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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2020

    I've been an Amazon Prime member for several years now. I don't typically have many issues. I have had to make a few customer service calls, and was pleased with the outcome. My complaint today is about the 1-2 day delivery. I have had 4 orders in the last two months that were ironically scheduled to be delivered on a Saturday. I don't know what the issue is with Saturday deliveries. But, for each order, the order has been rescheduled to Sunday-Monday for delivery. The "generic" reason is always, the order went to the wrong facility. The message about if I don't receive the order, I can cancel or order again, is also always attached. Well for each order, I have had to cancel. Because, of course I never received on Sunday or that Monday. I don't know what's going on, but it is really getting to be annoying. I think Amazon is getting in over their heads with Prime, and their delivery guarantee is no longer a priority.

    They have so many customers ordering, a few won't make a difference. It's an extreme inconvenience, as I sat in the house all day, waiting on an order that I needed, only for it to be rescheduled at 6:45PM. The other issue I have is, you should be able to leave reviews on AMAZON'S site about AMAZON'S customer service, not just a "sellers" review. I searched all over the internet and on Amazon's site, trying to locate where I can leave a review. The only options are for the seller and delivery where you have to upload the photo of the delivered package. Which, I obviously haven't gotten, since my order has been rescheduled.

    To say I'm furious, is an understatement! I called customer service and they will compensate me. But, it's not even about the compensation. I order products that I need and expected to receive them by a certain day. That's the reason I pay for a yearly membership. But seriously considering not renewing it, because I'm being inconvenienced more and more by Amazon! They definitely need to do better!

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020

    I recently bought an item through the Amazon website. The first time I received the item it was returned to the shipper, due to missing pieces. It was a return and replace. The second delivery of the product purchased had the same issue, it did not have all the pieces. The description on the Amazon Website also described what would come in the package. After 2 attempts to purchase this product, Amazon sent me a notification asking me to review the product and my experience. I did not place in vulgar, bigotry and derogatory comments in my review and submit the review to Amazon for posting at a 1 star rating. I was notified after their review and in formed that it would not be posted publicly for it did not meet their guidelines. The guidelines they sent with the review was read through by me and my attorney with neither one of us finding a review violations.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020

    I used to do at least half of my Christmas shopping with Amazon, but this year they have lost THREE packages, one with several items and when I contacted them they weren’t able to deliver them again (I was really running out of time), since there was a third party and didn’t offer any solution, just a $5 credit for my next purchase!! That didn’t help at all of course!! Also, the returns now are more difficult since I need to take them to Kohl's (just a few stores, the closest one is 30’ from my house) instead of UPS. I will cancel my prime membership and will do my shopping somewhere else from now on.

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsStaffBillingRatesTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020

    I was skeptical about ordering expensive items from Amazon due to all the package thieves out there waiting to steal packages from your porch, you at home or not. I was relieved to note that the item I purchased, due to the price of it required an adult signature upon delivery. Unfortunately, this particular delivery driver can't follow simple instructions. The package tracking indicated the package should arrive before 9pm that same evening I ordered it so I made sure I was there to sign for it. I continued to tracked the package on my mobile phone throughout the evening. That didn't work too well because it didn't update until 7:15pm which showed "out for delivery" until the next morning.

    When I awake I see package delivered with a picture of it sitting on the porch. Driver NEVER knocked or anything. Unfortunately when I went out to get the package, IT WASN'T THERE!!! The package was guaranteed to be delivered by 9pm with a "REQUIRED SIGNATURE", not left on the porch by 9pm. The worst part was I immediately called Customer Service and spoke with a Rep and she told me she would contact the delivery department, she returned to the phone gonna tell me Amazon don't delivery packages requiring a signature, like there was nothing she could do... Girl I'm not in the mood... I just paid almost $300 for a package and it's stolen.

    I asked to speak with a manager and another lady gets on the phone and said she would need to contact the delivery department first to see what to do. They had NO sympathy or compassion about the situation other than I have to contact the delivery department. NO!! I disconnected the call, went back online and selected chat, which I spoke with another rep who showed more compassion and helped me right away. He/she ask me to give him/her 2 minutes to look into it. I was upset at this point so I told him I'll give him 2 minutes then I'm contacting my credit card company to have the charges reversed. He refunded my card for the full amount with no problem.

    Why couldn't the first 2 Reps do that and why did I have to speak with 2 reps only to receive NO compassion, NO results? I was not about to play around with these Customer Service Dept., I was gonna call my credit card company, submit my original order which clearly states, "SIGNATURE REQUIRED" Along with the picture showing package left sitting on porch. And in return, request proof of my required signature from Amazon. I have ordered from Amazon in the past with NO problem. I love their prices and fast delivery. I'm a Prime Member, I've had no problems with their products either BUT, this is the second time I have had a BAD experience with their Customer Service.

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    Sales & MarketingPriceOnline & AppRefunds & PayoutsStaffRates

    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2020

    Every time I receive anything from Amazon that is woefully and negatively different from the ad photo or description on Amazon, you can bet it’s from a seller in China, and I am sick of it. This problem has been going on for years, and Jeff Bezos obviously has no intention of addressing it or changing anything. I have completely stopped buying clothes on Amazon for the reason that they all look like rejects from a sixth-grade sewing class.

    China sells clothes that were never meant to be worn—-just to be sold. They know that most people who end up with these inferior products are overwhelmed at the thought of dealing with returns and refunds from a foreign country where language is a barrier, and the complicated process is often not worth the time and trouble. China banks on this, and Amazon has long been aware of this practice. It’s becoming more difficult to predetermine if a company is Chinese, since they are beginning to Americanize the names of their companies, and post fake reviews with better English language syntax.

    My latest Amazon/China mistake was being duped into buying a product that advertised that the price had been reduced to 50%. Who doesn’t like a bargain? The photo showed what appeared to be exactly what I wanted but when I wondered how the product was advertised on the manufacturer’s website, I found the product selling for less than I paid for it on Amazon, with no mention of a price decrease. Not only that, but additional photos on the website (same model number) showed a smaller product, built differently. Also, the copy on the website was obviously written by someone to whom English was not a first language. “Your storage will be much happy...” It now appears that in order to not be duped by Amazon sold products, you have to do time consuming research and verification for yourself.

    My daughter and son-in-law spend (not kidding) a thousand dollars or more a month on Amazon, and yesterday my daughter said she is going to start buying directly from company websites, since so many now offer free shipping. I have learned my lesson—-Amazon can’t be trusted. Their prices no longer beat their competitors’ prices, and the absolute flooding of their website with fraudulent, inferior products from China tells me that Amazon cares nothing about customer satisfaction anymore.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceMaintenanceStaffHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2020

    I’m very frustrated with Amazon. When you advertise guaranteed delivery within a certain time frame for a certain product, you need to first make sure you can back up what you advertise. You shouldn’t tell your customer service representatives to tell customers something that isn’t 100%,true. Also, offering a customer a credit to their account for compensation for being unable to fulfill advertised promises is a slap in the face. These credits have many restrictions - you make it where you can only purchase something that is made by amazon. Your company is already a multi billion dollar company, I don’t think it would break your company to issue out a credit without restrictions. You are offering the customer a credit that will cost amazon maybe only pennies to give.

    Why would I want to help promote any amazon made products and I know literally you are losing no money by offering this restricted type credit - I know personally any item I want to purchase is not made by amazon- so you are lying to customers about things you know you really can’t guarantee (which in my opinion is borderline shady practices to the consumer) and your back up plan when what you advertised doesn’t happen is to give them a credit with major restrictions in order to save amazon even more money - so you can look as if you care but in reality you care only about saving a buck for amazon.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020

    I'm upset to have to write this. I've been using Amazon for many years with 5 star service. Being an extremely important purchase for a special occasion my trust was with Amazon. The purchase was made on Dec 30 a guitar plus I paid for two day shipping at an extra cost of 20.49. Today I received a notice the product was shipped and would receive it on Jan 17th. I immediately called Amazon. The agent was sympathetic and could not do anything but give me a credit – no refund. Amazon said It was the fault of the reseller whom I chatted with. They said it was shipped by amazon not the reseller. Here I sit with finger pointing like children. Amazon could take a higher road and admit it was their fault and do something worthwhile. A musical instrument is under great stress during winter months due to temperature and humidity changes. I'm left with all the issues of this situation with no solution since Amazon has my money.

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    After a positive interaction with Amazon.com, Pedro increased their star rating on Jan. 19, 2020.

    Updated review: Jan. 19, 2020

    After several weeks my issue has been resolved. After the third request the Amazon seller, Climatic Home Products responded. They apologized, told to scrap the hood and issued an RMA (Return Merchandise Authorization). They notified me when the new hood was shipped and gave me tracking information. When I received the second hood I compared it to the first. The box was different with protective card board along the top edges and strapping. When I opened and visually examined the hood the buttons are in place. I also noticed a protective blueish film on the top of the hood. The first one did not have this film. This leads me to think the first hood was returned by another customer and they tried to stick me with it. All's well that ends well except my project was delayed for over a month.

    Original Review: Jan. 2, 2020

    Faber Range Hood Model DAMA30SSV. Did not take Range Hood out of box. I could see through plastic wrap control buttons are missing. Only holes in hood front where buttons should be. Made two return requests through Amazon website and several attempts to speak with seller Climatic Home Products. After two weeks no resolution. Faber US representative has been super but can't help me with the return. I will in the future NOT purchase any large ticket item through Amazon. Hopefully I can update this review in the future with a positive final outcome. Meanwhile a word to the wise.

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    Online & AppRates

    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2020

    I've been very disappointed with Amazon lately, I order on Amazon all the time but lately it's been crappy products sold out of China and it's hard to tell that it's coming from there. I ordered amazon Fire tablet cases that already fell apart. I ordered a shirt that was a youth small and came from China in an adult large. Couldn't give it to my 7 year old for Christmas. I just want to know why China is holding the amazon store with so many products and they take weeks to arrive. I also have noted how many people actually show up at the Kohl's store to return items. 1 out of 10 people are actually customers of Kohl's and the rest are amazon returns. Amazon, I would ask you to please give us better quality products and make it more obvious when products are being mailed from China. I'm starting to lose interest in shopping with amazon because of these problems.

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    Customer ServiceTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2020

    My account has been blocked for few months and all the required documents were provided. However Amazon failed to come back with any update. Impossible to find an e-mail for customer services as they only ask to sign in into your account to contact them, but that is not possible while the account is blocked! Should I just keep opening new accounts for the sake of new orders??? Very frustrating experience. Looking to alternative sites to place orders.

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    PriceRates

    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2020

    I was a very long time member of Prime, but after their switch to their own delivery personnel I experienced a lot of inconvenience. I live at a marina and the packages are deposited at the office dock boxes, where residents have to search through to find their packages and it's a long walk from my boat. So, what was happening is they'd mark it as delivered, when it wasn't and I'd have to make numerous trips until they did actually deliver it. So, after extensive aggravation I cancelled my Prime membership, because why pay a company to inconvenience me.

    So, I started using Amazon as a price checker to order from other companies and what I found was that, more often than not, amazon was much more expensive. What I noticed from amazon was they always send me to a page to join Prime at check-out, quote me extended times for free delivery and automatically check expedited delivery, which is more than a Prime monthly membership.

    What I noticed about their delivery time is that:

    1. They purposely extend the delivery time and typically the package arrives much earlier than stated.

    2. They delay the shipment in order fo to delay the arrival time.

    My latest order was placed on the 26th of December where they quoted it would arrive between Jan. 7th-13th, wow that's under 3 weeks! They shipped it on Dec. 31st with UPS 257 miles away from me. Personally, my 2020 resolution is to really limit buying anything through them in the future, because I'm feeling a serious sense of loathing for amazon inc..

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    Online & App

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019

    The Amazon website is simple to search a whole lot of catalogue on planet earth but they simply lack the capabilities to improve on their technology which a startup website Pillyrig.com is now doing their job and bridging the gap. It is not about fast delivery but how well we benefit from the services. Amazon.com should learn from these new startups and create partnership with these brilliant companies in order for the website to stay ahead of the game.

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    Sales & Marketing

    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2019

    Amazon sends misleading emails to its customer base, trying to get you to *spend* money in order to get their advertised "credit." Instead of "you have a $5 credit", the real story was "spend $15 to *get* a $5 credit."

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    I logged on to Amazon today at 1300 (1pm Mountain Time). When the page came up with an offer for Amazon FireStick 4K on a limited time sale for $24.99. I clicked on the link to place it in my cart. But when I looked in my cart it was listed as $49.99. I called Amazon and I was told that the sale had ended. This was the middle of the day. I've never seen a sale end at a time somewhere between 1300 & 1330 (1pm & 1:30 pm). All of the sales on the internet that I have seen end at midnight on a specific date. If I had just clicked through and placed the order with Amazon without checking the price a second time, I would have been charged $49.99 instead of $24.99.

    Don't get me wrong, I love Amazon and I purchase many items from Amazon. I'm NOT going to quit using Amazon, instead I'm just providing a caution to double-check your order before you place it. Make sure all of the prices are the same as what you clicked on. I know different people are provided different prices for the same product. I do expect the price I pay is the same as the listed price on the item. Jack

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    Amazon used to have decent customer service. No more. I called twice during the holiday season. Both times, the phone was answered by someone who appeared to be working from home in a distant country. There was loud talking and laughter in the background, dogs barking, screaming and crashes. In both cases, the person had trouble understanding me and responding and was totally unequipped to assist with my problem. This has not been my experience in previous years. If anything takes Amazon down, it will be this awful service and also its failure to protect customers from sketchy Chinese companies selling merchandise of horrible quality.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    I ordered a large dvd cabinet $593.23 w/ taxes. Also purchased having it ASSEMBLED, (additional $110) Informed 5 days later that NO assembly available so I canceled the cabinet that same day. I also notified Amazon and STORES123 of the cancellation due to the ~100lb weight of each box. I was told by Stores123 (a 3rd party vendor) that I could not refuse the purchase or stop the delivery and would have to pay to return them. I called Amazon and repeatedly asked them to notify the delivery service. Both Amazon and Stores123 blamed the other for their policies and who would give me a full refund. UPS, the shipper actually has the ability to pause, change address and return a product in route. Amazon and Stores123 withheld this information and refused to stop the delivery.

    6 days later the boxes were delivered. I found who the shipper was and had them return the boxes that same day. I have had to make multiple phone calls to try to resolve this issue. Stores123 was to give the refund and charged me $ 88.98 in RESTOCKING FEES and $104.08 in shipping. That's $193.04. Multiple calls to Amazon 888-828-0431, 888-280-4331 and they initially agreed to a full refund then decided on a partial refund of $479.77, I pay $113.44 for the shipping. Had I received a full refund I would have bought 2 smaller cabinets that I could have handled. But due to such deceptive and very poor business policies will not shop on Amazon or ever deal with Stores123 again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    Lately I’ve been irritated at the slow deliveries from Amazon Prime but now they seem to have made every thing I shop for that once came in 24 to 48 hours now shows a estimated delivery of 5 days. Why am I paying for Prime now? It is after Christmas now and it still shows at least 5 days for almost everything fulfilled by amazon. I’ve emailed them and their only answer is, "I’m sorry here’s $15 dollars off your next order." I want my order, not a partial refund. If I’d known before they started showing 5 day deliveries that it would take that long I'd go to a competitor with the W in its name. Something is wrong with Amazon. It’s after the holidays. They need to fix it.

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    Price

    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2019

    My mother purchased several gifts for my family for Christmas through Amazon Prime this year. Several of the items were not the right size, so she gave me the gift receipts so I could return/exchange them. First off, it took me several tries to even find the gift returns on the Amazon website, but once I did, I was less than pleased with the results. The sale price of one item was listed at $29.88. The estimated return value is $17.68, which is more than 40% less than what was paid for it! Another item has a sale price of $25.90 and the estimated return value is $17.95, which is more than 30% less than the price paid.

    None of the return items offered an explanation as to why the return value is different that the sale price of the item. Not only do they not refund items for their full value, they don't even justify it. I noticed the beginning of this last year, and it is worse this year. I started buying more from Walmart and Target this year because I can return something at their stores and receive a full refund. Amazon will lose my business for good if they don't fix this.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2019

    I ordered something before Christmas and accidentally duplicated the order. So to cancel the second order I had to email the seller. Who waited 2 days to email me back saying that it was too late to cancel because it had just shipped. I have contacted Amazon 3 times and they cancelled the order but have taken the money from my Credit card. This has been a terrible experience at a very stressful time of year. Not happy at all with the customer service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2019

    I had difficulty getting a parcel delivered in time for Christmas as the Amazon locker was out of order on the delivery date. And the courier wouldn't do a delivery until I (not Amazon) confirmed that the locker was working again! How am I to know? I sorted out a refund with Amazon then tried to publish a review about this problem on the Amazon site. I guess because it was a negative review of Amazon (and not the product) they refused to publish it! I guess Amazon is just getting to be too big.

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2019

    I bought a mattress from Amazon and the mattress was not as defined on the website. I wanted to return it and it was too big. I have a Prime membership. I called customer service and they said that they can arrange a courier for me. It was other than UPS as I also did not have a big package as much as the mattress size and ups requires a package. They scheduled a specific date and I worked from home on that date in order to deliver the mattress to this courier. This courier came to my home and picked up the mattress. Amazon did not refund money and I chatted with a customer service. This customer service said that the product is on way and has not arrived yet. I will get my money back once they receive the product.

    I did not get refund in 2 months and chatted with another customer service and they said I did not return the product and I cannot get the money back. I returned the mattress as Amazon asked from me and now they claim that I did not return it however amazon does not refund my money. Do not buy mattress or any big size product from amazon!

