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Reviewed April 3, 2018
Censor reviews - Email says it all... First line from your guidelines… the first line of my review is exactly that... I have a valid review about the performance of an item... and you refuse it… awesome service. P.S. I will post this as many places as possible... "On Apr 3, 2018, at 12:07 PM, Amazon Reviews wrote: Thanks for submitting a customer review on Amazon. Your review could not be posted to the website in its current form. While we appreciate your time and comments, reviews must adhere to the following guidelines: http://www.amazon.com/review-guidelines. We encourage you to revise your review and submit it again. A few common issues to keep in mind: Your review should focus on specific features of the product and your experience with it."
Reviewed April 3, 2018
I placed order for Sandisk Extreme Pro 128 GB (ORDER # **) on 23 March 2018 worth INR 6900. I was shocked when I received a Strontium 16GB worth INR 700. I thought it was a genuine mistake on the part of seller so asked for replacement. Next time I was delivered a Sandisk 128 GB dual drive for smartphone worth INR 3500. I can understand someone sending the incorrect item once, but it was a shocker when I received the wrong item second time. So, I cancelled the item. But so far the refund is not initiated. They send sugar coated e-mails saying how important customers are to them but very tardy and bad customer service.
I am Prime customer, when I called they told me that they will resolve it in 48 hours. I have waited for several 48 hours now. The call center people will tell you that they will personally look into it and ensure that the problem will be resolved. One of their call center girls told me that she will call me within 48 hours, 4 days have passed now. The call center guys have been well trained to be polite and talking nicely but not very effective in resolving the problem. They kept saying that the return has not reached their distribution center and that is the reason for delay.
Reviewed April 3, 2018
I have always used Amazon for everything. I order deodorant from them, I order tools from them, I order literally everything I buy from them. I ordered a product recently which cost approximately 600 dollars and weighed approximately 90 pounds. It was delivered and was found to be damaged/not in working order. I contacted the 3rd party seller who happily took the return and I ordered a duplicate product from a different 3rd party seller. But the return was my responsibility. It was free, yes, but I had to repackage a 90 pound product, print a label, get it to a UPS store, unload it, and walk it in. Not a huge deal, it’s a return. I contacted Amazon and informed them that I was pretty dissatisfied, and they offered me compensation for my troubles (as most companies would).
I was told I would be credited $3.00 for my troubles. Yes... $3.00. 3. Like less than the cost of a Big Mac at McDonald’s. I asked to speak with a supervisor and was transferred to one, who offered me $5.00 for my troubles. At this point I began wondering why I do business with Amazon. I’ve heard stories of people receiving items late and getting a $100.00 credit on their account. This isn’t the Amazon I know and love. $3? $5?? What is going on here. I attempted to further my case with the supervisor and explained to them that I often receive items late, and I was told that the 2 day shipping promise you get with a prime membership is based on delivery date after the item ships, not after it is ordered... Huh?
Almost everything I order with free 2 day shipping shows up 2 days after I press the order button, but according to Amazon customer service, I’ve just been lucky! Per Amazon customer service, if I order something, the shipper ships it 100 days later, and it arrives 2 days after they ship it, Amazon has still made good on their 2 day shipping obligation. Don’t deal with this company, please. I told them I was going to cancel my membership after the last of my 3 pending orders arrived and they said “that’s fine.” I don’t recommend anyone ever deal with a company that has this attitude, as they are dealing with so many customers and get more every day, that they stop caring about you. You are expendable to Amazon.
I’ve been paying them for a Prime membership for years, and I have their credit card, and I buy everything with it. Since I told them I was cancelling, I have not ordered a single product from them. I will also cancel my Amazon credit card. They do not care about you, about keeping you as a customer, about your money or your approval. To them you are an expendable number. Use other avenues that buy things you need. Until a month ago, Amazon was one of my favorites. Now they have created an enemy. Please stop their reign by refusing to buy from them.
Reviewed April 3, 2018
I order dozens of items a week from Amazon. When they use UPS or USPS I almost never have an issue. When they use their own shoddy delivery service I have at least one problem a week. This week? My last 4 Orders were as follows: 1. Arriving Late (sometime in the next 5 days), 2. Damaged and undeliverable, 3. Damaged and undeliverable and 4. Arriving Late (sometime in the next 2-5 days).
I am getting so fed-up with their lack of ability to deliver on time if at all. I've had packages that say they were delivered that weren't (I have cameras so I know they weren't), packages damaged, packages delivered down the street, sooo many packages late. The biggest reason to purchase from Amazon is the speed. If they can't deliver on that promise because they're trying to save a buck then I'm losing my reasons to use them. I spend 10's of thousands of dollars every year with them and they are a multi billion dollar company. GO BACK TO USING UPS AND USPS. YOU OBVIOUSLY CAN'T GET SHIPPING RIGHT.
When you contact them to complain they don't seem to even care. I've about had it. I'm not alone. I've read thousands of complaints here and elsewhere. Eventually they are going to start losing customers as other companies (i.e. Walmart, Target, etc.) begin to offer the same low prices and fast shipping. I may soon be one of them.
Reviewed April 2, 2018
Slow shipping due to not purchasing Prime membership - I ordered one dental hand instrument in February 2018, I tracked the package because it’s now April and I still have not received the instrument. I was given a new ship time to the first week of May. I attempted to cancel the order and was rejected. I attempted to leave reviews with Amazon and those reviews have been denied. I should be able to cancel this order! I feel as though Amazon is playing games and I will no longer be using them for future orders.
Reviewed April 2, 2018
I've been an Amazon customer for years. I even have a Prime membership, which I've been told makes them pay more attention to you. If that's the case, I can't imagine what people WITHOUT Prime memberships must go through when they need help, because it's like talking to a brick wall for me. Sometimes it's almost pathetic, because you get the feeling that they WANT to help, but they just can't figure out how. I wrote once asking if there were any free screen recording apps for my Kindle, adding that because those apps were so unreliable, I didn't want to buy one because I'd have to spend $50 trying different options before finding one that worked.
Apparently, the only thing in that entire message that the rep who answered me understood was "$50", so (s)he sent me a $50 credit and a copy-pasted message that they "understood" that I wanted to "spend $50 trying different options before finding one that worked". While I can't complain about the result, does anyone else think that customer service personnel should actually UNDERSTAND what the people they're "helping" want?
Other times, there is no upside. I spent two hours once talking to five different people, trying to figure out how to claim a promotion which Amazon themselves had offered me. The first three started the conversation absolutely CONVINCED that I was writing to complain that my most recent purchase, which I had made five minutes earlier, hadn't arrived yet, and nothing could change their minds. The last two understood the question, but were still baffled because they had never heard of any such promotion, and apparently had no way of looking it up. Because surely, anyone who has questions about Amazon would never think to ask AMAZON CUSTOMER SERVICE about it, so why should they need access to information about their own company?
The last straw was tonight. I wanted to know how to disable a feature on my Kindle, so, because I'm an idiot and also because there was nobody else to ask, I started a chat with Amazon Customer Service. I spoke to four people, and only the last one understood my question. As for the other three? They told me to turn the Kindle off and back on again, clear my cache, and unregister and reregister the device. You may recognize those as your basic, generic, "I don't know or care what the actual problem is but this sometimes works" troubleshooting tips. You may also realize that my question didn't even require troubleshooting, since there was nothing wrong with the Kindle to begin with, I just wanted to know how to change a setting. If so, you are overqualified to work in any position at Amazon, possibly including CEO.
