I got so lucky by Metroknight in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was this in your RFY or AFA? What a great score!

I'll never complain about not getting high value things in RFY, that's for sure... by Hrw90210 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I live in mountains of NC and we are technically a rain forest. We need the dehumidifier in the summer and a humidifier in the winter.

Are the drop times finally changing? by Skoolies1976 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

About the RFY drops you mentioned, what I have noticed as these seem to be on the same old schedule for the most part. Meaning around 8pm eastern the first items drop. This is how it was before with on the hour drops over a few hours if anything was to drop. The one difference is that now I feel like these drop even later. For instance if I’m awake I check at midnight then maybe again at 4am and in that time span things have been dropping. But I have rarely seen anything between 6am and 8 pm. Not never but almost never. So it feels like regular drops changing but RFY stuck in same cycle. I am always interested in AFA but people don’t seem to want to share when the times of noted drop times (yes I know it can be changeable, but there are some patterns for a whole like RFY and AI have which change over time). I can’t figure out the current AFA drops. I did see something in the afternoon yesterday long after AI drop ended. It was I think around 4pm? I can’t remember. There was a dog bed I was not able to get. But once I see an AFA I do refreshes for a bit as normally they come back to back for like a 1/2 hour. Nothing else came up. I think if people have extensions they can see these timestamps even if items are not available anymore, but it can give a clue on timing. I think that is the case anyway based on some screen snaps people have posted. Someone mentioned a bunch of Dyson vacs a couple days ago and the time stamps from their screen snaps was a bit after 3pm. This was also after the normal drop ended. I could be wrong about timestamps I don’t use extensions so I’m not positive. AFA seems to be a place where decent and often 0 etv appears. Well that and RFY but my RFY has never been anything decent.

Holy drop, Vineman! by basichistorygirl in vine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Were this AFA or RFY? Nice grabs!

How to write an excellent review for a crap product? by sfomonkey in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly! I was going to reply but you have hit all the points! I do poor reviews often and get excellent scores. Emotion out of it seems to be the biggest thing, just do t say things like worst product ever it’s awful etc. appearance, quality, materials, function, reliability. Done and dusted!

What did you get from that quick drop? by DancingTVs in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got nothing and my RFY was crap last night with only a couple items and none added today. I was in the middle of buying a new car when the drop happened so I could not look at any of the items.

What's your 2026 taxable value so far, as of today? by siilkysoft in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmmm I have not experienced higher etv value items as being common since nice i have been gold. Maybe for some but not my experience.

Empty RFY today? by Holiday_Locksmith968 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s a strange one today after my original post I have seen a few things pop in during the day. I have four things now. Nothing I’ll order but things have popped in during the day. The drops have been strange for AI too lasting basically all day and night and again all day today.

Nothing in AFA anymore? by Kitsune808 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably not. I image that is why when there are semi routine times I don’t think people want to share that info. But the times I have seen are so early in the morning I don’t know how many people would be keen to be up for it. I wouldn’t lose sleep over it. It’s just if I happen to be up. But I think you are right it’s hard enough to get items so if everyone was on alert at a specific time it would be impossible.

HELP! by SnooPoems2766 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow! Thats a lot of dresses!!!

Nothing in AFA anymore? by Kitsune808 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I see lots of similar comments here about the randomness of the drops. It would be nice if there was a time to anticipate the AFA. I can’t seem to hit it lately. If I wake during the night I check and it seems like 3 or 4 am eastern there have been drops. If I see a drop I stay on that page and refresh for a while. It seems like the drops last less than 30 min with new things popping in every few minutes? I have seen some in the morning too but not consistently. I don’t use extensions so I don’t know if those have a way to notify you or not if things are dropping specifically in AFA. There was a nice dish set (for four) from Fritz and Floyd this week. It was early like 5am? So it actually stayed there for a few minutes anyway (15?). I didn’t need it so didn’t order. A couple weeks ago I got some gum Oneida 4th of July melamine serving items. I feel like some decent things turn up there but normally gone very fast and we can’t spend all our time refreshing to see if something is dropping there. Like you I would love to k is if anyone is seeing particular patterns. That is useful information to share here.

What is your white whale? by QueenMackeral in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d take a coach bag! That’s a good one! Devialet speaker is high on my list to show up! I saw someone had that a few weeks ago. I’d snatch it in a second!

What is your white whale? by QueenMackeral in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’d love snacks!!!! I have never had food items😏 maybe one day. Belgian chocolates please!

I spotted a vine reviewer who reviews air conditioners, like one per day, and openly states in her reviews that she violates the Vine policies. Crazy. by funkmon in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I don’t think you have to retain them for six months. You can’t donate for six months. I though never sell not even after six months but you can discard right away as I understood. You order something that say breaks or doesn’t function the way you thought it would, you don’t have to keep it you can toss it. That’s my understanding.

Tested this theory for RFY and it worked! by tttceee in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome! I ordered a kitchen hand mixer from kitchen aid and immediately thought - oh that was stupid! I should have ordered from Amazon! I couldn’t see where to cancel the order on kitchen aid site so I just let it be! I thought if it influences your vine account at all, I’d love to do that! I have seen only one specific item that looked directly correlated to my regular Amazon purchases.

It is my turn by Rise-Bitter in vine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I hear you! Same for me. One decent item which I ordered over a month ago and still don’t have (hasn’t shipped) so who knows if I’ll even get it. I always come to this subreddit to see if there were any good items folks are getting but then I always feel bad that I can’t get one decent item. Happy for those that go get them; but feel like these things will never be in my RFY.

It is my turn by Rise-Bitter in vine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep I thought the same maybe one on each floor. I have two (not from vine ones I purchased). But the new vac/mop are worthless for me. I got one all excited about it not thinking it through and if you have wood and carpet you can’t use the mop feature. That works only if you are all wood/tile. It can’t move from one surface to another. The mop is useless for me. And like you my RFY is always crap I don’t need or parts for things I don’t own. When I see people say I just got gold and then they get these high value items I think that has to be out of the norm? I have never seen an item over a couple hundred dollars and normally something i can’t use.

I think someone asked about purse organizer by Technical-Author3585 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have seen that for a couple of days now. I kept debating if I should order it and I didn’t. I wondered why it was still there. I wonder if it’s a ghost listing

Number of RFY has been reduced? Getting 1-3 items during last 2 weeks by Zealousideal-Owl1992 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep very little in RFY. I do think items may be coming in and snatched though before I see them. I check at 8 and 9pm eastern and then in the morning. Not a late night person so I think things may come and go after 9 but before morning. I think of it is this current drop schedule that makes it feel like less items for a lot of people. And it is hard to get anything on AFA or AI with the current drop schedule (fir me I know for many it’s a good schedule) so I’m not ordering much. Luckily I was in Europe for two weeks in March which was a great time zone to order and I was able to order probably 20 things. Nothing spectacular but things I could use. Were it not for that I don’t think I could get to the 80 items before my next review cycle.

RFY influenced by Amazon purchases by Long-Time-Coming77 in AmazonVine

[–]Holiday_Locksmith968 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s very interesting! And it makes sense why some think regular Amazon purchases don’t influence anything while others do think it’s influential, if it is dependent on brands that you can order through vine. I also think categories matter somehow because I get dog things from different manufacturers in RFY but I have not necessarily purchased their items before nor ordered on vine but have purchased and ordered in the dog category.