We've been ordering about 500 products per year. I actually like Bezos, but after this week, we'll find other places to spend our tens of thousands of dollars every year.
Just cancelled Washington Post subscription as well.
We also have a Chase Amazon Prime Visa card that gets used for almost all the purchases we use online and shopping in town. That's getting cut up. We have other payment options.
We were in the market for a Telsa, too. But after the FSD never happened, we didn't buy. We are exactly the market for EVs and Tesla. No thank you, Elon.
I used to work in recording studios right around the block from Madison Square Garden. The racism and hate displayed at the RNC event is unacceptable. I lived on Clinton Street in NYC in the 80s when it was a predominantly Puerto Rican neighborhood. The people and community were wonderful. It was one of the best places I ever lived, and I have a real soft spot for Puerto Rico.
I'll give Tesla credit for getting EVs off the ground, and I'll give Amazon credit for normalizing online shopping. Going into 2025 there are many more options available.
It's been nice doing business with you, Jeff. But it's time for something else.
Zero. Ive had things mis delivered. Shit happens. Cust Service is always very helpful in resolving any issues. Amazon trucks park in front of my house. No biggie. They’re gone in less than a minute. I love the 3 day shipping. Sometimes even faster. Free overnight shipping on some items too! Fucking free! 😹😹😹Life’s too short to be being negative all the time.
today, amazon emailed me that they may close my account because i requested too many refunds. but i never ordered from amazon and only use it for prime video. already submitted an appeal.
edit (after 2 days): i’m not a bot. Why would i rage post, what’s the point of that?? Im not unemployed. Just wasn’t able to open reddit for 2 days and suddenly i’m a bot. Lmao.
Just seriously concerned and can’t even transfer our prime video profiles to another account if my current account gets deleted
Despite being told on Reddit not to buy expensive things on Amazon, I didn't listen and decided to purchase a brand new electronic item for $377 that was sold and shipped by Amazon using Prime. It was delivered using an OTP just a couple of days later with no issues.
On November 22nd I initiated a return because unfortunately the product fell far short of delivering on advertised claims of battery life and the associated app was not compatible with my phone (no details about the app were provided in the product description). I explained this in a well-worded explanation of my reason for return.
I was given a choice of UPS drop-off or UPS pickup. The item was 100% in like new condition, with all manuals and accessories, and I carefully re-packed it using the original retail box as well as the outer cardboard container that Amazon provided for the original delivery. I chose to use UPS drop-off so I took this 23 lbs box to a UPS Store on November 24th using a free prepaid label that Amazon supplied to me. Of course I insisted on a paper receipt from the UPS store upon drop off and made sure that UPS weighed the item and put the weight on the receipt.
Amazon received the item in Hebron, Kentucky on November 28th. On November 30th, Amazon issued me a full refund for $377 and credited this amount to my credit card. Total time from Amazon receiving the item in Kentucky to them issuing the return to my account: TWO BUSINESS DAYS.
I've been with Amazon for over 21 years, and while sometimes it takes longer for the refund to be issued and credited (longest I've had yet is 12 days) it is representative of how smoothly the process has worked for me. No chats with overseas customer service reps, no calls to supervisors, no anxiety, no stress. I just used the online return system, initiated the return, shipped the item, sat back and waited for the refund process to complete. I've read so many posts here about returns that have gone wrong, but in my particular case:
I was never lied to;
no one stole money from me;
no one asked for my government ID;
UPS did not open the box while in-transit to Amazon and steal my item;
I did not receive any nasty emails from Amazon stating that the item was not received;
I did not have to threaten or resort to a charge-back;
I did not have to call, email or write my state attorney general;
I did not have to send a demand letter to Amazon;
I did not have to file suit in small claims court;
I was not banned from Amazon;
my account was not shut down by Amazon.
All in all, this was a very smooth return that worked just like it always has for me. Now, I know not everyone is as fortunate as I am, and their experiences may deviate from what I have described here, especially if you are dealing with Amazon third party vendors (I only buy from Amazon directly). However, since very few people ever post about how smoothly things went, in the interest of balance, I thought it important for me to relate to everyone the pleasant experience that Amazon provided both with the delivery of the item using OTP as well as in processing a return of a $377 item back to my credit card in a very timely and prompt manner. Honestly, I was expecting to have to wait up to 30 days, and I would have been OK with that because that was clearly stated in their return policies (which I always make sure I read). I was very happy to see Amazon beat my expectations by 28 days this time!