The more I've dealt with Amazon customer service lately, the clearer the pattern has become. There are a rare few actual human beings, capable of thought and real communication, working there, but the vast majority are essentially robots. Not even cutting-edge robots - Watson and Asimo can fake their way through a conversation much better than these guys. They have a list of "generic troubleshooting tips and strategies to make the customer go away", and if you write in with a problem, they choose one at random. Want to disable a feature? Start by turning your Kindle off and on again. Have a question about a sale? Here's a tracking number for whatever you bought last. Hey, you're the lucky winner - no matter what your question was, you get a gift card! Hopefully it's worth more than the product you were asking about, because you're not getting an answer.
On the other hand, I have to admit that their prices are pretty good, I've never had any problem with their delivery times and they have the widest selection of any store I've ever seen, online or brick-and-mortar. So as a STORE, Amazon is pretty good as long as you don't need to ask any questions. As a tech company, who might someday have to support the devices they sell? No. No way. If I had it to do over again, I'd have saved up some more money and bought an iPad, because the only people who even THEORETICALLY could support a Kindle are Amazon and they never, ever, ever, ever, EVER will.
Reviewed April 1, 2018
Buyer Beware!!! I have been an Amazon Prime member for several years. I have spend thousands of dollars on Amazon. My recent purchase was a NOCO jump starter battery. I bought it from a third party seller. The item arrived intact and I charged it to 100%. I did not need a jump start for my car until this past week. The item did not work! I paid close to $400.00. I requested a refund from the Seller and they denied. I filed an A to Z claim with Amazon and they denied. I appealed twice and was denied.
On top of all this, the Seller feedback page is being manipulated. Feedback with one start is being removed. I have screenshots of this past week. Anytime a one star review is posted it is removed! I told Amazon about this and they deny. I told the seller about this and they deny. The customer service reps are located in the Philippines. I asked to speak with someone in the United States. I was told they would escalate my problem. After spending a week trying to get a refund or replacement, Amazon told me there is nothing else they can do. The seller did not send me the warranty card/registration info with the battery which would have included the details including the serial number. The serial number on the item is not legible.
I never thought I would say this, but Amazon Customer Service has gone down the tubes! Horrible service. Misleading statements. Manipulating seller reviews. I am out nearly $400.00 and Amazon will not escalate further. Sometimes I wonder if any "human beings" really work at Amazon. They will not connect you to a supervisor or manager. This is the absolute WORST customer service from Amazon I have ever experienced! We must get the word out that they care more about their bottom line and their fraudulent sellers than their paying customers!
Reviewed April 1, 2018
I have been an Amazon Customer for multiple years and Amazon Prime member since the start of the service. I have spent thousands of dollars with this company. Not for the first time, this time, Amazon failed to deliver my order which was Easter gifts for my family while I am working overseas and cannot be with them. When I contacted Amazon they indicated as it was delivered to a wrong address. They will cancel my order in the system and I have to raise a new order.
After speaking to three different agents - no change, because some items are from their fulfillment center and some through third party then they say they cannot re-issue my order and I should just re-do it myself. Whoever heard of such un-customer oriented flow process, whereby, the service provider which made an engagement to deliver an order, who has your order in their system and knows very well which product you have ordered then tells you that they will have to cancel and raise a new order all over again for it to be delivered?
Unbelievably poor service - they grew too fast and cannot manage the simplest replacement of a lost order. Save yourselves time and inconvenience, and order through a different website or go to the shopping mall - I know I plan on to in order to avoid any more disappointed expectations for my family for any holiday or important event in future. They are simply not reliable. In addition, as other customers have noted, they did not post my reviews on their website - i.e. They selectively remove any possible unfavorable comments to themselves.
Reviewed April 1, 2018
Last month I ordered a $650 laser printer for my home/office and the additional warranty was $47.00. The total with tax was right around $730.00. The item was scheduled to be delivered on March 6, 2018 and never arrived.
I have a full time housekeeper that has been working for me for 14 years who was at my home. When I checked the delivery status it shows delivered at front porch of my home. Now Amazon always takes pictures when they deliver my packages and this one they didn’t. Next, I checked with my neighbors and they received nothing. I also checked with the mailman with USPS (who was the carrier of delivery) and he couldn’t recall delivering it. Lastly, the package weight was almost 75 lbs so a old lady can’t move it and the mailman will remember delivering a giant printer box with that weight.
So now I call Amazon on March 9, 2018 giving it a few days. The agent says it’s been delivered. I tell him it has not even though it says so. It’s hard to understand the Indian man. He transferred me 3 times to different people. Finally they said that it would take a couple of weeks to investigate and they would refund it back. So I felt better and figured it was all resolved. So today March 30, 2018 I looked on my statement and still nothing so I thought maybe they gave Amazon credit and still nothing. So I reached out to them again. They denied everything that they had told me and said they don’t have a refund policy on lost packages. That it’s the customer's job to make sure we get the package. I said, "Really? How exactly does the customer do that? Please explain? Mr. Amazon rep if I mail you something, how can you make sure you will get it from me? Please educate me?" He didn’t say anything?
He said I needed to get a police case number and then they could refund. So I asked the question again that, "If I get the case number will you issue a full refund with all the tax and warranty?" He replied with a YES. So I took a screenshot of it and went to the police station and showed them everything. My order, tracking, payment and chat record with the agent's name. I got the case number and got on the chat again with another rep. Gave him the case number and he said he will verify and came back saying they can’t issue a refund. So I told him that on the police report they can also get the entire chat printed out with the rep agreeing to refunding the full amount and if this is not done I will be getting a lawyer next and suing the company for misrepresenting Amazon policy & misleading customers to save money. Which means you are THIEVES.
He then put me on hold for 2 minutes on the chat and came back saying a full refund has been issued and a email has been sent to me. But they still have not issued me a refund for my warranty for the $47.00 which I will make them pay me back no matter what. I had so much trust in this company but today they lost a great customer. The moment I get my refund back I will be closing my Prime account and then my Amazon and I will NEVER GO BACK! Amazon is a terrible company when it comes to needing help from them regarding a product you purchased. I will now forever support local shop owners. No more doing business with large retailers for me. BOYCOTT AMAZON!!!
Reviewed March 31, 2018
I have been an Amazon Prime member for years and shop in a regular basis. I am a bargain hunter and I’m always finding coupons to save money. However I never review any item I get at a discount only items. I pay full price for so I don’t violate Amazon’s TOS, when I posted a bad review on an item I paid full price for that was thru Amazon I get my review privileges taken away because apparently I violated terms. Wow really Amazon, so I stopped shopping full priced items with Amazon and only bought discounted items with a coupon or some type of deal that was through a 3rd party and not Amazon. A week later they close my account for violating their terms. How did I violate their terms when all I did was buy products through 3rd parties instead of Amazon since they have such crappy customer service.
This company is going downhill and is getting worse every single day. Customer service does not care what you have to say, they never have any answers, it’s the same, "We will forward a report. Wait 2-3 business days for a reply" and the reply doesn’t give you any information or tell you why or anything. I have worked in telecenters for years and Amazon's customer service reps definetly need trained, they could care less and sound like robots repeating themselves. You can’t never get any help or answers, very disappointed in you as a company Amazon.
Reviewed March 31, 2018
This is the letter I received from Amazon when I left bad feedback after they had sent me a manufactured product as a new product. "Your review could not be posted. "Thanks for submitting a customer review on Amazon. Your review could not be posted to the website in its current form. While we appreciate your time and comments, reviews must adhere to the following guidelines: http://www.amazon.com/review-guidelines." From Bob ** on March 29, 2018. Beware read my feedback. Received a scratched product. Look like a used power supply. No way to contact the seller. Must had shipped a remanufactured power supply. Buyer Beware!
