Machina said:
avrwc2 said:
Used to be Amazon's #1 reviewer - not bad given that some 20-30,000,000 people post reviews there.
Been a 'top 10 reviewer' for 7-8 years, currently at #16.
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How many reviews have you done for them to be at #16 after all these years? I imagine there's a bit of (self-imposed) competition at that sort of rank.
Do companies contact you to try and get you to review their products by sending you free samples at all?
John2290 said:
You should take up photography, I was the same way back in 2011-12, going out on morning walks just before sunrise and nature viewing aoround the outskirts of town, the lake and park near my place snapping pics with my phone and then window shopping until 10am and coming back to get to work, some evening going to my family hoe in the country to cycle, view nature in a more unaltered state and stargaze.
One particular spring morning on a walk, I found a bridge camera (A digital camera with DSLR settings) I put all the money I had on it and it led to a fantastic hobby and a reason to go on nature walks, I've upgraded twice noe to DSLR entry then mid grade and a range of ltelescopic enses, This and cycling have brought me so many great memories, not just solitery but with family also and lifted the notion in my head that I was a bit nuts but if you feel a call back to nature, you have to take it, People just weren't supposed to live in concrete shackles and once you do you'll even find beauty in the strangest of places, like in a town/city, no matter what run dow part it is..
Really hope you do, its not even that expensive if you start with a bridge camera (30x zoom, make sure its optical zoom and it takes RAW format photos) and you'll fall in love.
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Hmm. I enjoy watching the birds (they're very social animals and they interact with one another in some surprisingly human ways) but I can't say I've ever felt the urge to photograph them.
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Actually, I've been a 'top 10' reviewer for 7-8 years and was a #1 reviewer on and off. Dropped out of top 10 in 2015.
Yes, companies do contact me. I get about 60-70 review requests in a typical day but I only accept 1 or 2, or none.
And, NO, I do not get paid by Amazon or anyone else. Like the thread suggests, it's a hobby, not a job. My loyalties are with those who need help making a better informed buying decision, not with the marketers. However, as a Vine program member, Amazon lets me pick items I want to review but, believe it or not, they count as 'income' - it's complicated. Independent vendors would issue 99% off or 100% off coupons but they never get a promise of a 'good' review and I never give them a good review if their product sucks. I always try to be fair and helpful to the buyer, not the vendor.
By the way, I became a 'top' reviewer after my reveiws of PS3 and related stuff became popular.