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019

    I have been a Prime Member for quite some time now. I am not sure what has happened to this company. I suspect it has something to do with growing too fast and greed. After spending numerous hours on the phone with someone that I cannot understand, I have decided to block my credit card information and remove all other forms of payment as well. We now have enough toilet paper and paper towels until we die due to Amazon's fraudulent practices. Please do not ever put anything on subscribe and save! They refuse to stop deliveries even when those items have been cancelled. And the membership has been cancelled. After going back and looking at our bank account I see items that I never ordered have been been deducted. My membership is cancelled and I will never purchase so much as a pen from this company. FYI! If you are going to outsource your call centers it might be a good idea to make sure they speak fluent English.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019

    I've purchased numerous items from Amazon over the years and have become aware of its declining value as an online store.

    1) Prices: Auto part prices are consistently more expensive with Amazon than other online vendors. Same for kitchen blenders, dietary supplements and music. Some recent price listings are hard to believe as they are 2-3 times retail store prices.
    2) Amazon product reviews have become nearly worthless. Majority of reviews give no objective reason for the rating and the poor wording often appears to be machine generated.
    3) Amazon product descriptions are poor. Product weight is sometimes important (hiking boots, running shoes) but Amazon only lists an unrelated shipping weight. One line of brake pads gives no information on what they are made of - ceramic or semi-metallic, big difference between the two.
    4) Amazon actively censors out any product review or question that they deem "unfavorable to the shopping experience". My question to clarify brake pad composition and 2 others were not posted despite an email stating they were. My review of the brake pads pointing out that it was missing important information (also missing at the mfg. website) was rejected with no explanation. Amazon policy is to reject all future reviews on that product from the same reviewer.

    5) Amazon gift card balances are not transferable. An indication of the current poor value of Amazon to me is that I am constantly looking for ways to spend down my gift card balance, but lower prices elsewhere have made that very difficult.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019

    On 12/21st, I placed an online order for 6 items. I purchased the items because the ad included ARRIVES BY CHRISTMAS if ordered within a certain number of remaining hours, which I did. To be sure of delivery by Christmas Eve, I also requested 2-day shipping at an extra charge. The items were not received by 12/24th. When I tracked the order online, 1 item was shipped on 12/24th and the rest were not yet shipped.

    On 12/26th, I called regarding the order and requested a refund of the expedited shipping charges. I was told the charges could not be refunded as delivery of the items was not guaranteed even though the website indicated delivery by Christmas with no small print qualifier or indication of no guarantee of delivery by that date. In the phone call, I was told my order was guaranteed delivery by Saturday, 12/28th, 7 days after placing the order. I was also told that if my order didn't make the 12/28 delivery, my shipping charges would be refunded. This made no sense to me -- if my order wasn't received by 7 days, my 2 day shipping charges would be refunded. Ultimately, the charges were refunded but I don't think I'll be ordering from Amazon again. I don't want to have to worry about delivery of each order. There are other ecommerce sites and I have always received my items when promised.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019

    Amazon should spend more time training their delivery drivers. When they deliver a package, they just leave it at the door and don't even knock. At least have the courtesy to allow the person at home to know their package has been delivered. I live in apartments, so this would be extremely helpful considering the level of theft that happens with packages. Other than that, Amazon is great and offer great items at great prices. And their customer service is excellent!

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019

    Promised delivery by Christmas and now gift being delivered Jan 18– scripted answers from reps in Caribbean, India, and Philippines. I don’t blame reps, I blame corporate execs who made decision to give customers runaround. Amazon has grown too fast and makes promises on which it can not deliver. Like other corporate mammoths it will go into extinction —

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    Customer ServiceOnline & App

    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2019

    Amazon offered guaranteed delivery of product purchased on December 21 for December 23rd. They billed my credit card at the time of purchase. They provided a tracking number with the USPS. The product was not delivered as guaranteed. When customer service was contacted they said that the product would be delivered on Christmas Day, which I highly doubt considering that it’s Christmas Day. They’re unwilling to locate the product and insist that it has been shipped. When using the tracking data with USPS it shows that the product hasn’t been delivered to USPS for shipping.

    Subsequently, Amazon arbitrarily cancelled half of the order without providing a refund and supposedly reshipped the other half although through their service the second half hasn’t yet shipped and their new “guaranteed” delivery date is in two days. When contacting Amazon through their app, verifying the order through their app, again verifying the order through the computerized phone system, their CSRs refuse to discuss the situation without again verifying the information. Sent an email to Jeff Bezos at the jeff@amazon.com email without a response even though several news stories have been published stating that he reads all emails to that account. Filed a BBB complaint. Looking like I’ll need to file a small claims suit to get my money back.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019

    Close to ten times now, I have had stolen packages. The drivers actively ignore simple delivery instructions. Often me or my girlfriend are home and all that needs to be done is ring the buzzer for my unit, their drivers can't be bothered with this when the buzzers are in the same room they leave the package. We live in a 20+ unit apartment building and the front door mail room apparently counts as a secure place to them. Lately they've even been failing to notify me of the delivery altogether; usually the email notification goes through roughly 20 minutes to a full hour after delivery. At that point it's almost guaranteed to have been stolen. Just now I was notified by my Alexa of a delivery that was made almost two hours ago. We were home, we were awake. Yet we heard nothing about this delivery until now? Of course that package was also stolen so thanks Amazon. You're something special.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019

    I ordered a gourmet cheesecake from Amazon on 12/11 for a birthday. At order time, delivery was stated to be 12/16 via UPS. Confirmation email said 12/19. On 12/20, the Amazon website said Shipped and customer service promised 12/21, but the UPS website said no item was in their system. When I called Amazon customer service, they connected me with UPS and, promptly, hung up so the Amazon rep did not hear UPS say that they had never received the item. They pointedly told me that they can't deliver what they don't have. 12/27 still no cheesecake. It's hard to tell an Amazon lie from, simply, not taking the time to check, to follow through, or from simple incompetence. My money refunded on the day of the birthday does not get me a gourmet cheesecake.

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    Customer ServiceStaffProcess

    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2019

    BUYER BEWARE! I was given gift cards for Christmas to purchase a tablet. Instead of taking the cost from the cards, my credit card was charged. When I called, the rep told me they couldn’t reverse the charge BUT they would send me a new one and to return the other. The new one WASN’T processed. Called again. Nothing they can do. Reorder and return the original. I’ll keep Amazon Prime because I have videos I’ve purchased from there but I will NOT use Amazon for anything else again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2019

    Word to the wise. Do NOT order anything from Amazon that utilizes their own "Amazon" (3rd party) delivery service. I have had far fewer bad experiences with any Amazon orders being delivered by UPS or by the USPS. The two orders that were to be delivered by the third party couriers never even made it to my home. Both had status updates showing that they were delivered.... But neither made it out of the hands of the delivery people. I have door surveillance AND was home during the times stated for arrival.

    Amazon has a Risk of Loss clause. Worthy of investigating. The moment Amazon releases your items to the third party.... YOU are now responsible. Worst part of the matter is that they will not even give you the contact information to follow-up with the delivery company or independent person. ZERO assistance from Amazon. And to top it off... they would not allow me to add reviews of my experience on their site. I was blocked. I wonder how long they think they can hide the truth?

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2019

    When you are a prime member and paying for shipping already, one will notice that you already paid for shipping and they incorporate shipping costs in the price of the item (that double shipping). Ebay does the same thing as well as does third party vendors on Amazon. There is no such thing as free shipping and these companies think people are stupid not to realize it, or maybe some are!

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2019

    We have been using Amazon for many years. We have a P.O. Box and live out in the country. We love having our U.S. mail go to a P.O. Box, but Amazon orders refuse to let us say ship to P.O. Box. With Porch Pirates causing so many problems everywhere you would think Amazon would be happy to ship to UP U.S. Mil P.O. Boxes. Actually it should be none of anyone's business where a product is shipped to as long as it is legal. Whoever made this problem is causing the customers problems, bad business. Luckily sometimes my P.O. Box sees it going to a mail box that does not exist, and puts it in my P.O. Box for me, but it is a very small town. Most of the addresses are out in the sticks.

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2019

    First of all, my reason for labeling this as the worst experience because it absolutely was! The customer service from both reps whom had language barriers per se and I only needed help with accessing my Amazon account and get assistance with changing my password because I bought my kids a Amazon fire stick for Christmas and couldn't use the account I pay for every month because of your ** up way of verifying someone account and with ppl who can't even do their jobs accurately. I want this account closed and will not give my money to a company that hangs up in my face.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2019

    It's the top website I go to when I'm shopping online, it's very reliable and I never have to worry about my information being stolen unlike other websites. Amazon has many great sales to buy and they're always on sale so it's never a hassle to find a good price for something you want because I guarantee you that Amazon has it and with a cheap price.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2019

    I have been a loyal customer to Amazon since 2012.. All of a sudden in August of this year my Amazon acct was hacked and locked. I went thru their verification process three times. Was told my account was cleared, only to find out in November my account was locked again for a supposed outstanding balance. When I called customer service all they could do was send an email to the account verification department again.. 5 different times they were to send me another email to verify my account and twice a phone call. To date nothing but then they cancelled my accounts for prime and audibles. And want to only give me 4 of the 14 credits back that were on my audibles acct.

    I couldn't use any of my credits because of my locked account. Now Amazon sent me an email to call this TRS Recovery Service, which I did, this service didn't have my account locked, but seen where I was sent packages to a business in my town and to Utah both of which I have never done. When I asked a representative if this was sent AFTER I verified my correct information, she said yes.. And when I asked why would I send packages to places I never have before, or under accounts I already told them wasn't mine... I was informed if I didn't do it then how did I know where the packages went, after informing the representative several times TRS told me, I was once again told it was my fault and nothing could be done without the accounts department.. but no one can get ahold of the accounts department.

    I'm so tired of the runaround. I don't understand how after 7 years of no problems all of a sudden it's all my fault and no one can fix anything, or even wants to try. So I am out not only my 12.99 a month since September. I am also out 22.99 for my audibles membership for 7 months and my audibles escape for 7 months at 6.95 a month... At one point I was being charges two audibles fees an audible escapes fees a month but still wasn't allowed to use my credits because of this "hold" on my account... I'm pretty mad and I am sure no one within Amazon cares or will try to rectify this situation. So disappointed with them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2019

    I ordered many items, joined their Prime, and I applied for their credit card. After everything was ordered and confirmed, I received an email from them stating that they thought my purchase was unauthorized, so they cancelled all of my orders. I called them to confirm that everything was fine, and I could not get anyone to help me. They told me I would get a call from a specialist, but I never did! Originally, the lady who “helped” me told me that my order would arrive as scheduled, but I was going to get a call from a specialist!! I repeated of my packages would arrive, and she said yes!

    I called the next day to confirm my order, and they told me the order was cancelled. I was so mad!! Nothing she said was correct!! So, I ended up talking to a “manager”, and she told me to place the order again, but she never told me why my order was cancelled. She told me there was nothing she could do. I proceeded by telling her that I had used a Amazon gift card, so I wanted to know how to get the money, and she said to wait 2 to 3 days to hear from the specialist to clear things up!!! Where is this specialist I keep hearing about?!? No one helped!!

    I still want to know why they flagged it unauthorized!! They had all my personal information from the credit card that had been approved, and the items were being mailed to the address in record!! Idiots!! If they thought items were unauthorized, why did they let me order another item, but they canceled the first one!! They should have blocked the account not just a specific order! That would have made some sense!!

    I am still waiting to hear from the “specialist”!!! Amazon really needs to have a department that could help customers clear any “suspicious” activity, so they can really clear misunderstandings!! They have a horrible customer service!! They are as good as solving customers issues, and they really suck!! Did I say that I am still waiting for this mysterious specialist?!?

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019

    I cannot believe that an organization of this magnitude can fail on such a galactic level. The woman that I love and whom struggles day to day to meet her financial obligations on time, found the means to buy me a gift. Amazon, who makes communicating with them almost impossible, sent her an automated email saying they lost her gift and would refund her in the form of a amazon gift card? I am speechless and decorum prevents me from using the words I expressly feel they deserve.

    Have you Amazon executives had a nice Christmas? Did you get all that you wanted and more? Did you struggle to find the money to buy a present for your loved ones? In fact, did you struggle at all? I find it curious that your ability to receive funds from our company is almost instantaneous but your ability to follow through and deliver promptly or refund appropriately is atrocious. Why would you refund a customer's funds in the form of an Amazon gift card? Are you that pompous to believe that we would want to continue shopping with you when you continue to drop the ball time and time again?

    As a US military veteran and provider of psychological services for veterans in community mental health, I have made it my mission to serve those who have served our country. I have a new and secondary mission. That mission to to bring awareness and caution to all those who walk innocently into your Amazon lair, making false promises to your customers and collecting hard earned money for your benefit and greed. I doubt anyone of importance will ever read this, but if by some small chance you do, I will be reaching out to every media outlet coast to coast on this experience.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019

    On December 5th I ordered a present for a 7 year old boy. The product was in stock and I was GUARANTEED delivery between December 13 - 23. On the 16th I had a "Chat" with a customer Serve Rep as the product still had not shipped. They told me not to worry and GUARANTEED that the product would ship before December 23, 2019. I had a "Chat" again on December 20th expressing my concern that the product had not shipped. And again they GUARANTEED that the product would be shipped by December 23. On December 22 when I checked my email in the morning, they had sent an email saying that the product would not ship and they do not know when it will. Seriously?! I had another "Chat" and was told that it was my fault as I should have looked if there was a guaranteed delivery date - I did, I had already provided this information in the chat.

    I asked for a Rep more senior and she spent 3 hours flipping between, "It is your fault you should have checked the delivery date" and "You should check that an item is in stock before you order." I asked her to re-read the script of our chat and she can see that it was a GUARANTEED delivery date which I again confirmed on the 16th and 20th and that the item was in stock!

    She then proceed to tell me that with Amazon that if they have 50 items in stock that they will take 100 orders for it - all saying that the item is in stock. Then the first 50 will be delivered and the remaining 50 will get an "Out of Stock" email, even though it was listed as being in stock when the customer purchased it. She told me to look else where for my product - 2 days before Christmas. I told her to refund my bank so that I could shop elsewhere and she insisted that I had not been charged. I copied the transaction from my bank statement and she told me to take it up with the bank as they placed a hold on my funds. She said that it is not their responsibility - apparently nothing is!

    They offered me a 30% compensation, which in no ways covers a gift for Christmas. I asked her to put it in my bank account. She says that she cannot do that because she does not have access to my account. Really? Because I paid with my bank card, you had no problem taking the money? But now, you will not give me any compensation unless I use it to buy more from you?!

    So it is 2 days before Christmas, this little boy is not getting a gift, I don't have the funds to purchase one and Amazon sends a message to me, "Sorry to hear about your concerns, please shop with us again!" I asked her many times what good is 3 delivery date GUARANTEES and she refuses to answer my question. I asked for the name of the Director/VP of her Department and she says for Security reasons she refuses to give them, and tells me to research it on Google.

    I ask for their Ombudsman and she provides one in London, England. Hmmm, that may be out of Canadian jurisdiction. I ask for the contact details for their industry regulator and she provides details for someone in USA. Again, thinking this may be out of Canadian jurisdiction. How much of a deplorable organization do you have to be to keep someone waiting for a product for 17 days just before Christmas, take their money, knowing full well that you did not have enough stock to fulfill the order, but guarantee delivery 3 times and then send a sly email late at night saying that you can't do so 2 days before Christmas?

    And then to hold onto their money, refuse to give them compensation to use anywhere else, and tell them to check inventory levels at local stores 2 days before Christmas? Really, I ordered on December 5th, you think stores will have inventory on December 22??? And then to keep telling the customer that it is their fault despite your 3 GUARANTEES of delivery? She refused to check with seller, Hathaway Toys, but kept telling me to do so while at the same refusing to give me their contact details. She refused to check with the fulfillment centre. So other than blaming the customer, taking ZERO responsibility, not answering what a GUARANTEED delivery date is good for, and doing anything to make the situation right, what exactly is your customer service department good for? Spoiling Christmas for little kids?!

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2019

    I ordered two items for Christmas gifts on December 20th that was supposed to be delivered on December 22. The first message I received from Amazon stated that the item arrived at the carrier facility in Chesapeake Va and was out for delivery. Next thing I notice around 10 am or 11 am it changed that the delivery had occurred a delay and I would get it before late. The next few hours it changed again stated that the delivery driver was running behind on delivery. I would get my package before late. At 8 pm the last message stated that because of the delay my package would arrive later then expected on the 23 or 24 of December. Not to mention that I pay to be a prime member to get orders faster.

    This morning on the December 23 no updates on the package status hadn’t been logged in so I called Amazon and got the run around from the customer service representative that I could hardly understand what she was even saying. All she kept doing was reading to me what I seen with my eyes on the delay and when it should arrive. I asked her if they could call the place amazon hires to deliver their packages to see what the problem was and she told me no. The way they respond with them is when they update the shipping information. She kept saying, "I’m so sorry this has happened to you but if you don’t get package by the 25th then call us back."

    Finally I asked her to put her supervisor on the phone which she did and he told me he was going to call and see what the problem was. Once he got back on the phone he tells me that at 8:45 am on December 22 the delivery driver claims when he got to my address he noticed my package was missing and went back to the facility and they looked and looked for my back and couldn’t find it.

    I was told as of this morning on the December 23 my package still hasn’t been located which sounds very fishy to me. I stated to the supervisor how could my package be missing all of a sudden when it had to be scanned in the system in the first place for them to send me a message stating it was out for delivery then all of a sudden when the driver tries to deliver it now it’s missing. Which the driver lied because he never came to my apartment. I sat here all day waiting on that package with the window shades opened able to see every car that comes and goes.