Reviewed March 30, 2018
I have been a Prime member of Amazon since 2012. Last night I go on my account to see how much something cost to order and can't get into my account. It says there is no account with my email address. I call customer service and they tell me I violated one of their policies. Don't know what I could have possibly have done. They could not tell me anything else but would write an appeal for someone to contact me in 2-3 business days. This is totally unacceptable for a company to treat its customers like this. No email, no phone call-just cancel. What I understand from reading sites online, Amazon moderators are overseas and that is why it takes three days and they will send an email of their decision. So until then I am not a customer and may not be again if they decide to keep me off. I had just ordered and received a new Kindle within the last few days. Usually I would give Amazon the ultimate rating, but I am so disappointed in them.
Reviewed March 30, 2018
Amazon is horrible. I ordered a large purchase and they don't know what happened to my package or have any information. They employees sucks. I don't think nobody there has a high school diploma. Horrible, horrible, they don't care about their clients. Never again. Be careful people.
Reviewed March 30, 2018
I have been a member of Amazon since 2011. Never had a problem till a few days ago... I get gifted a few books. I don't have to review them but I feel it helps. 98% of the reviews I leave are ones I bought. They just now decided I broke the guidelines (I have not done anything different) so they pull all my reviews for ebooks even the ones I bought the books. The guidelines says all reviews are to be suspended. That's what they say. I didn't see it anywhere. They left my product reviews for the other stuff. Most of it is from their warehouse.
There are tons of people leaving reviews that are given copies to review. They have more non verified reviews than verified but Amazon is not messing with them. I don't know the authors. I'm not even friends with them on social media. I joined a group on Facebook where the author gifts you a copy. You don't have to review them. They just want you to tell them what you think. I can't buy them right now. I'm out of work due to a fractured back. If that's breaking the guidelines OK warn me and have me delete them. Don't take the reviews away from the ones I bought and it's not fair to tell me I can't review the ones I buy. I don't get paid, get remembered or get gift cards for reviewing them. I win gift cards in contest or from games I play... Or at least do the same to the other ones who review copies they have not paid for... I have not lied. I put I was gifted a copy. I can show you the copies I was sent.
Reviewed March 30, 2018
I ordered Adidas Running shoes for myself. Shoes are fine but AMAZON delivered USED, MUDDY AND SCUFFED shoes. I can't believe Amazon did not check the shoes before they ship it to me. I paid for NEW shoes so I returned the package same day. I asked for a brand new replacement and I hope they deliver new shoes this time.
Reviewed March 30, 2018
Amazon is horrible!!! I bought the treadmill and scheduled it for delivery. The delivery guys said that they can only put it on the front porch or the garage and they don't help assemble. I talked the guys into put it inside by the entrance. They said I have to call Amazon to get another team to come and assemble, and that team will move the treadmill to place and assemble. So I called, waited on hold, and finally an agent picked up the phone. He is incredibly incompetent, and didn't understand the problem. He first thought I didn't get the item, and later he thought I need to cancel it.
Anyway, after all these and two more transfer of my call to other departments, I finally got an appointment for assembly. However, I will have to wait until a week later. Then the assembly team emailed me and asked me if the treadmill is in another room. I said yes, because no one put a treadmill at the entrance. They said that I will have to pay another 75 dollars for them to move it. Because that is included in Amazon's delivery policy. This is just crazy.
So I called Amazon (more waiting on the phone), saying, "Your delivery people said the assembly people are going to move it, and the assembly people said that was the delivery people's responsibility." It is bad and weird enough that I don't get the promised free delivery and free assembly on the same day, pushing off me being able to actually use the product. But I have to spend all the time and energy in the middle, negotiating and coordinating all these. It is impossible that I will have to pay much more to hire people to move the item from the front door to the room. The agent says but this is what it is, and it is always like this.
The delivery is threshold delivery, and the assembly is only on-site assembly. "This is not Amazon's fault." They are not even sorry for putting customer in this messy situation! Because as they said "it is always like this." So people, watch out, find a place where they actually care about customers to make the purchase, it will save you much trouble, time, money, energy, and won't ruin your good mood.
Reviewed March 29, 2018
I do not like having to do this, and I hope it ends up making a difference. On Dec. 29th 2017, I went in search of a oil on the web, hard item to find. I was contacted by the Amazon.com telling me that they sold it on their site. I looked at all the products being sold, each being from different sellers, until I found the exact one I wanted. After clicking onto the purchase price of $54.95 for a .30oz. bottle of pure Mink Oil, Amazon took over the situation after I had entered my credit card information to purchase this product.
Exhausted, before I could complete my purchase I was informed that I needed to become a member of this network, and that I qualify for their "Prime" account, something in that order. Okay, whatever I just want to get off this merry-go-round. So I was made a "Amazon Prime Member", temporary anyway. I was told nothing about, purchasing this membership, god knows I look for the best deal I can possible get, if I spend my precious money on myself. It was Christmas time and I did lots of shopping for children and people who had very little to get by. I had been renovating my home, and saw nothing out of sorts with my bank. I didn't hear from the Amazon people until they asked for me to share my experience/product with them, by writing a review. I did, and that was that... 90 days later, and I have had no need to return to the Amazon to make more purchases...
Yesterday, I am going over my bank statements to balance out my budget on my home projects. I see these debits from Amazon.com, and find that I have been billed twice a month for this prime membership since I made that purchase Dec. 29th, amazing, I have been shopping at eBay, as a member quite regularly, NEVER billed for that opportunity. The amount taken from my account, using my credit card, without my approval, is $78.24... Making my purchase of $54.95, a stupid decision made on my part. At my age and being a trusting soul, it shames me to think that the new system of the www. has us elders by the balls... Needless to say, I could not contact anyone at Amazon. I did manage to cancel my membership, to stop any more future debits. Hope that it stops? I sure wish that I could find this company accountable for the absconding of my person.
Reviewed March 29, 2018
My mother-in-law is a Amazon Prime member. She talked up Amazon so much I decided to try it. Using Amazon was such a great experience! I felt as though the customer service was very personable. I want to thank Amazon for going above and beyond my expectations! I will gladly make an order through them again.
Reviewed March 29, 2018
Amazon is an automated process that has little room for actual customer interaction. The illusion is there because they allow for customer feedback but, unfortunately, there really isn't any substantial consideration for the customer. I think more people are noticing only because they use a lot of third party sellers now that misrepresent assets. If you order a basic asset and it arrives in a timely manner, unbroken, then you are likely to be very satisfied but the more you use the site, the more likely you are to run into poor shipping practices, assets that are not as advertised or garage sale quality, and an overall lack of concern for customer satisfaction.
It's okay if you are going to shop carefully, make sure your asset is covered if it is shipped broken or badly packaged or, worse, not what you saw in the picture, or you are using it to store digital purchases. When or if you run into a problem, you will quickly learn that anything that requires human intervention will be met with the well memorized, "I appreciate your patience in this matter". Their customer service is either not fluent enough, in English, to understand the nuances of your issue or they just don't care. Who knows. But you will be talking to a big computerized wall. So if you shop there, understand you are using a big, computerized vending machine and it's not at fault, nor does it care if your quarter gets stuck or your soda doesn't drop.
Reviewed March 29, 2018
I have been an Amazon customer since 2000. A Prime member since it was available. I have Subscribe and Save, Echos throughout my home, Fire tablets and sticks, and Prime video on our Roku. Over the last few years Amazon has been slipping. This month took the cake. A year or so ago my seller account went MIA even though I received an email stating I sold an item. I could not get it fixed with them (to this day) and directed the buyer after 2 weeks to an eBay link for the item and they bought it there.
