mj said

People screwing with the ratings in order to bump Misty Peak- NOT COOL

If you look at tea rating page today, you’ll notice that the top teas have changed drastically. Now the top 4 teas are all Misty Peak teas an these accounts have all popped up within the last 8 hours or so:

http://steepster.com/fashai
http://steepster.com/americantea
http://steepster.com/FunInTheSun
http://steepster.com/missteadrinker
http://steepster.com/yall

They’re rating Misty Peak teas at 100 and then going through and rating other company’s teas at a 1. They’ve also posted a lot of ratings without reviews so they don’t show up. Coincidence? I think not.

They’ve just guaranteed I’ll never purchase a Misty Peak tea.

Update: Misty Peak Teas comments on this phenomenon:

Hello everyone,

This is absolutely ridiculous and is not myself or anyone that I know.

I have spent years on here trying to give away samples or run a completely honest and transparent business, the last thing I would do is rig the website or post faulty reviews. I have been sending samples for years and trying my very best to establish and honestly gain knowledge from those who have sat with this tea.

Please! Whoever is doing this, stop. Remove the listings, and please remove yourself from here if you are going to hurt other businesses and people. This is a tea community of friends and fellow tea drinkers, please stop or feel free to send me a message.

Nicholas

2nd update: Everything is back to normal ratings-wise. Nicholas of Misty Peak worked very hard to make sure this happened!

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I just noticed this myself and sent a note to Jason. A bunch of our teas, Whispering Pines Teas, and Verdant Teas also took a nose dive in ratings.

mj said

I’m glad you sent a note to Jason! Your teas deserve the front page :)

Aww, thanks! :)

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Wow Golden Orchid went all the way down to 86 from 92. Ruh-roh.

SarsyPie said

BEST. REPLY. EVER!!!!

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Bearillant PR from Misty Peak. I commend your effort. :-)

Hahaha

mj said

LOL

looseTman said

“Shoot Yourself in the Foot Marketing B Us”

…waiting for Brenden to post a pic based on looseTman’s statement.

looseTman said

I’m LOL already in anticipation!

Sorry, had to run to the post office. Here you go: http://oi60.tinypic.com/2rr1751.jpg

looseTman said

LOL – That 3rd edition is a scream!

Hahaha :)

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Not cool :(

looseTman said

Agreed, SERIOUSLY NOT COOL!

Please submit to the director to get this removed. I have an email into the customer service for Steepster as well.

Nicholas

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yyz said

They were low balling some of the Mandala teas as well.

yyz said

I’m pretty sure he can;)

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Oh the first one is the person who said they are a monk from Thailand.

I wonder what “too much c” means.

Yes, I found a photo of them: http://img.escapade.co.uk/SALEHIRE/Large/114174.jpg?2

Lol, maybe too many ’c’s in the company name? XD

I was sort of jazzed to have a monk with us, although I thought it was a little odd that they were on the internet and had so many teas from the US.

Haha yes. I do not think they are really a monk from Thailand, unfortunately.

Lol, I was thinking the same thing. Was wondering why a monk had a computer in the first place and why he was using his spare time to rate teas. And then the ever-mysterious “too much c”!

I think Brenden is tea drunk.

I think Brenden has a ridiculous repository of images on his computer… :P

Hahaha, I’m dying laughing at that pic! :)

mj said

Omg me too! ROFLcopter

Cameron B-Impossible!

Ha! :D

Please submit to the director to get this removed. I have an email into the customer service for Steepster as well.

Nicholas

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I wish there was a way to see everyone who’s rated a tea but not left a comment.

I agree. That’s the main issue here is that they can hide behind a lack of words. lol

I also wish there was a way to just tick “I drank this today” without having to go through the review screen.

mj said

Me too Marzipan! That would be great. Then the “most drank” feature would actually be accurate. I don’t log a lot of teas that I drink because I’ve already reviewed them.

Frolic select said

I agree with this.

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One of those people rated two different teas the exact same way. In the wording, not just the rating. I read a couple though.

mj said

Facepalm

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So sad people do things like this. Should keep this topic bumped until the issue is fixed to let people know what’s going on. I will never order from this company.

Edit: Sorry for my harsh words, please accept my apology. I am humbled and embarrassed.

Blodeuyn,

Please accept our apologies for this happening. This has nothing to do with our company and we are just as lost as everyone. Not sure what happened.

Thank you for the updates. Hoping this is sorted out for you as soon as possible.

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Frolic select said

This does make me really sad too. It will completely turn me off of a tea company even if I like their teas.

Rating your own teas is bad enough but trying to lower other teas? That’s really despicable.

I’m fine with companies “reviewing” their own teas if they leave off a rating because they often tell interesting stories or give insight into their process.

looseTman said

BIG +1

mj said

I agree Frolic. I actually like reading the reviews that tea companies write of their own teas- as long as they don’t rate them!

Yeah, it’s nice to see what the companies have to say. But let us do the ratings.

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