    Amazon needs to investigate this matter further to see if that driver had any other issues with his other packages coming up missing yesterday and any other day. I have ordered many items from in the pass and never in my life had an issue with them. When I upgraded to Prime not one issue either but this one yesterday has really made me consider to cancel my membership and start ordering from other companies and just pay the shipping until amazon gets better with the companies they hire to deliver their packages instead of third party companies like Uber etc. I did get a refund but now have to wait a few days before it goes back to the bank and now my mother is out of a Christmas gift I could of bought somewhere else.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019

    Watch out for Amazon's tendency to refund you a partial amount of your total purchase and place the rest on an Amazon gift card; this, without permission or any communication from the company that they are doing. Also, this will occur even when you choose the return option of "Refund to my original payment method." Appears to be a devious strategy by Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019

    Amazon is fine for some things, but dealing with customer service is beyond frustrating. I ordered a DVD for a Christmas gift, paid $8.95. It arrived on time, which I appreciate, but when I opened the box, the DVD had a huge price label on it....$5.00. I did a 'chat' with customer service who said they don't do price adjustments. I told the guy this isn't about a price adjustment, as the DVD was STILL currently listed at $8.95. I could (almost) understand if it was from a secondary seller, but it wasn't. This was direct from Amazon. So, he gets a second agent, who gets on the chat and says AGAIN they don't do price adjustments, suggesting that I return the item and re-order it at the lower price. I had to explain once again that it is STILL selling at almost $9.00, so that wouldn't work. It just irritated me to pay close to $9.00 for an item, only to see it arrive with a huge $5.00 price sticker on it. I finally gave up, just kept the item, since it was a gift.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019

    One day, right before Christmas, I was locked out of my account as my password had been changed. I tried to log in asking for reset password and it didn't recognize my phone number either. I have been on the phone with Amazon (Costa Rica, Thailand, India and finally Kentucky USA) for THREE days and they came up with all sorts of ridiculous ideas as to why my account could receive an OTP code to reset the password. Letting all know now, if you can't the OTP code..you are S.O.L. They don't know how to fix the technical issues on their side. I have a long long history with Amazon. Lots of order, like most people. All that is wiped out when I it looks like I have to open another account. Amazon has gotten too big. And it's been HACKED.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2019

    I placed an order with Amazon on 14 December 2019 for my grandsons. As of this review the items has not been shipped. When I called Amazon I kept getting this electronic voice system that was of no help and would only provide a shipping date. I finally got through to a representative. All he could tell me was that the order was back ordered. I explained this was not on the site nor was it on the receipt I ordered. All he could do was repeat to me over and over in broken English that the item was back ordered. He finally told me the package would arrive on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Really that is all he could do? Give me a date not try and help me with the mess Amazon made, nothing more than to tell me the date.

    Amazon did not even do anything to tell me of this mess. I only found out when I went to the site after talking to my family that the gifts had not yet arrived. So now on Christmas day I may have to explain to a four year old and six year old boys that their gift was not there because it was back ordered. I am very disappointed in how poor the customer service is for Amazon and there was nothing they could do to assist with this problem they caused. This should not have happened. Amazon made a mistake and there is no way it can be fixed. If Customer Service can only explain to me the same thing I already know and cannot do anything to fix it then that is poor customer service. Just another big company that only cares about the bottom line.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019

    I have ordered 5 times from Amazon and 5 times they delivered it to the wrong address. There is a big sign up front that says apartment 3-6 is in the back yet they leave the package on the front porch of apartment 1 putting it at risk to be stolen. I'M THROUGH WITH AMAZON AND THEY CAN KISS WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE...THEY SUCK!!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2019

    I ordered a Apple 13in MacBook Air on Sept 30, 2019 for $1059.77 on order #** from Amazon that was an Amazon Renewed Product by Double Dex provided by Amazon with a 90 day warranty. It was physically perfect but defective in operation after 30 days. I contact Amazon and I was sent a return label. I sent it back in its original foam packaging and also boxed it to ensure its safe arrival. It was received on December 5th by Amazon Returns in Phoenix AZ. On Dec 6th I called and asked about the refund and they said it was processing. On December 13th I called, and they told me that this would need to be investigated as to why I wasn’t already refunded and that I should see the refund in 3-5 business days.

    I called on December 19th to find out the status and I was told on the phone that the item they received was an Apple MacBook Air but it didn’t match the serial number they had on file and It was heavily used, and it will be discarded and I will not be receiving a refund. I asked for pictures and to have the laptop sent back to me and they told me that they would investigate it and get back to me with pictures and send it back. On December 20th I contacted customer service and spoke with Manpreeth about the status of the pictures and the return. She advised me that she is very sorry but they do not have pictures and they would not be able to send anything back to me.

    I am 100% confident the correct item was sent, and it was in pristine condition. I asked them why I wasn’t notified about this return status by email and the Amazon supervisor Alecia told me that isn’t their policy. I left 1 star feedback for the seller trying to warn customers about my losing experience and Amazon edited my response and struck the text with a line and a comment – “This item was fulfilled by Amazon, and we take responsibility for this fulfillment experience.” I contact Double Dex who provided this refurbished laptop to Amazon.

    Jeff the office manager said that if the return would have been within 30 days, the return would have been shipped to them. Because it was outside the 30 days it falls under Amazon and goes to the Amazon fulfillment center and Amazon was the provider. He thought the likelihood of things getting messed up in the fulfillment center were great given that he has seen many instances of returns from them back to him that were hair gel instead of laptops. Broken, mislabeled or the wrong computers etc.

    The length of time and the reasons for not refunding me doesn’t make sense and maybe there is a cover up in the fulfillment center because of poor quality issues and quotas. I feel that a terrible mistake was made on Amazon’s behalf and I have been a very good customer and it needs to be corrected. There are probably more customers like me that get treated this way over a tee shirt or a book. But this is over a thousand dollars and it seems so fraudulent.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    I have placed multiple orders this year all sent to my business. Most orders were either left on a public sidewalk outside the door, a couple were just stolen this way. Who leaves a package on a downtown sidewalk?? After about 25 phone calls to let them know my business hours and keep repeating this and placing delivery instructions on every shipment, they still cannot sort. This is only a problem with their own neckbeard fleet of Uber driver/Amazon delivery drivers. Amazons in house shipping sucks. Many times after days in limbo since they can't see daylight with a head in a can they send package back to warehouse and give up. Won't deliver. I canceled my account after a year of this bs. Too many let downs when I needed supplies. I would waste less time trying to hand make my own paper, paper towels ha.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    I have spent 2.5 weeks on an order. Now mind you I have been ordering from Amazon for a few years.This time they not only screwed up the order, my billing address and shipping address were changed by them. Secondly, they were charging me double for the same order. My bank caught it and called me right away. I called Amazon and they were denying the extra charges to my account until I sent a photo copy of the 2 charges to my account. According to my bank, They were getting calls from other customers about similar charges (overcharging, double and some triple charging bank accounts). I have come to the point of NEVER going to them again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    I bought home security cameras and with those I bought the extended warranties for them. AMAZON.COM charged my checking account for the Extended Warranties THEN Auto cancelled the rest of the order. I was buying for myself and for Christmas. But to charge my bank account for Extended Warranties THEN to auto cancel the Cameras that the Warranties were for... I will now buy from Wal-Mart.com **.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    I purchased an amp listed under the Amazon listing you can see it is labeled as a new item. The item turned out to be defective and I tried to have it repaired by the manufacturer. I was told by the manufacturer that the serial number they have listed for my item was already registered in their system to someone else!! I now can't return the product because the seller refuses to acknowledge what they sold me was used, and Amazon won't let me perform an A to Z claim. Amazon claims that it does not let sellers list used products as new, but apparently does not care if they actually do and will not enforce their own rules and allow you to return an item that you find to be used, even if it was listed as new. As a buyer you if catch DiscountsJungle doing it beware, because they will not authorize my return of this item, they have defrauded me by selling me a new item that was actually used.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    I purchased 50 bracelets, for a women's conference I attended, as a little gift for the women. Each bracelet cost $1.30 x 50 = $65.00. When I returned from my conference, I went to reconcile my Amazon charges against my credit charges, and noticed that on my $65.00 purchase, I was charged $666.00 shipping and handling... yes, you read that right, $666.00 s/h on a $65.00 purchase. The seller is a third party seller and will not respond to my or Amazon's queries on the matter. Amazon has denied my claim and my appeal on this. So looks like I'm stuck with a $731.00 charge on a $65.00 purchase. This is a very unfair business practice. Amazon says they guarantee their 3rd party sellers, but this proves that wrong.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2019

    Amazon "policies" concerning shipping are not good for the consumer. You have to wait for 5-7 days AFTER expected delivery date BEFORE you can get a refund. I ordered 2 things December 2 and they are still not here. Amazon has informed me, although they were due the 18th I can't ask for a refund until Dec 25th. Amazon supports the seller. Not the buyer. Terrible!

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    I cancelled my Amazon Prime over a year ago because all my orders kept arriving MUCH later than originally quoted (i.e., item would sit in warehouse for a week before shipping out - NOT what I anticipated with paying a fee for "2-day shipping"). In the last year I have gone out of my way to NOT shop at Amazon due to consistently receiving late orders and poor customer service over the course of my previous Prime membership and have not regretted it. When I can buy products from other companies, the shipping times quoted have been accurate or my orders arrived ahead of time. Unfortunately, Amazon was the only place I could buy a few items requested by family members for Christmas, and despite ordering items WELL in advance of the holiday, a week later, the items I purchased are still sitting in a warehouse somewhere, yet to be shipped, and now Amazon has changed the arrival date to 12/26-01/01.

    So despite my efforts to order "in time for the holiday" according to their own website, they delayed my order without any notification whatsoever. Contacting customer service went nowhere. Amazon has a human shield of customer service somewhere in India to protect them from having to take any actual responsibility for consistently inaccurate advertising. The reality is, 2-day and same day delivery for everyone everywhere is just unrealistic, not to mention the human cost to the employees expected to make those deliveries.

    As far as the product selection on Amazon these days, the quality has declined drastically, especially over the last two years. It's now nearly impossible to find any name brand products on their site, almost everything available has been replaced with cheap Chinese knockoff items, often of questionable quality. Even when the quality of these items isn't terrible, I'm not especially inclined to support the sales of sweat-shop made items from a country well known for its human rights abuses.

    Amazon reviews are yet another rabbit hole of suspicion. Many items with high ratings have such a large number of reviews that appear to be fake (i.e., one word reviews saying things like "great" or "love the product," etc.) are abundant, and I find it's best to look at the lower rated reviews, particularly those with more detail, in order to find what the likely "real" reviews are. There is a practice where sellers can hire companies to write fake, positive reviews for their products in order to boost sales, and I believe this happens with many of the products on Amazon.

    I used to order vitamins and supplements on Amazon, but after seeing so many inconsistencies with product reviews where products appear to have fake, positive reviews, I now make those purchases at local health food stores (businesses which are often more accountable for their products than companies like Amazon) and have been pleased with the quality of purchasing local products instead of purchasing questionable items from Amazon. At this point in time, the prices Amazon offers on many products are not even much cheaper than purchasing from local brick and mortar retailers, without the added insult of being lied to about arrival dates and being lied to about "positive reviews."

    Amazon used to be a great place to shop, but in the last two or so years the quality of everything has declined drastically, and instead of getting better, it just keeps getting worse. I will continue to avoid shopping at Amazon and would encourage others who have had similarly misleading experiences to do likewise, because I don't want to support the unethical business practices employed by Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    I've been Amazon customer for about 15 years. Started as a regular customer, then joined Prime. The main reason I joined Prime was the freedom of making any orders without reaching $25 for free shipping. 2 day shipping was nice too. I had 100-150 orders a year delivered so $79 seemed like a very good deal. Then it increased to $99, then to $119, now it is $155 and I gave up. I did not order from amazon as much and I decided to go back to regular shopping. And what do I see? My orders are sitting there for days without being touched. I understand I cannot get my orders as fast as prime members do but I expect them to be shipped out in a timely manner. Ebay seems like the way to go now. Sellers care about their rating and eBay and PayPal protection and return policy is very loyal. Sorry, amazon, you will be losing many of us loyal customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    I've been Amazon.com Prime members for many years now. Before, if the item was delayed than its guaranteed delivery date - customer service would extend your prime membership by a month. And very rarely this was an issue. But of late, the items are delayed 60% of times and when you call customer service to find out about it - you get response like if it has been delayed it will show up. What is the point of paying prime membership when your items are not being delivered on guaranteed time frame.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    Customer service really doesn't care in the slightest and repeatedly push your questions to the side with "No, is there anything else I can help you with." I paid for 1-day delivery and got the item after 9 days and multiple calls to customer service that just wasted my time. If other online stores sell the product for the same price buy from them, try to avoid Amazon because they have really gone downhill in the past few years.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2019

    I ordered a keepsake box for a gift for Christmas, needing it by 12/19/19. Promised delivery by Amazon Prime was 12/18. I got a message at 6:00 tonight that it won't arrive today, but on 12/21/19. When I contacted customer service after 45 minutes, they kept saying sorry, but nothing they can do, it would arrive between 12/19 and 12/21. I explained that it would be 2 days too late. They said they can refund my money for the purchase since it won't arrive in time. Thinking this was their customer service offer, I accepted that resolution, thinking it was still going to be delivered at some point.

    I went into my orders to check on another item, and I saw they cancelled that order!! When I went back to customer service to find out about it, they said I asked to cancel the order and there is nothing they can do. Now, it can't even be reversed and I would have to start all over. This company has gone way down hill and do not care anymore about keeping customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2019

    I recently purchased a KAPAK Electric Disinfection Dryer through KAPAK which seems to sell exclusively through Amazon. There is a 30 day warranty that comes with the product. Enclosed in my package was a card to register for my “1-Year Replacement Warranty.” Website to register was listed as: www.AuriClear.com. I tried numerous times to register, and checked and rechecked my entry. When I called Amazon they were not knowledgeable about the warranty and kept telling me they I had an automatic 30 day warranty. I emailed AuriClear but have not heard from them. I would like to register for the warranty as offered to me.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2019

    Ordered two bedside tables. Took them out of the boxes & started assembling them the next day. When I started to assemble the 2nd one, I noticed one of the drawers was broken. Spoke to customer service (horrible experience) & after an hour on the phone with them they agreed to replace it if I sent the other one back. Since we had already gotten rid of the packing materials, we had to wait for the replacement to come so we could use the that packing material to put the broken one in. When we took the replacement one out of the box, IT WAS BROKEN IN THE EXACT SAME PLACE AS THE OTHER BROKEN ONE!!! I didn’t even bother to call customer service because they can’t comprehend anything & I didn’t have another hour to spend on the phone with them. The return label requires me to drop it off at a UPS drop off location. I can’t even pick the thing up - it’s a huge awkward box that weighs about 66 pounds.

    The entire thing is a huge cluster and the worst of it is that customer service is now a foreign call center & the people manning the phones don’t understand English very well. So frustrating! I’m not sure what has happened- their customer service used to be fantastic! So basically, I’m screwed by having to accept a broken bedside table & also having to figure out how to get this 2nd broken one to a UPS drop off location. What has happened to your customer service, Amazon? Extremely disappointed in this transaction & the quality of the product. I would advise anyone considering this product against buying it. And AMAZON, please go back to the great customer service you had up until recently! I spend a lot of money at Amazon and when I need customer service, I don't want to have to deal with someone who cannot understand me & spend hours on the phone with them. Really BAD!

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2019

    I purchased an item on Amazon for $79.00. Less than 48 hours later the item dropped $20 to $59.00. I googled about purchase refunds, and found that Amazon would "price match" their own products (though it wasn't called price match). Come to find out, they only do that for televisions. Prior to Bezos getting greedy, Amazon would give customers a purchase refund if the item dropped in price within 30 days. Then it moved to 7 days. Now, they don't do it at all, unless it's a TV. I don't understand that customer service model. Their associate told me "Yes, you can return the item for a full refund, and then re-purchase the item for the new, lower price." How does that make sense? Are they trying to stimulate the economy by having the UPS run back and forth with our items? I'm afraid that is poor customer service. Once I return this item and get it $20 cheaper, I'll be going elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019

    My daughter order bed from Amazon. Bed had fleas. Had exterminator confirm this was not from our region. Nor do we have any pets. We have been customer since 2008. I requested the exterminator bill to be reimbursed. They declined. I have a big issue. Fleas in our house took me by huge surprise and caused a week of treated with exterminator and washing entire house and throwing out bedding goose pillow. Cost of this was enormous. So upset with how it was handled. It is not ok. I just want to share for others to be aware of beds with fleas from amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019

    I had been Amazon's customer for many years. Unfortunately, I have to give them a bad review today. Their customer support is getting worse and worse. Not only they don't accommodate anymore, but in addition drop out of chat, ignore your concern and don't care about losing a customer/business. It is very disappointing.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019

    Beware of Amazon's billing. They sent through 2 authorizations for the 2 tablets I bought and then sent through the actual charge when one was shipped, so $106 is being held out of my acct and the second won't ship for another four days at which time another charge will be sent through. They don't stop the "pre-authorization" when the actual charge gets sent through and if you are on a budget then it can overdraw your account. I talked to several people and they all said it was the bank. They send the charges through not the bank. The bank has no way of telling it was just an inquiry to see if the funds are there so the item is held until shipping or it is the actual charge, until the hard copy is sent or not sent, which can take days and meanwhile double the money is taken out of your account!

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2019

    Amazon is going downhill and I hope that CEO goes broke! He is charging more and more for Amazon Prime and yet my things rarely get to me in 2 days! I have problems with 1 out of 5 items I order: Missing parts and broken parts. He totally destroyed Whole Foods and when I tried to sign up for delivery, they said to wait for an invitation and that was 3 months ago! I live in a major metropolitan area, but you would think I lived in the middle of nowhere with this poor service! I now try to pick up my groceries at competitor organic food stores and there are several near here. I decided to try to order things online from the competition, rather than always look at Amazon first.

