jjcool

Clicked on the link for the turntable, and no banner saying it is a frequently returned item.

andicus

^Ah, I see it now. For some reason, amazon.com had switched to only showing me items that ship to Canada.

And yes, that banner is not present.

Sounds like a great feature, to me. I hope they do implement it across amazon sites.

zyzzle

I was being tongue-in-cheek in my child exploitation comments, but seriously, this isn't very professional. What if the kid tripped on my property? What happens then? I'm sure Amazon doesn't actually condone delivery of its products by the underaged (ie, non-SSN paying, non-payroll people). The Amazon employee is hired to provide a personal service to the company, not to enroll a bunch of minions and helpers to shave his workload. Probably the child just wanted to help Dad, but this shouldn't technically be done.

If the child wants to do "real" work, help dad at home or get off her smartphone! Saving on child care?! That's like foisting your child on the office staff for free babysitting while you're doing your job. If you can't afford child care, don't have the child... Your child isn't our (or your employer's) problem or liability.

fujishig

Or maybe it's something like Spring Break for the kids and they couldn't take a whole week off to watch the kids at home? I know, I know, lock them up at home. By all means go get the parent fired, surely they deserve it and will no doubt learn a valuable lesson of some sort.

I used to go to work with my dad some Summer days helping him check stock and stuff. The childhood trauma I could have avoided if someone had only reported him.

mndtrp

Yeah. One of my kids went with my wife to her work during the days of Spring Break that she couldn't get off work. She was there for about 4 hours. The kids either helped her out or read / colored / stared into space. Her options were either pay almost twice as much as she makes for childcare, or not show up and get fired. We're fortunate enough that her job is very flexible with schedules, and even if she lost her job, I could support the family. Not many other people are in that position.

Again, I do agree with zyzzle (lord help me), in that I wouldn't have the kid do the actual drop off.

TomOpus

It's possible the parent had hurt their foot or leg and wasn't that mobile. They could've asked and received the okay for their kid to help. And who knows how old the kid is or even if it was a kid or a small person.

Kevin Phillips

I saw her; it was a child, not a small adult. The parent probably agreed to make a few deliveries on the way home from work with their personal vehicle. Then he/she picked up their child from after-care or a babysitter, and made the deliveries on the way home.

TomOpus

I'd be curious how someone who doesn't work for a company can do work forcthrm. Legal-wise. I've had Doordashers have someone helping them.

tonyc3742

Yeah, that's my main thought. From a parent perspective, I can see both the 'want to work with mom/dad today?' and the 'I can't afford daycare today' perspectives of bringing the kid along, but what if the kid gets injured (or destroys a package). Even if it's not a kid, if they're not 'on the payroll' as it were. I know some of these jobs are contractor jobs without the range of protection and responsibility being a full 'employee' has, but still.
That said, if I saw this car deliver to my house, I wouldn't say anything unless the kid was in danger. Times are tough and what 'work' looks like isn't as clear cut as it used to be.

On the music and smart devices topic - I still can't get Alexa to shuffle my whole music library. It will play specific songs/artists/albums if I am very specific, so that's an improvement.

jjcool

I think that is what it boils down to. If they are delivering in their privately owned vehicle, I have less of a problem with it. If it is in an Amazon delivery truck, I would think that would be a no go.

movieguru

Got a weird package from Amazon today at my p.o. box. Everything I've ordered from Amazon and everywhere else for that matter, I've already received. I go to my p.o. box today and there's a small 3"x5" poly mailer in my box. I take it out of my box and there's a little slit on one of the side corners. As soon as I pull it out, these hard tiny white pebbles and dust starts pouring out the sides and onto the floor. I put it on the counter and open it the rest of the way. The bag has some more loose white stuff dust and slightly hard pebble like stuff in it. Then there is a little clear cellophane like wrapper with more of the white stuff in it and twisted shut at both ends. Other than that, there is just a business car that says "Thank you for your order".

I have no idea why this was sent to me, but it had my full name on it. I mostly only receive Amazon packages at my p.o. box and use it for my Ebay business which doesn't go by my proper name. I googled the address and it appears to be some type of Amazon associated shipping address. This is the return address listed on the envelope: Shipping Center, 4302 Chefs Way, Louisville, KY 40218. Anyone ever receive something odd like this from Amazon or this address?

andicus

tonyc3742

I don't know if this is what your scenario is, but there's a 'brushing' scam that is kinda like that.
Basically they send stuff to an unsuspecting person and then create fake reviews or up their sales numbers.

https://www.bbb.org/article/news-rel...em-for-victims

The fact that you actually didn't get anything is a little weirder. Is the powder silica gel/beads? Maybe they're brushing but not sending anything, or sending a damaged envelope, or it got damaged in transit.

movieguru

I was thinking maybe some kind of brushing scam, but There really wasn't any kind of product in except maybe something to make it weigh a little bit more than an empty package. I got a little whiff of something that smelled like mint when I pulled the package out but didn't want to investigate by sniffing the envelope. I just wiped the white dust that landed on my shirt onto the floor and turned the package in to the post office. Maybe they stuck a hard mint in the package and it got crushed in transit, but I don't know why a random company would send me a mint or send anything where they wouldn't want their name of their company known.

stvn1974

I received a package like that with little metal balls just a little bigger than a BB. I actually called the police and they said it was a scam.

movieguru

It's got to be some type of scam, I'm just curious the point of it. If they're trying to build up their numbers on Amazon, I don't see how it could work since there's no order placed from my account. Unless they are creating separate accounts and buying their own items and sending it that way. But they would have needed to get my number from somewhere. My biggest concern was that is some type of drug or a harmful chemical. I'll have to see if I get anything else in the coming week.

JeffTheAlpaca

I ordered two Game of Death Blu-rays which is OOP for $49 each and assumed the 3rd party seller would ship them in a box and not a brown mailer since he is making a mint on selling stuff that is rare and out of print.

TomOpus

You're the one supporting third-party sellers. You take your chances. Why you need two? Gonna eBay 'em later?

And how is Amazon at fault for this?

JeffTheAlpaca

He has a 100% rating according to Amazon in the last 12 months.

One to watch and one to collect but if they are in trashy condition I will just return them and forget the whole thing.

I could have saved money and probably bought the foreign releases but I wanted the Shout Factory editions and I doubt they would ever get a official US blu-ray release again with the demise of physical media.

DJariya

That Bruce Lee GOD Shout release isn’t worth the trouble and price. If you really are a fan of his movies, you should just buy the Criterion set. That’s pretty much the ultimate set for his movies in the States.