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They'd be eating if you were a caring owner and drove to the damn store.

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I just got released from the hospital because I had a heart attack 4 days ago. I had my brother go get some food for them since amazon can't do the fucking job that I paid for.

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That's exactly why I didn't make a similar comment. I didn't know your situation, so didn't want to put my foot in my mouth. (Sorry, TomOpus).

Best wishes for a full recovery!

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Thanks.

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Yeah, I didn't know since it wasn't mentioned. Sorry I bit.

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It's okay. Goes with the territory. Got the expected reaction. At least the cats weren't going hungry after all.

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If their cats are anything like mine, the fatties can go a day without food. :consume:

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OK, now amazon is just trolling me. My second amazon delivery was supposed to be delivered by 9 PM last night. Around 1030 PM it showed the delivery driver was 5000 feet from my house and then nothing. Now the order page shows the items should be here today or tomorrow. If not I can request a refund or a reshipment.

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Maybe the driver got lost, and didn't want to burn anymore time trying to find your place. Sounds like they were already way behind on their deliveries.

If you're a Prime member, you should be able to get a month or two of free Prime service added to your membership by complaining to customer service. If you paid any expedited shipping fees, you can get those refunded. If not, you could maybe ask for some promotional credit for the inconvenience.

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AHAHAHA, the fourth BD from the order was being shipped from a different warehouse and amazon didn't get it to the carrier in time for the promised release date.I did get one of the BDs on time so I guess one out of four isn't too bad.

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Sorry you're going through this. I had a similar experience with cat food. The driver claimed he/she could never deliver the food because there was no access to the building. I live in a house where the front door is easily accessible and there's a bench by the door for any deliveries. This happened twice and the food was delivered two days later in both cases even though I'm a prime member and it was supposed to be one day shipping.

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Two times the photos have worked in my favor. One time the photo did not match my doorstep. On another occasion, Amazon packed a BD boxed set with a regular BD, and the heavier item caused the bottom flap to open; the regular case fell out, but the boxed set got hung up on the sticky flap. When I got home I found a package on my doorstep with one missing BD and the boxed set hanging out, -and that's exactly what the photo shows.

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I'd like to see what really happened when all the details of the above story come to light. Seems more like the guy realized he delivered the wrong package to the wrong address - or at least thought he did. I mean of all the packages to steal why THAT one (other news outlets say there were other packages on the porch)? Why not one of the others (that can't be traced back to him)? Why not come back later/at night when someone can't spot him easily.

Granted, we've seen a lot of stupid criminals, but this story just doesn't seem right. Apparently Amazon either fired this guy already or stopped using the delivery company he represented...which seems like an unwarranted action until one has all the facts.

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I was reading a Star Wars site, and people were complaining about how Amazon was shipping out their action figures.


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Note that the figures in the bottom image would have easily fit into the box if they were put in the long way.

There are also reports that they have been sending single figures out in bubble mailers.

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Yeah, that Star Wars figure fiasco is NOT an isolated incident...it's happened to dozens of people ordering figures and all of them have been placed in the boxes like that.

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Not that I don't believe the scenario but those images don't look like Amazon packaging at all.

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Sure looks like Amazon cardboard boxes to me.

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If you think those action figure shipments are bad, check out how Amazon shipped these OEM hard drives:


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"Frustration free packaging" indeed.

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Bought Oldboy LE from seller MovieMars on Amazon for about $37.00 + shipping about 10 days ago.

Just got a email that it was canceled because the item you purchased is out of stock..
But they had it in stock for at least the last 7 days and listed at almost $100 now.

Just a movie but POS scalpers on Amazon. :lol:
Now I ordered the same movie from a different seller that said it has shipped.
I did this because both sellers had about 90% pos feedback, and was not sure if they would both ship.
And I was right about one seller. Now if I received two, I would probably just keep both,as I have not traded or sold movies in along time.

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Yeah, I stay far away from MovieMars, and I advise anyone else who is considering buying from them to do the same. I bought a few movies from them a few years back and they claimed they shipped my order, and after a week and a half tracking still showed that the label was simply created, but not physically shipped. I had to email them a few times but finally did get a refund.

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rjh thanks for the info. At least one other poster here has also had problems with Moviemars. I was not charged so nothing lost.
But it a good too exchange or post feedback on these sellers good or bad.

I have not bought much from secondary sellers on Amazon. I'll have to check my history,but I'm sure I bought some items from a
secondary seller or maybe it was a warehouse deal. I have one item coming from another secondary seller .I'll post again once I receive the item, it might be a few weeks as it is coming from the UK.

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I've never had issues with MovieMars, though their shipping isn't the fastest and customer service is less than perfect.