    I thought that when he would not offer benefits to part-time workers, when we have record low unemployment and it is hard to find good help, demonstrated what a slimy the CEO of Amazon is! It obviously is effecting the quality of his workers and therefore the myriad of problems they are having. I hate it when a CEO is so hell bent on making money that he takes advantage of his workers!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    WHY am I seeing '**' word when searching for a personalized gift? REALLY???? Do you not think KIDS would be searching for stuff???? How about us over 60? PLEASE have some respect... Have a section for the immoral and a WARNING saying we're being exposed to those ignorant words!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    I purchased a product on Amazon that was guaranteed for delivery on a certain day. I track my package and it said it Was sent to the wrong facility. I called Amazon to see where it was and she couldn't find The location of the product I ordered. So I wanted to cancel it, the lady said she could issue a Amazon credit for the price of item, or for the return amount to go back to my debit card, I would have to wait until the package was found. This is the most ** I've ever dealt with. So I'm really contemplating on canceling my prime and my 3 kids memberships as well and go back to Walmart.. Amazon has 11 billion in taxes they didn't pay last year but I have to wait for my 15$? Hell no.. a bunch of ** crooks.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    There are reasons Amazon is so dominant. Their staff always are in favor of the customer... They have largest selection online! This is my go-to website for online shopping. Well done Amazon! Long may it continue.

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    I ordered a package to be delivered next day Prime. The items never showed up when contacting Amazon customer service. They claim me as the customer gave instructions and the driver canceled the order. I never gave instructions for anything. I was just waiting on my package all day. When asked what the instructions said they could not tell me and just said the package will be delivered in the next day or two. I understand they are overwhelmed with Holiday packages but for them to lie on the customers is not acceptable!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2019

    I buy things from Amazon out of convenience but I don’t think I will continue to do so. It really upsets me that you order something from Amazon that is shipped by Amazon and if you don’t have prime they will literally just let your order sit for a week or more before thinking about putting it together and shipping. I ordered quite a few things on the 8th and it is now the 14th: not a single word from Amazon about shipping. What other company does that? NONE!!! They want your business so they ship as soon as possible. This is not the first time this has happened to me. Basically, you have to pay for them to treat you decently. Not worth it in my opinion.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2019

    I buy music CDs and occasionally movie DVDs from Amazon vendors. Amazon is not the problem, as they cannot police all their vendors. This is about three bad ones: DeCluttr Store of Georgia, Mighty Mount of Michigan, and Zoverstocks of Germany. DeClutter will sell you the wrong CD, or a bootlegged one, as they don't seem to be competent at what they're doing and don't know the difference. Though they are often cheapest, best not to buy from them and pay a little more from a better vendor.

    Mighty Mount will also sell you a bootleg CD, that is defective as well, and it seems they do it knowingly. Stay away. Zoverstocks will sell you, a North American, a movie DVD that they know will not function on the North American continent. They will also pull the wrong CD out and send you that one without checking the order. Amazon generally fixes matters with a credit card refund, but when Zoverstocks demanded the DVD back, I absorbed the loss rather than the additional cost to mail it to Germany so they could re-sell it to another sucker. I also don't return bootlegged CDs; I destroy them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    We have ordered many products this holiday season from Amazon. This is the first year that we have received packages at our door that are for neighbors and they have received our packages. We also had a delivery of boxes that were not placed by our front door but left out in front of our garage. Amazon needs to make sure their drivers and any third party companies and individuals delivering for them are more careful to verify the address when dropping off packages. We are fortunate that neighbors take their time to come to our door with our packages and we have done the same. However I am sure many neighborhoods are not that considerate.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    We enjoy the benefits of being a Prime Member but lately we're HIGHLY disappointed in the ability of Amazon to ship in a timely manner. Not ONE item out of the 6-8 that we've recently purchased made it within the estimated time frame. Even worse is two of the items were lost and had to be refunded because they were no longer available. What happened to Amazon??

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    Amazon isn't the same company. Customer service is non-existent, shipping is 4-5 days versus 2 days since they're doing their own deliveries now. They don't deliver accurately either. My recent order haven't arrived, been mis-delivered or delivered in 4-5 days. Reaching out to customer service took hours with little to no results!

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2019

    I have purchased so many products from online. I love to buy products online because they are on deal but Amazon is only vendor they don't deliver the products. It's not once but it has been happening repeatedly. Amazon website says it has been delivered but it does not actually gets delivered as they play with the customer technically. If you call the amazon customer service they will give you the refund of the product. I feel it could be multiple reason as they can't fulfill the product at the amount it was in the deal originally. Eventually you get tired and you will ask for the refund.

    This is their trick that why they never deliver the products. If they give the replacement of the product they still does not deliver it. Losing package from Amazon is not actual lost of the product but actually the trick from the amazon itself. They can change the status online through their technical abilities they have. I am so much frustrated that I will never gonna buy anything from amazon and also gonna cancel my Prime membership. What is the point of paying such membership if they can't provide the better service to their customers.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    I have been a Prime member over 10 years. Ever since they started using Lazership, I have yet to receive a same day or next day order on time. I get a text saying it's delivered, but it's not. I have 3 video cameras that prove this. I can never reach Amazon to lodge a complaint. Instead, I get trapped in a loop of go here, do that. They do have a note saying that sometimes packages will be marked as delivered, but it could take 48 hours before they are actually delivered?? This is not acceptable. My Prime membership fee cost real money, I expect real service.

    I have also tried contacting Lazership. I can never get through by phone, and their chat bot is not helpful at all. I have learned to lower my expectations when it comes to Amazon shipping, and I haven't been disappointed since. We used to be able to leave a review about shipping on the Amazon site but I cannot find where. I keep getting routed back to seller or product reviews, and I don't want to give them a bad review for something that isn't in their control.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    Hello, I had ordered Samsung note 10 and true buds from Amazon and returned on 2nd of December and I don't have the status updated on the app and when I tried contacting the customer care regarding the same, they were clueless after putting me on hold for like 45 minutes. I am worried whom to contact now regarding this issue. ORDER # **. ORDER # **.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    I just love using Amazon and not a week goes by that I don't order something. Tonight I used the search line on Amazon for "Gifts for Women" to get some ideas. I was so disappointed with all the items immediately suggested with the crude language and predominately used the "F" word. I cannot believe that that is what most women want and I think that is not an accurate example of Amazon business ideals! I wish you would find more lady friendly suggestions to replace the vulgar things. Thanks for listening, Tony **

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2019

    I have been an Amazon Prime member for years. That changed today. Their delivery reliability is awful. I don’t see any reason to pay a fee to get what really amounts to guesstimates about delivery. If you ever want to talk to a live person... good luck. You might get to a person eventually but it’s not likely you will be able to understand them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2019

    Beware of Amazon Subscription's fraudulent practices. They signed me up and charged my credit card to Amazon music by picking up the word "yes" on Alexa when looking for music on YouTube. I asked customer service why it was so easy to accidentally sign me up and not so easily cancel in the same manner. The Agent said that's the way it was built and hung up.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2019

    I ordered some muscle roll on and some batteries from Amazon, and requested Prime 2-day delivery. The muscle roll on stated it would be arriving about 5 days past the day I ordered, and the batteries were to arrive in 2 days. I received a message from Amazon that something happened with the muscle roll on and that it wouldn't be delivered until 4 days past the date of original delivery, and when I looked at the tracking information, the item went from Virginia to Maryland to Colorado and was there for more than 5 days.

    The item was supposed to be delivered to Arizona. I also ordered some batteries, and was sent an update that now they are not available and will ship on December 21st, after the original delivery date was December 8th. I tried to find the information to email Amazon because in the past, they have assisted me with these types of things by giving me a month added to my prime membership. I had to chat with someone on the internet, and was offered a $5.00 certificate for the muscle roll on, and told that I needed to wait until the 12th because the item was listed as lost. Nothing about the batteries. This is the worst customer service I have received in a long time. I don't enjoy chatting on the internet, and the last time I tried to call, Amazon blamed a delivery delay on UPS. I will consider whether I really need or want Prime next year when my renewal date comes up.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2019

    On September I purchased a $500 mattress for my aunt in Florida. A month later the credit card company freaked out and accidentally flagged the payment. Amazon froze my account, I called the credit card, had them place the money back into Amazon and solve the issue. Amazon unblocked my account and all was good from Nov 5th, until Nov 24. When Amazon blocked my account again and began sending me harassing emails trying to get me to pay for the mattress again. I sent proof of payment, many, many times. The reps in the phone were beyond useless and rude, I was treated like a common criminal. I had to file a complaint with the BBB, only then, did they actually look things up and understood that my account was unjustly frozen, that I had paid and that they needed to fix it.

    Well guess what happened two weeks later? They blocked my account again! Started sending me those automated harassing emails 5-6 times in one day! Every time I reply with screen shots of the bank statement and the letter of resolution from Amazon through the BBB! No one ever responded! The reps were even more useless and actually blames me and told me to just pay up! Why would I pay for something twice?! I had to file a second complaint through the BBB, I have been promised this won’t happen again, but I highly doubt it. My account is paid yearly, sadly that means that until April I am stuck having to deal with this! One rep told me to just make a new account?! But wouldn’t reimburse me for the three months of unused money I’d be losing by forfeiting the doomed account! They’ve offered no reassurance! No compensation, no actual solution! They’ve give nothing but grief and anger!!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2019

    Purchased a product from Amazon while they had a deal going for a free gift card. When added to my cart the item defaulted back to the non-gift card item. Amazon refused to adjust the order price or send the gift card separately. They berated me on the phone and basically called me stupid for “you selected the wrong item” and the only option is to ship back the other item and then to recharge me for the same item and free gift card. Honestly a waste of my time and the time at the distribution center for returns when they could have simply made the adjustment and mailed the gift card.

    In all my years of customer service you always made the best effort to make the situation right and Amazon customer service did the exact opposite. It was a simple error and even if it was the customer’s error you never blatantly tell them it was their fault and refuse service then put me on hold pretending to find a manager so I couldn’t complain about their terrible service. Overall completely frustrating and bad business practices. Definitely will think twice before my next purchase when dealing with such indecent people on the other end of the phone at customer service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2019

    I have been an Amazon Prime customer for several years and never had any problems until Amazon decided to deliver the orders themselves. Customer service has been unhelpful in the constant delays and I am tired of the lame reasons they give for not meeting their delivery obligations. When you order something that says it will be there in 2 days that’s what you expect. There is no communication except for an email to your message center later in the evening.

    I was promised a phone call from the driver today and the logistics representative I spoke with yesterday said she would call to follow up. But no one from Amazon called today as promised. Amazon needs to leave logistics to the professionals, like UPS and USPS. I hope this complaint will be taken seriously by the Amazon team that reviews them because this is not the type of customer service I have received from them in years past. Amazon has always been reliable and I would like to continue doing business with them, but if this type of negligence continues I will have to take my business elsewhere.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2019

    Amazon's customer service process is very, very broken. The customer service reps I communicated with were friendly and helpful and the problem almost certainly rests with Amazon's management. The following description is not really adequate describe how bad the system really is. I have been a happy Amazon customer for a very, very long time. Three weeks ago, I ordered an expensive camera lens. It did not arrive. When I tried to track the package, I found an incomprehensible note saying the was maybe delayed. I communicate with customer service and was told the order was now cancelled. It wasn't. I tried again - same result. I asked for a refund and was told a gift card equal to the amount of the order would be posted to my account within one hour. It wasn't. Now I'm told that a refund was posted to my credit card. But I will have to wait for 3-5 business days to see if Amazon actually issued the refund.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2019

    I ordered a $319 item in November of 2019. Amazon charged me $250 for the postage ("remote location) but the actual postage charge for a box that size and weight was less than $100 (I checked with our post office). A weeks ago I ordered a book through Amazon. British supplier - today I received an EMPTY envelope. Twenty dollars down the drain. No more! There are other, more reputable businesses out there.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019

    I bought a book and been waiting for it for a couple of months. An automated message appeared that if it doesn't arrive by 6th of December, please request a refund. The book still has not arrived and I filed a refund, yet there is no such option "item did not arrive". They only allow you to ask for a refund after you send the item back with DHL, in my case, an item which does not exist. There haven't been such idiotic situations with Ebay... I am appalled by Amazon's way of handling things. Edit: I looked through 2 month old e-mails and found a link to reach the customer support by luck. Maybe things will start moving now...

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019

    Lost access to my email address and requested it be changed, foreign call centre could do nothing and kept repeating I need to log on to my email account which I no longer had access to (encrypted email with no password reset). I have lost hundreds of pound worth of movies, Kindle book and music in the blink of an eye. Amazon have done nothing to help me resolve it. A warning to all Do NOT use amazon. to purchases online content unless you are prepared to lose it if you lose your email address. I'm gutted and will never purchase from Amazon again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2019

    I purchased a pair of qyc earbuds Feb 6th 2019. They come with a 12 month manufacturer warranty. Within the last week the right earbud has began to have issues. Won't turn on, turns off and on sporadically or will not connect. I contacted. The manufacturer and explained the situation. They responded back that they were sorry that there were issues but they would not cover the warranty as it was sold through Amazon.com and that I needed to contact Amazon directly. I contacted Amazon and was told that it was not their responsibility either and was solely at the manufacturer's discretion as to whether they want to honor a warranty or not and that I needed to contact the manufacturer again.

    After doing so and receiving the same answer as before I contacted Amazon again and explained the situation. They offered to refund part of the money. I told them I wasn't interested that I wanted the item repaired or replaced. Amazon then instructed me to contact Square Trade to use the 4yr warranty I purchased. They helped me contact Square Trade. After providing the information Square Trade requested they denied my claim as it should be covered by the manufacturer warranty. I then contacted Amazon again explained what I was told and again offered a partial refund of the original purchase price. After nine years of use and Prime membership I believe it's time to find a new place to purchase my needs. I hate to think of how many times I purchased warranties that may never have been valid or honored and how much money was wasted.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019

    I ordered (tracking number **) an Apple TV on Amazon's app on December 29 and the package didn't get to its final destination (Hyatt Place Oklahoma City Airport). The problem is that, accordingly to the Amazon app, the package was delivered on December 1st, but the hotel said that they didn't get it. I already tried to speak with Amazon support team and, after a 3 days "investigation" (December 5 to 7), they told me that there was nothing they could do and suggested me to make a police report or try to talk to Apple. I have a photo of the hotel protocol's book saying that they didn't receive anything on my name (actually, on my brother's name, since he was the guest at the hotel and the package was addressed to him) on December 1st.

    The only package the hotel received on December's 1st was on Lima's name, my brother's friend. So, if Amazon don't care about its Prime members, imagine the type of support the other members would have. The hope you use their app to buy products but if the product is not delivered, it's your fault. I always gave priority to buy products on their app, but now they will be my last option!

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019

    The drivers that come to our home are in unmarked vans and cars. We just had one look into my daughter's bedroom. They no pride in there work. Some just throw the packages where they want. Shame on Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019

    Amazon will not allow me to review products. This is how they get away with selling junk. Customers that give negative reviews are banned, this should be illegal. They are also using tax payer money to fund their 2 day shipping and Amazon pays zero taxes. Then they hire part time employees so they don't have to pay for benefits. Truly an evil corporation.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019

    I purchase an item on Cyber Monday on the amount of $56.55, they took the money right away BUT 2 days later they charge my bank again for the same amount, I called them and they explained me that they do a "pre-authorization" on the card to see if there's funds available, and that the second charge will go back to the bank. But today 5 days after my purchase and the day after I talked to Amazon about this issue, they charged me for the 3rd time! I called again and they told me that the reason they keep charging it's because "the bank" keeps rejecting the payment, I called the bank and they told me that that's not true at all, that if there's funds that the card will go through (unless they detect suspicious activity, but that's not the case) SO AMAZON HAS TAKEN MONEY OUT OF MY BANK CARD 3X, WITHOUT MY AUTHORIZATION, ACCORDING TO THEM "IT'S THE BANK'S FAULT."

    Amazon is supposed to contact the buyer if there's a problem with the card (and that's not my case because my bank has funds) instead of running my card over and over again without my authorization, and my package has not been shipped yet! Now I have to wait until those transactions go through because they're still pending (BUT OF COURSE THEY TOOK THE MONEY 3 TIMES) for me to dispute those 2 extra transactions. SO RIDICULOUS. This will be the LAST TIME I'll order from Amazon, I will rather go purchase whatever I need either at a store or directly from a legit online store and not a third party scammy website like Amazon! Wish I could leave NEGATIVE -10 stars.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2019

    I am an Amazon Prime member. Unfortunately the guaranteed 2 day delivery has never been met using Intelcom Courier. Always a minimum of 3 days past the guaranteed delivery date. FedEx, Canada Post, and Purolator always deliver in a timely manner. Why can’t Intelcom. Have spoke to customer service on dozens of orders regarding this. Every customer service rep says they will de-prioritize Intelcom making it a last resort for Intelcom to deliver my parcels. This has fallen on deaf ears as Intelcom is still consistently late delivering my orders. Very disappointed that such a reputable company such as Amazon would use Intelcom to deliver their products. Reflects negatively on Amazon. I have several orders late now so when I do finally receive my orders I will not be using Amazon anymore. Very Disappointing,,,

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2019

    I ordered few items in total $88 dollars and during checkout an item that suppose to be free shipping has charge 5.99. I called to ask why this and a customer start to repeat orders are free if the total is over $25 and my invoice is in front of her for $88. The item is sold by Amazon warehouse and not a third party. (Amazon.com Services Inc.) She started to circle around with me and explain the already explained, then she said, "I will put $5 credit toward your next purchase, but you won't be able to see it?!! It will show up only on your next purchase." What if I don't want make next purchase...It sounded like making me a favor or courtesy for a deceiving advertisement instead of apologizing. Well I am done with Amazon purchases. The disputed amount is small but I didn't like the approach and the sound deceiving conversation from the responded customer service agent. I end up canceling the whole order.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    Amazon are rip off merchants. I preordered a book from them. I paid the money. Have proof the money came out of my account. Yet they tried to charge me a second time today! On the book launch. When I called to talk to them it was all excuses and **. I won’t be buying anything from any amazon affiliates ever again, say goodbye to my amazon prime, I’ll be selling my Kindle and deleting my account. Recommend this company to no one!

