Best products from r/Scams

We found 28 comments on r/Scams discussing the most recommended products. We ran sentiment analysis on each of these comments to determine how redditors feel about different products. We found 46 products and ranked them based on the amount of positive reactions they received. Here are the top 20.

17. Baby Banana - Yellow Banana Toothbrush, Training Teether Tooth Brush for Infant, Baby, and Toddler

    Features:
  • Start teaching your baby good brushing habits with the Baby Banana Toothbrush! This training toothbrush is designed specifically for infants' and toddlers' small, sensitive mouths. Intended to be introduced when babies first begin teething and they instinctively want to stick everything in their mouths. The soft silicone bristles will gently massage sore teething gums when the brush is rubbed against them.
  • This easy to hold toothbrush toy is made from a single piece of high quality, food grade silicone. It's been designed to be highly durable to withstand the rough handling of infants and toddlers. It can be put in the freezer to provide a soothing numbing effect for painful mouths. It is designed to be easily cleaned in the top rack of the dishwasher.
  • The Baby Banana has been carefully designed especially for little hands to hold. Its "peels" allow you to attach a binky strap to the brush to prevent it from being dropped. If it does fall on the ground, it’s easy to rinse off and keep chewing. The whole toothbrush measures 4.33" x 0.39" x 7.87", making it perfect as a My First Toothbrush for infants just beginning to teethe.
  • The Baby Banana is proudly Made in the USA. It is made from 100% food grade silicone, and is BPA free and phthalate free. The bendable silicone is safe for babies who bite down hard on a toothbrush, or if they should fall while holding the toothbrush, the soft material will prevent oral injuries that could occur with a traditional toothbrush.
  • When your baby's first tooth erupts, you can use a tiny smear of infant safe to swallow toothpaste on the bristles of the Baby Banana Toothbrush. Parents can help the baby to gently brush the tooth both front and back. Toddlers can use up to a pea sized drop of safe to swallow toothpaste, and can start to be taught how to brush their own teeth. Parents should always supervise when baby is learning how to brush their teeth.
  • Recommended for ages 3-12 months
  • Now available in a variety of colors to suit any baby’s style
Baby Banana - Yellow Banana Toothbrush, Training Teether Tooth Brush for Infant, Baby, and Toddler
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u/impy695 · 8 pointsr/Scams

Based on what you wrote, this doesn't sound like a scam to me. They may not have been as forgiving as they could have been and got as much extra as was possible, but going off the letter of the contract is not a scam.

Was everything able to be fit into the truck they brought? How much did the items weigh? Did the extra items impact the time it took to pack and unpack the truck (you probably cannot answer this one yourself)?

What is the total volume of all the items added? A quick search says a medium moving box is about 3 cubic feet (https://www.homedepot.com/p/The-Home-Depot-18-in-L-x-18-in-W-x-16-in-D-Medium-Moving-Box-1001005/202029360). So that's 36 cubic feet.

For the miscellaneous items and floor fans, draw an imaginary box around each one and figure out what the volume of that box is. Make sure to leave space around each one (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001V8Y64Q/ref=psdc_3737621_t2_B00X9LYVWA this would add at least 13 cubic ft). Add all of that up and figure out the total volume of extra items. If they were not in boxes then that limits what you could stack on top of them which may increase the updated estimate as well. A 13 cubic foot fan may be much higher in last minute calculations because nothing can go on top of it. Your friends best bet is to take that number and argue she should owe that number * $7. It probably won't go anywhere, but it's your best bet. It also doesn't help that she signed the new updated estimate.

u/AlmostMeTooed · 2 pointsr/Scams

It was the top review and looks common.

https://www.amazon.com/Powered-Security-Waterproof-Lighting-Landscape/product-reviews/B01LYA3KGS

*5.0 out of 5 stars*Excellent solar lights and customer service.January 25, 2017I purchased these lights to illuminate the exterior and interior of my shed where I store my garden tractor and other outdoor equipment. . My first order had to be returned due to problems with both lights. One light had a malfunctioning switch and the other would not charge. The company was quick to respond to my email and promptly sent me two new lights along with an amazon money card to defray the cost of the lights. One of the replacement lights had a bad lumens switch and turned on day or night. Again the company promptly sent me another light and solar panel. Everything works excellent now. These lights are very bright. Just keep in mind that these are not spot lights they are flood lights and do an awesome job lighting up the area. I should point out that I noticed a difference between the lights I first received and the final replacements. The replacements feel like better quality, the switches work better and the exterior case is aluminum now and not plastic. So even though I did have some issues at first I still give these lights and the company 5 stars. I am very satisfied with the lights and the service I received.

u/candiedwhiskey · 3 pointsr/Scams

Very sketchy. For one I couldn't find a website for the organization, just a bunch of little groups on meetup.com, although I did find a connection to an organization/company/not sure, really, that seems to be the backer: Private Financial Club.

Hell, someone even wrote a book parodying it.

All in all, the group looks like it's more of a club than anything, getting speakers to come and talk to them (like Anthony Robbins) and to exchange investing tips/advice/etc that they have come across since then. Almost like an investing support group.