I mean really, am I the only one who’s never had issues with Amazon other then maybe a day being late (I still get refunded) or some shitty one off driver (not official truck) mishandling my package (still get refunded) y’all stories sound insane to me. If shit fucks up and you are mad simply delete the app. This sub is just crying over things and telling everyone “NEVER BUY FROM AMAZON” “SCAM” but yall the same people doing those refund scams and shit which is why Amazon can be bitchy. Y’all created the problems you hate
So I bought a pair of Bose headphones two weeks ago for $134.99, and today I randomly stumbled on the Amazon outlet clearance section for the first time. Same exact headphones sitting right there for $79. That's over $55 I basically threw away because Amazon doesn't bother telling you when your recent purchases get marked down. Been a Prime member for 5 years paying $139/year and this is how they treat loyal customers? Has anyone ever gotten Amazon to refund the difference after finding something way cheaper in their outlet or clearance section, or do they just not care?
UPDATE: So after a bunch of back and forth with Amazon customer service, I actually got the $55 difference refunded to my account. Took about 20 minutes on chat, just told them I'd return and rebuy at the amazon outlet clearance price and they caved pretty quick. I also started using this tool to keep tabs on price drops automatically, already caught another $32 drop on something I bought last month. Definitely checking the clearance section regularly from now on.
Absolutely so over Amazon. They his company had turned into absolute trash. Nothing gets delivered when it’s promised. Now they won’t even give the credits they always have for missed delivery dates. In fact, they just end the chat when you ask for them.
It's literally unwatchable. There's no plot. The characters are 1-dimensional, racist, homophobic, cartoons. (oooooo! The Emperor of Rome (with an english accent?) is clearly evil because he's wearing lipstick and a dress made out of curtains (also the plot of Mary Poppins if you're paying attention). There are zero stakes. The rise and fall of the main characters have no consequences. This is supposed to be a historical drama? The first 10 minutes are 1995-era CGI effects of Roman galleys smashing into a cliff. Denzil Washington clears hates being in this movie. HOW DID THIS GET MADE? WHY DID THIS GET MADE? KILL ME NOW, IT'S THE WORST.
UPDATING for more context as I have seen a lot of people claim this is all made up, so I asked my friend for more info on this what happened, so he doesn't live in the US and in our country Forex is hard to come by the bank has significantly limited the amount of US currency a person can purchase per month, so he used Amazon as sort of a bank to store the money in as gift cards so because his credit card limit of $500 US a month every month he would store that $500 in Amazon in the form of gift cards, then Amazon's fraud detection system flagged it as money laundering or some shit.
I do this same thing myself just on a smaller scale like under $2000 for me but I didn't get banned luckily, just something to consider for those of you who think that everyone has unlimited access to US Forex. You may ask how then are non Americans using Amazon US, it's called a Freight Fowarder, you get a miami address and they ship it to most countries.
Jeff Bezos is a real Evil man for doing this to my friend, I asked him what he was gonna buy for $9k and he said it was multiple PCs for a lab at the school that couldn't even afford a lab he was just trying to do something good, shame on those who have accused this beautiful man of being evil and doing evil things when the real evil one is Bezos who stole his money
Interesting story a friend of mine wanted to buy something which was expensive so to try and justify his spending and make it easier everytime he got paid he would put like a $500 gift card into his account hoping to one day reach the $9000 to buy his item so he wouldn't feel like he is spending $9000 out of his pocket.
Amazon's automated system or whatever somehow triggered this as fraud they terminated his account with all the money inside it.
FYI my friend is a teacher, he is always 100% straight and legit in everything he does he just didn't realize something like this can have your account banned, he tried their support system which he said was a joke and kept saying there is nothing they can do to help him
I feel really bad for him this was 2 years ago and he still never got it resolved :(
How we remembered about this is today he needed to get supply for his poor students in his class who couldn't afford stationary and he asked me for some money borrowed and then we started talking about handy that $9000 would have come in.
Honestly I shouldn't even have brought it up he felt depressed when I did.
So my story starts back in 2023 when I re-signed up for prime, I've been using their services for a long time and I never had issues. I always got my subscriptions on time, and whenever I got a damaged or defective item the return process was seamless.
Recently I had been having issues with packages delivered by amazon fulfillment going missing, and at the same time of going to get deliveries my eBay package was also missing from my front porch (I should've gotten it sooner). I also had many issues with ordering canned beverages on Amazon, I had probably 18-ish orders come damaged, ruptured, or leaked. It got to a point where I just stopped ordering cans anymore.
I thought that would be the end of my issues, but now recently I received completely the wrong item from Amazon, and they're claiming to "prevent fraud" they need my ID and that I will not be eligible for a return if I do not provide my government issued ID to Persona. I was never made aware of this before the fact, and after what I've read online about Persona I really do not want to give them my ID. I tried chatting, calling, emailing, all just to get the same automated email.
I just cancelled my prime, I'm genuinely not even saving money for the amount of money I pay for prime each month, I found a lot of seller's own websites are usually cheaper and still offer free shipping with no monthly payment.