Then the last few months with Subscribe and Save, I get the wrong products and up to over a week late on items. We have canceled our Subscribe and Save items since. This week's issue started with a purchase of an item that was counterfeit from the beginning of the year. I reported it to their IPR department a while back (I am an IPR specialist) with no response. I reported again and asked for a status - they told me the seller is long gone. So I dispute the item on my card. Amazon has put my account on hold unless I would like to pay for the item another way - pay for a counterfeit item? Wow... Goodbye Amazon. Not worth the hassle anymore.
Reviewed March 28, 2018
Ordered laptop for my son for his birthday, arrived not working, sent it back and ordered again second computer. Used that. I did not know was used, locked by previous owner. Customer service not helpful, not friendly and will never use them again. After 14 years I’ve never been treated so poorly with no solution offered.
Reviewed March 27, 2018
Paying a monthly fee to get guaranteed delivery... What a complete waste of money. I have ordered many items from Amazon with their guarantee and “free” shipping for Prime members. However in return for my monthly fee I get apologies for my package being two or more days late. I have sympathized with Amazon during the holidays but now I am not sure why. Don’t guarantee something in 24 hours or even two days if you really can’t make it happen CONSISTENTLY. The third party delivery companies are your reputation Amazon. Those drivers that throw packages over my fence and leave packages on the sidewalk instead of bringing it to your door have ruined your reputation for me. And the “free” movies... All I can say is Netflix.
Reviewed March 26, 2018
Amazon ships via LaserShip. In doing so I am guaranteed NOT TO GET ITEM! LaserShip says they delivered, but never do. Waste of time and sometimes I lose money on purchase depending if Amazon gives 'Amazon Guarantee', not all purchases are eligible. Amazon needs to send with reliable shippers.
Reviewed March 26, 2018
I placed an order with 1 day Guaranteed Delivery for my 8th Anniversary. Much to my dismay, my order did not arrive on time. It was lost 2x within the same day. No attempt was made at delivery at my location. As well as my delivery option was changed without notice and without my consent/agreement. Called multiple times as well as chatting with representatives. Attached you can see that at 11:43AM it was stated for pickup at carrier which I did not know/consent/agree to. Additionally at 4:16PM it was noted for change of date delivery which I DID NOT AGREE TO.
Earlier in the day after verifying with the mistakes I was given a "Guarantee" that it would still be delivered by end of day. 1 hour before the 8pm deadline, I contacted to ensure if it would still be delivered. I was informed that the delivery center could not fulfill my order and stated that they could fill one of the 4 items yet refund the rest of them as they cannot fill at the delivery location (my guess due to losing the package 2 times!). The representative from the delivery center ended up just refunding me the cost of my order, no other items were offered. It was as if my business is not respected or wanted. I have been an Amazon member for decade and been with prime nearly just as long. It was disheartening that Amazon felt like they could honestly just disregard the meaning of a Guarantee as trust is earned and this time they just throughout 10 years of it.
Following up in regards to this with many associates, and I mean many because 10 of the 11 representatives I spoke with were completely happy with this outcome. I was offered a maximum of $20 for their failure on the order and to deliver it by a specified time. The financial response isn't what I care about. My 8th anniversary is worth far more than a measly $20. I merely wanted Amazon to make good on their guarantee. Unfortunately that is all they can offer.
With their failure to stand by the term Guarantee I decided to start to reconsider my Amazon/Prime Membership in addition to canceling my orders due to lack of trust to deliver. The 11th Associate I spoke to was half decent but due to Amazon's policies he was incapable of fulfilling the request for remediation in my eyes so I took his offer of the shipping cost for the order and left. Unfortunately this order was severely filled with mistakes and no real measure of good faith proven by Amazon that I am withdrawing my business and will look elsewhere. Amazon if you want to talk you can contact these people for the order number and reach out to me.
Amazon lost the package 2 times. Amazon made no attempt to deliver the package by its agreed order window. Amazon changed the delivery location without notice/consent/agreement. Amazon changed the delivery date without notice/consent/agreement. Amazon (Associate from delivery center) promised to deliver package by end of day with Guarantee. Amazon failed to deliver by delivery window. Amazon placed value of $20 potential reimbursement for failing to deliver and ruining my anniversary.
Amazon made no real effort to even fulfill a commitment for a "Guarantee". Amazon associates who I were talking with quickly abandoned the chat, (talked to 11 people today in 2 hours of chat). Amazon "guarantee" means nothing anymore. High contemplation on overall leaving Amazon and Prime due to lack of proper rectification. My 8th Anniversary has been ruined to due to your lack of honoring your "Guarantee" and failure to deliver.
Reviewed March 25, 2018
I received a coat that was supposed to be a 5X but turned out to be barely a medium. Nobody in our household could wear it. My son is a 4x so I thought 5X should fit him for awhile. I am an extra Large and I couldn't even get it around my waist to do up zipper. I asked Seller (XWDA) on Amazon for a refund. She suggested she'd give me a 30% refund and I keep the coat, and donate it to charity, this was unacceptable to me, so I tried again through Amazon's A thru Z return program for full refund including shipping cost, which were listed at $2.99 on my receipt. Upon Amazon denying my claim because the closest option to why I was wanting to return it was wrong item, which was true, it was not the 5X size that I ordered, it was barely a medium.
The Seller however did agree to take the item back anyways, but not including shipping charges which turned out to be $52 through C. Post and was the least expensive option, with UPS and Loomis Express, etc. all being $112 to ship this 3 lb bulky coat back to the seller. I offered to pay $2.99 shipping costs to send back because that is what the seller put on my receipt as S&H costs. However Amazon simply denied my 1st claim and subsequent claim updates. I am not pleased with Amazon's service in regards to Sellers being able to Sell items that are deficient, wrong size, etc. and then the Buyer is on hook for Shipping and Handling.
Elsewhere on internet both the original purchase price plus shipping and handling are refunded to Shoppers. Will I shop at Amazon ever again? I can't say for sure because the price I ultimately wind up paying seems to usually come out as much higher than what it was supposed to be. For instance I usually go for the deals which says free shipping and handling if I add more to my order to make it $35 for instance. Then my final bill still shows $20+ for shipping and handling etc. I can say for sure that I will be checking competition for anything else that I need based upon my customer experience being much higher elsewhere. I think I've said enough. I hope the photos are helpful.
Reviewed March 25, 2018
I ordered items from Amazon.com, and they were shipped out for 2-day shipping with my Amazon Prime membership for my business. After 4 days waiting on my 2-day shipping, the order was refunded and they said it was lost or damaged. So I promptly re-ordered the exact same items, and sent the order again. 4 days later, same thing. Never showed up, lost/damaged, refunded. Contacted Amazon.com on their website, and they directed me to the AMZL US shipping department. I sent an e-mail asking to switch my orders to a reliable carrier. So far, no word.
Reviewed March 25, 2018
I have sent several emails to Amazon and always get a generic computerized response to this. I canceled my Prime membership and was supposed to get refunded $107. Amazon first charged my account $107 before giving me the refund, so it broke even when I should have had a $107 credit. They keep telling me that my refund went through. I should contact my bank, because there is nothing else that they can do. The refund did go through, however, I had an unauthorized charge before that for the same amount they won’t reverse. Therefore I never really actually got the refund. I don’t know who else to contact. Amazon is not helping and my bank is not helping, but it’s Amazon’s problem.
Reviewed March 24, 2018
There have been multiple times I am placing an order, and see in the item description if I purchase over $35, I get free same day delivery. When in my shopping cart and checking out, there is not an option for free same day, there is a charge! I placed an order where the item clearly states it is free if over that amount, choose 2 of that item totaling $64, but the same day delivery is $11.50! This is false advertising if you do not allow the option at checkout! Free same day delivery has worked in the past, and I am in the delivery area, it has been used several times prior to today. So aggravating!!!
