I'm Cackling At These 18 Fake Revenge Reviews That Got Debunked By The Business Owners Themselves

I give all these customers one star.

In theory, online reviews are a great place to get the inside scoop on the places you plan to visit or the products you plan to buy. However — because we can't have anything nice on the internet — some people write revenge reviews that twist the truth.

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But sometimes, we get a taste of sweet, sweet poetic justice when the business owners themselves step in to respond with the receipts in hand.

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Here are 18 customers who tried to tear down businesses with fake reviews and got called out by the owners:

1. This disgruntled time traveler:

Fake review before the restaurant even opens from quityourbullshit

2. This rival shop owner, who stooped to catfishing as a famous rapper:

Fake review by a competitor for a bicycle store from quityourbullshit

3. This dastardly Dasher:

Fake review after eating the food 💩 from quityourbullshit

4. This reviewer who's still hung up on their ex:

Fake Google review gets called out from quityourbullshit

5. This car salesperson who forgot how Google works:

Owner of car mechanic shop calls out fake reviewer. from quityourbullshit

6. This free haircut finesser:

Local barber shop calls out fake review. from quityourbullshit

7. This meddling ex-manager:

Ex-General Manager gets called out by the owner for posting a fake review. from quityourbullshit

8. This pissed-off Pokémon Go player:

More fake reviews... from quityourbullshit

9. This hater who got terminated by Schwarzenegger:

Bullshit called on redditor's fake Terminator Genysis review by Arnold Schwarzenegger himself. from quityourbullshit

10. This embellishment with deadly consequences:

Fake review kills bartender from quityourbullshit

11. This person who needs to get their watch fixed:

Leaving fake reviews from trashy

12. This confusing customer:

Owner Of Salon Says 'Quit Your Bullshit' To Fake Review from quityourbullshit

13. This fishy review:

Fake review on my favorite exotic pet fish store (plecostomus need really big fish tanks because they can grow to be a foot long) from quityourbullshit

14. This reviewer, who probably wasn't expecting receipts: 

Yelper isn't happy with his brake repair service, is called out by the owner of the company from quityourbullshit

15. This testy tenant:

Owner calls out bad review left by a previous tenant from quityourbullshit

16. This café customer, who got called out on their own actions:

Yelp reviewer of an internet Cafe gets called out by owner from quityourbullshit

17. This bar patron who forgot about security cameras:

Lies about bad service on yelp. Gets called out by owners. from quityourbullshit

18. And finally, this reviewer who didn't realize they were messing with Sherlock Holmes:

Woman writes a fake bad review, gets called out by restaurant owner from quityourbullshit

H/T: r/quityourbullshit and r/trashy