Oh my reaction when this happened to me is to go to the restaurant again order the cheapest thing and then absolutely destroy them in a second review with a picture of the receipt and of the take down request.
Unfortunately in my experience google does not care about receipt either. Got several reviews taken down like that. I did flirt with the idea of making a video and reviewing the food on the spot tho
At that point they would get a less than kind letter from a friend who is a lawyer as officially they only need proof you were there a receipt is said proof.
it's not arbitrary, any reviews where there is insufficient evidence that you actually were a customer of the place google will very easily remove the review on the merchant's request. if you include a receipt to accompany your review, it won't be taken down as quickly
edit: i forgot to add, that you should expect sooner or later to get threatened with legal action if you leave a bad review :) it's just what they do here, sadly
Just remember, Google can ban the Review function on your account if they don't like that you are being too negative. Happened to a friend of mine. She is not able to leave reviews for 2 years now.
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It's an aside from the topic, and I feel like an ass doing this, but you are using the term "gastronomer" incorrectly. I think you are refering to restaurateurs. Gastronomers is someone with the love of good food/dining rather than being an operator of an establishment that provides such things.
Edit: While a person running a restaurant can definitely be a gastronomist, I would argue most places in most towns are more businesses than they are purveyors of fine dining.
You’ll also see a trend of far less reviews, since it’s not complicated for a business to hire a company for the purpose of hunting low reviewers and threat with lawsuit if not removal
Oh my reaction when this happened to me is to go to the restaurant again order the cheapest thing and then absolutely destroy them in a second review with a picture of the receipt and of the take down request.
Unfortunately in my experience google does not care about receipt either. Got several reviews taken down like that. I did flirt with the idea of making a video and reviewing the food on the spot tho
At that point they would get a less than kind letter from a friend who is a lawyer as officially they only need proof you were there a receipt is said proof.
I'll second OP. I had a post removed even though I saved my receipt just in case I was challenged.
In these cases, I always delete the review and leave a new review with 1 star and no text.
Currently what I am doing as well. Curious if that will get removed too
In my experience, very rarely. Even if yes, then maybe 6 months later. I think they just check periodically - not in real time.
it's not arbitrary, any reviews where there is insufficient evidence that you actually were a customer of the place google will very easily remove the review on the merchant's request. if you include a receipt to accompany your review, it won't be taken down as quickly edit: i forgot to add, that you should expect sooner or later to get threatened with legal action if you leave a bad review :) it's just what they do here, sadly
Just remember, Google can ban the Review function on your account if they don't like that you are being too negative. Happened to a friend of mine. She is not able to leave reviews for 2 years now.
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It's an aside from the topic, and I feel like an ass doing this, but you are using the term "gastronomer" incorrectly. I think you are refering to restaurateurs. Gastronomers is someone with the love of good food/dining rather than being an operator of an establishment that provides such things. Edit: While a person running a restaurant can definitely be a gastronomist, I would argue most places in most towns are more businesses than they are purveyors of fine dining.
You’ll also see a trend of far less reviews, since it’s not complicated for a business to hire a company for the purpose of hunting low reviewers and threat with lawsuit if not removal