Good for your wife for not joining. As for preserving the friendship, don't be hostile to her friend about this investment thing. Be polite, etc etc and quickly try to move onto another topic. Don't say anything to the effect of "I told you so" if her friend loses her money.

u/chidoelrey · 3 pointsr/Scams

More evidence that this is a scam: I Googled “USABRANDNEWBOX”. There was only one result, an Amazon listing for an exercise machine (Jacob’s Ladder Total Body Exerciser). This offer no longer appears on the live page, but it’s still available in Google’s cache of the page.

The cached page doesn’t work 100%, since it’s a cache. But checking the source code to get some additional info, we can see:

  • The offer is for the exact same amount: $1,500.
  • The offer shows the item as being “Used, Like New”. Yet the only other listing for the item—in refurbished condition—is at a much higher price of $3,199.
  • Checking the source code, the $1,500 offer has comments giving identical instructions: “New in Box. BEFORE YOU ORDER CONTACT: USABRANDNEWBOX at GMAIL com”.

    The scammer isn’t being very creative here. It looks like they’re finding low-availability, high-priced items, then posting too-good-to-be-true “new in box” offers of $1,500 with instructions to email them rather than just do a normal purchase.
u/edwedig · 1 pointr/Scams

Here's the text of the email (email addresses removed in case they are spoofed):
>Message Body:
Hello there : I got your website from Google search and hence I am contacting you. I have an offer for you. Let me explain. I am a student and my aunt gave me a brand new MacBook Pro laptop worth $2700 as exactly seen here on Amazon : https://www.amazon.com/Apple-MacBook-Retina-2-6GHz-6-Core/dp/B07FMLZCR5/?th=1 on my birthday last month and the laptop is still box-packed and unopened with the valid guarantee card. Now my exam is near and I have pending tuition fees to pay, so I have decided to sell this laptop at half price at $1350 and if you are interested to buy it, I will sell it to you and ship it to you free of cost to where you live by DHL. If you will buy it then please email to me to : xxxx : Thanks for reading and your time. Roy : email - xxxx

u/willgreenzilla · 1 pointr/Scams

Yep, they got me as well. Total garbage. Ordered another from Amazon that is legit amazing. The china dropship shit I got from https://officialburritoblanket.com/ was like 2 thread thick junk... This one tho is super nice https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QVKKX37/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apap_p7CL2I62EVxTl

u/Ieatveal · 3 pointsr/Scams

>PCGenius101

good on you for catching his attempt. That is freaking creepy. Even better you shared.

If you are getting slow speeds, you can fix it yourself. Run a wire to your router first and see if its an adapter(wireless) or if its something in windows. IF the wired connection is all good, then check with the manufacturer about an updated wifi driver. Or, just get a cheap usb wifi adapter and be done with it.

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like this one https://smile.amazon.com/EDUP-ac600Mbps-Wireless-External-10-6-10-13/dp/B01CCMUN8C/ref=sr_1_3?

u/DPMx9 · 3 pointsr/Scams

>Looking to order the Amazon Sonos from them for 90% off retail price.

And by that, you mean that you'd like to donate 10% of the retail price of the Amazon Sonos to the enterprising soul that put that website together, right?

Because nobody gets an Amazon Sonos for 90% off when amazon is selling at 0% off.

https://smile.amazon.com/Sonos-One-Gen-Controlled-Built/dp/B07NJQFL4X

u/televixen · 2 pointsr/Scams

Wow, good instincts, this is hilarious. They'll even bring a movie crew right to your home!

First, let's look at that sketchy book cover. It lists two quotes which claim to be "praise for LHH True Life Adventures", but are actually from other sources (surprise!). The quote from the Miami Herald appears to be for a novel called The Sorrows of an American, while the quote from Fox News looks like some random internet comment for the movie Unbroken. Furthermore, unless this dude works for Sony-Universal, he's not allowed to describe his story as a "James Bond/Harry Potter adventure story". He could say that it's like those franchises, but the wording here is copyright infringement at its finest. Finally, the cover was made with "Cover Creator", which is described as "a free online tool for building great-looking cover artwork for your book, CD or DVD". A self-described "millionaire playboy" can't use Photoshop to design his own book cover?

There's a video featuring "Actress in the movie" who makes the same crazy pitch. The same video appears in the "Video Gallery", along with several random youtube clips of natural disasters. For some reason.

This guy's bio reads like the plot of The Mosquito Coast, which makes me think this might not actually be a scam. It might just be a schizophrenic with a website and a big unstable dream. No matter what, though, it's not real. Even auteurs don't make movies by themselves.

u/thewindinthewillows · 5 pointsr/Scams

That watch for 127.99 dollars in the "Women's" section? I put it into tineye.com. You can buy it for 3.87 Euro on amazon.de. And a very similar to identically-looking one was sold on amazon.com; the reviews indicate that it used to cost 3 USD.

Those are absolute no-name items. They slap a French company name and fictitious prices on it, and you think you've found a great offer.

