 2 years old account with hundreds or reviews in trustpilot > suddenly i could not log in anymore or get password recovery n all my reviews disappeared > had to ask the livechat support and just telling me = account is closed! that´s it, no reasons explained, not any email messages to inform me, it´s just plain incompetent n stupid like this! I wasted my time n efforts for nothing but ingratitude!
I loved that he had to take the shit product to Basingstoke 🤣 I LOVE JOE LYCETT
@Firegen1
Жыл бұрын
It was perfect. Nice to see Amazingstoke getting it's dues
You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain
The fight scene 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
What fitting name I-con 😂
"It's a split screen thing, look"
That was an amazing fight scene
The fight scenes are amazing 😂😂😂
I was expecting "i gave him a B...and a J. Lol
Another thing is they remove bad reviews if the company asks them to.