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    Amazon has the worst delivery people, More than a dozen times my stuff has been delivered to the wrong address, the latest time today in which they delivered to the wrong address. They even handed my package to the person, you would think they would ask if it was the correct place. And their policy is that they will not go back to the address and get the shipment. Instead the person is allowed to keep the stuff and I have to fight with the customer service to get the money back and I have to reorder the stuff so that they can redeliver the stuff to a wrong address again. This company's delivery system SUCKS. They should fire whoever is in charge of deliveries..

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    Had a printer that was list for 2 weeks. Finally delivered to me but the ONLY option Return option was through Kohl's. Same thing on another small item. Only prepaid return option was Kohl's. So now, what once was a 2 min drop off is now at least a 20 min drive, walk to back of store, stand in long line process to take to Kohl's. They are making it more and more inconvenient to return anything. Amazon is getting greedy, too big for their own good. The customer is 2nd to greed.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    Not worthy ordering items with prime which says delivered but not. Amazon you were the best at some time in delivering the quality products on time. But I should let you know the worst experience I've ever received from you guys this week. I have ordered the Matcha Green tea twice to different address with prime and says delivered the very next day and made me wait for two weeks to get the investigation report since it says delivered but haven't originally. Later on I cancelled my prime since it is not worthy paying for me to pay and the second time ordered tea also says delivered but haven't.

    When I contacted they were rude asking me to contact carrier about package and they did not either refund/replace since I'm not a prime member anymore. So you only be responsible to packages and talk nicely to people who are prime members? aren't the rest customers to you? This is so ridiculous. Amazon I have very good opinion on you and use to highly recommend and this is what you gave me in return.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    Slacking. Used to be great at what they did. Ever since they stopped using FedEx and UPS, they’re a freaking joke. Of the last 7 things I’ve ordered, 4 of them haven’t been delivered. From a big company like Amazon, that’s unacceptable. Absolutely ridiculous. Just got another notification today that the product I ordered was not going to be delivered. They either get lost, or they sat undeliverable. Not to mention that I’m a member of Amazon Prime, this was an amazon prime item, which is always 2 day shipping, and it was set to be delivered 5 days after I bought it. What the hell am I paying for it they can’t even hold on their end of the deal? Unreal how far downhill this company has gone in the past few months.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    Ever since Amazon started doing their own deliveries, there have been multiple problems with not receiving packages on time. Received updates that I am the next stop. I’m at the location waiting and the next thing it states they were unable to deliver because no one was there. Today, it said a package was delivered and handed to a resident. No package was received. No notice on the door. Called and was informed that the status was prematurely updated and that it should come tomorrow?! Who are they hiring as delivery workers? Some of them should be fired for incompetence. How hard can it be to scan a bar code?

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    I've been shopping on Amazon for nearly 15 years now, and a Prime member for more than half of that. I have watched the service go downhill in an exponential curve for many years. In the beginning orders were delivered on time and as promised, however that has happened less and less. I have had orders arrive late and incomplete more and more often. I spend more and more time with customer service trying to rectify issues, with less and less consideration for the inconvenience. It seems the more customers they have the less they care about providing the services they promote. Granted, their customer service is comparatively very good for items sold by Amazon, which is why I check very carefully to only order items sold directly by Amazon (however this makes me wonder if this is by design).

    I have had a few bad experiences with Amazon customer service reps, but the chance of getting a bad rep seems much less likely than getting a late, incomplete, or undelivered order. In fact I often have orders that show as delivered and have not been. Typically they show up in the few days following, but I wonder if this is just to keep the appearance of a good "on time" delivery percentage. They also have a good bit of work to do on their reps' chat translation software (I prefer chat over phone so I can do other things at the same time, considering the amount of time I've spent with them), but it's still good enough to get the general point across.

    It's notable they have changed to a bot service to begin the chat sessions, as well as have STOPPED sending transcripts, or even offering the option to get a transcript of chat sessions. I have even been told reps are not allowed to provide transcripts anymore, even when specifically asked to do so. This used to be an AUTOMATIC feature for chat sessions. Whenever anyone does not want a written account or documentation of what is said during any kind of sale or financial transaction it makes me very concerned.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2019

    We’ve purchased 2 storage beds, numerous mattresses and 2 mid century modern style chairs with ottomans over the last 6-8 yrs. All of our purchases were with Prime or offered free shipping. We’ve been very pleased with the entire process- online selection and ordering, delivery options, assembly options, and quality control and customer service issues. One piece we ordered was larger and came with a longer than we anticipated delivery time- there were some delays but overall we were happy. Very pleased w/ all our items & the buying process.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019

    On Black Friday I was going to order an Ipad, but noticed the deal would change each time I chose the item to a speaker. So I reached out to the customer service to see what I should do and was informed to place the order. I placed the order then a few days later was told it was a glitch in the system and I am not getting the iPad which I paid for. They stated that I can order the iPad but I will not get the deal since it’s passed the date. I Asked to speak to someone about this and the person said the issue is resolved and I’m SOL. I feel this is unfair and the deal should be honored since I ordered it on Black Friday.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019

    Have had three problems with Amazon this past year. I returned three items about 6 months ago (I had purchased about 40 items in a one month period)....those three items were defective / broken / leaking. When I submitted for the return/refund, the notification I got from Amazon was to mail all three items back together and they gave me one shipping label to print out. For some reason, Amazon only reported receiving two items (all three were put in the box). I contacted Amazon FIVE times over a six week period and each and every time I was told that they would need to investigate. It was like starting over each time as they never had any of the previous information I had called in with. I finally had to dispute the charge with my credit card company.

    The next incident was I returned an item that didn't work when I received it. I did get my refund for the however they withheld a $21.00 restocking fee... First of all, there was nothing written anywhere about a restocking fee and secondly, why are they restocking a broken item? I argued with them and she said that there was nothing they could do. Now, I am currently on the phone with Amazon (I just spent almost one hour on the phone and was disconnected after being on hold for about 20 minutes) and had to call back ... I am almost 25 minutes in this time. This is my fourth time calling about this current problem. I did not receive two items.

    We are having problems in our neighborhood with the postal person not putting the correct key into our mailboxes to get the packages out of the larger parcel boxes. It took me a while to figure out what I had to do to get a refund for an item not received because there is no button for that. I had to call and they told me they had to "investigate" and that they would get back with me. I waited two weeks and then called back because no one got back with me...kind of like when they had to investigate the returned item that they said they did not get back...no one ever called or did anything. When I called back, I was told that a police report had to be filed. I filed the police report and called Amazon back last week.

    I was on the phone with them for over an hour. She said that the police could not find the report and that there was nothing they could do. That is why I am currently on hold...second phone call and now this is my third transfer for the second call...each time they ask for all of the information all over again and each time they put me on hold for about 10 minutes to "check on something". It is weird how everyone says the exact same thing. It's like they are trained to give you the runaround so that you will give up. We have spent thousands of dollars with Amazon over the years and I cannot believe how horrible customer service is when you have a problem.

    I don't know how other people have had a great experience when they have had a problem. I don't know if those are real reviews or not because I have yet to experience that. Amazon is such a large company, and they make so much money, they don't really care about customer service. They seem to have the attitude "shop here or don't". Why would the richest man in the world who is on his way to monopolizing America care? How much money is he going for anyway?

    I am now trying to find what I need elsewhere and will choose Amazon as a last resort. I have notice now that I have been shopping around that there are cheaper options out there if you look. P.S. Still waiting on hold. I am guessing that I am going to have to depute this with my credit card company as well. My advice would be to never use a gift card because I don't know how you would get your money back with that when there is a problem.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019

    I've ordered on multiple occasions with Amazon and dealt with their customer service directly due to missing orders, incorrect orders received, and return/refund processes. They are difficult to work with, unhelpful, lack escalation points and do not put the customer first. At this point I am done using Amazon and ordering from them all together.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019

    Hah. They expect to be a good company but they’re just going absolutely downhill. They decide they want to have Amazon warehouses over here in Colorado. They have their own delivery drivers who like to lose packages allll the time. Do you know how many packages I’ve lost? Too many to count. I can’t stand amazon because it seems at this point that I have given up hope to shop online anymore. Amazon drivers don’t care, FedEx is bad, UPS is okay, USPS is okay. But they don’t care. There’s no contact number either to the location my packages came out of so I can’t make a complaint about their stupid delivery drivers that can’t deliver a package to the right ** address. It has got me so irritated that I’m canceling Prime because there's no point in having it when I can’t even get my stuff I order.

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    Customer ServicePrice

    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2019

    An order placed with Amazon qualified for free delivery to my home, but attracted a delivery charge of 25% of item cost if directed to a local locker (1/2 mile from home) for pickup. Porch parcel theft is bad in my area and the fee for pickup made the price unattractive. Three exchanges of emails with customer service asking why the delivery charge was applied to pickup from the locker yielded as best answer: "Standard Shipping and FREE shipping may be unavailable at some Lockers", which didn't quite meet the threshold for "excellent customer service". Also, as there are other suppliers with a better price + delivery combo, Amazon is not being competitive and needs to do more work on its locker policies.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    I have used Amazon for years and would have recommended them to anyone. Sadly the last few months the quality of customer service has gone to none. If you accidentally buy from a third party seller you will get zero support from Amazon at all. The reps on the phone all say different things, and the call centers are now outsourced to other countries. Amazon customer service made it clear that customers do not matter to them no matter how many thousands you spend a month with them. So we will no longer use them after years of loyal use. Recently we had received a damaged product but it was third party seller so Amazon did not help us.

    They gave us the run around as the seller refused to let us return damaged products. They forced me to have to lift and transport a large heavy package instead of picking the item up and now I have missed 2 days of work and had to pay an urgent care copay because I injured my shoulder moving said furniture box. When we called Amazon for the 5th time about this order the rep made it clear our leaving Amazon didn't matter to them. So we are now done. This is the third time this year we have gotten horrible service on an issue. Out of 500 orders only 3 were bad but those 3 were extremely poor service from Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    I used to be an Amazon Prime member, but I quit last month because there were too many problems with my orders, and no real effort on Amazon's part to make things right. The first problem occurred when I ordered 3 bottles of carrot juice after my local grocery store stopped carrying it. The box arrived literally in a HazMat container. The bottles had all broken and there was juice all over everything. Carrot juice is expensive. I contacted Amazon and they referred me to the original seller, a sketchy company in New Jersey. Of course I never got my $50 back.

    There were other problems but that one was memorable. The last straw was when I ordered a replacement battery for my Arlo Go security camera. The battery was $60 and was advertised as a next-day delivery. I needed it fast because I was going to visit the remote cabin where I have my camera set up. The battery arrived late and I had already left. So I had a friend mail it to a PO box at additional expense. I installed the battery and within 6 weeks it was dead. The camera is hooked up to a solar panel and should be able to last the year with the constant charge. Clearly the battery they sold me was old or defective.

    Finally, I live near a Whole Foods Market and thought it would be worth the cost of membership for the discount. But most of the stuff I buy there isn't discounted and their discounts tend to be measly. They don't add up to the monthly fee for Prime. So, all told, my experience with Amazon was ultimately more trouble than it's worth, I lost money and was extremely frustrated. I will do all I can to buy direct from sellers and avoid the Amazon middle-man taking their cut and providing lousy customer service. Bye-bye, Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    Amazon customer privacy and security is almost nonexistent; their practice of storing payment card infomration for customers and their refusal to allow the use of 3rd party payment services like PayPal make them a very dangerous company. Anyone who steals your Amazon log in can order whatever they want, ship it to wherever they want and charge it to your card on file and Amazon takes no steps to prevent that.

    I recently had my Amazon account hacked and the hackers placed multiple orders using the card Amazon had stored in my profile and despite multiple emails to Amazon to cancel the fraudulent orders they still sent me numerous emails trying to get me to submit new payment card information to complete the orders. Amazon's refusal to use third party payment services that protect your payment card information from merchants proves they have zero concern for the safety and security of their customers.

    I recently reluctantly placed my first Amazon order in a long time after my account was hacked and 7 days after the order was placed it still hasn't shipped. They're trying to force you to pay their Amazon Prime extorsion fee to get reasonable shipping turn around times. It will be a very long time again before I order anything from Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2019

    I used to love Amazon but they are slowly becoming very incompetent and annoying. I tried to order items yet they didn't charge my card for send it. Called customer service and I may as well have been talking to a robot. Actually a robot probably would have been more helpful. Cancelled my order. Love how now, when you don't pay for Prime, that they think you can wait forever for the payment to be taken and item sent. I'll order from China next time, it'll be faster and cheaper.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019

    I purchased a float valve and seal for my pressure cooker. I received notice of delivery, but when I opened the package I received a package of 5-minute epoxy sealer. I wrote a polite review, but when I submitted the review it was rejected because it did not meet their standards. I have tried to get help, I contacted chat and they told me they could do nothing and I should at my expense send their mistake back. Totally uncaring customer service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019

    Amazon promises one and two day deliveries however 50% of the time they don't get to you on time. Waste of membership fees. Their customer service is also deteriorating. I have had agents not apologize for the delays they have caused.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2019

    Horrible.. I have to verify my card every time I use it. I get blocked. When you call Amazon they say we can't do anything. It's up to the specialist and I have to wait 24 hours. That's bull crap.. Pisses me off. I can't stand Amazon anymore. I will start going to a different place to shop for now on instead of Amazon. It's so wrong.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2019

    For some reason that they will not answer, they shut down my Amazon account saying I cannot prove that my credit card I used actually belongs to me. Not sure why they questioned it as I have used it on previous amazon purchases that I made months before and they shipped against it without any issues. They were not suppose to retain my credit card info from previous purchases but they apparently did without my permission. They won't even allow me account access to see what items were shipped from this recent order where I used the credit card they are questioning, however I already have received some of the items so it shows the credit card allowed payment processing.

    Numerous emails and even phone calls have provided no help to resolve their issue. All they want is for me to provided a copy of an credit card statement that I do not have that shows the info they want as it is between statement periods. Not sure why they cannot verify all of the info I provide w/ the card company. I can't even gain access to use a diff credit card. So now I have missed any Black Friday sales or even Cyber Monday sales. Amazon is just too large to provide customer service and they just do not care.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2019

    I have been a customer of Amazon for the past few months. Signed up for music services and Prime. My first experience was with their music streaming service. I was extremely pleased with it. It was what prompted me to subscribe for the Amazon Prime. I thought this was perfect. I needed to purchase a bunch things. I placed my first order and was impressed. The first item shipped out fast and it came in no time. Item was great. Everyone was happy. I even took the time to review the product and so forth.

    Next day, I ordered about 11 items. Items got shipped into three different shipments. Which I get. It makes sense. The following day when items were to arrive, I got a message. "Your product has arrived but got damaged on site. We have issued you a refund. I then contacted them to ask if I could just have the item shipped out again. They said they had already issued the refund. But, if I would like, I could reorder by paying for it. I said "No thanks, But I appreciate it. I will re-order when I get the money back on my card. Next day, one of the other boxes come. As is described and on time still. Great! I am a happy person.

    I check status of parcel three. It states arriving the same day. Wait around until end of day. Nothing. Not the end of the world. I check Amazon's website help. It states, Sometimes a parcels status will read arriving today when it is still being processed. And, sometimes it will read, delivered when on delivery. I shook my head and thought, oK, I don't get that but whatever. It also said give it another 36 hours and then contact them. My first thought was why not just have the status reflect the actually location of item. Makes sense to me. I then shook my head puzzled, but moved on with my day. Next day item arrived.

    A week passes and I wanted to re-order the item that did not make it to me. No refund. I contacted Amazon and they said They verified my information and came back and asked what the problem. I said. " I was told I would get a refund and I did not receive anything". They said, "Let me check". She then said. "I am so sorry". "So what is the problem? Did you not like the item? Is that why you asked for a refund?" I said "Pardon?" They continued, "Why did you send the item back?" I said. "I didn't, You guys notified me saying my item was damaged." She said "Oh" I then asked her if she had the info? She said "yes."

    I said Just wondering. She then went on to say "would you like a gift card or back on your credit card?" I stopped and paused for a few seconds. I then said in a calm voice. "Wait a minute. Are you saying the money was not even attempted to be reimbursed? She said. "no, I am afraid not not. I stayed very polite with the young lady. But the more she spoke, the more I was beginning to really think about things. I thought I would try another time. I get it, things happen.

    Ordered my products, came in two different deliveries. First packed said was shipped, ready to be delivered that day. Next day I get a message. Your package was unable to be delivered because of weather. Cool. No big deal. I called them, because they said call. They said My parcel would be in tomorrow instead. I said "OK". Got into the shower. Get out. Phone rings. We have your parcel. I live in a building. Go downstairs. Driver says, "What the hell man. I called you three times." I said "oh, did you?" I said fair enough. I then turned and said, "Yeah, But if we are being fair. If you didn't tell me 30 minutes ago you were not going to be until tomorrow, I would of waited. So own your own mistakes." He, turned and mumbled, "What ever".