Reviewed March 24, 2018
Amazon asked me to rate their Prime program. I wrote that it takes Amazon a week to process and ship an order that it defeats the purpose of PRIME. I submitted my review and they refused to post it. Stated it violated their policy on reviews. I guess they won't accept bad reviews about their company. They should post all reviews especially since they e-mailed asking for a review.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
Recently, I purchased a very expensive product from one of Amazon's sellers, 11-iStore, and when I received the shipping box, the two (2) boxes inside were damaged, one clearly crushed on one side. Each one was sealed with clear wrap, which means some of the individual packets inside could have been damaged. That is unacceptable. Amazon refused to post my feedback, stating the feedback should be about the product itself and not the packaging. However, I strongly disagree because I should not be nervous about the condition of the product INSIDE when there is clear damage on the outside. I don't spend my money for such uneasiness. When I open a box, I should be confident that, based on appearance, the contents are intact and there is no spillage or leakage.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
I had ordered small recorder mike from Amazon.com and made online payment also. Amazon's Delivery Tracking/Update Panel had committed the date of delivery but failed in fulfill the commitment. When I asked the reason of delay of product delivery then one of the representative named Akshay (Customer Care representative - on online chat) informed me that he has no answer for this delay. He just replied "It's third party- delivery department's mistake" and then there was no support on this from him. Such a poor service I faced ever in Amazon. After that when I checked delivery status on Amazon web, it's cancelled and reason given that it's cancelled from buyer's end which is false and unfair. How can someone can cancel the order of customer without his permission??? Need to improve service. Amazon need to train their staff.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
Two of my bank accounts were hit with charges in the amount of $279.83 and I have opened a case with my bank as of right now. I immediately contacted Amazon when I noticed the charges came from Amazon seller account. I do not sell and I did not create a professional sellers account. Amazon rep told me that my account was hacked and the hacker created this account in hopes to sell something and get bank card info. Not sure how, but I’m guessing mine and possible consumers. Well the problem should have been easy to fix but the reps/agents are not trained to handle issues like this properly because they dropped the ball.
After many hours on the phone with Amazon, for two days, and lots of transfers to different reps, I’m still sitting here wondering when they will return my money. All they can say is that I have to wait up to 24 hours to even receive a call from a supervisor. So you would think they would immediately close this account that they admitted was falsely created. Especially since I asked them to. Well they didn’t and I got hit with another charge.
At this point I don’t believe they are doing anything about it at all. They suggested I just wait on my bank to handle it. I am beyond mad right now. I am out $559.86 at the moment and they don’t seem to care. Oh and there are pending monthly fees of 39 dollars and some change, pending to also come out of my account. I canceled that card but I don’t know if it will go through still since it was already pending. Again, if they closed that account as I asked them to do, the 39 wouldn’t be an issue and neither would the second 279 charge.
Earlier this month I ordered something from them and they accidentally charged the wrong account. They cost me some fees and also refunded the money to the wrong account. I stress things to them carefully and clearly because I don’t believe they are truly listening or even care. These are careless and costly mistakes made by Amazon and people need to be aware. Also, if you find yourself in a situation where your account has been wrongfully charged, do not expect them to immediately correct the problem and return your money. Do not expect them to tell you the truth as to how they are handling the situation. And do not expect them to actually care.
The representatives really seem oblivious and untrained. You ask for a supervisor and they transfer you to a fellow rep acting as a supervisor. I know this because it happened to me. When the rep acting as a supervisor slipped up and said he probably needed to transfer me to a supervisor after telling me he was a supervisor. Then the next day it happened all over again. I’ve been on the phone with them for hours. No results. No money refunded. No supervisor call. No resolution.
As of right now I have to just rely on my bank since Amazon is doing absolutely nothing. When he says get “them” involved, he is referring to my bank because we just talked about it when he sent that email. He told me it would be faster if my bank handled it. Well good to know that Amazon isn’t doing anything about it and they seem to just expect my bank to fix it. My bank said they can take up to 14 days. Amazon (rep two) lied and said they would refund immediately. Rep three acknowledged that it would take longer than 14 days. That is providing they are even processing a refund. And since when does it take 14 days to refund money that was wrongfully taken.
Reviewed March 23, 2018
I am a reseller of products on Amazon and completed a transaction with a buyer and shipped out product as required for 2-day shipping. FedEx delivered the item and scanned the item upon delivery for which the buyer claims he did not receive 2 hours after it was delivered. His residence is a multi-family unit and did not provide us complete address details which is where the confusion came in. However, even though we did everything we were required to they took the money out of my reseller account to refund the buyer. The sellers on Amazon are how Amazon makes its money, not from the buyers. The sellers are the ones who pay monthly to sell products there and 13 percent fee on every item. This is not only unfair but the buyer stole his own product and just simply claimed he never received so he can get a free product. This type of discrimination against sellers makes it hard for business to operate on the platform and be profitable.
Reviewed March 22, 2018
This so call company making money off sellers account yet they treating them like a piece of crap. They treat their customer better than sellers but there would be no Amazon if it was not for small business sellers because it would not exist to begin with. Entire inventory is missing constantly calling them back and forth so call investigation and yet no idea. The guy is worth 112 billion dollars and yet he hires low life people from overseas with 2 dollars per hour! They can not even speak right so how in the world they would ever know what do we want! I HATE IT. Because is sucking off sellers hard-working products. Shame on you. You should had studied hard in your so call computer science degree my man. DISGUSTING!
Reviewed March 22, 2018
I ordered 3 items online and it said that my total qualified for free shipping. When I went to check out, I scrolled down and was being charged full price for shipping. I called to figure out what was going on. I was told that Amazon had decided to split my order in 3 shipments with new order numbers. That meant that it no longer qualified for free shipping. How cheap can you get? I ordered items at Walmart instead.
Reviewed March 21, 2018
I cancelled all subscriptions, Prime, Video, Music books everything in January 2018. I was charged for a month in February. I didn't think anything of it until I got charged again. Calling customer service I was told I'd get a refund for 2 months. Then I was transferred to another department where the representative proceeded to tell me I'm not getting a refund but need to talk to an account specialist. I hung up after fighting with a representative to get me a supervisor. I called again, fought with another representative who finally after requesting a supervisor 5 times got me on the line with a supervisor. The supervisor is only refunding me one month of a subscription I cancelled. They didn't cancel the subscription as I requested online back in January. Looking back on my statements they charged me 4 times and refuse to refund my money.
Reviewed March 21, 2018
I ordered a Jeep from Amazon worth of $230. After spending one hour of assembling within 5 mins of usage steering stopped working. When I contacted the seller, they responded very slow, a mail per day like that. I asked for the item for the repair so that I can save time instead of wasting time in dismantling and assembling again. But they disagree to send the part. Also they asked me to send back by dismantling all the parts. It was really tough for me because already wasted time for assembling and dismantling again it will take one hour. So I requested this query and spoke to Amazon customer care around one week. It took time. Finally agreed to send as such within the box. But again to fit such giant box within the box is really difficult so somehow dismantled the parts and kept it in the box.
2 days back shipment collected by the UPS and mail received from the seller saying they got the shipment. But they didn't refunded. So I asked for another new product but they are not ready to send also not refunding. Yesterday again I got a mail from seller saying we have to ship the product whereas already shipment collected and I have a receipt with me. When I contacted customer service of Amazon they asked me to file A-Z complaint. Today I received mail from seller saying the same thing that they were not sure about the shipment sent or not. First of all mistake from their end. I wasted so much time by assembling and dismantling, contacting customer care and seller. Now again customer care is telling I have to wait for 2 more weeks to get back my money and they haven’t finished my query. Why should I wait for more than a month for my money?
