This all starts out simple, I went researching steam cleaners on the Internet since my last cleaner died, ended up focusing on the . I consider myself a somewhat savvy internet buyer, but still want to have trust in the written word.

First stop Amazon.com, glowing 5 star reviews far outweigh the few 1 stars. Who really looks farther? I go to their website and looks good, professional even a press release talking about being “the leading manufacturer of steam cleaner products” and quoting “caveat emptor” as other companies are selling “inferior knockoffs” of their high quality product they manufacture (according to them).

A quick Google takes me to more sites and blogs with good reviews. I am sold.

Back to Amazon.com and order. My package arrives with my Vapamore Mr-100 Primo. I mistakenly open it upside down and see the bottom of the box first. 3 words… Made in China. Okay, momentary stop…. I thought it was made by them, but move on. Having knowledge of steam cleaners, I am not impressed by anything, appears to be similar to my old one.

This is where MY report starts – Nagging at me, I feel a bit stupid so I went back to my web searches that led me to buy the Vapamore….AND WOW. I now see all of this for what it is. I found the reviews I read before, but looked closer and started to see what is going on, they write their own reviews and then actually lie when they get caught! Ed Hurd is a busy guy! He really should change his login name Castpro, from touting his product as a buyer, denying it when confronted

and then to going on forums on Google web forum to figure out what is wrong with his website, BTW . Busted!

There is even one that he pretends to be a buyer and says he bought from one of their resellers . I suppose they are all in cahoots, what the heck it’s all about the buck!!

How else does a company that only put up their website 2 years ago as I found with 2 minutes of research make themselves look like and talk like they have been around forever. What a scam!

It only got worse when I went back to Amazon.com. What appeared to be great reviews before, I could now see through them and was I duped! I found they had been caught at this before and reading more, they clearly still manipulate their reviews, they just got better hiding themselves.

Discussion of fake reviews

The last straw was returning back to and reading the Press Releases from Randy Marchetti at www.Vapamore.com, I suppose the other owner? Now I read their statements with a different eye find some are absurd and I am pretty sure illegal. They are not manufacturers, their products aren’t any better, they are fearing people away from other products to buy theirs. Internet or not, I want to buy on trust and this company is full of deception and double talk.

Lesson learned!! Anyone can write a 3 sentence review, buy a website and create a perception......but eventually Ed Hurd and Randy Marchetti your busted! Start working on your reviews now….

Anyone out there living in Scottsdale, Arizona, go check out the Vapamore “manufacturing” facility and report back! I’m on my way to Goodwill and give this thing away, thoroughly disgusted and past my 7 day return.