The complaining about Amazon thread
02-03-21 | 05:36 PM
#1651
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Uhm...what the fuck?
Amazon kept $62 million in tips intended for drivers, FTC says
Amazon kept $62 million in tips intended for drivers, FTC says
Amazon needs to pay back nearly $62 million in drivers' tips that it skimmed over the years, federal regulators said Tuesday. The Federal Trade Commission unveiled a complaint against the ecommerce giant on Tuesday alleging that Amazon's Flex program stole nearly $62 million in tips from its army of drivers between 2016 and 2019.
"Rather than passing along 100 percent of customers' tips to drivers, as it had promised to do, Amazon used the money itself," Daniel Kaufman, acting director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement.
News of the settlement comes as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he was stepping down as CEO, capping off a year of meteoric growth for the ecommerce company.
"Rather than passing along 100 percent of customers' tips to drivers, as it had promised to do, Amazon used the money itself," Daniel Kaufman, acting director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection, said in a statement.
News of the settlement comes as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said he was stepping down as CEO, capping off a year of meteoric growth for the ecommerce company.
02-03-21 | 10:35 PM
#1652
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
^Wrong link? 
02-04-21 | 06:20 AM
#1653
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Uhm...what the fuck?
Amazon kept $62 million in tips intended for drivers, FTC says
Amazon kept $62 million in tips intended for drivers, FTC says
1. WTF would you want to tip an Amazon driver?
2. How is one supposed to tip an Amazon driver when they never stop?
02-04-21 | 07:33 AM
#1654
DVD Talk Legend
02-04-21 | 09:04 AM
#1655
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02-04-21 | 09:08 AM
#1656
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
02-04-21 | 09:45 AM
#1657
DVD Talk Godfather
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
I think this is for fresh and the other "special" Amazon deliveries for stuff like groceries. And the tip is able to be put into the app, so it's not like Amazon can claim ignorance on this at all.
02-04-21 | 11:35 AM
#1658
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
This was a bit of a joke that clearly didn't land. Yes, obviously they have to stop to make a delivery, it just seems like they barely stop.
02-04-21 | 01:44 PM
#1659
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
When it's close a map pops up saying how many stops it has to go and shows where the package is. When it's says "one stop before your house" or "You are the next stop" is when I head outside. Sometimes it's an Amazon truck and sometimes it's just a regular car with just small packages. I could probably tip the driver but I don't have a regular driver, if that exists.
02-04-21 | 04:09 PM
#1660
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02-05-21 | 09:35 AM
#1661
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
The tipping is only for the vendors in the PRIME NOW App. Not the general driver that drops off a package.
02-05-21 | 03:24 PM
#1662
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
One of the things I would like to see Amazon change about its website is to earmark customer reviews to different versions of the same product. This applies to movies, but probably also to books and other items. For example, I would like to know exactly which DVD or Blu-ray a person is reviewing. As it stands, all reviews are thrown into the same pile under a title.
02-05-21 | 04:23 PM
#1663
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
^That can be incredibly annoying, and it's ridiculous that they do it.
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Norm de Plume (02-05-21)
02-10-21 | 07:52 PM
#1664
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
The last 2 months they have shipped all of the Blu-rays in mailers and not boxes.
02-11-21 | 09:44 AM
#1665
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
The only times I ever had cds/dvds/blurays shipped in a box, was when I ordered a lot of discs all at once. Typically over 5 or 6 (or more) titles shipped in the same package.
02-11-21 | 11:27 AM
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02-11-21 | 05:10 PM
#1667
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
I don't usually have a problem with mailers, but the ones Amazon uses are eco-unfriendly in that they have to go into the garbage (paper with bubble wrap insert), which I don't like. The other day I received a book that had been handled roughly and had sustained a fairly substantial indent on its bottom near the spine. I should have returned it, but I used a sharpie to colour over the visible damage, and called it a day.
02-12-21 | 06:23 AM
#1668
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
I don't usually have a problem with mailers, but the ones Amazon uses are eco-unfriendly in that they have to go into the garbage (paper with bubble wrap insert), which I don't like. The other day I received a book that had been handled roughly and had sustained a fairly substantial indent on its bottom near the spine. I should have returned it, but I used a sharpie to colour over the visible damage, and called it a day.
02-12-21 | 09:56 AM
#1669
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
This is what we typically get:
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Norm de Plume (02-12-21)
02-12-21 | 10:01 AM
#1670
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
For products sold by Amazon rather than 3rd party? I've also only received the blue/white mailers for a while now, even when it's a single movie/game.
02-12-21 | 03:06 PM
#1671
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
Yes. I typically receive the above mailer, or a box. I'm not sure that I've ever received the blue and white mailer from Amazon.
02-13-21 | 10:05 AM
#1672
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Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
I recently ordered an audiobook cd from amazon, which turned out to be a 12+ discs set. (It cost less than the paper book).
(Initially I didn't know it was this many discs. Originally I was expecting it to only be a 1 or 2 disc cd set).
It came in a typical mailer, and not a box.
(Initially I didn't know it was this many discs. Originally I was expecting it to only be a 1 or 2 disc cd set).
It came in a typical mailer, and not a box.
Last edited by morriscroy; 02-13-21 at 10:32 AM.
02-13-21 | 03:01 PM
#1673
DVD Talk Legend
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
, tin foil, and plastic wrap. There are a few other odds and ends that are not allowed, but I would say I/we recycle at least 90% of what we throw away. What happens to it after that, I don't know.
02-14-21 | 06:25 PM
#1674
DVD Talk Hero
Re: The complaining about Amazon thread
The disc cases are more susceptible to damage if they throw those packages and they land on the cement.
I told them in the delivery instructions to leave them inside the mailbox but 90% of the time they don;'t do that.
I told them in the delivery instructions to leave them inside the mailbox but 90% of the time they don;'t do that.