Reviewed March 21, 2018
I spent over $1000 dollars with Amazon the last month and have nothing but problems. In addition, Amazon created more problems for me. I would like to let you know what I have been dealing with. I am writing you to let you know how I was treated by your company, managers, and frontline associates. On February 27th, I placed an order, ** that was sent to the wrong place. It arrived in Albuquerque and was then sent to Utah. Once I found out, I called UPS and then Amazon to find out what can be done. I was told that I could de-prioritize UPS but wasn’t told it takes 4 weeks which is an absorbent amount of time for a service request. If I had my choice, I would not allow UPS to touch my package, ever. This was my first issue ever with Amazon and the rep gave me a credit for $100.00 which made me feel better about the issue.
On March 14th, I placed another order for over $450.00 worth of items at 4 AM mountain time. One of the items was in order ** which was an environmental controller. This was from a 3rd party seller that has only negative feedback which I found out after the fact. I don’t look at the seller feedback because I assume Amazon would only work with reputable companies when they don’t. They allow anyone this opportunity as long as Amazon makes money. This seller has still not mailed my item, nor have they responded to any contact from you or myself. I spoke to a manager and she helped me get the item I need to from my uncle’s medication that increases his comfort while he is dying of cancer.
Today. March 21st, I woke up to an email from Amazon that stated that the most important package is not going to be here today. I was told it was not going to be here due to yet another UPS sorting error that sent my item to California. I called to speak to someone and get an understanding why UPS took this package and shipped it. This is when I was told about the 4-week turnaround time which is ridiculous. I asked for a manager who sounded Irish on the phone and I told him, “giving me credits isn’t going to get my stuff here and make this right,” which he agreed.
He then told me he would like to keep me as a customer and wanted to give me a year of free Prime. He told me that I wouldn’t be charged at all which is why I agreed to do this; however, that wasn’t the case. He was trying to manipulate the system and give me a free year of prime while charging me for it followed by a refund. He buried me and my bank account. I feel like I’m being punished for being broke.
That caused my account to go overdrawn and now I have no package, no money, and about to get hammered with overdraft fees. I have also spent over two hours on the phone with Amazon today to only get hung up on by your managers. I have worked in customer service for over 10 years and never been so disrespected in my life. If you go back and listen to all of the calls, you will hear a lack of customer service, thinking outside the box, and a lack of going above and beyond which is my idea of customer service. They only work within your policies and we know that sometimes things are rare and need to be handled accordingly.
I disconnected from that person who lied to me about being charged and called my bank to find out if anything could be done. They told me to get Amazon to reverse the authorization hold. I call Amazon again and ask for a manager and got Twanna and begged her to have someone else look at it and try to help. This has to be a rare situation, and someone can do something but no, I was told no and then hung up on again. During this time, I was charged $13.66 for ANOTHER Prime subscription but didn’t find out until I called my bank to see if they would call Amazon. They told me no again.
I called back again because of the 13.66 charge and was credited for that. But why did I get charged again? No one can tell me, and no one can help me… I asked to speak to a manager again in hopes to find someone with a heart and was hung up on again. I am writing to let you know the terrible treatment that I received from Amazon and the lack of care and compassion from your managers and reps. Your policy of not allowing us to escalate past your escalation team is nonsense and just a way to stonewall the customers.
I will be sharing my story with my local news and anyone who will listen. In addition, I will never use Amazon again and will do my best to make sure that anyone I know boycotts you as well. Your company has done nothing but leave me hanging and held hostage on every account. No one can even do the human thing or be a human. I want an executive to contact me about these problems. I cannot believe that I am being treated like this and all I have done was be a loyal customer. I can tell you that I will never use Amazon again.
Reviewed March 21, 2018
Too many delivery issues with Amazon Prime. Most of the so called next day or two day delivery have not been met. In addition, they delivered one of my packages to a house across from me. My house is clearly marked. And the package was delivered during the day!!! They left envelop packages on my mat in the rain. Anyone could have taken them. Made no attempt to leave them in mailbox or under mat. Never ever knock on door or ring doorbell. Just leave package anywhere and quickly get in truck and leave. Home all day during deliveries and only noticed packages when checking mail and almost stepped on items. Poor delivery service and rarely on time as promised. I canceled my membership and will never go back!!!
Reviewed March 21, 2018
I ordered a brand new midi keyboard (Icon ICOK-IKEYBOARD8X iKeyboard 8X - 88-Key MIDI) on Amazon. When I received it, it came used, abused, and broken all over with missing power cord in a rotten box on which there is a sticker indicating that it's inspected and shipped by Amazon warehouse. I called Amazon and the reps told me that this is how the product supposed to be because it's used. However, nowhere in the sale it's disclosed that the keyboard is USED, and I purchased it at a retail price rate with about $8-9 promotional discount. After that the price went back up to $199 again.
This could be a scheme for Amazon to hold on to the funds temporarily by putting damaged items into use. This is just a hypothesis. In massive amounts of doing this, the Amazon could have a hefty supply of temporary cash. I raised a scandal informing that I'll publish about this regardless, perhaps that's why they gave me a 3-5 business day refund. Otherwise I'd have to wait for it even longer. Check out the screenshots. Where does it indicate that the product is used??? NOWHERE. This is why it's so fishy. The review I posted about this was removed because of the return, hence it still has a good reputation (by only 6 customers) for others to get hooked on!!! I could be wrong. But, I felt like I had to put this opinion out just in case if fraud is actual.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
I purchased a 4 inch memory foam mattress topper from an eBay seller. I waited more than 4 week for the item to ship and the item still never arrived so I contacted the seller. They stated that Amazon had lost my package with a proof tracking label. I verified the tracking label and Amazon stated that package was lost in transit. The seller asked if I would want a refund or wait and have another one shipped out. I requested to have another one shipped out. I waited another 2 weeks for the item to arrive then I found out on the packaging it was labeled 1.5 inch memory foam not a 4 inch as was written in the eBay Listing. I requested a refund and they wanted me to ship the package back. There was a Canada address for the return. I requested for a prepaid return shipping label. I will now ship back the item for a refund.
I got a return shipping label with an Address in PA and a ship to returns Department CVG2 06 Amazon Fulfillment Services 1600 Worldwide Blvd Hebron KY 41048. It just took a lot of time out of my life to wait and ship back when I could have just purchased from a in person retailer. Amazon needs to reverify what they are selling. Today on eBay they change the wording for the item from a 4 inch to 1.5 inch.
Reviewed March 20, 2018
On 16 and 26 January 2018 I made gift card, and gift balance reload respectively. Both purchases were sent to the same recipient **. On both occasions the recipient never redeemed the gift card, or received the gift balance. For the past several weeks and months I have been trying to resolve this with Amazon by informing them that illegal access was gained and these purchases used illegally. On the 15 March 2018 I was finally informed by an Amazon representative by the name of Venkat that the refund would be processed within 48 hours. Amazon have not retracted this and refuse to honor their commitment.
Reviewed March 19, 2018
Too many broken delivery time promises with Amazon Prime. On more than one occasion, Amazon drivers have allegedly attempted delivery to our business address. Once they claimed we were not open when in fact we were. Another time they claimed they could not find the location but the GPS (confirmed by an Amazon supervisor) leads right to our front door. The problem is Amazon is hiring immature, unaware young people who have no clue what professionalism is. Contrary, UPS and FedEx have serviced us with profound efficiency over the years. Amazon needs to get a clue on training their drivers.
Reviewed March 19, 2018
I have been a Amazon Prime member for about 6 years and on average spend about $300 a month on purchases. I love everything about Amazon... except their AMZL US deliveries and drivers. My two car garage faces the side of my house and on many occasions rather than placing my packages on my "front door steps" they are placed on the side of my garage, or when I get a text that my package have been delivered and go to the front door it's like going on a wild goose chase looking for my package(s).
