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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
I've had the same item, a 12 disc Bruce Springsteen Live CD box, swiped TWICE enroute from Amazon UK. The other contents made it but both boxes got rewrapped in tape. (My first warning sign as Amazon doesn't generally tape up their boxes though I wish they would.) the boxes aren't sealed and they get handled by Royal Mail, customs, UPS and finally USPS. Too easy for someone to look in an open box and cherry pick stuff knowing there's no way to know which mail service to blame. I've been amazed stuff usually makes it with the loose, unsealed boxing which I assume is to make it easier for customs to check.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by story
(Post 13270541)
And sleeping with all of our wives, the jerks! -eek-
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by Pizza
(Post 13270592)
I've had the same item, a 12 disc Bruce Springsteen Live CD box, swiped TWICE enroute from Amazon UK. The other contents made it but both boxes got rewrapped in tape. (My first warning sign as Amazon doesn't generally tape up their boxes though I wish they would.) the boxes aren't sealed and they get handled by Royal Mail, customs, UPS and finally USPS. Too easy for someone to look in an open box and cherry pick stuff knowing there's no way to know which mail service to blame. I've been amazed stuff usually makes it with the loose, unsealed boxing which I assume is to make it easier for customs to check.
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^Same here - but those "fold over" type boxes are easily opened without doing damage to the box or even showing signs of having been opened. You simply pull one of the end flaps out, look things over, push it back in. While I like the slight protection improvement theses boxes generally provide over bubble mailers (it really depends on the box being properly sized coupled with how "tightly" it's put around the product) I'd rather have a proper, taped, box.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Has anyone been trading media (DVDs, Blu-rays) into Amazon lately? It would appear that they are not accepting anything at this time. Several years back I had some success getting value back on my trade-ins. Then all went flat for a while where you'd be luck to get $1 for a DVD. But recently it looked like things had picked up, at least for TV sets. However, about a week ago everything I was monitoring no longer had any trade-in value. Curious if it is dead for good, or just some temporary reorganization.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by BobO'Link
(Post 13271362)
^Same here - but those "fold over" type boxes are easily opened without doing damage to the box or even showing signs of having been opened. You simply pull one of the end flaps out, look things over, push it back in. While I like the slight protection improvement theses boxes generally provide over bubble mailers (it really depends on the box being properly sized coupled with how "tightly" it's put around the product) I'd rather have a proper, taped, box.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by bsmith
(Post 13271937)
Has anyone been trading media (DVDs, Blu-rays) into Amazon lately? It would appear that they are not accepting anything at this time. Several years back I had some success getting value back on my trade-ins. Then all went flat for a while where you'd be luck to get $1 for a DVD. But recently it looked like things had picked up, at least for TV sets. However, about a week ago everything I was monitoring no longer had any trade-in value. Curious if it is dead for good, or just some temporary reorganization.
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It looks like the only physical media they're taking is video games right now. This link below shows the items that you bought at Amazon and are trade in eligible. I used to have about 200 items on the list and now it's only four video games. Movies are not even listed as a Trade-In Category. Could be another nail to the coffin of physical media.
Originally Posted by bsmith
(Post 13271937)
Has anyone been trading media (DVDs, Blu-rays) into Amazon lately? It would appear that they are not accepting anything at this time. Several years back I had some success getting value back on my trade-ins. Then all went flat for a while where you'd be luck to get $1 for a DVD. But recently it looked like things had picked up, at least for TV sets. However, about a week ago everything I was monitoring no longer had any trade-in value. Curious if it is dead for good, or just some temporary reorganization.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by Texan26
(Post 13272268)
It looks like the only physical media they're taking is video games right now. This link below shows the items that you bought at Amazon and are trade in eligible. I used to have about 200 items on the list and now it's only four video games. Movies are not even listed as a Trade-In Category. Could be another nail to the coffin of physical media.
https://www.amazon.com/Amazon-Trade-...ode=9187220011 |
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Their trade-in program seems completely dead now. They must have lost their contract with the "3rd party" seller and / or that company backed off because Amazon started charging them too much.
Soon we might see a new, lowball company come up in the ashes, but by then the buyback offers will be completely insulting. |
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by zyzzle
(Post 13281566)
Their trade-in program seems completely dead now. They must have lost their contract with the "3rd party" seller and / or that company backed off because Amazon started charging them too much.
Soon we might see a new, lowball company come up in the ashes, but by then the buyback offers will be completely insulting. |
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Private label good (generic stuff that people add their brand name to) and new market products (ie stuff like you see on Shark Tank) are very competitive on Amazon. And it can make or break a brand.