    I won't make a big deal. However, I get it, Amazon has a lot going on. Until the product is in a customer's hand, Amazon is 100% liable. I don't buy my items from the logistics companies. I buy them from Amazon. Amazon, and Amazon alone is responsible for its employees. These courier companies are hired to do a job. Their employer is Amazon. If Amazon cannot control its employees. Then that is a problem. However, they need to take ownership. Your job is not to have to call three different companies to find out why your product is not there.

    I won't say they are a horrible company. But, I would strongly advise that if you are going to be ordering or a product, Don't put your faith into their shipping. Ask yourself. Is it really worth losing three hours of your life. And run the risk of potentially, and more than likely at one point in time not getting your product on time. I would suggest you pay for the shipping and go elsewhere. Perhaps somewhere closer or something. If your prime objective is for reliable delivery. Because while I like the sellers. I have no faith in the delivery. Sorry for the rant. Just wanted to give an unbiased opinion. And now, Jumping overboard.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2019

    This is at least the 4th time we have not received an order from Amazon Delivery. The pictures they send just show the package sitting at a door, no apt #, with a doormat that they show delivered that we did not get.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2019

    Amazon delivery is terrible. They will give delivery windows as late as 10:00pm. The drivers are rude and don't follow instructions. I had a driver throw my boxes down a concrete flight of stairs next door to my address. They will just throw the boxes from the sidewalk at my door. I'm constantly getting damaged items because their drivers mishandling packages.

    Trying to contact customer service is even worse. It takes up to an hour to get someone who can even understand what's happening so you end up explaining your issue over and over again. And then they can barely do anything remotely helpful so you just end up frustrated with no resolution. And the app has gotten really bad. I'll try and have my packages delivered on my prime day, which is an offered service, but it almost always tells me it's unavailable even though it's days away. Contacting customer service through the app is a terrible experience and they took away the email options, which is unacceptable in this day and age.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2019

    So I ordered two items from Amazon. It’s supposed to be delivered on November 12th. I saw USPS truck outside, but still didn’t receive my package. Later I called to Amazon customer service. Together we talked to USPS... They gave me refund. I ordered same items again. This package supposed to be delivered on November 15th. Again I stayed all day at home. No one ring my doorbell. No one even came inside my building.. I live on first floor right next to main entrance and can hear when people coming inside the building. I got message that package was delivered 1 minute ago. I opened my door - no package. Went to lobby - no package. I checked around building - nothing. Checked other buildings - nothing. So I again called to Amazon/USPS. They told me to wait few days.

    Three days later I went to local post office. They said package was delivered. How come it was delivered if I was at home? So Amazon representative told me they are going to make their own investigation. One Week later I called to Amazon to talk to Fraud department. The person which I talked was not able to help me. I asked to transfer me to supervisor. Supervisor Tom was rude. He was keep saying by our policy “Risk and loss” policy you not getting refund or replacement. I asked him who are they these people who investigate case. Can I talk to them. He said I can not talk to them. Didn’t give me any explanations why they took such kind of decision.

    I was asking him what other options I have. How can I get my money back, but he was keep saying same sentence- our policy, our policy, our policy ... you not getting refund and not getting replacement. And actually he said like it’s my fault that I supposed to know about this policy, because when we “customers” are creating accounts we supposed to read terms before to press “agree” button. I got emotional, since he was keep saying same thing over and over. Not trying to help me to solve this problem. He yelled, I yelled.

    Later he send me respectful email which says I can go to police and file report. But when we were talking he didn’t say a word about police and was just plain rude. I even said that I will post on Facebook about my experience with Amazon. And going to call to corporate number. I got so upset.. I am single mother with two special needs kids. I took two days off to receive these packages... and now they are treating me like I am the one who is lying.

    Next step I decided to call to USPS. Lady who I talked to said package was Uninsured, so if they will not find package it means package is lost and you are not getting your money back. She said talk to seller. I again called to Amazon Fraud department. The guy who I talked to was sooo rude. No one treat me this way before. He yelled - "Package was delivered! You not getting refund or replacement." He was yelling at me straight 5 minutes. And asked If I have questions. I said “yes” and he hung up phone. He refused to listen me. Didn’t even let me say 1 word. Just keep yelling at me. It was Horrible. I don’t know why I was paying them every month $14.99 for Prime membership. If They treating me like **.

    I called third time to Amazon, because I want to ask what I am going to do since USPS said that package was uninsured and I need to talk about this matter with Amazon and also I wanted to file complaint about previous two guys for yelling at me. So this rep also didn’t helped me about uninsured items, at least he wasn’t yelling. He said he will take care of my complaint. Even he didn’t asked me names and details. I asked him to provide me “Service request ID”.. He said it will be Internal case, so there is no service request ID, and there is no way I can find out did they take care about my issues with other 2 representatives. Now I know... that Amazon just like that can take your money. USPS will not take care of you too since package was not insured by seller. So I just lost some money money, cried a little, and got upset for entire day.

    Dear Fraud department, you guys getting your salary from money of customers like me. If money of single mother with special needs kids makes you richer... take it. No problem. I unsubscribe from Amazon Prime. This is last time I ordered something from Amazon. It’s just privately owned company, they don’t value their customers. Please read “Risk and loss policy”.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2019

    I was amazed last spring, when I ordered a couple of sweaters from Amazon. The tag inside said “Amazon Essentials.” What struck me, when I tried on the first one, was how soft it was; the second thing was how well the sweater fit... Actually, there were three things... The true color was the third - the red was such a beautiful shade. If Amazon still carries the same sweater, I plan on buying more during this sale. They weren’t expensive at full price, so I really believe I’ll be getting a bargain.

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2019

    Amazon delivered for us three times. We live in the country with a 450' long driveway. They simply drive about 300 ft. down the driveway, open the window and throw the box out onto the driveway, turn around on my lawn and drive off. The delivery notes on Amazon says handed the package to a resident. I called Amazon and nothing has changed. I confronted the driver and she says she didn't do it. I have it on video. This happened again last night. I called Amazon and they said to call UPS because it was them. I asked if UPS was now delivering in plain clothes and driving cars. They just said they will need to call UPS and talk to them. Good idea Amazon bad execution.

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2019

    Amazon's algorithm is faulty. I submitted a positive review that fell within their guidelines. My review was simple, "The soap base melted nicely in the microwave and performed as expected". 3 days later Amazon's auto rejection email arrived, telling me I had violated the terms and the review would not be posted. Ridiculous! I replied explaining that they had made a mistake, but of course you cannot reply to their robots, so a human never had a chance to correct the error. Amazon is too big for their britches and should be broken up via Anti Trust.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2019

    Customer service is awful. First order was lost and now the second is damaged. All I get is I’m sorry. 1 month and counting. Two refunds issued and still can’t get my order right. Ridiculous.... Need to finish a project and can’t get it done.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2019

    Someone made an account on Amazon and ordered prime and a usb chord with my credit card. Amazon will not refund my money. Said I needed to file a police report. No one will get back to me from the fraud department either. They just keep sending me more emails to fill out about complaints. I can get better customer service at the DMV.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2019

    Summary: Amazon customer service is really bad and wasted so much of my time and locked my funds in my bank. Read on for full info. I bought a PC parts from amazon on Black Friday which resulted a cost of around 1500. My bank authorised the payment and so the funds from my account went into pending state which should be claimed by them when the parts dispatch.

    When dispatch time came the order got declined because their system said that my bank did not authorise the charge. (This meaning they tried to claim the funds in pending status. Pending status funds cannot be accessed by me and only claimed by the seller e.g amazon. If the seller doesn't claim the funds in 7 working days, the funds will automatically go back into your account which is then accessible). So I had to call amazon and my bank because both were saying it was each other's fault and long story short I found out that amazon was trying to make another transaction of the same amount "1500 GBP" instead of claiming the funds. This is why the order got cancelled every time it tried to dispatch. (This took about 3 hours of calling and only the last 30 minute call was able to inform me about the Actual situation and the previous was just amazon telling me the same thing over and over that it I need to check with my bank.)

    So the "payment team" was "working on it" for 2 days and nothing happened. Eventually the person following up sent me the same message saying that I need to double check my card and my details. I mean come on. You serious? WHY? Why would my bank authorise the amount in the first place to be transferred into pending state. These people are just saying the same thing over and over and wasted 5 days from dispatch. Took a 2 hour call and tried to resolve something on the same day (Thursday) and got just the option to cancel my order and get "compensation". (Bought on black friday and so the actual total was 1600 but I had discounts on it. So they offered a 100 gift card around so I pay the exact same amount.)

    Really tho like why. Friday ordered my parts, Sunday (2 days later) they tried to dispatch but failed, finally informed on Thursday (4 days later) that the payment team did nothing so had to call back. During all this time I wasted 5 hours of calling amazon, some of my parts went out of stock and went back in stock the Wednesday after the Thursday. My parts would be delayed by almost 10 days and 5 hours of my time wasted and I made time to build on that weekend but just ruined because of amazon. "Compensation" offered wasn't actually compensation. I'm still paying the same price to get parts 10 days later, to get 5 hours of my time wasted and extra time for ruining my plans.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2019

    Like many prospective purchasers I frequently consult the Amazon customer review ratings before making a purchase. Only recently I discovered that these ratings are frequently incorrect. For example a Celestron Evolution 8 telescope has a rating of 3.5 when using the reviews on which it is based it should be 4.3. This is a simple math error. Since all the information required for the correct computation is in the listing the software is clearly deficient. I have found a number of errors like this. In addition, you cannot assume that the ratings shown are based on the product which you are looking at. Using the Evolution 8 again as an example the reviews on which the rating is based are reviews for three different sizes and two different versions of the telescope. I brought this to Amazon's attention without result. So before accepting Amazon's product ratings you had better check them out thoroughly.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2019

    Your feedback on Amazon is monitored and controlled. I have never expected that my review to a particular vendor on Amazon is blocked. Please see my review below and Amazon’s reply. Obviously I didn’t violate any of their rules on feedback. I think what made them mad is that I compared them with local Walmart store. I believe that Amazon treat their vendors and their customers differently because the vendors pay them the advertising fee, the consumers don’t.

    The following is my review: Not happy about the product and the seller. First of all, I did not know the product would be mailed out from India. The package is damaged. It seems like it has a cigarette burnt-hole on it. The sheet has black ash on it. Fortunately the hole didn't burn through the sheet. If the seller used a cardboard box, it would be a better protection. Second, on Amazon the product is described as 850-thread count. When the product arrived, I can't find anywhere on it says that it has 850-thread count and I doubt it has. It feels like it has 400-thread count. I can buy a set of 850-thread count bed sheet at local Walmart store for $99. I paid $86.99 for the one I got from Amazon. However, on Amazon, it says the shipping fee is $5. Since I am in Canada and everything I pay on Amazon is in Canadian dollar, I assumed the shipping fee was $5 Canadian. However, when the package came, it shows a $10 US shipping fee.

    To be fair, $10 US shipping all the way from India to Canada is quite cheap, only that the seller lied about the shipping fee. Also, $86.99 product cost plus $10 US shipping fee, I may as well buy it from Walmart, at least if something is wrong, I can return it. I am not happy about the product but shipping it back to India will be too expensive.

    Below is Amazon's reply:

    A few common issues to keep in mind:
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    In addition, I was offered a free-trial period for two of Amazon's special membership. Now I can't cancel them. When I tried, their website tells me that there is no payment information. Why they need payment information when I am still in the free-trial period? And I can't even find their phone number to call them. Sherry

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2019

    I just spent hour 8 trying to correct a refund applied to the wrong payment method - a closed bank account. Despite the fact that I told the original agent to give me a gift card because I no longer had that VISA card. The last supervisor, Jane, from the states told me because I'm a Prime member, the only option for refunds - Amazon's policy - is the original payment method. Because it's a closed bank account, they suggested I go down to my old bank and ask for a refund check. Hour 9L lol. I told them my idea is never to pay for Prime membership again. Beware members! Average shoppers on the website have more rights than we do!

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2019

    I received the wrong brand of jojoba oil. After several runarounds with incompetent customer service reps I was asked to send a photo of the item. Then I was told that the photo I sent was from an order I placed over a year ago. In effect, he called me a LIAR. He also said that is the brand I ordered this past time, although the order history clearly showed it was not. Amazon made a mistake and refuses to acknowledge it and make it right.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    Due to back issues and needing a replacement hip I was housebound just before Christmas 2 years ago. My stepson had raved about Amazon and how he bought many items for the house such as toilet paper, paper towel, laundry soap, and many other household items plus groceries. I decided to give it a try. I bought all my Christmas gift, lots of household items and some books.

    I loved the fact that they were brought right to my front door and in the almost 3 years I have been shopping at Amazon I have probably only returned about 5 items a couple of which were thing that had opened in transit. There was never any questing about a return. They emailed me a return label and all I had to was box it back up and attach shipping label (one on outside and one on inside). My refund was issued as soon as they received the package. No wonder Jeff Bezos is a Billionaire. He certainly knew how to grow a company the right way.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    My 5 and 7 years old play at their Kindles. My 5 years old buys games without looking at the price tags. After talked to Amazon team I put parental control, pin and remove the credit card from the account. A few weeks were o.k. then one day amazon charged me 16 times on different games. I called amazon customer service. After listening and playing on the computer past 15, 20 minutes everyone realized that this is not him or her department. That day, I was on the phone for 87 minutes trying to beg and convince that my son is not responsible for around $ 130 on games. All wasted. The last lady just blamed me for not being a good parent. She said that it is my fault not setting up the pin and refused to refund me anything.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    I got a Fire Stick that turned out to be crap. It takes forever to load the home page, constant connection errors, crashing, etc. Per the Amazon website, there is a one-year warranty for Amazon Devices, including the Fire Stick. Well, I called the customer service number, and the first woman told me that they didn’t offer warranties. I explained the policy on the website, even sent a screenshot, and she still said there was no such thing. So I hung up and called back. The next person said that I was looking at a fake website and she was under the impression that 30 days and 1 year are the same amount of time. I explained I was not looking for a refund, I wanted my fire stick to be fixed and stop crashing, and she said she could process an exchange.

    She calls back about 5 minutes later explaining that there was an “unexpected issue” with their computer system, and they could not process an exchange and there was nothing she could do since the warranty was expired (again not knowing the difference between one month and one year). I don’t know where they’re getting their employees, but they might as well find a bunch of third graders instead, because I’m confident they have higher mathematical and grammar skills, and common sense, than these people.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    If your account has been hack on Amazon, Beware of the Fraud dept. They will blame you for the fraud on your account and will not let you log in to Amazon unless you pay for the fraudulent items, they have no regard to stellar accounts, business accounts at that so beware of fraud on your accounts. If I could give them a zero rating I would, I am very unhappy with how Amazon is treating a otherwise stellar account that has made them a lot of money over the years.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2019

    There really is no guarantee on next day delivery. If the shipping company sends to wrong shipping hub that is your problem. I contacted Amazon and they said, "Well you will get it in 2-3 days." Really this was for a birthday gift. Explain that to a young child. I thought that is why I pay for the membership. If it's not there on time Amazon should give you compensation for the delay and work with their shipper about the mistake.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2019

    We ordered on 11/23 a high top table and six bar stools for a Thanksgiving gathering. Order promised date was 11/26. (We are Amazon Prime Members and have been for years.) We ordered 4 barstools separate from the 6 since the table only came with two. The 4 extra stools delivered a day early on the 25th, the table now is late and wont be delivered until the 27th or the 28th. Two caveats, they Amazon facility it shipped from is an hour and 29 minutes from our home, it was shipped on Monday night the 25th at 9:00 pm. Today they don't know where it is or when it will arrive.

    Second, they recanted to me on the phone today they don't deliver on Thanksgiving Day (Which is the 28th and one of the days they committed to). They have a serious problem with keeping their commitments and not sure being a Prime member carries any weight. The options they gave me was wait or get a refund (after I already have 4 bar stools assemble and wont have the table most likely for Thanksgiving). Thanks much Amazon....Happy Holiday.

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    Price

    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2019

    Aaron has you fooled. The price is cheaper till you put it in your cart and then see the shipping. Yes they try and fool you too with this Amazon Prime which will get your first shipment there fast and then after that it whenever.

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    Staff

    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2019

    SUPER SLOW delivery. Will NOT buy from again. They have divided people into the "haves" and "have nots." I guess the poor have to wait LONG LONG times to receive their items, SAD. Very SAD. I ordered the items on November 19, 2019, they shipped items on November 23rd, 2019. No wonder people are getting tired of Amazon's blatant blatant disrespect for people who cannot afford the "next day delivery" fees. This division of people on financial and social division is dangerous and will lead the majority of poor to distance themselves from this DANGEROUSLY super rich company.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019

    It's great to be able to buy. Heap stuff and receive it quick but as a result you're getting subpar quality of service. I've received packages damaged multiple times, and their two day shipping policy is bs. Like wtf is the 7 days to get to me even though I requested 2 day shipping? Wtf.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019

    It's terrible experience. I wanted to buy a laptop and they blocked my account for security reasons and asked a proof of my ownership of my debit card. I send all necessary documents and got absolutely same massage again with request to send same documents. It's looks like they don't even checked my documents, they replied me 6 times already with absolutely same massage. I called to support 2 days in a row, - no chance to solve that problem. Amazingly terrible service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019

    I had an issue with an item that was not as described. The seller wants me to return it at my expense ($25) & Amazon is telling me that I have to do that before it will qualify for an A to Z guarantee claim. I'm already out almost $90 on this purchase and don't trust that Amazon will refund me. I've been getting the runaround for weeks. I read online that Jeff Bezos reads his emails. I contacted him asking for assistance at **. After sending it twice, I got right back into the customer service runaround - no assistance from an executive complaint department. Amazon is great unless you have a problem. Their customer service is very unhelpful.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2019

    I received an email stating that my package would be delivered the next day. I left specific instructions to not deliver my package to the leasing office and to deliver it to the front door of my apartment, which I have instructed before, and it has been executed. I made sure I was home for the delivery, and even sat outside when I got the notification that I would be the next delivery. I went inside momentarily, and then received the notification that the delivery was failed as the "business" was closed. The driver FAILED to read my very simple delivery instructions, and tried to deliver it to the leasing office, only to find that the delivery office was closed.