I changed my option to have package(s) placed on my front door steps so now they will either place the package(s) on the very edge of my steps or on corner of the steps basically directly under my "doorbell" without ringing the bell. What is so hard about ringing the customer's doorbell to alert them that a package has arrived. You see on the news a lot of thieves stealing packages off of people's doorsteps, this could be alleviated if they would ring the doorbell. Granted some customers are at work during the time of deliveries, some like myself are retired and some take the day off to await their deliveries and are just waiting for the doorbell to ring!
Reviewed March 19, 2018
I like reviewing things. I review all the things. It's enjoyable and helpful. Amazon.com not only provides the number one online shopping experience which is 4* from me even today but also used to be a fantastic platform for quality reviews whether they be positive or negative. First off, again, Amazon is a top shopping experience. There are only two downsides to the site on the shopping side and that's bad sellers misrepresenting products and poor interface when searching for specific brand products (brand pages are over-modified instead of simple lists).
The main part of this review is about... you guessed it, reviews! So, early last year you could write a review, comment on reviews, rate reviews, and find all this information in one handy, convenient place and see how many up or down votes you had received per review. A really good tool to help modify reviews, too. Amazon had just finished purging all the fake 'bought at a discount' reviews and the review sections were looking up again... and then everything changed.
Suddenly, the ability to see downvotes disappeared and all you could see was helpful votes. Then within weeks the entire review portal was GONE. All you had was a 'profile' page filled with over-modified and bubbly-looking nonsense. You could no longer easily view your reviews, modify them, see up/down votes, or comments to be able to address questions or interactions with sellers. Amazon refused to give an answer about this despite repeated inquiries.
Roll around to today and I take the 57 steps needed to get to a review of mine to update it... only to find that it isn't there. I search the product and decide perhaps I forgot to hit enter the last time I was writing it up and hit 'Write a Review'... only to be told I broke the rules, my review was removed, and I am not allowed to review this item because my 'relationship with the product or seller may be perceived to be biased'... I was not notified that the review was removed, that I had broken a rule, or anything of that nature and the review I left was over a month ago. Instead they just up and deleted it and blocked me, I guess hoping I would never notice as to not cause a stir?
The product in question was a bath cloth. The bath cloth previously was made a certain way and was a certain texture. I still had one in the 'old' style. I bought a new set as mine was ragged and needed replaced. The new clothes were not the same in any way, shape, or form and I stated it and provided picture evidence as you could clearly see the difference between the cloths. Tens of other recent reviews (perhaps even more that have been purged...) state the same thing, that the clothes are soft, softer, or totally useless now compared to the 'old' style or even what they can purchase in the exact same packaging at Asian marts right now.
When I purchased this product previously, it was not an 'Amazon Choice' product... this leads me to the horrifying conclusion that Amazon is specifically targeting negative reviews that may dissuade either new or specifically repeat buyers that would want the old product. As it is an 'Amazon Choice' product, they couldn't stand having those sorts of negative reviews on there, Amazon Choice products need to be consistently highly rated. Any legitimate CS rep could see that my review was not biased in any way due to a relationship with the seller or product (in a conflict of interest way which is what the rule is specifically written about) so if the report was from the seller it would have been ignored...
So now I'm pretty darn upset. I'm wracking my brain, thinking of all the other products I've purchased that haven't been 5* but were 'Amazon Choice' products that had a 4 1/2-5* rating that I DIDN'T leave a 4* or higher for... and wondering what has been deleted. I can't remember everything I've purchased! And I have no good way to even check with the new profile-style review page! And they don't tell you when they delete reviews!
Ultimately, this has slashed and burned and destroyed my trust in Amazon reviews. How many negative, but honest, reviews have been deleted? How many of mine have been deleted? An utter destruction of trust in the brand, site, and whole thing. Sadly, I can't just -not- use Amazon. It's just unreasonable and self-destructive to make myself use other sites where the prices are much steeper, even double the price, not including shipping... I am sure my inquiry to Amazon will, yet again, be ignored but perhaps this review will make it out there.
Reviewed March 19, 2018
I have purchased items on Amazon but never authorized a membership of $99.00. Though I have been refunded and send apologized that it would never happen again. This has happen to me at the end of 2017 and also February of 2018 and March of 2018. That is a total of 3 times it has happen and caused an issue with my bank being overdrafted. Logically even if I have authorized it how is a 1 year membership and I'm being charged within months. I feel they are getting over and abusing. I went to the website to make sure my credit card information was not online. Even after that the last charge in March went through. They somehow have my card stored and are keeping it. I have cancelled it as a last ditch effort to stop this harassment. They have lost any future business from me because of this and I will relay it to co-workers and friends and family.
Reviewed March 17, 2018
For the past 2 years I have gotten my packages delivered almost weekly with no issues. I don't know if they've hired some crappy new drivers or what BUT today has been freaking terrible. I've been hung up on 3 times by their customer service reps. I have no package I keep receiving a message that it was undeliverable yet I'm at home and have been since they "attempted" the delivery. I NEEDED my package today which is why I chose SAME DAY SHIPPING!!! All they tell me is that they can see that the driver is still in the area but they don't have a contact number for him so they'll leave a note on the account and "hope" he sees it to bring me my package. Yeah I'm not happy, not even close to being happy about this. I'll be requesting a refund and cancel like Prime Membership.
Reviewed March 17, 2018
I have been a Prime member for about 6 years now, and spend upwards of $5,000 a year with the service, mainly due to the isolated area of the country where I live. I can survive with the false claims of 2 day shipping, it's better than driving 100 miles to a department store for what I need. And, honestly, have rarely had a problem. But then I go to review some products and was promptly informed that I was suspected of receiving free products and gift cards from sellers for good reviews. I asked them for proof, was completely ignored, and TOLD that I would be ignored and that their decision was final. I will not renew my Prime membership, and only order more products if it's an emergency. I will happily give my business to others who will appreciate me and not treat me like a criminal. I've also realized after some research that I'm not the only one experiencing this problem. SHAME ON YOU Amazon.
Reviewed March 16, 2018
Unfortunately their service has been declining as of late. I have had two orders "lost" on the way to USPS in the last three weeks, and one a refund that cannot be issued yet because of "technical issues". I have been a PRIME customer for a while now, and I understand Amazon probably has a lot more customers than before, but that doesn't explain this huge drop-off in service.
Reviewed March 16, 2018
I've been getting a recurring $0.13 (USD) charge every month on my AMEX. I have no idea what it's for. I thought it was fraud but AMEX suggested I call AMAZON first and inquire. After wasting who knows how long and getting passed around all the agent could tell me was to dispute the charge with AMEX. The agent in Customer Service couldn't tell me what the charge was for but that it was in fact being charged by AMAZON. How can they not tell you what the charge is for? $0.13?? Really. I wonder how many others are getting erroneous charges.
Reviewed March 16, 2018
I have had countless seamless shopping experiences through Amazon. My husband is a Prime Member, there have been a couple of times where an item was listed as Prime; clearly was not. MOST transactions are smooth sailing; item as described. I recently had the displeasure of dealing with May on Live Chat; she was not fluent in English. After previous communications with other reps as to whether was in stock or not... 'May' must have directed sender to request to return. So Item which was being discontinued I will never get. The item was on the UPS scheduled for delivery and it was sent back; Amazon was unable to direct UPS to deliver. It was a total Laurel and Hardy "Who's on First" routine. Other than this horrible transaction all others, there have been many, have been great. I would recommend Amazon, not that I need to. Their business is booming.
Updated review: March 26, 2018
I'm rerouting all my orders to a friend's address because I can no longer receive items where I live because either somebody is stealing my packages or the delivery person is playing games. Why do they keep bad couriers anyway? They should get rid of their courier service and replace it with a reputable company like they used to. Amazon must like losing business.
