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Amazon Has an Honesty Issue
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#82> Never buy anything of any meaningful value (if anything at all) from Amazon ever again
Honestly, a single chargeback will cause Amazon to cancel your account and block you from the platform forever. It's the cost of getting your money back :(
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#83Cancelled my Prime this month. I will never use Amazon again.
3rd package in a month that has gone missing. Posted in apartment letter box in mail room. Each time it is missing. No sign of any amazon packages. Neighbours reporting the same with their stuff.
On top of the shit show that has been the support situation during Re:Invent I'd rather use any other retailer or cloud provider.
Amazon are a fucking shit show race to the bottom and we should stop giving them money and let them burn.
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#84> On the day, I was full of righteous indignation and ideally wanted the driver to be nailed to the nearest wall The guy keeps on making this out to be the driver's fault, when only circumstantial evidence points to that. Everytime he was mentioning reasons to think it was the driver I, as a person who has worked in shipping and delivery as a hoi polloi, thought of reasonable reasons why the driver would act that way…
The author is a case study in sloppy thinking. Sure, they were wronged; they are certainly a victim here. But property was stolen and the retailer is negligently complicit in the theft. When this happens, you call the police, and your insurance company.
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Lately I've been seeing comments like this surprisingly often, but my firsthand experience tells me otherwise.
A relative had mail stolen from an outgoing mailbox. She filed a complaint and was contacted months later when they caught the guy. They found her checks (to charity) in his house. She was shocked to hear back so much later. Apparently they were on the case the whole time, since it was affecting a lot of people.
I don't doubt they solve cases of serial theft by ordinary citizens.
They are, however, habitually unwilling to investigate Postal employees in all but the most exceptional cases (and the value of the thefts is not sufficient to be exceptional).
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#86Amazon (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…
Hmm. My experience with prime shipping is exactly the opposite, but I think I must live near a distribution center.
In fact, just yesterday I ordered some vitamins for overnight delivery and they actually showed up in 3 hours, so sooner than promised.
That has happened on several occasions, and I can't recall every not getting something on time.
That's shipping.
But I do think Amazon has a serious problem with fake, incentivized reviews, and I have heard of, but not yet experienced (to my knowledge) counterfeit products.
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#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
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 relevant industry experience, and I would advise anyone to never, ever use Priority or Express Mail for a high-value item, under any circumstances. Even with third-party insurance. Theft is much more likely than with UPS/FedEx overnight services, and it's nearly impossible to arrange the delivery so that the parcel is on camera for its entire journey, something easily accomplished with some other carriers. And…
Thanks for sharing your experience. USPS says 'Registered Mail is kept highly secured and is processed manually, which naturally slows the speed at which it travels.Registered Mail is not recommended if speed of delivery is important.'
So, UPS/Fedex overnight is better.
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#88> On the day, I was full of righteous indignation and ideally wanted the driver to be nailed to the nearest wall The guy keeps on making this out to be the driver's fault, when only circumstantial evidence points to that. Everytime he was mentioning reasons to think it was the driver I, as a person who has worked in shipping and delivery as a hoi polloi, thought of reasonable reasons why the driver would act that way…
The author is a case study in sloppy thinking. Sure, they were wronged; they are certainly a victim here. But property was stolen and the retailer is negligently complicit in the theft. When this happens, you call the police, and your insurance company.
I agree in general, but I think he's right in claiming that this isn't a criminal matter on his end, as the console was technically stolen from Amazon prior to delivery, not from him after delivery. What he's doing with Amazon customer service and Amex are the pertinent things from his end.
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#89Earlier quoted context omitted.
A relative had mail stolen from an outgoing mailbox. She filed a complaint and was contacted months later when they caught the guy. They found her checks (to charity) in his house. She was shocked to hear back so much later. Apparently they were on the case the whole time, since it was affecting a lot of people.
I don't doubt they solve cases of serial theft by ordinary citizens. They are, however, habitually unwilling to investigate Postal employees in all but the most exceptional cases (and the value of the thefts is not sufficient to be exceptional).
In this case, it was actually an inside job, since some of the mail had been deposited in slots at the post office itself!
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#90Someone stole am Xbox. I'm not sure it's Amazon.
Not sure about that. One of the screenshots mentions AMZNMKTPLACE AMAZON CO UK. If it was indeed an Amazon Marketplace vendor, then it's not entirely unheard of that it was a scam from the start.
Yep, I spotted the same thing. Third party seller.
I'll still occasionally buy stuff from Amazon that's actually sold by Amazon, but I'd pick almost any other retailer over an "Amazon Marketplace" seller. Scam city.
(I'll search for stuff directly on camelcamelcamel these days, as the "sold by amazon" filter is gone from Amazon's own website.)