    I IMMEDIATELY got in contact with customer service and was strung around for 2 hours, while being promised that they would reroute the driver and ensure my delivery today. At the end of it all, they would only offer me a $5 certificate and told me that my package would not be delivered today. I rearranged my whole day because I was told the package was being delivered and ensured I was available. I had a representative ENSURE me that it would be added BACK onto the route for tonight, as it was a mistake made by their driver. And now this isn't happening and all they can offer me is $5?

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    Easy to order and fast correct orders. The things that are not so good is the extreme waste of improperly boxing items. Second is the price I pay at the post office to send an item is paying for their free shipping. I do not believe a company should ride free on the backs of American workers. So pay for your own shipping I will go to the store myself. Thanks Working people of America. Keeping it Great with truth.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2019

    We had Amazon Prime which we paid a yearly fee from Mar - Mar. A month ago we had our credit card compromised. There were charges from Amazon Books that were definitely not ours. Those and other charges were charge backed. Long story, there were a few items that were in fact ours and I called Amazon to rebill those to a new card number. In the meantime our Amazon account was placed ON HOLD. The charges were rebilled to our Credit Card on Nov 5th, 2019. On Nov. 15th Amazon cancelled our account even though the charges were paid for, and my husband asked for a partial refund of the yearly fee and they refused. We were told we have to create a new account and pay for it either monthly or yearly.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019

    I have been a prime member for a number of years and receive frequent deliveries, one or more a week. I am finding in the last two plus months deliveries are more frequently becoming late. You cannot telephone them as they do not permit it with their technical sleight of hand. I have to cancel and RETURN an item I have not received. I think it’s time to try Walmart.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019

    Since I have moved, my orders never make it in 2 days. I just cancelled my prime membership after multiple issues. The worst was a cancelled order possibly because of damage. No one reached out to me. I had to inquire after days of delay why my order was not delivered. That is horrible customer service. They continue to over promise and under deliver. I requested a refund of prime fee but keep prime. They denied it. I am not paying for no shipping benefits.

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    Reviewed Nov. 20, 2019

    I've had half a dozen orders not show up by their "Guaranteed Delivery Date" (all confirmed to be shipped by Amazon Logistics, LLC). One was delivered by a woman at 9:15 pm who was out on the street yelling and pounding on my neighbor's door telling them to open the door because they had a package when my apartment building clearly marks that the front unit has one address and the back units have their own separate street addresses. Furthermore, the delivery instructions on my account say to go through the gate, provides the code to the gate, and instructs the delivery person to go up the stairs, etc. I could hear her from upstairs in the back of the building. When I told her it was too late to be yelling in a residential neighborhood and that she was at the wrong address, she didn't care at all, she just handed me my package and drove off.

    More than once, I've used the Amazon chat feature to request help, and the people are poorly equipped to help. They will apologize for my frustration and have very little to offer as an actual solution. They are not empowered AT ALL to actually help customers. I have (politely) expressed my frustrations with the issues I've been having as well as their ability to fix any issues at all, and all they will do is say sorry and MAYBE offer a $10 Courtesy Credit.

    But be careful, as you do not get to choose when to use this credit. It will be automatically applied to your next order from Amazon. I know this, because it was automatically credited to a "Subscribe & Save" order I have set up for a work purchase. This order is paid for on a company credit card, and it used my Courtesy Credit. When I reached out to ask for their help correcting this, they said there was absolutely nothing they could do to change it and redirect the credit. With Amazon Prime membership price increasing, it's absolutely infuriating to have so many issues AND a severe decrease in the quality of customer service. Buyer's beware.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2019

    Not sure why I pay for Prime??? The orders are either delayed by hours or simply delivered the next day. When you call customer service no one can tell you when your package will actually arrive. Better to order through another company directly.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2019

    Amazon Prime navy blue vans speed and park on 2 lane state highway at 7:00 PM on Sunday night in lane of traffic. It was a dangerous place to park because there is low visibility and a curve and little time for a car to switch lanes to avoid the truck. Drivers consistently speed and drive hazardously. I had a package delivered by an unkempt woman in an unmarked van whose elementary school child brought the package to my door during school hours.

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2019

    I am a long term Amazon customer and have lately been noticing that there are obviously fake reviews being placed on Amazon, presumably by the seller. My concern is that this amounts to false advertising as many customers including me rely on the experience of those who have already purchased the product. Amazon if you are listening you need to establish better control over the reviews that are being written. This problem impacts the Amazon brand and will directly impact a customer's decision to use your platform.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019

    Called customer service to ask why a Prime product listed for 2 day delivery once paid showed 3 day delivery. As prime member I simply thought 2 day was part of our membership was not real concerned with extra day. But after customer service told me the only thing covered in membership was from time shipped and that's just the way it is I can promise you I will not keep shopping there and paying their fee for worthless guarantee. Very rude period.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019

    Amazon has become terrible since beginning their own prime delivery service in our area. I have never had an issue with deliveries from USPS, UPS or FedEx. Delivery issues have spiraled and range from cannot find address (clearly marked on from of home) to being delivered to a home a few doors down which is vacant. I just got off the phone with them minutes ago and was informed a delivery was sent to the wrong prime dispatch center by amazon but they will not do anything about it until expected delivery date passes. So in other words they hold my hard earned money while I get zero satisfaction from customer service. Best part is when I asked what can be done to compensate my time dealing with issues which are not my fault I am offered a 5$ credit on my Prime membership. Prime has no longer become beneficial and I will be changing my online shopping to eBay or other companies.

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2019

    I was online job searching for extra cash and come across the place that emailed me back offering me 20.00 per review. I thought great. Nope I have to be signed up to Amazon, show them each step and put in what they want me to say, not my own review.. Sad for such a large company that they go to such immoral values to make more money.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2019

    I was having a problem with shipping cost that were supposed to be free according to the items I purchased. I talked with Stuti and this person was not helpful at all. I then Got Joe on chat and this person was supposed to be a supervisor. Joe very unhelpful, and the worst part to me was seemed very rude. I wish I was their boss because no longer would either person work for this company. I had several orders and because of their rudeness and unprofessional attitude to deal with the public had to return all orders and stop shopping Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2019

    Amazon Services LLC charged my bank account for two months without providing any service. They fail to provide any service after more than 10 contacts. They provide no phone number to call. What a shame to Amazon!

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2019

    With an hour lunch time, I chose this locker because it was the closest to my workplace. I'm new to the area so, I then realized it's mostly for Purdue students. Parking is impossible. Upon arrival, there was an Amazon employee. He didn't acknowledged me AT ALL. He looked like more a beach bum just sitting there. The email link didn't work either so, I asked for his help and he directed me to some machine that, in turn, directed to a phone call. The call was just as useless as the beach bum himself. I ended up fixing the problem MYSELF. The whole experience took 2 hours plus. Lockers are convenient but, it's going to be delivered at my house from now on.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2019

    I traded in 2 working Kindles. Amazon did not give me my full credit for my trade in. They said my Kindles were not working when they worked fine when I sent them in. I sent in 2 Kindles in kids cases and they said I sent in 2 black Kindles without cases. I definitely would not participate in their trade in program.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019

    Didn't receive product, spent hours on chat and phone to get a commitment to refund, commitment received in writing, refund not provided, spent hours on chat and phone in attempt to get Amazon to follow through with refund, abused by staff from three different levels of staff hierarchy, refund not issued. There is more often than not an issue with an order and then an issue with following up that issue. The response is always a copy and paste version of, "we always aim to do right by the customer, this is an unusual circumstance, we will pass on your feedback so that the appropriate action can be taken" - taking the focus off taking action in the present, and never taking action at all.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019

    Customer service is extremely poor. You can't send an email anymore and they force you to use their messaging app or call them. I have spent over an hour on the phone and on messenger trying to solve simple problems. One person will promise you something and the next person will tell you something completely different. I used to be able to send an e-mail and get a response that solved my problem within a couple hours. Not anymore for the last year or so, customer service is horrible.

    A third party seller required me to pay return shipping to CHINA for a defective item. The seller promised to reimburse me if I sent a picture of the receipt, which I did. I was never reimbursed for the item or the shipping and Amazon refused to help. Any item I have ordered lately hasn't been shipped for at least one or two weeks. I'm not currently a Prime member, but I used to order stuff and have it in my mailbox in a week or less WITHOUT being a prime member. Now it doesn't even get put in the mail for at least a week. I'm done with Amazon. They aren't the company they once were and will no longer be getting any of my business.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019

    I used to sing praises about Amazon’s wonderful customer service, but not anymore. I tried to order a TV 4 times and have yet to receive it. On the Amazon.com website the TV is supposed to be shipped and delivered by Amazon when in fact it is not. They use a horrible 3rd party delivery service called Pilot freight services who will never deliver you package no matter if you take off of work or schedule a time 3 weeks in advance. I had been a Prime member for a long time, but cancelled my membership as a result of this horrible customer service.

    I spent countless hours on the phone and all I got was “I am sorry”?! That does not help, especially after 4 times. No steps were taken to rectify the issue and I have yet to receive the product. Amazon used to be exceptional, but I guess now it is all about money and making their business bigger?! Who cares about “the little people”? Worst experience with any company I have dealt with in a very long time! Like I said, I would give them a -100 if I could.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2019

    I purchased a heater from Modern Life through Amazon for £200. It lasted less than a year and now does not work. The seller refuses to communicate and Amazon will not assist in any way or offer any kind of refund. They also refuse to publish my review of the seller despite that my item has ceased to work. Payment went to Amazon's bank account yet they claim they are nothing to do with third-party sellers or the transaction. The company is still advertising on Amazon and is still allowed to sell, despite selling faulty goods.

    Now I will make a chargeback and start a smalls claims against Amazon. Also, their customer service is the worst, nearly as bad as TalkTalk!! One manager I spoke to called Carl even promised me a refund within two days, two weeks passed and nothing!! Large companies don't care about you. Buy from small companies and support small business. Avoid Amazon and their terrible customer service...

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2019

    I purchased a wire shelf from Teeker Shelving. It was not I wanted, so I requested a return ok. Teeker shelving didn't respond, so I called Amazon. I finally got a response from Teeker Shelving stating that "I hope you are fine and we (teeker shelving) thinks it would be better if I kept the shelf at 50% off and write them a good review." I said no. Of course, they didn't respond, so I called Amazon. Amazon said they have an a to z guarantee and I would be credited for the item. A few days later I received an e-mail from amazon saying they withdrew their guarantee and I could send it back to the company in hopes I would get a refund. No help & bad service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    I have been wanting to break my Amazon habit for awhile, and they just provided me the boost I needed. To make sure I stick to it, I cancelled my Prime membership even though I still have a few months left. What got me was this: I placed an order that was to be a gift. I was sent the email saying it was confirmed, so I thought all was fine. When I did not get a delivery notice I checked and read it would be late- but it still would have made it in time. Never happened, but I was out of the country for a month and could do nothing. Upon my return I reached out to the seller, who then checked with Amazon. They told him the order was cancelled because my payment authorization did not go through, and that they notified me. Totally absolutely not true! Their message to me was that the seller was out of stock. He denies this, saying Amazon has his stock and sends it out.

    I opened a chat with Amazon, gave the story, and the rep agreed there was no problem with my account. Told me to reorder from a seller who has stock, and they would refund me any difference in price and shipping. I told her I did not believe her, and would need to see it in an email. She sent the email, again urging me to feel confident and place the order. I did. **. I know. The email said to let them know when it arrived so they could issue the refund. Odd, but ok. So it arrived and I notified them. They thanked me for letting them know. I then asked when the refund would show up, and received the response that "no,no, that's not how Amazon works" and "sorry our representative gave you incorrect info".

    After several emails back and forth with them thanking me for my patience and they could understand how the incorrect information led me to misunderstand their policy... I got it. They were not going to accept responsibility and honor what their representatives put in writing. Do I feel a bit stupid and naive? Yes, of course. But I also feel a bit freed. I will return to shopping in my town- though it will not be as convenient. I will shop online at other retailers, even though I may have to pay shipping and won't get things as fast. But somehow that feels healthier than doing business with a company who I now know is dishonest. So, I guess it is for the best. It cost me about $15 to learn that.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    Amazon ripped me of all my Giftcards Value. What a Farce of a Company, no wonder they have so much money, how many 100s of 1000s do they Rip off every day, week, month, year, sneaky conniving Absolute Thieves **, only suspend the account that has the Giftcards attached.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    Rep Name: Rhea. 30. Minutes. 30!!!! To change my phone number!!!! Spoke to three different people, including a senior supervisor, including having to answer "3 secret questions" that their computer generates. Was being put on hold at least five times; ALL just to change my phone number! Amazon Prime is a joke. And customer service is amusing at best. Officially THE sorriest "customer care" I've ever experienced. Worse than Boost, if you can even fathom!

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    Amazon offered a bundle of the Echo5 and the Ring 2 for $139. I ordered two of them for two of my daughters and received one. The order got changed to only one of the bundles without any explanation or notification. I contacted customer service and spent better than 30 minutes explaining to them what happened and trying to convince them that I actually did order two of the bundles. Of course they asked me if I had a screenshot of my order, showing two were ordered, never occurred to me that I needed to do this. Oh and they had extracted some gift card money from my account that I didn't want to use for this order but nothing could be done about that either. I couldn't order another of the bundles because it wasn't being offered any longer.

    Finally, I disconnected from the customer service chat because I realized I was wasting my time with the so-called customer service support. Then I got a message from Amazon customer service asking if I could just order the individual items and they would return the price difference to me as a gift card amount. I placed the order for both devices and got back in to the chat where I was told that they couldn't do anything for me because the bundle was "one per customer." Now wouldn't you think that would of been mentioned on the web page and just "maybe" they would of changed the number ordered field so you couldn't change the number ordered from 1 to a higher number? Maybe even pop up a window when you tried explaining that it was one per customer? How long has Amazon been doing this? So I had to go back in and cancel the order customer service just asked me to place.

    I've been a very good customer of Amazon (both at work and at home) but this has not made me a happy customer. I'm pretty sure this review will never get posted on the Amazon site so I'll make a copy of it and spread it around. Amazon you need to get your act together. It may seem like you are the only game in town but you aren't and apparently you need some customer service training.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    I ordered a Nightmare before Christmas bedding set for my granddaughter. I had also checked Walmart.com but they showed a day later delivery date than Amazon. I don’t use Prime as I don’t use any of their perks. After a week my order still wasn’t shipped so I called. The rep told me that I would sure have it on the Monday it was expected to be delivered. Ok.. It was Friday when I first called. Her birthday was approaching fast! I called and used their chat on Saturday and the reps told me the same thing. I think they are taught to use that verbiage to appease customers. I asked them if they are promising a Monday delivery and they all said yes. I live in NM and there’s no warehouses nearby. I started to have fun with this. One rep said he felt me. Gee!

    I called again Sunday and same verbiage from the customer service representative until I asked for a supervisor who was very hard to understand, Philippines maybe? She said the product was unavailable and would not be delivered on time. There are so many companies out there to purchase the same stuff and most are quicker delivery and honest. If you don’t use their Prime they don’t process your order for like over a week like punishment. Seems a bit crooked to me. Never again. I had them remove my account.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    I order two items with guaranteed next day delivery. I never received the items. When I call Amazon customer service they told me it was a delay. And they asked me to give it a couple of days to receive the items. When I ask for a refund they told me it’s going to take between 8 to 10 business days before my money will be back in my account. I am very disappointment. I Will not be ordering from Amazon anymore.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    Hours & Hours & Hours on the phone each time I tried to place my order with my EBT card. EACH time it took over an HOUR, once 2 hours for the customer service representative to first understand what I was talking about, then "research" it. Then transfer me to someone who could help & then more time repeating the issue & finally getting it done. And then faced with the same exact issue the next time I went to place another order! This because there is some glitch in the system & the pin window doesn't appear for the EBT card to be authorized. You would think that someone would bother to fix it but Amazon is just a robot that collects your money & there is no one accountable when they screw up!

    I spoke to supervisors who had difficulty with this issue! This last time, the supervisor couldn't resolve it when my delivery date was changed because of the glitch & even had the nerve to insinuate that it was me who made the mistake! I have no resort but to stop depending on Amazon to deliver decent service & start doing my shopping elsewhere. I hadn't shopped with them for a while for this same lack in service & just recently returned to take advantage of the EBT prime discount! I see that very little has changed except the prices,which are now less competitive. Hopefully enough people will become fed up & Amazon will wake up & start to care about their customers!

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2019

    My son ordered an iPhone for $360 on Amazon.com using an Amazon gift card about 40 days ago. His money was taken and account was blocked. He contacted customer service several times to get his money back. He hasn't got his money or the iphone. My son is only 18 years old. He had just opened this account. I became aware of this about two weeks ago. I called customer service to get his money back. I was told that an account specialist will call you back within 48 hours to issue a refund.

