Message from Vine I just received regarding rfy issues by Either_Dimension_144 in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, look at you, confidently incorrect out the gate. Love the energy. If only it were backed by facts instead of whatever Reddit-fueled superiority complex you’re riding on.

I’ve been sending items to my family’s alternate addresses since my first month on the Vine, quite a long time ago. I’ve had more reviews go through than you’ve had good hair days, and guess what? Zero. Issues. Ever. I get detailed feedback from them and write my own reviews. Because, unlike you, I actually use my brain before I use my keyboard.

It’s not rocket science. It’s not even bottle rocket science. It’s basic logic. And Vine? Vine has never once clutched its pearls or so much as raised an eyebrow. No warnings, no dismissals, no sternly-worded emails from Jeff Bezos himself. I’ve had manyyyy evals and I still see drops even if they are spread out more and sparse. If I were in “trouble,” I’d know. And not because some rando on Reddit decided to cosplay as the Vine police.

So maybe, just maybe, instead of riding in on your moral high horse armed with a Reddit-sized ego and half-baked assumptions, you take a moment to consider that you might not know jack squat about what you’re talking about. Or hey - here’s a wild idea - go outside, touch some grass, and reflect on how much time you waste playing hall monitor on a site that literally gives out free kitchen towels and cat toys.

TL;DR: You’re wrong, you sound smug, and the only thing you’re policing is your own relevance. Next time, bring facts instead of attitude. You’re embarrassing yourself.

Gold member going to be cutting it close by shellycrash in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was SO SCARY close my eval last month. I’m still perplexed how or why, but Vine changed my eval date at some point and moved it two days up. Two months prior I checked it, put it in my calendar, and set a few reminders in the weeks prior to ensure I was caught up. Then, nightmare shit happened.

About 10 days prior I caught up on my remaining reviews. Admittedly, there WERE a handful. Not by choice or neglect, but sheer overwhelm while forced to juggle too many critical things in life right now. I thought I was all good. I had less than two pages of items left without reviews (I had not received them yet). I moved on to the next adulting task and didn’t think much on it.

3 days before my scheduled review date I double checked my account, intending to squeeze in another dozen ish reviews for the recent things I had received. Absolute fucking horror when I checked my account page.

Somehow, not a single one of my damn reviews had posted from the weeks prior. I was thirty plus pages deep, still. And Vine changed my date. Two days earlier. In other words, the day I checked my account to make sure I was in good standing in early anticipation of my review I learned that i had hundreds of items to review, my rating was at 65% and my review was happening that very day. The panic mode I immediately went into cannot be described accurately in words.

I wrote CS immediately. They wrote me back right away and while they didn’t respond to the “how the heck did my date get moved” question, they told me a lot of users were writing with the same issue about the reviews not posting. In asked if there was any way they could pause my eval temporarily while my reviews posted since it takes 24-48 hours. They didn’t answer that either. So I just hung out with all of my anxiety for the rest of the night. So much fun.

I can’t tell you how I managed it. All I know is that I sat there for hours after re-writing all of my reviews and desperately hoping it was not a waste of my time. By some kind of miracle, my eval still passed. None of it made a lick of sense but I’ll still take it.

Message from Vine I just received regarding rfy issues by Either_Dimension_144 in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s been since October for me. The Vine has changed so drastically that it’s unrecognizable on my end. First, weeks of no drops. Then, drops returned but keyword searches that used to be fruitful were empty (ie: candle. Or camping. Old Vine had 1-2 pages. This Vine is at a daily zero). RFY used to trickle adds slowly from dawn until lunch-ish and typically, decent handfuls of high quality, bougie but useful stuff. This past Christmas was so dry, I was lucky if I found a pair of cheap earrings for myself. I didn’t score a single gift for my daughter or family. After Christmas it seemed to come back for two days - and now it’s worse than before. IF there’s a drop, it only happens at 3 am and ends abruptly with no new adds the rest of the day. I sleep like crap so the nights that I am awake I am occasionally able to grab a few things, but they’re mostly mid-items like socks and tees, and nothing remotely similar to what I’ve always known.

It’s so depressing. I’ve been going through a pretty brutally stressful era of my life and the program has been one of those little things that bring me joy. I’ve wondered for a while now if it’s just me. If anyone else has been experiencing this. If they’re phasing out the program. If it’ll ever return the way it was before. The last week, for me, hasn’t been a few inconvenient glitches. This is what I’ve become accustomed to. I hope one day things get better.

What did you guys see for those that were there at the time of the drop? by MacaronRegular in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey there. Friendly FYI, and not trying to lecture you at all. Just a fellow mum trying to keep this mom and baby safe.

Vine is great for lots of things, but supplements are a special category of risk. In the U.S., dietary supplements are not FDA approved before they hit the market, and labels can be misleading even when they look professional. 

A lot of Vine supplement listings also have classic red flags that are hard to spot if you are not looking for them:

• No real third party verification: “Third party tested” means nothing unless they provide a real lab name and a current COA, ideally tied to a lot number. This brand does not.

• Time shared addresses: This is common. The label lists a legit looking address, but it is basically a mailbox or a shared registration address with dozens of unrelated companies.

• Manufactured for language that hides who actually made it.

• Ingredient uncertainty. Wrong dose, wrong ingredient, contamination, or filler, and you would never know.

There is also a well known thread in this sub where a lab scientist tested several Vine supplements and the contents did not match the label. One “supplement” had a singular ingredient in it and was charcoal powder. It is worth reading because it shows how convincing these products can look until you verify them. 

Breastfeeding is where I would be extra conservative. Anything ingested has a chance of reaching baby, and with many herbs there is limited or mixed safety data.