Amazon is promoting far right, fascist, content at the bottom of every sale page. This is disgusting.
At the bottom of every sale item. Now, Amazon is promoting Sean hannity, Dan bongino, Glenn Beck, Fox 5, Fox News, everything fascist. Why? This is disgusting.
You think it's cute when you lie about a return, don't return the items, or return straight trash to small businesses like it's Amazon direct?
Then on top of it you lie about why so you charge the small business for shipping.
Any of you that do this have no respect for small businesses. Don't even pretend. We sell on multiple platforms and returns I can count on one hand between all of them combined this year EXCEPT Amazon which is CONSTANT.
This is why Amazon is charging you all, not trusting you, and treating you like trash. They cultivated a terrible customer, and they know it.
After seeing Jeff Bezos’s New Year’s photos online- with him wearing skin-tight clothes, heart-shaped sunglasses and with his girlfriend all over him- I’m going to use Target and Walmart more and Amazon less.
That kind of behavior is trashy and I’m not going to reward it. Business leaders ought to be using their power and influence to raise societal standards, not lower them.
I’ve had Amazon Prime for years. We live in Alaska, and in the past, would often get things delivered within four days, sometimes even two. That felt lucky. I know things take longer living out here. But in the last couple of months, it has gotten considerably worse. It’s taking three weeks for the smaller items to get here with free shipping. Of course, I can pay a crazy shipping fee to get it here faster. For fun, I logged in to my husband’s account to see how much it would cost without Prime. To my surprised, I could get free shipping on the same day. The faster shipping was more expensive, but I wasn’t going for that anyway. My point being, I can get the same free shitty shipping without the $130 yearly subscription. So, what exactly am I paying for? Another video streaming service? Why have things gotten so much worse recently? To make matters worse, when I selected the free shipping option, Amazon asked me if I wanted to upgrade to Prime, with the promise of free two-day shipping. What a joke.
I first got Amazon Prime (UK) in 2013, and it was incredible. I had peace of mind that within 2 years you could call them up, and if the item had broken, you’d get a no-questions-asked return.
I’d buy phone cases made of cheap plastic that fell apart and they’d return it, or expensive TVs that fused after a few months and return it.
I would never abuse the policy, but if something broke within 2 years, instead of having to go through your statutory rights and claim the money back (which technically you can in the UK if its a fault in the product), Amazon would instantly honour it.
In the last year I’ve noticed that’s no longer the case. Cheap rubbish that has fallen apart is no longer returned, and electronics have literally 0 coverage. When the 30 day return period has passed, they totally wash their hands of it - it definitely never used to be the case.
Have they changed their policy because too many people abused it? Or have they blacklisted me personally? Has anyone else experienced this?
So I am disabled and my garden door is heavy and sticks bad in winter. So I notified Amazon that I wanted all my deliveries to my FRONT door which is just around the corner. I even put a sign on my back door which you can seen in my window.
So what do the drivers consistently do… pull up, come into my garden, read the POLITE notice, and then just chuck the package into the weeds behind my wheelie bin.
Then there are the drivers that pull up, yapping to their friends on their phone and don’t even come to my door and look at the notice or look at the delivery instructions.
Then every time I try to complain the stupid Amazon website crashes at the last bloody step when trying to send in a complaint. Good reviews work perfectly but complaints just get dumped into a black hole.
Then today I was eagerly awaiting an important package. I even paid extra to get the order in the morning. My toilet fill valve needed replacing as it had cracked so I ordered a new one for delivery before 1pm along with some PTFE tape to seal the pipe connector.
What arrived today was… JUST THE EFFING TAPE CHUCKED BEHIND THE BIN AGAIN.
I had already removed the old fill valve ready to fit the new one… so I looked on the Amazon app and now the delivery is coming tomorrow (supposedly) at normal delivery time which is around 5pm usually.
I just hope I don’t have to take a big dump between now and then. 🤬😤
Yeah I'm going full Karen as I pack up these gross used items to return to Amazon. Taped directly to each item and on the outside of the box is an informative note, because I'm nice like that. Will it help? I honestly don't knew, probably not. But bottom line, this is annoying but I'll get a refund. Everything is cool, right? WRONG! Not if I had sent this directly to a child in need. (Which is the case sometimes) What exactly would a 5 year old do if they opened this on Christmas morning? Complain?? I would be MORTIFIED if these kids actually received this bullshit on Christmas morning, especially after securing a loving sponsor dedicated to making their Christmas a little bit better.
So fuck Amazon for sending dirty damaged used toys and clothes to ANYONE. I pay for reasonably decent new stuff I want new undamaged unused stuff. So fuck Amazon all day twice for potentially sending gross used torn up gifts to abuses children in need. JFC... I could go on for days....
