Amazon Pricing Error - anyone charged yet?(for those sick of the attacks and arguing)
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Amazon Pricing Error - anyone charged yet?(for those sick of the attacks and arguing)
It seemed like a good idea to start another thread, since the other two have been taken over by those who just want to argue. Let's just stick with the Amazon situation. No moralizing or throwing stones, please. If you want to debate or argue, go back to the previous thread.
Has anyone one been charged yet, or heard from Amazon recently?
Has anyone one been charged yet, or heard from Amazon recently?
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Thanks for starting this thread.
I decided to ride out my one order and I have yet to email Amazon at all. As of right now, there are no holds or pending charges on my MasterCard. I haven't heard from Amazon since they sent out the last email pushing the date from January 28 to February 2.
I decided to ride out my one order and I have yet to email Amazon at all. As of right now, there are no holds or pending charges on my MasterCard. I haven't heard from Amazon since they sent out the last email pushing the date from January 28 to February 2.
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Originally Posted by Sweet Baby James
Thanks for starting this thread.
I decided to ride out my one order and I have yet to email Amazon at all. As of right now, there are no holds or pending charges on my MasterCard. I haven't heard from Amazon since they sent out the last email pushing the date from January 28 to February 2.
I decided to ride out my one order and I have yet to email Amazon at all. As of right now, there are no holds or pending charges on my MasterCard. I haven't heard from Amazon since they sent out the last email pushing the date from January 28 to February 2.
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Originally Posted by BeatlePaul
Is Feb 2 now the "official" cut off date?
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No charges or pending authorizations here either. If Feb. 2 was the last day for returns, I would assume charges would show up no later than Feb. 5 (next business day). Given the wide variety of responses people have received, though, it would probably be unwise to assume anything about Amazon's plans anymore.
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Originally Posted by StealthStratos
No charges or pending authorizations here either. If Feb. 2 was the last day for returns, I would assume charges would show up no later than Feb. 5 (next business day). Given the wide variety of responses people have received, though, it would probably be unwise to assume anything about Amazon's plans anymore.
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I thought something would happen today, being Monday, and the deadline was over the weekend
A&E sent a GC too? I avoided that one, after this mess.
A&E sent a GC too? I avoided that one, after this mess.
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Somehow I don't think the new thread and the disclaimer of arguing are going to keep out the moral and ethical group.
However on topic I so far have not been charged, and believe it will probably never happen since Amazon keeps changing the deadlines. The threats of charging appear to be ploy to try to get as much of the merchandise returned to minimize their losses. I think Amazon knows it cannot legally charge customers a second time.
However on topic I so far have not been charged, and believe it will probably never happen since Amazon keeps changing the deadlines. The threats of charging appear to be ploy to try to get as much of the merchandise returned to minimize their losses. I think Amazon knows it cannot legally charge customers a second time.
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I think it's hilarious how a half-dozen people, who missed out on Amazon's most generous Christmas present, have become totally obsessed with those of us who hit the jackpot. Let them have their self-righteous indignation...I have 22 boxsets that didn't cost me a dime.
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Somehow I don't think the new thread and the disclaimer of arguing are going to keep out the moral and ethical group.
It makes sense to me to keep the discussions separate. There is a lot of morality to debate that isn't specific to this instance.
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Originally Posted by Peep
I don't know. For now, they seem comfortable arguing about what "credit" is. And all of the people who were baiting us because of our low moral standards are rolling their eyes because we all left.
It makes sense to me to keep the discussions separate. There is a lot of morality to debate that isn't specific to this instance.
It makes sense to me to keep the discussions separate. There is a lot of morality to debate that isn't specific to this instance.
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Once upon a time, Amazon was well known for giving people GC's after canceling mispriced orders. That was a very long time ago though.
As of right now, no charges are showing on my online statement - which is usually current within a minute or two. I don't think Amazon could charge me even if they tried since I used a throw-away cc# and just to be sure, I 'closed' that cc# and all the other throw-away cc#'s from the last 6 months worth of orders I placed at Amazon.
As of right now, no charges are showing on my online statement - which is usually current within a minute or two. I don't think Amazon could charge me even if they tried since I used a throw-away cc# and just to be sure, I 'closed' that cc# and all the other throw-away cc#'s from the last 6 months worth of orders I placed at Amazon.
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Well, I'll go out on a limb here a predict that Amazon will not charge (except possibly for people with 10+ orders) for these. In the original e-mail it said:
If you decide to keep the items or we have not received the items
you wish to return by January 28, we will charge your credit card
for any unreturned items in a manner consistent with the terms of
the promotion described above.
Then they changed it to:
As we stated in our previous e-mail message, we discovered that we did
not charge you the correct amount for the items you purchased due to
an error. We will charge your credit card for any items from this
order that have not been processed by our returns center by February
2, 2007. To review the costs for this order, please visit Your
Account by clicking the link at the top right of our web site.
It's now Feb. 6th. I haven't been charged, and no one has reported an extra Amazon charge. They've had plenty of time to process returns (I don't think there were a lot) and they haven't extended the deadline again. They were playing 'chicken' and they blinked first.
My own theory is that they realized that many, if not all, credit card companies would not side with the customer and tack on a fee for each disputed charge. They are cutting their losses.
If you decide to keep the items or we have not received the items
you wish to return by January 28, we will charge your credit card
for any unreturned items in a manner consistent with the terms of
the promotion described above.
Then they changed it to:
As we stated in our previous e-mail message, we discovered that we did
not charge you the correct amount for the items you purchased due to
an error. We will charge your credit card for any items from this
order that have not been processed by our returns center by February
2, 2007. To review the costs for this order, please visit Your
Account by clicking the link at the top right of our web site.
It's now Feb. 6th. I haven't been charged, and no one has reported an extra Amazon charge. They've had plenty of time to process returns (I don't think there were a lot) and they haven't extended the deadline again. They were playing 'chicken' and they blinked first.
My own theory is that they realized that many, if not all, credit card companies would not side with the customer and tack on a fee for each disputed charge. They are cutting their losses.
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Originally Posted by SkullOrchard
If Amazon does intend on eventually re-charging us, every day they postpone that decision works in our favor.
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Originally Posted by Goldblum
How so?
Amazon doesn't have an indefinite period of time to deal with this matter.