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^Thanks for the info.
Looks like MovieMars is base in the UK and also sells on Amazon.UK and eBay.
Now only one seller has Oldboy LE listed on Amazon. They might have pulled it because it changed from Oldboy to a Trilogy.
I do not believe anyone is paying $100+ for this so soon when Arrow has the other Trilogy. set coming out in December.

Also the 3 or 4 sellers that I looked at so far all had positive feedback in the 90 too 93% range. Not bad.

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Movie Mars (moviemars.com) is a US based seller. They do sell lots of import titles. I ordered an OOP title before that they had listed (from them directly though) and it turned out to be an R4 title. Something they didn't indicate on the site. I was able to do a return on their dime and got the refund quickly. I've ordered several things from their Amazon US presence and have never had any issues. It's interesting that they have an Amazon.UK presence as on their site they say they don't ship internationally.

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If amazon has zero interest in actually delivering my packages on the date they state when I place the order they should just leave the delivery date blank or put something like "you will get your package when we damn well feel like it."

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MovieMars is an American media wholesale distributor based out of North Carolina,if I am not mistaken. They've been around for years and years selling movies and music.They usually have great prices on European imports, which is how I became familiar with them. One of the few non-Alliance owned net media retailers left.

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I haven't had issues with Amazon for awhile lately, but now have had back to back problems. We moved recently and ordered a kitchen table to be delivered on Friday. After they missed their return window it said it would be delivered by the end of the day. Now here we are on Tuesday and still no kitchen table and not a peep from Amazon :(

And just yesterday it said a package was delivered. I looked at the photo they took of the delivery and noticed right away that wasn't our front porch. After walking down the street I found it five houses down. At least I got to meet a new neighbor.

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I used Amazon Hub for the first time today. Super easy and fast. It was delivered to a Gordman's department store. They just scan the email code and handed me the package.

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Is the USPS or another actual carrier delivering these, or they using "gig economy" workers?

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No idea. I just got an email about the table though, it's being sent back to the warehouse and they issued a refund. Doesn't help us much though since we have no table.

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Another reason to NOT shop Amazon. As of 10/1/19, several states (including CA and TX) have forced Amazon to collect sales taxes on all Marketplace sales to that state. Even though you're buying an item from a person in another state, Amazon now adds (this sales tax, 9.25% 'tariff' in my state) on those Marketplace purchases. So, the last great bastion of tax-free shopping on Amazon has bitten the dust, and I'll definitely not be shopping there from now on. All 3rd party marketplace items have gone up 9.25% across the entire board for those in rich California! Absolutely terrible...

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I never shopped Amazon (or other online stores) ONLY because of savings on tax.

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Stop shopping Amazon because they're being forced to do something by state laws?

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I guess I can ask a question here about Amazon UK. I've dealt with them for several years and have never had a problem. I ordered a copy of the "Don't Look Now"4k and it never showed up. Fortunately, Amazon quickly and easily gave me a refund. In the meantime, they sent out my copy of Arrow's "Oldboy" package. Generally, I get things a week or two before the projected date, but this went over that by at least a week, and because of the previous problem, I was worried, convinced it wasn't showing up either. I stepped out this morning and there was the package on my doorstep in the dark, -it must have come in the evening. Glad to have it, of course, but I'm wondering...

This was sent by Asendia, -do they go through the USPS mail or is it more of a UPS-style delivery service?
Also, -when I buy from Amazon UK, I'm offered three shipping options and prices, -what are the differences? I usually take the standard, but it offers tracking until it leaves the UK...

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Everything I've ordered from Amazon UK ships via Asendia and is delivered by USPS. The exceptions are with UK MP vendors who don't necessarily use Asendia but those packages, too, get delivered by USPS.

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I believe I've had some things sent by Royal Mail and I had one item sent by IPARCEL EU.

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With this new "law", our state sales tax is now like a Federal tax, or VAT. We should only have to pay sales tax for in-state purchases from vendors located in our physical state. If an Amazon 3rd party seller is located in another state, selling physical goods NOT located in my state, I should NOT have to pay state sales tax. Otherwise, what's the point of shopping at Amazon, when one can purchase (most) of these goods locally, still having to pay the state sales tax?

I probably saved thousands of dollars in tax purchasing goods from Amazon 3rd-party sellers in the past. It was significant, and I'd always feel I was getting a much better deal at Amazon. Not anymore, I'm feeling doubly-ripped off, first by Amazon, next by my State. It just means that I'll be purchasing far less online now. I guess that's the intention of this "federal VAT", attempting to have people purchase goods locally, rather than from some distant state, since the state sales tax is going to get charged anyway.

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I'm not disagreeing with you. Just saying; boycotting the reseller because they're having to comply to state laws seems silly.

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Theoretically, you were always supposed to pay that tax. They don't call it a sales tax, rather a California 'use' tax, if the item is purchased from a seller in another state.

https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-f...%20California.