When I have the website "estimate" shipping to Belgium, it costs 11.95 dollars, for 12 to 22 business days wait.

So (assuming you actually get something), you've paid about four times the value on a watch that's essentially worth nothing and probably won't last you a month.

u/NiallSeamistWay · 1 pointr/Scams

Here is the amazon link, and here is an Amazon review quality report.

For the actual contents of the bottle, here are the listed ingredients. It just seems little more than a multivitamin to me.

Here is a link to their website and a Truth in Advertising article about it which notes some of its shadiness although I think it would be great to hear some insight maybe on how this probably does not really impact growth at all.

Thanks!

u/doug1963 · 1 pointr/Scams

A pair of Sony's (MDR-V6) is the way to go. This model is the reference headphone you will find in virtually every recording studio. Amazon has them for $73. These are definitely the best sounding headphones I have ever heard, and the range is 5Hz-30kHz, ensuring that the response is flat within the audible human range.

u/rvncto · 8 pointsr/Scams

hahah that would be pretty cool but no. (i do have an alexa but they can only rebuy things youve already bought)

i checked my order history for the last month.

the only thing that even looks close is that a few days before this order was "placed" i ordered a ShopVac from amazon. but that is finally arriving today from fedex.

but like i said this blower came from UPS and also direct from the retailer website, not from amazon.

their business hours open soon, so i can call them and find out. but looking at it over night, i kind of want to keep it. its a 410cfm vacuum too... which would work great in my shop as a dust collector.


https://www.amazon.com/Toro-51621-UltraPlus-Variable-Speed-Impeller/dp/B00TNCJU3E/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1495202346&sr=8-2&keywords=toro+blower+51621

u/BoopleBun · 1 pointr/Scams

Hmm. I remember the phone cord definitely being from Amazon itself. I usually only get stuff that’s either straight from Amazon or “fulfilled by Amazon”, since I like the free shipping. (I know that “fulfilled by Amazon” is different, though.) I almost bought a baby toothbrush that was “shipped and sold by Amazon” recently, but found in the reviews that some people were getting the made in the USA version, and others were getting the made in Taiwan version, which appears to be a knock-off.

I believe some of the clothes may have been third-party though, since I remember them taking forever to get to me. Don’t know the details about what my friends/family/coworkers ordered, I’m afraid.

u/fiveguyswhore · 1 pointr/Scams

You can also just redeem the PSN gift card yourself if you have a Playstation/PSN Account etc. I know Amazon will not help you if you give the scammers the code and they redeem it, because Amazon's stance is "we sold you a card and you received the digital code, it's not our fault you gave it to a third party" which really makes it sting. Pretty much every 1-star review of the PSN $50 gift card at Amazon is complaining about fraud using that item.

Link: http://www.amazon.com/50-PlayStation-Store-Gift-Card/product-reviews/B004RMK4P8/ref=cm_cr_pr_hist_1?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0&sortBy=bySubmissionDateDescending

"This was a scam! Ordered a coffeepot from another supplier and was given instructions to use this PlayStation Gift Card to complete purchase. Bottom line .. no coffeepot .. no card .. no response from supplier."

Here is the link they send you to after you check out with something in your cart: http://fsllb.com/payorder.html (text below):

"We have received your order and after payment is completed we'll process it.

Your sales representative is: Kelly M. Patterson

Click on the payment button below and you'll be directed to Amazon to checkout.

Your charge will appear as: Sony Playstation Network Card - $50 [Online Game Code]

This is normal and will allow us to process your order without any taxes and you'll receive an additional 1 cent discount from Amazon.

Click on the [Amazon checkout link here]

Follow the checkout instructions displayed on screen by Amazon and in a few minutes you'll receive an email that contains the PSN code.

Please forward it to: payments@fsllb.com .

After your email is received in under 24 hours we'll update your order status and ship your order."

u/jexmex · 1 pointr/Scams

I just bought a what I think is a pretty great mechanical keyboard and a gamer mouse from amazon for $40. Not sure if you are still in the market, but this is the one I got: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078WGG4QG

u/grokforpay · 1 pointr/Scams

Amazon sells many. If you're looking for a starter pen, I really like the Muji fountain pen (https://www.amazon.com/MUJI-Aluminum-Body-Fountain-Pen/dp/B00K2T9DGG). You can buy ink cartridges, or if you want to really get into it, buy a "ink converter" into which you can load your own ink.

u/devon09 · 2 pointsr/Scams

Its a scam. At least from the reviews.

The reviews are cut and pasted from amazon.

e.g. https://www.amazon.com/CouchCoaster-Ultimate-Anti-Spill-Holder-Coaster/product-reviews/B01BX0VI3S

Now go to their site and search the same thing specifically ``` When removed it allows a larger cup or a coffee cup with handle sticking out the slot. Great invention, I wish I had thought of it!```

u/ShinGokuIAM · 1 pointr/Scams

it's a knock-off, I bought one of those G-Shock knockoff watches on amazon a few years ago. It's a watch and it worked. This is the watch I bought https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00QAY0O10/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1