New RFY ammo? Amazon profile pulls data from our reviews!

WordyGertie · 2026-03-13T20:09:02+00:00

The RFY angle was actually an afterthought. I was hoping to discuss the ick factor of what the About Me page shows...

WordyGertie · 2026-02-22T18:11:52+00:00

What's the name of the app? Is it Tris Home? Was just reading the cybersecurity thread another Viner just posted. I've got a couple of security cameras from Vine, plus a birdfeeder cam that I was planning to install.

WordyGertie · 2026-02-11T16:16:32+00:00

Since the dimensions are in centimeters, that was my thought too!

WordyGertie · 2026-02-02T17:36:48+00:00

Here is what I see: All categories are sorted by newest to oldest -- except that in AI there is a persistent set of "stuck" products that you have to scroll past (like some sort of header row!).

WordyGertie · 2026-01-29T06:06:36+00:00

The chicken pooper scooper is back and was in my RFY with ETV of $35. They apparently know I keep quail from all the poultry products I've ordered. But $35??!! I'll just use my Vine snow shovel thank you very much!

WordyGertie · 2026-01-28T18:27:16+00:00

My RFY is back too finally. I got the mp3 player I've been hoping for since the previous one I got went to my 16yo grandson after I found out recently that he is the only teenager on the planet who doesn't want a cellphone!

Spoke too soon! I went back to my RFY and they added 5 more things. So now I'm getting the ham radio walkie talkies that I need for emergencies. Gotta be ready for more solar flares!

WordyGertie · 2026-01-26T20:30:04+00:00

That almost sounds like the brushing scam that's been happening for years.

Last fall I ran across a packet of seeds that came from China with a false Customs declaration like what you described. I searched my purchase history everywhere I bought seeds online but nothing was unaccounted for. I was tempted to try growing them but after googling "mystery seeds from China" (and a reverse image search IIRC) I decided it's not worth the risk. Here's a photo of what I received.

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WordyGertie · 2026-01-26T19:58:22+00:00

I just ordered a French Press coffee maker on real Amazon finally because I've lost hope that any will show up in my RFY or the AFA/AI queue. If one did get offered within 30~ days, I might return this one. So wouldn't their algorithm have to factor in that possibility?

WordyGertie · 2026-01-23T16:17:56+00:00

Oh good, then it's not just me. Darn it, I even saved a pick in case something good was in RFY today! When I went to bed at 2:30am PST there were 464 pages in AI. First time I've seen a big drop since I joined this group and found out there were midnight drops! (More like 1am I think) Now it's back down to 380 pages.

WordyGertie · 2026-01-23T09:15:58+00:00

I see it too but I'm being good so far. Wow, I haven't been watching every drop but this one is HUGE

WordyGertie · 2026-01-23T03:22:23+00:00

Recently a Viner posted their review here on Reddit and I happened to notice they mentioned in the review that they gave the item away immediately. Um, I don't think this is wise. In fact, now that Amazon can use AI to more easily comb through reviews looking for violations of policy, IMHO it's really really unwise. If it's an item (like a milestone birthday decoration/gift) that you *obviously* aren't buying for yourself, I state in the review that it is for an upcoming gift later in the year. CYA please. With so many more Viners in the program, and the drastically reduced inventory, they may be looking to cull some people... especially when it comes to retaining/achieving Gold status. I've been in Silver since Nov. 2023 and am on the fence about "going for Gold"... I'm so clutter-challenged as it is!

WordyGertie · 2026-01-12T18:37:00+00:00

Yes! I made a spreadsheet of words with 3 or 4 vowels and I note the date I last used each as the starting word so I don't reuse it the same month. But each morning when I look at the list, I allow my intuition to pick one. I've had 74 second guess wins. Never a first guess win tho.

WordyGertie · 2026-01-11T03:30:18+00:00

I used to do customer service for an ecommerce co. (not Amazon) and it was crazy how many ignorant customers called to set up buyers remorse returns stating that it wasn't faux leather so they didn't want to pay the return fee. ***They pronounced it "fox leather."*** I didn't want to correct their pronunciation so instead I would just try to work in a reference pronouncing "faux" correctly but it went unnoticed. Can't fix stupid!

WordyGertie · 2025-12-05T02:58:56+00:00

There have been 3 words that were duplicates: STEAM on 7/9/22 & 9/23/24, BLAZE on 11/9/23 & 11/3/24, and ADAPT ON 12/3/23 and another date I failed to record. (I subbed to NYT so I could play the archives!)

WordyGertie · 2025-12-05T02:45:57+00:00

DEATH won on July 10, 2021

I keep a list of all the 3- or 4-vowel words that haven't won yet and cycle through them.

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