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I stopped ordering tech on Amazon when I got a fraud twice in a month on back-to-back orders a few years back.
First was a laptop that wouldn't start. I looked at the bottom and the scewes were mostly stripped, and once I got them out most of the components had been removed from the boards.
Second was a Spyder color calibrator. What I got instead was a iPhone 4 screen protector with a sticker slapped on with the UPC for what I'd ordered. When I tried returning it, they gave me flack for slap-tagging a return, but I was able to escalate in that case.
@chiliedogg @themachinestops
Amazon will consistently facilitate fraud. I had sworn I would not order from them, but it seemed there was an exceptional deal on a certain type of tortilla.
There were supposed to be 12 bags of tortillas, but there were only 10.
I read there guidelines, and there is absolutely no recourse for something like this. I opened the box, now it's mine.
I had decided quite firmly I wouldn't deal with them, and it was a serious mistake when I did.
So what exactly did you do to piss off the Amazon Returns department? Because from my experience, they are the most lenient company when it comes to returns/refunds. I've had stuff arrive broken, or scuffed up, or it was the wrong item, or I just plain didn't like a product and every time I've been able to submit a return without having to interact with a single person.
I feel like you either have to be lying about your experience, didn't even try to return it, or did something that got your account flagged.
Amazon Let Its Drivers’ Urine Be Sold as an Energy Drink
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Isn't that a plot in Moral Orel?
@UnderpantsWeevil
they need to be shut down
Nationalized and folded into the USPS. Idk about shutting down the biggest commercial retailer in the world.
@UnderpantsWeevil Nationalize is a good idea.
@UnderpantsWeevil
It would certainly take some work. Like the Army, they rely on a failure elsewhere to provide real jobs and paychecks.
Bring on the guaranteed basic income. Fuck your job.
But income isn't useful if you can't buy stuff with it. And Amazon is the supply chain network that delivers stuff in exchange for money.
Allegedly.
No judgement...but why would you buy 10 bags of tortillas from Amazon?
@QuandaleDingle
I paid for 12. and it was supposed to be a good deal. why do you ask?
d'Oh
I'm just curious. You probably go into a hispanic food store and get them for a similar price, or better. And you know what you're getting then. shrug
But you saw a good deal and thought they'd honor that. So it really sucks that happened. I mean, it's tortilla! ToT
Yeah, if it's not made by Amazon and sold by them, I typically won't buy it. All the other stuff is just marked up stuff from AliExpress and temu.
They don't make anything. You're buying marked up stuff from AliExpress and temu that has an "Amazon basics" sticker on it.
I get that, but imo they do vet them and make sure it's not absolute crap.