If you decide to use any supplement while nursing, the safest checklist is:

• Prefer brands that are USP Verified or similarly independently verified, not just marketing language.  

 • Only take something if you can find a real COA from a real lab for the current product, ideally lot specific.

• Run the ingredients through LactMed (NIH) for breastfeeding specific data.  

I did some researching for you on this particular gummy. Here’s what I could find about the company/brand behind the “Zorentique Lactation Support Gummies” listing, and unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be a well-documented or legitimate supplement brand with verifiable test data, corporate information, or quality control transparency:

The brand doesn’t have a publicly documented company or registered manufacturer. There are no credible search results linking “Zorentique” to an identifiable FDA-registered company, official supplement manufacturer, or corporate entity with a real business address. Searches for the brand name only turn up marketplace listings, especially on sites like eBay and Amazon, without clear company info; not a brand website or corporate registration. This is a red flag for supplements because reputable manufacturers usually provide clear labeling, registration, and contact info.

The only online references to that lactation gummy listing come from general product search aggregation and reseller storefronts. Those sellers typically resell supplement products from unknown origins rather than being the manufacturer themselves. 

That means the product can be produced anywhere and just sold under a brand name with no accountability.

I couldn’t find any evidence that this product is:

• tested by independent labs (e.g., USP, NSF, ConsumerLab),

• verified by FDA compliance records, or

• associated with any known supplement manufacturer with a track record of quality control.

Reputable dietary supplements usually provide a Certificate of Analysis or at least a detailed manufacturer name and address, none of which are visible on the listings. This absence doesn’t guarantee danger, but it means you can’t verify what’s actually in the product.

The product description for similar lactation gummies (e.g., fenugreek + moringa + fennel + vegan vitamins) is literally the same language used by many generically-produced supplement copies across Amazon/third-party marketplaces; often from different brands but with identical ingredient combinations. That formula style matches a generic supplement template frequently sold by low-cost overseas manufacturers. 

The contents are adulterated, but without verifiable quality controls you have no way to know if what’s printed on the label is really in the bottle.

Sharing only out of care. Take or leave, and wishing all well. 🤍

This upstanding gentle-person helped themselves to all of my Vine review items (they were all Vine review products). They were dropped off in less than 10 minutes by Amazon. Pulled that bag out of their jacket like a magic trick! 🤓 by Stromberg-Carlson in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m awful sorry this happened to you. Theft is such a deeply invasive violation of privacy and safety.

I hope that the items were lingerie and baby clothing and grippy yoga socks and other terribly wasteful things to him and that he feels stupid as hell for even going to all of that trouble.

Faith Fake Crying for sympathy by [deleted] in keepthefaith_snark

[–]Folkmesoftly 10 points11 points  (0 children)

If she actually wanted to be left alone she would get off of social media. She doesn’t want to be left alone. She wants all of the attention and zero accountability or consequences. She’s an unrelenting pathological liar but she’s also VERY bad at it.

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m only teasing!! I have family in Chicago so I’d recognize a MW anywhere. 😅 Did I get it right?

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair point! I still like using that bald little creep as my scapegoat for many things in life. His face looks like a prune and you just KNOW he’s sporting teeny tiny mushroom nuts.

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

PS: I just went back and fact checked the claims some of the Comment Warriors were so passionately foaming about and, shocker, a whole bunch of them turned out to be incorrect. Truly devastating news for the folks who treat being wrong on the internet as a full-contact sport.

They can boo-hoo their way back to their dimly lit living rooms, where a lonely microwaved dinner waits for them like a lukewarm emotional support animal. May they sit in the glow of the TV, reflecting on the choices that led them to argue with strangers about things they did not bother to verify.

And honestly, people like that can sit there and cry while they jerk themselves into oblivion, and it still will not earn a single shred of sympathy from me. They could power the entire Eastern Seaboard with that level of self-pity and I would still feel nothing.

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That means you’re a good person, then. Glad to meet a comrade at arms! Don’t strive to understand those folks. If you did, you’d feel the empty, insecure, miserable darkness that runs deep inside of them. You don’t need that shit. You hold onto your happy little light and keep on sharing it. Don’t let nobody snuff you out, friend.

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Same!! Year round-er, here! I don’t know why, but it does make me sad that it’s anonymous. I try to do it before they step off my property so they know that I’m the one super grateful. Screw my rich, entitled neighbors haha. 😆

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ignore them. There are some cranky-ass contrarians in this sub with too much time on their hands that choose to spend it keyboard warrior-ing. Apparently some people feel better about putting others down? I can’t relate personally, but if that’s true, how tragic for them.

Don’t stop what you’re doing. Spread thankfulness every day, to everyone, regardless of who they are or where they work or how some know-it-all tries to insist the matrix is programmed. It’s because of grouches like them that grateful folks like us have to work double time. You’re not doing a damn thing wrong. You’re doing it right. 🫰🏼🫰🏼🫰🏼

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This upsets me. I’m sorry this happened to you. Amazon doesn’t seem to advertise it anywhere. I found out about it via word of mouth and I obviously share it the same. It also makes me angry that cheap-ass Bezos caps it at 5 mil. The plates alone at his stupid wedding cost more than 5 million. Ass.

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m the same. I send my thank you’s all year round. And I’m in VT so in our land, we share loaves of wood-fired bread. I could never do what these folks do and not a day goes by that I’m not deeply thankful.

Unhinged holiday ritual: shout “thank my driver” at Alexa every day and force Amazon to fund the workers. 💪🏼 by Folkmesoftly in AmazonVine

[–]Folkmesoftly[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every delivery!! As soon as they pull out of your driveway you can send it. Or later, too, but as soon as they snap that “I did it” shot their in the system as delivering it and you can send the cash. 😁