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Amazon Has an Honesty Issue

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Re: Amazon Has an Honesty Issue

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Post by User23 »

raincom wrote: post #20
whatshisface wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had something stolen out of the USPS system. I don't know whether it was the mailing center or the USPS itself but it disappeared in a way that logically couldn't have been a mistake.

USPS is considered safer, because of federal charges. Some wise people suggested to use priority/express mail, along with insurance, if one wants it more secure in the USPS system.

Postal inspectors take this sort of thing very seriously.

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Post by lupusreal »

whatshisface wrote: post #12
raincom wrote: post #6

Three years ago, a friend of a friend told me that he knows people inside UPS/Fedex/etc who steal expensive items, and sell them to fencers. Now it is time to pick up your expensive stuff from local stores, even if you place orders online.

I had something stolen out of the USPS system. I don't know whether it was the mailing center or the USPS itself but it disappeared in a way that logically couldn't have been a mistake.

Make sure to let the postal inspector know.

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Post by dboreham »

raincom wrote: post #6

Three years ago, a friend of a friend told me that he knows people inside UPS/Fedex/etc who steal expensive items, and sell them to fencers. Now it is time to pick up your expensive stuff from local stores, even if you place orders online.

Guitars are notorious for vanishing in the shipping pipeline. They look obviously like guitars when shipped.

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Post by coredog64 »

raincom wrote: post #20
whatshisface wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I had something stolen out of the USPS system. I don't know whether it was the mailing center or the USPS itself but it disappeared in a way that logically couldn't have been a mistake.

USPS is considered safer, because of federal charges. Some wise people suggested to use priority/express mail, along with insurance, if one wants it more secure in the USPS system.

I have had 3 watches stolen out of my secure neighborhood parcel locker. Each time the package was scanned to show delivered, and each time it was not there. It’s just watches (which are marked as such on the customs form), and despite numerous complaints, USPS refuses to do anything about it. I’ll believe Federal charges when I see them.

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Post by noncoml »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #17

Amazon (US) has really gone downhill in the past ~5 years. I signed up for Prime a over decade ago because of the reliable 2 day shipping. It worked pretty much as described. It was great. Shipping is no longer 2 days on most items - "Prime" shipping can now take 7 days. Amazon advertise same or next day shipping, but it's really only for big ticket, occasional purchase items. Most everyday purchases now take 3-7 day…

What’s dishonest is that they say the 2-day applies only after they ship the item, but they don’t count their “internal logistics” shipping in this time.

How do I know that? Amazin charges your card only when they actually pack and ship the item. But the tracking on UPS will not appear until 3-4 days later

Another annoying thing about Amazon is the subscribe and save. They see it as one way contract. Many times I have subscribed to a product only to get a notification when it’s fulfillment time that was saying that the product was out of stock and I should choose a replacement.

That’s not how it is supposed to work Amazon. I take up the obligation to buy a product monthly and you should take the obligation to make sure it’s available.

It ended up being death by a thousand cuts for me and Amazon. I barely use it anymore

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Post by dboreham »

Amazon code that renders tracking seems obviously broken in places. They shipped a thing to me (MT) from NY, and the post office mistakenly routed it to Puerto Rico. At some point in this saga the Amazon order tracking page went from "it's running late and if it isn't there tomorrow you can get a refund" to "likely it was delivered on or around Dec 1 and you can't get a refund". Meanwhile the tracking (number copied from that same page) shows it meandering around FL on its way back from its Carribean vacation.

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Post by bragr »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #17

Amazon (US) has really gone downhill in the past ~5 years. I signed up for Prime a over decade ago because of the reliable 2 day shipping. It worked pretty much as described. It was great. Shipping is no longer 2 days on most items - "Prime" shipping can now take 7 days. Amazon advertise same or next day shipping, but it's really only for big ticket, occasional purchase items. Most everyday purchases now take 3-7 day…

Curious about where you live. How far are you from a major Amazon shipping hub? Here in the broader LA area, it is mostly all next day, and even same day shipping. It's all Amazon's in house delivery service too.

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Post by losteric »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #17

Amazon (US) has really gone downhill in the past ~5 years. I signed up for Prime a over decade ago because of the reliable 2 day shipping. It worked pretty much as described. It was great. Shipping is no longer 2 days on most items - "Prime" shipping can now take 7 days. Amazon advertise same or next day shipping, but it's really only for big ticket, occasional purchase items. Most everyday purchases now take 3-7 day…

I suspect you live in an area of lower Amazon customer density? I regularly still buy and receive items sameb-day.

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Post by SkyPuncher »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #17

Amazon (US) has really gone downhill in the past ~5 years. I signed up for Prime a over decade ago because of the reliable 2 day shipping. It worked pretty much as described. It was great. Shipping is no longer 2 days on most items - "Prime" shipping can now take 7 days. Amazon advertise same or next day shipping, but it's really only for big ticket, occasional purchase items. Most everyday purchases now take 3-7 day…

We cancelled prime this year. I was surprised that shipping cost and timeframes haven’t changed. In fact, on many items it seems like it’s faster to not use prime.

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Post by THENATHE »

iamcalledrob wrote: post #17

Amazon (US) has really gone downhill in the past ~5 years. I signed up for Prime a over decade ago because of the reliable 2 day shipping. It worked pretty much as described. It was great. Shipping is no longer 2 days on most items - "Prime" shipping can now take 7 days. Amazon advertise same or next day shipping, but it's really only for big ticket, occasional purchase items. Most everyday purchases now take 3-7 day…

I literally never experience this issue. Except for a couple of actually lost packages, my prime has had EVERY package come in 2 days or less except holidays. I live in a 250k town tho, so I am not sure if there is some level of size that plays into it. Perhaps I am the perfect size to have enough infrastructure to get reliable deliveries, but small enough that I don't have to worry about all that comes with a massive city.
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