knittyBlog: Creeped out at Amazon.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Creeped out at Amazon.

A new book means I'm checking my reviews at Amazon daily...got to see what people think!

Unfortunately, some dude thought it would be funny to make a pass at the cover model [he thinks it's me. har har.] through his bogus review. I'm totally creeped out.

Would you do me a favor? Go to the book's page, and click on "report this" next to the rude comment? It will be flagged as inappropriate and maybe if all of you do it, they'll actually delete the review instead of leaving it there to fester. I've been clicking on it for a few days, and I think they're ignoring me.

Thanks, guys.

Comments:

done!
what an idiot that man is, hope his rude review gets deleted soon.

# posted by

mjm knitting : 3:43 PM, March 15, 2007

I couldn't find the rude remark, just four good ones. Maybe they've taken it down already?

# posted by

B. : 3:46 PM, March 15, 2007

sorry to leave two comments, but i just refreshed your no sheep for you page at amazon and it only showed four reviews. the rude one seems to be gone. was it because of me? glad to have helped ;-)

# posted by

mjm knitting : 3:47 PM, March 15, 2007

you guys are POWERFUL!
it's gone. thanks so much!

# posted by

amy [Knitty] : 3:48 PM, March 15, 2007

In happier Amazon news, they TODAY have finally shipped my copy of No Sheep For You, which I pre-ordered months ago. Can't wait to finally read it!

# posted by

emily : 4:21 PM, March 15, 2007

Well, I immediately went over to report it too...and it's gone! YAY! I'm being very patient waiting for my book...why does it take so long from Amazon.ca??

# posted by

Roxanne : 4:23 PM, March 15, 2007

I saw that review, and I may even had clicked on the report this. It's gone now though.

# posted by

Kate : 5:40 PM, March 15, 2007

Well, I'm too late to click. But I was going to. Does that earn me a deadline extension for the fall issue? =D

# posted by

Sally Villarreal : 7:51 PM, March 15, 2007

I wonder how someone like that happened upon your book to begin with?

I ordered it earlier this evening so will have my very own copy to peruse, soon, I hope. I'm impatient!

# posted by

DianeS : 11:17 PM, March 15, 2007

I went to look and saw the "review" wasn't there before I saw your comment here about it being gone already. Wow, now that's some creeptastic busting action. Glad the knitters got it nixed!

# posted by

tasha. : 12:13 AM, March 16, 2007

Oh, I just came over here to say that the comment is gone, but it looks liek you already know that. Right. We are a powerful people. =) Those un-knit people have no idea who they're dealing with. =)

# posted by

Faith : 2:28 AM, March 16, 2007

"Destash" blog has a copy of No Sheep for a reduced price. How dare they?????

# posted by

Deb : 8:27 AM, March 16, 2007

The comment must be deleted, I only read the positive one left by lady knitters.

# posted by

AK : 8:40 AM, March 16, 2007

At least for now if you want to read the stupid comment you can use google and look at the cached page.

I was afraid it was a real life acquaintance of mine who likes to write random creepy reviews on amazon. If it was I'd go flame him, but luckily it wasn't.

# posted by

Ariel : 1:52 PM, March 16, 2007

Hooray for the power of knitting - it really does bind us together! Beth

# posted by

Beth : 3:29 PM, March 16, 2007

Couldn't find the offensive review...hooray...had logged in to comment and thank you for all your work on Knitty.com..so would have been happy to comment on bad review...SO..MANY MANY COUNTLESS thanks for all you give to the knitting world!

# posted by

mj : 4:21 PM, March 16, 2007

Well, the nasty guy was gone, but so was MY review. Made me wonder whether I had been flagged for something egregious. Oh well; it's a fantastic book, a valuable addition to my knitting library. Thanks again.

# posted by

Luisa Perkins : 11:20 AM, March 17, 2007

Luisa -- I never got to see your review. Maybe it got stuck in a glitch somewhere and never was posted? [or did you actually see it live at one time?]

# posted by

amy [Knitty] : 12:16 PM, March 17, 2007

Thursday, March 15, 2007

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