    It has been almost two weeks. I haven't heard back from any account specialists. I called again today. I was given the same run around that an account specialist will call me in 48 hours. After many phone calls and being on the phone for hours to get his money back I feel very tired and exhausted. My son is very depressed and because of him I am stressed out. I don't know what to do and where to go for justice. It is not fair that Amazon takes people's money and never send the item or the money. I hope this issue will be resolved on urgent basis before it affects my child's health and well being.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019

    Ordered a pre-lit Christmas tree on Amazon. It arrived and the lights did not work. No problem, since I could get it replaced. Contacted Amazon for the return label as no paperwork was in the box. Received the label, and noticed Amazon wanted me to pay the shipping to return their defective merchandise. Called Amazon. Rep told me since it was a third party vendor there was nothing they could do. Nonsense. I ordered from Amazon. I did not realize that if the purchase was noted third party Amazon would use that as an excuse to assume no responsibility for the customer relationship. Shocking, since this is the first time Amazon has behaved badly in all the years I've dealt with them. So shame on you Amazon for expecting me to pay because YOU sold me defective goods. Nice work. You have definitely changed my view of your service.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019

    Had trouble getting into my account because I logged in from a new workplace. Security questions asked were so impossible to answer, "What month and year did I originally sign up for Amazon? What is is my wish list? Enough trouble remembering Breakfast!

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019

    I ordered a pair of Carhart R38 Bibs. It is being shipped by Amazon. I ordered them Sunday on Prime. Guaranteed delivery Tuesday. I looked at shipping updates Monday evening and still in Texas. Tuesday morning they are in Alabama. I live in Louisiana. So I message them on their chat service at 8am. The person says Alabama is only 3 hours away. It will be delivered by 9pm. I work nights. I wake up at 3pm. The package is still in Alabama. I call. The guy looks into it. Tells me it will be here for 9pm. Ok I'm supposed to be at work at 6. I'll wait. Look at 6:30 for update. It's delayed. It may take 2 more days.

    So I miss close to $150 in pay for nothing. I call again. They offer a promo $5 REFUND. I tell the lady that's a joke. Her response is, "That's all I can do." I asked for a manager. Which she refused to forward me to. I've been a "Prime (stupid)" member for years. I've been saying I'm done but this did it. I will shop local or go without from now on! I'm done with Amazon where you pay and they do nothing.

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019

    Amazon Prime members are regularly cheated with fake timelines and frequently lost merchandise. Customer service is horrific! They either ignore you or make excuses for their pathetic service. I’ve had 3 orders lost this week. Customer service agents will encourage customers to literally stand in the street to look for packages! Or they’ll tell you to knock on strangers' doors (I have screenshots)!

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    Reviewed Nov. 13, 2019

    Amazon already charged my debit card when an item I purchased was not in stock and 7 days before it would have shipped. This goes against Amazon's policy that items ordered are not charged until shipped. I tried cancelling 2 days after buying it due to CA Prop 65, and 7 days before it would be shipped. Amazon would not let me cancel it and would not refund my money. I called Amazon on the soonest business day and spoke to several reps. They would not stop it from being shipped out 2-4 days from today and would not refund my money. SHAME ON YOU AMAZON. THIS ACTION GOES AGAINST YOUR POLICY THAT ITEMS ARE NOT CHARGED UNTIL THEY ARE SHIPPED! And why can't I cancel it 7 days before it would be shipped???? This does not make sense to this over 20 year loyal customer. Bye-Bye Amazon Prime. I'm done.

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019

    I ordered a new echo studio speaker. When it arrived it was defective. I called and they had me send it back. I did. I received a replacement, but it had no power cord in the box so I can't plug it in and use it. I called again and now it seems that they can't get a cord for me. I have a useless $250 speaker. They told me my only option was to box up the second one and return it and get a refund and then re-order a whole new unit...Oh, and by the way, they are now on back-order so they don't know when I would get it. ALL I NEED IS A POWER CORD!!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019

    Amazon is keeping my money for over 50 days for a product I never received!!! They are therefoee not refunding my money and keeping it for over 50 days for a product I never received. This is theft and fraud. They claim that it will take UPS over 50 days to deliver it back to them!!!! This is a product that never left the custody of UPS/Amazon. A product I never received. It is just pure and simple lying. There is not a single spot in our planet where it would take UPS to deliver in 50 days. And yet, it happens with an Amazon/UPS return that needs to travel less than 500 miles!!! Bravo to Amazon and UPS for knowing how to rip-off your own customers!!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019

    I first began shopping on Amazon in 2011. Since I was new to shopping on their site, I made many purchases in error. Each time I called Amazon's customer service line, they've never had me on hold to express my issue. Service was immediate. They were courteous even when they knew the error on my end. They always went out of their way to fix my issue with great understanding and patience. As long as I receive this type of service, I will be shopping with Amazon. FIVE STAR SERVICE!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019

    After being a Prime member with 2 day shipping for many years, Amazon's promise of 1 day shipping is a complete joke. So far, nothing I've ordered for 1 day shipping has arrived in a day. Someone needs to file a class action suit against them. Don't promise what you can't provide. I live 24 miles from where my latest 1 day shipping order shipped item. It is already 2 days and still no order. 24 miles away! Amazon is ruining their reputation. I have tried for over an hour to send them a message about their poor performance and you can't even get thru to them on chat or send an email.

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2019

    I was given instructions to return an item and followed them to a T. I was told that if I chose to accept in store credit I would get the credit as soon as the item was scanned in at the UPS store. I found out after I followed my instructions that - that was not to be the case. I was lied to - and it would take two weeks to refund to my Amazon account.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2019

    I signed up for Prime specifically to get fast delivery on a few home ADA items as my 92 year old father is coming home from the hospital and hospice suggested I order these items from Amazon. I had dripped Prime because they consistently lead me to believe a product would be delivered on Sunday, only to "incur a delay" and not show up until Monday. I hoped they had fixed their Sunday delivery promise issues, but apparently not. Really disappointing that I once again spent membership money to get service they failed to deliver.

    Shipped with Amazon. Tracking ID: **. Sunday, November 10. 7:38 AM. A carrier delay has occurred. Columbus, US. 6:48 AM. Out for delivery. Columbus, US. Saturday, November 9. 9:27 PM. Package arrived at a carrier facility. Columbus, US. 3:59 PM. Package departed an Amazon facility. Hebron, KENTUCKY US.

    2:55 PM. Package arrived at an Amazon facility. Hebron, KENTUCKY US. Package has shipped.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2019

    So recently Amazon switched their "free returns" to only being free if you go to The UPS Store. The nearest one of those to my home is 13 miles away in Ohio. I live in PA. There is a UPS drop box and facility 5 miles from my house and I can't go there for free anymore. You get charged on Amazon now for a shipping label. I did not even know they made this switch until I had a couple items to return. This will curtail what I buy from Amazon since I have to be sure it won't need returned now. I am not driving 13 miles to an area that I don't regularly go to and I am not paying to ship a "free return" elsewhere. With less to buy there, I am thinking of dropping Prime also now. Way to NOT go Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2019

    Amazon have charged me for Prime membership that I never signed up for. I have a dispute running with NAB trying to get this money back. The most disturbing thing is after my credit card expired they took another payment on my new card. The only way they could have done this is to keep trying expiry dates until they hit the right one. I had only just received the new card and had not used it anywhere. Surely this is illegal. Since I have mentioned this to friends I have heard of several people who are charged for Prime and Kindle Unlimited after cancelling. No wonder they can afford to sell things so cheap!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2019

    I love the variety of programs as well as the movie choices, and since I have no options for cable prime is wonderful to have, so many choices of what to watch. I love my Prime as well as free shipping.

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2019

    Limit knowledge of any part of the company they work for. Limited ability to help on anything beyond the most basic operations on their site. Unable to contact relevant departments for get qualified information. I make a purchase using the same payment method I use for my prime membership but change the address of where I want the item sent and I am put under investigation for suspicious activity on account. I have call and verify who I am and once that is done it takes 24 hours. This was over 48 hours ago. I want to distance myself as far as I can from Amazon. It’s gotten too big to care.

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2019

    Great customer service and knowledge. Convenience and good attitudes. Great selection of products. Amazon employees are always willing to go above and beyond to help me and make sure I am happy with my order.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2019

    The delivery for Amazon is AWFUL. The people they hire has NO respect for people's property. I liked it better when it was delivered via the post office, FedEx or UPS. They drive on our driveway when we have requested they do not and run over our grass and underground sprinklers. When they do park in the street they walk over the grass when the cement driveway is just 2 feet away. They even drive on our circular driveway when they are not even dropping something off at our home and we live on a 10 house cul-de-sac so they just have to go 2 more houses to turn around the little island but nope...they think our circular driveway is part of the road.

    The last time someone came to our house she drove up the driveway on right onto the grass. We went out to say something to her and she said she is not strong enough to carry some packages so she gets as close as she can. The ironic part with that statement is she delivered an envelope to us that day. Not sure if they are timed by their deliveries but I am using Amazon less and less because of this issue.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2019

    Has almost every movie you are looking for. You could consider this a freebie if you are already getting Amazon Prime for the free delivery. Who doesn't like free? Plus, the Amazon Fire Stick (not necessary to view Prime Video) receives the wi-fi signal even when my computer thinks the signal is too weak.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2019

    A few months ago I found unauthorized charge in my Amazon Chase Visa. I reported about it right away to Visa. They issued new card for me. Couple months later I found that my Amazon account is locked, so I cannot order anything. And the nightmare has started: I made tons of phone calls and email exchange with the customer service, it took 3 weeks before they unlocked my account but even AFTER that I am still receiving emails from Amazon account specialist stating that they are working to resolve the issue (that was resolved few weeks ago!): really the Amazon's right-hand does not know what left hand is doing!

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2019

    Amazon Prime! Amazon offers unlimited movies for children and adults! Also offers the ease of adding prime stations such as HBO showtime and Starz...and not to forget the ease of movie rentals...and the perk of digital credits from Prime shopping!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2019

    I don't know why Amazon hides the price until you put the item in your cart. A total pain in the butt. I try to avoid Amazon if can, but this just makes me want to go elsewhere even more. Really, really stupid and annoying.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2019

    I ordered two NFL folding chairs Prime guaranteed next day. When at 5 pm I saw that they hadn't even been shipped yet, I called and spoke to the most overly nonchalant rep I have ever spoken to anywhere. He actually reads to me my actual update that I know the item hasn't been shipped. He says, "Oh well you'll get it later or tomorrow." I said, "No that's what what was guaranteed." I asked him from what fulfillment center is it being shipped (which would give a better idea of where it is) and he says hold on. Comes back 5 minutes later and says, "Oh they are very busy and probably have a stock issue." I said, "Which fulfillment center is this?" He says, "Oh I don't know."

    I then ask to speak to a supervisor. This woman Abigail - whom I doubt was a supervisor says the same thing. I would not have ordered these if they couldn't arrive Prime next day - which they were guaranteed. She said, "Well they could ship till 9 pm." I said, "No, they can arrive by 9 pm but they haven't been shipped." After going back and forth I finally say, "Well I now have to go buy another present." She says, "Well I can give you a 10.00 gift card." I was even more appalled.

    At this point I am getting worked up. She then says, "Ok. How about 50%." I said, "I don't have my items in my hands as promised which I specifically ordered from Amazon because of Prime next day and you have a guarantee." 45 minutes later - she says, "Ok. We will refund you." I understand things can happen but the callous approach and then I had to fight to get a refund. They need revised customer service training at this call center which is in the Philippines. As soon as I hang up....I get a message your items will arrive Monday - it's Saturday.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019

    Be very careful with Amazon's direct debit payment option!! I bought 13 records in one single purchase but Amazon tried to take the payment in 5 different instalments. My bank apparently said direct debit is not possible. Amazon charged me a debit return fee multiplied by 5 just because they decided to charge my account in 5 installments themselves! Which made it more expensive than buying from a physical record store at the end. Amazon does not answer my questions as to why I am being forced to pay a penalty fee 5 times instead of 1. They don't explain why they allow a direct debit option if they are not able to do it either. I'm very disappointed.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019

    I haven't had good experiences with Amazon on some of my more recent purchases and I am a Prime member. I will see a notice by things I'm looking at online that I can get it the following day if I purchase within a certain number of hours, that are ticking away. I have purchased and then not received the item for days and when calling they would say it had to be fulfilled or some other nonsense and when I said it was for a specific event that has passed, they offered that I return it, but were unapologetic.

    Now this. I EARN a $500 gift card as an incentive for sales with a company I am an affiliate for. I get it and begin making purchases against it, always keeping a tally of when I am nearing $500. The first couple of purchases go through and then, even though I haven't hit the $500 mark, Amazon decides it is going to charge against a card I have on file (that is my PayPal debit, so not one I use) and it was declined. It continues to say I have to make a payment with a new card before it will send the items. This first notice came on Monday and it is not Friday.

    I have called customer service and after 30 minutes on hold with India, I was told I need to talk to my BANK. I asked why my bank would be involved on a GIFT CARD purchase. They said it is a rule, it has to process through my bank before it will charge the gift card or some nonsense. The lady just kept interrupting every time I tried to talk by saying, "Yes Wendi, I understand, but..." When I finally got transferred to a superior back in America, I was put on lengthy hold again while being assured they had never seen anything like this happen before. Then it was, "we can't help you, we don't know what is up. We see you have all this credit from a gift card and don't know why it is trying to require a bank card for processing. We will have to send to billing," keep in mind it will be 24-48 hours before they may get to it. So much for PRIME next day!!! I'm losing my mind with Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2019

    I am so sorry that Amazon has come to this. We have spent literally thousands of dollars with Amazon in the past few years. I remember being so pleased with their products, delivery and the refund efficiency. Not any more. I have ordered several times from sellers on their site and got either a product that was not the right size or something different from the ad photo. When I tried to return them and get a refund, I got an email from the seller. The seller was sorry for the 'inconvenience' but it was too hard to return the product, could I keep it? They then started a series of emails stating that they wanted to give me less money returned and I could keep the product.

    I finally got with Amazon a few times and they just keep referring me to the SELLER who doesn't want to give me a refund! I finally got someone who was going to put in an A-Z complaint and force the seller to refund me. 3-5 business days and I don't know for sure if it will come through. Amazon used to guarantee refunds in a speedy fashion. I would suggest that when you shop on Amazon BE SURE THEY ARE NOT FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY WHEN YOU PURCHASE. Other countries do not always have our best interest at heart and do not understand the refund process. It has made me nervous about shopping on Amazon. I have tried to remember to check the location of the seller and can't find their info. Not fair Amazon! We used to feel really good about shopping with you. Now. Well. Walmart.com looks really gooood.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2019

    The package I ordered was delivered to the wrong house. Mistakes happen but it has never happened before with Amazon and I have a long history of shopping with your company. The new Amazon logistics must hire local contractors who obviously do not care and drop the package to as close of a address as they can find. UPS or the postal service would not do this. I found the package by tracking down the house from the picture of the door that was sent to me upon delivery. So now we will need to be detectives to get our packages that are being delivered by a private party.

    I would recommend a way to communicate with the delivery guy since I received the picture upon delivery and recognized it wasn’t my door and called Amazon immediately only to be told they couldn’t do anything and maybe it would be at my place when I got off work. It wasn’t and I had to spend an hour searching for it. I will be sending this email as a review as well since there was real sense of urgency in fixing the situation.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2019

    I made a purchase with credit card online. I had to return the product. Instead of having my credit card refunded I was giving a "gift card balance" applied to my account. I made another credit card purchase later. I applied payment method as credit card. Instead my refund "gift card balance" was applied. I spent almost an hour with customer service who were either unwilling or unable to explain why my 2nd purchase was used by the gift card balance and not what I chose, my credit card. All I wanted in the end was a full refund for my 1st product applied to my original credit card that was used. They were unable to do it and had no excuse why they couldn't do it. Long story short. When you return a product, make sure that you demand a full refund either via credit card, or mail order check. Or they will hold onto your money for future purchases.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2019

    Amazon mention false commitment on website and when I called to return my product then says it's not possible to return and website show you can return your product, this is not first time to cheat, 5 days ago I purchased mobile on EMI in Amazon. Website clearly mention your whole amount return to your account only, first emi will be deducted but whole amount deducted from my account, when I called amazon customer service then he said, "Please talk to your bank. We do not mention such thing on amazon website," when I sent to link where mention on amazon website then he said, "I am transfer query to account department and you will get call from department," but I did not get call from account department.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2019

    Have been with them for years and watched things change and grow for the better. Use the Amazon fire and kindle which is easy for me to use. Music is available along with Alexa makes so many things easy.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2019

    I have been thinking of buying a Ryobi brushless circular. Saw at £115. I thought I would wait for Black Friday and see if it was reduced but here we are just over 3 weeks before Black Friday and the Price has gone up to £147.99. Is it just my suspicious mind or has this been done so that they can make it look like a good deal when they reduce it in the lead up to the sale?

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2019

    Placed an order with a virtual gift card — they ran it through incorrectly and ended up took monies off of my card and admittedly their error but they didn’t care really. Refused to call the visa gift card company bank or help. Said was my issue and they “thought” perhaps the monies might go back on in 7-10 business days but they refused to call and try to fix the mistake they made and bottom line still didn’t get my order either due to mix up.

    Amazon used to be awesome. Rarely a hiccup. Now many. And their customer service was always nice and helpful, not rude and uncaring and no offense but first 2 people I spoke to barely spoke English so I think perhaps they didn’t understand. Last person was English speaking rude person named Mack. Last name couldn’t be disclosed but said he went by AGRADED and anyways, he said nope he wouldn’t call and try to rectify the situation, but up to me and my choice if I choose not to order from Amazon. Been a Prime member for many years.

    I was using Amazon before it was popular at all. Guess now they don't care for loyal customers — don’t need them I guess and hire people that can’t speak English well either. Will use less of their services and recommend others be leery of ever using gift cards with them as they will charge it and likely you will not get merchandise and days if ever refund of monies. I don’t have the funds back on my gift card and they won’t even make a phone call or email to try to fix their mistake.

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