I found this fascinating. Basically, there are sellers paying marketing firms to create "verified buyer" reviews. They take a loss on the product. But it's worth it, because they get steady sales, product reviews, and user feedback. This kind of metric, withing Amazon's algorithm, treats the seller and product kindly. Similar to buying fake Facebook, Twitter, Instagram activity. The marketing companies are discretely shipping products to random addresses and taking a loss on the product itself. https://www.digitaltrends.com/web/bo...on-deliveries/ While you might think it would be great to receive a never-ending stream of free tech stuff from Amazon, a couple from near Boston who are receiving just that eventually got weirded out by the whole thing and just want it to stop. Michael and Kelly Gallivan never ordered any of it, and after five months of deliveries — all from China and which have so far included everything from bluetooth speakers and humidifiers to phone chargers and flashlights — they’ve had enough. But ending it is proving a challenge. With a couple of items turning up every week, the Gallivans became worried they might end up having to pay for it all. There were no sender addresses or invoice slips with the packages, making them difficult to trace and impossible to return. Amazon asked Mike for order numbers but of course he didn’t have any. All the company could say with any certainty was that all of the items were ordered using gift cards. “[Amazon] told us to send them back to the distribution facility in Lexington, Kentucky, but by that time we’d received a lot more of these things and it became kind of like, ‘This is ridiculous, trying to carry that plan out,’” Mike told the BBC on Sunday, February 11. Desperate to find a solution, Mike googled “unordered packages from Amazon” and several articles showed up describing a practice known as “brushing.” The scam, which has actually been going on for a number of years, enables an online seller to submit positive reviews for their own products via fake accounts. Hiding behind one of the fake accounts, the online seller — or more likely a brushing firm hired by the seller — goes through the usual process of searching for an item on Amazon (or another ecommerce site) before making a purchase. This “normal” activity makes it harder for Amazon to identify the account as fake, and so the company fails to spot the bogus reviews. In many cases, the review will be for an item of higher value than the one sent out. Amazon is constantly battling to rid its site of fake reviews, but the rogue sellers clearly aren’t giving up. Mike says he can’t be certain, but he guesses that his details were taken when he ordered an item online from China last spring. Why send stuff to the U.S.? But why are the China-based sellers sending stuff overseas? According to Forbes, this has to do with subsidized postage rates offered by the U.S. Postal Service that make it cheaper for Chinese sellers to send overseas rather than domestically. Amazon told CBS News that it looks into every report of customers receiving unsolicited packages and will endeavor to ban all vendors and reviewers who abuse the system. But the Gallivans’ experience now has some people wondering just how many others are receiving free stuff via Amazon that they didn’t even order, but are perhaps enjoying the unexpected “gifts” and so choose to keep quiet about it. Mike said he hasn’t received any new deliveries in the last few days, and hopes it has something to do with the worldwide attention the story’s been getting. But who knows, in the morning there may just be another USB hand warmer or set of tent lights waiting on his doorstep. |
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
So this was a first for me. I had a small package delivered yesterday, and they actually uploaded a photo of it sitting on my porch under my account in the tracking history. So I guess UPS is taking photos now and sending them to Amazon as proof that they are delivered?
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
When I go to a wishlist for a friend, the "Buying this elsewhere" option is no longer there. Is it the same for anyone else. I bought something from someone's wishlist at Toys R Us and have no way of removing it from his wishlist. I guess Amazon wants to force people to buy only from them.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by windom
(Post 13290381)
When I go to a wishlist for a friend, the "Buying this elsewhere" option is no longer there. Is it the same for anyone else. I bought something from someone's wishlist at Toys R Us and have no way of removing it from his wishlist. I guess Amazon wants to force people to buy only from them.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by jjcool
(Post 13290498)
Did they force you to buy the item for your friend from them? I thought you said you bought it somewhere else?
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by windom
(Post 13290381)
When I go to a wishlist for a friend, the "Buying this elsewhere" option is no longer there. Is it the same for anyone else. I bought something from someone's wishlist at Toys R Us and have no way of removing it from his wishlist. I guess Amazon wants to force people to buy only from them.
I suggest you contact them too so they log your feedback - the skeptic in me thinks if they do not get much response they'll just quietly forget about the option... DT |
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Ok. I just tried to buy $400 worth of Xbox digital gift cards for the Spring Sale on XBL that's currently going on. Why the fuck are they setting a limit of 2 gift cards per person!? They're NOT ON SALE! It's a motherfucking full price gift card! So I did I combination of 5 different cards (2x$100, 2x$70, $60) to get $400, and now its' "pending verification." Fucking assholes.
Just emailed Amazon: I ordered some Xbox gift cards, and it's saying "Pending Verification." Don't give me the lame excuse that you're "verifying the payment method." It's the same credit card I've shopped with on here for years. The same card I ordered the same kind of gift card with on Amazon 3 goddamn days ago, and you didn't need to keep me waiting for verification on that one! If the credit card company had flagged it, I would've gotten a call from them by now. It's obviously Amazon dragging their feet. The whole reason I buy my Xbox cards from Amazon is for instant access. Everyone else I've ordered from screws around for hours or wants my damn cell number THEN screws around for hours. Get your shit together. p.s. Stop limiting the amount of each card that can be purchased. They're FULL PRICE gift cards for fuck sake. They're NOT on sale. It's NOT some limited edition item. It's a GIFT CARD! Your policy is stupid. Revise it! |
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This is fucking bullshit. I got back into my account and placed the order again. Again, it's "Pending verification." I called again, and the customer service people can't override the shit. They said it was blocked once, and I dealt with it, so the verification people won't block it a 2nd time. I just have to wait. Fucking bastards have no access to anything. They're completely useless. When they lost an order one time and refunded it, I couldn't order 2 of the same item again because there was a purchase limit per customer, and they couldn't even override that. As convenient as Amazon normally is, they're really pissing me off.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by Viper187
(Post 13304232)
Why the fuck are they setting a limit of 2 gift cards per person!? They're NOT ON SALE! It's a motherfucking full price gift card! So I did I combination of 5 different cards (2x$100, 2x$70, $60) to get $400, and now its' "pending verification." Fucking assholes.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by Sonic
(Post 13304686)
Thats where you and not Amazon fucked up. They clearly stated the limit is 2 and you brought it up to 5. :p
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Viper, you're clearly not Amazon material. It's you, not them.
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Fuck them. It let me order it. Now they've locked my account TWICE!! I just spent an hour on the phone getting it unlocked for the second time and placing the same order a 3rd time. https://media.diepresse.com/images/u...56F63_v0_h.jpg |
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
The fucking order finally went through.
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Originally Posted by Viper187
(Post 13304793)
The fucking order finally went through.
-Habib Januur (Amazon sales representative) J/k |
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