This seems like something Amazon could trivially solve with software. Product name, description, and listing categories all provide obvious context about what is being sold, they could easily analyze these changes and detect abuses such as this.
I'm surprised they don't automatically scrub the rating and reviews (why not just automatically generate a new listing and list the old one as unavailable?) for such consequential changes to a product listing.
I'm surprised they don't automatically scrub the rating and reviews (why not just automatically generate a new listing and list the old one as unavailable?) for such consequential changes to a product listing.