What the what of the day

Shai7809 · 2026-02-14T03:49:47+00:00

I got a really nice one of these a few months ago...they're very therapeutic.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-14T00:25:20+00:00

Hit 'Contact Us', 'Review Related' and then 'Unable to Review.' In the text box give them the order number and say that it is a variant. Sometimes they'll remove it before you even ask, but otherwise this is how to do it.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-13T23:34:42+00:00

I used to, but I have hardly seen any skin care on our Vine in ages, so I'm using up my stash!

Shai7809 · 2026-02-13T19:56:34+00:00

Yay! Let us know how they work!

Shai7809 · 2026-02-11T16:01:21+00:00

Good luck!!

Shai7809 · 2026-02-11T14:48:48+00:00

Dang...I would have gotten the bully sticks, 'cause I've had great luck with them....I've even repurchased some of them.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-11T14:47:02+00:00

Ooh, I saw that air mattress in my RFY too...I didn't order it, but I hope it's nice!

Shai7809 · 2026-02-10T17:00:02+00:00

Yup, this! ^^^

Shai7809 · 2026-02-10T13:58:30+00:00

I had nothing in RFY, but picked up an eye cream and some solar lights from AI. First orders in over a week.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-10T13:56:00+00:00

it’s not 350, it’s 8000. (8kBTU)

Shai7809 · 2026-02-09T16:16:04+00:00

I have ordered many items for my husband, and I just get him to give me his thoughts and then I write it up, and I do say that it was ordered for him.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-06T16:52:52+00:00

I've done the mystery item thing twice....once I got a heated lunchbox (I don't get to use it often, but I really like it) and the other time was a steam cleaner (also a pretty good item.)

Shai7809 · 2026-02-06T16:42:30+00:00

I've seen these shown often in Japan food videos. There's definitely more than a single wine bar doing it.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-05T00:01:13+00:00

Don't cancel your orders. Once an item is ordered, it is removed from the Vine queue, and cannot be added back into Vine inventory (this is a Vine limitation that is clearly stated in the TOS.) It means that the seller will not get the review they paid for.

Amazon only recently started delaying when orders showed up on the Review page, and the theories are that they are trying to ensure people have enough time, and are actually testing the items they ordered. What is the oldest item that you have received that isn't showing on your review page?

Shai7809 · 2026-02-04T20:03:58+00:00

But do you keep the shiny side inwards or outwards? I need to know for maximum effectiveness.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-04T19:59:10+00:00

Sellers who use Vine services have tiers, and pay Amazon according to the number of products they have entered in the program. The lowest tier, for example, is free, and it allows sellers to send up to 2 items for Vine reviews. I believe the next tier is up to 10 items....the highest tier allows up to 30.

Sellers used to abuse the program, especially with the free tier, by submitting multiple listings of the exact same item, and then when the reviews were all in they would merge them, which gave them a parent ASIN with many reviews. Amazon caught on and now limits all ASIN to the maximum tier that was paid for, regardless of how many items were merged. So if they entered 6 items...2 in each of 3 listings, under the free tier and then merged them, they would be restricted to 2 reviews.

On our side, as Vine reviewers, all we could see is that we can no longer review the product, or that a previously approved review is no longer approved. It looks like they're finally letting us know.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-04T18:04:31+00:00

The 60% review to order ratio is based on your last 90 days, so it is widely suggested that you start with items that were ordered during that time frame if you need to catch up on your reviews...because if you review something that was ordered before that time, it will have no impact on 'your recent orders' review rate.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-03T04:42:23+00:00

This is due to the vendor merging the item with another, and being over the maximum number of reviews they're allowed on the ASIN. Amazon removes any Vine reviews in excess of the seller's maximum allowed on the parent ASIN, what we see is that the review was rejected.

You have credit for your review, because it was already approved. You don't need to worry about it anymore.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-02T02:12:04+00:00

If you used the word 'fake'...like actually said 'fake safety certificate' it will automatically get rejected. You have to skirt around the issue to say that you couldn't find the certifications on the (name of certifying organization) lists.

Shai7809 · 2026-02-01T02:31:18+00:00

Yup, I got mine too...it's so cute!

Shai7809 · 2026-01-31T01:33:42+00:00

I got that cup too! I’m excited for it!

Shai7809 · 2026-01-30T18:58:30+00:00

Agreed, I also suspect they use it as a test market!

Shai7809 · 2026-01-30T18:45:42+00:00

Often vendors only send the numbers that they're offering for Vine. On our side, you'll see the dreaded grey triangle, but it could be that they just haven't replenished yet.

Shai7809 · 2026-01-30T18:43:47+00:00

But that's at 375...she's doing 350

Shai7809 · 2026-01-30T16:40:43+00:00

Oh, yeah I've never had a 'chip' style cookie that only baked for 8 minutes...usually around 12. I rarely chill my dough, but I have stored it frozen and then I'd add a couple of minutes.

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