Original Review: March 16, 2018
I had always given Amazon good reviews in the past, but for the past year and a half I have had multiple problems with not receiving packages. Yesterday was the last for me. The problem is with their local couriers and I must have the worst one always delivering my packages. Or should I say misdelivering because they will indicate it was delivered when no attempt was made to deliver because the package is just not there.
Since early 2017, and living at two different places, my deliveries usually do not happen. The app that tracks deliveries will often show it as delivered then I find no evidence of delivery. Many other times it will show that "customer refused delivery." How can I refuse a delivery when they make no effort to knock on my door or make any contact. You can't refuse what never arrives.
I think this incompetent delivery person is stealing our packages and reselling them because in my case most of the products I order from Amazon never show up. I have decided as of yesterday I am an ex-Amazon customer and I have been using them only a few years after they opened. I have wasted so much time in chat sessions with Amazon employees who give the same generic scripted responses that never resolve anything. This inconvenience is not only irritating, but requires too much time trying to fix the problem then having to reorder at a higher cost from another source. Some sources don't have the same items available since Amazon seems to be the major source for everything.
Other times when an order is delivered it is left on the doorstep of a neighbor or given to someone in my building who never gives it to me. Fortunately Amazon has a three-day window that if an item never shows up they will replace it. Several times I was getting the message I refused it so I cancelled the order so I would not be charged for something that was never delivered. I have had so many discussions with Amazon, some in chat, of items not being delivered and there is a problem in my area. Each time I get the same canned responses that they will look into it then nothing ever happens. Yesterday was the last time for me.
The Amazon rep was very eager to help, but her responses were similar to previous ones so I'm not optimistic this problem will be fixed. Eighteen months of the same problem and no resolution equals they don't care as long as the money keeps rolling in. Apparently one lost and long-term customer equals nothing to them even though I have spent over one thousand dollars in the past few months.
Amazon's courier service should be abolished especially where I live. I have told them many times to not use their courier service for my deliveries because in most cases I will never see them or they will end up in some odd location. The front door of my apartment building stays unlocked, but no attempt is ever made to go inside to leave the package. If they do arrive, many times it will be left on the sidewalk out front or on somebody else's porch or mailbox. The only reliable delivery service from Amazon is electronically where no courier is involved. I'm assured I will receive an electronic purchase like Amazon Music or Video.
Right now I am giving them one last chance even though this is probably the third chance I have been asked to give by Amazon reps. I have one more order pending which they say they will pay close attention to the delivery to make sure I receive it. I don't know what is going on with the two I didn't receive yesterday since the last response I received was it would still arrive then it didn't. I have no faith in anything an Amazon employee tells me because of prior experience.
I have since sent an email to two different places at Amazon that includes more extensive complaints about non-deliveries and the frequency. This isn't just one or two incidents. It is many and the same pattern especially when GPS was used to show that the courier was avoiding my location. Since I mentioned this in a previous chat with Amazon they have since removed that ability at least for me. They also only randomly include photos of where the package was left. This was very useful, but it didn't happen yesterday because I know this person never showed up.
I have several Order Numbers, but it looks like I can only provide one even though the two non-deliveries of yesterday have two different numbers since one is from a reseller. I listed the one from Amazon since they said they have no control over resellers and this one is of a higher amount than the other. However I have included a PDF for both orders since neither were delivered.
One more thing. In previous experiences speaking with Amazon I was told many times this problem would be resolved. There has been no proof of effort on Amazon's part to resolve anything then or now. Experience has proven that so I give no credence to anything I am told by them which is why I will never order from them again. I would rather do without than go through this every time.
Reviewed March 16, 2018
I purchased a college textbook from Amazon in March of 2018 for a class listed as new for 191.00. I am a Prime member and received the book in a few days. When I opened the package, the book was filled with worn pages and stains on the pages. Do not trust Amazon for new merchandise for their clients who supply these products lie about the condition and have no check in place. Now think about clothing and other items they claim are in new condition. NOT TO BE TRUSTED!!!

Reviewed March 15, 2018
I am a "Prime" member at Amazon (I pay for the membership). My permanent delivery address with Amazon includes REAR PORCH (in all caps) yet their private delivery people continue to leave packages on my front porch within a few feet of the sidewalk. The 2 "latest" mis-deliveries were March 15, 2018 and March 7, 2018. I've chatted, emailed, and spoken by telephone to Amazon Logistics representatives and repeatedly they assure me that AMZL management problems will be corrected. To no avail. I have even emailed the CEO of Amazon to complain about their delivery service but nothing gets corrected.
Reviewed March 15, 2018
Since I had a stroke, and finally was well enough to resume spending two hours a week doing seller, packaging and product reviews, Amazon has blocked me from reviewing orders. All I can figure is that my reviews are more caustic now; they allow "I don't like this doll, it is junk" reviews, but I am blocked. Amazon says "your relationship to this seller... Blah, blah, blah. (I have no relationship to anyone selling on Amazon.) Thanks Amazon; I was spending way too much time helping your business.
Reviewed March 14, 2018
I made a purchase in January for about 2000 dollars on a new Chase interest free credit card and about 500 dollars cash back on my first big purchase with Amazon and Chase. Chase and Amazon put the charge on my old Chase card even though I used the new card so they wouldn't have to give me the 500 cash back and so they could charge me 15 percent interest per month. I called them several times trying to get them to put my purchase on my new interest free card the way I intended and they refused and were extremely rude about blaming me for everything. Then I borrowed money last month to pay off my balance with them last month to the penny to avoid interest and because they're a bunch of filthy liars.
Today a bill came for about 20 dollars interest. When I called and tried to get them to reverse the charges, they refused again and said it was for interest from Jan. to Feb. which they told me last month wasn't being charged. Amazon and Chase are the biggest bunch of crooks and thieves I've ever dealt with. They have really upset me big time and I can't advise everyone enough not to fall for their costly traps. I will never do business with them again and burned my cards. I hope all the bad things in this world happens to them and them only. I hate you Amazon and Chase and can't wait to see you go bankrupt.
Reviewed March 14, 2018
Have been an Amazon Prime customer for many years and used to love browsing the pages on Amazon when it only offered books. Due to their continually expanding department varieties and obvious desire to cash in on all possible sources of revenue from ad placement on their site, though, I have watched the ease of use in shopping the pages for customers continue to decline over the years due to the relentless clutter and unrelated "noise" that completely covers every inch of screen!
Reviewed March 14, 2018
I use to think the other big courier they use, which rarely they still do was bad, but Amazon Flex is a joke at our expense. Amazon should give you the option of choosing the courier. I do with this other company I purchase cutting vinyl from, so why can't they? I give credit to their support by sending replacements, but this should not have to be.
Reviewed March 13, 2018
I had asked Amazon for a licensed computer service on January 21, 2018, and I was assured that they would only be sending me a licensed computer technician that was fully qualified and background checked on their history of satisfied customers and they again had 100 percent guaranteed they were only sending me a qualified licensed computer technician to do the two different things I needed done for my computer which was brand new in 2014, since I had recently upgraded to a HP Pavilion Elite pc with 8gb rams and one terabytes of space. And I wanted to connect my book external hard drive which I had spent 300 dollars for and have my computer system looked at for it reading “not connecting to the internet”, even though it was through a brand new speedy cable modem!
We had been told to expect the person Amazon chose to be at my house on January 25, 2018! Which I asked for his name, business company’s name as well as he was coming into my neighborhood and it's a private gated community and we have guards who always ask for proof of identification with a photo ID usually a driving license to scan to provide proof of identification and gain access into my neighborhood! Which we have video tapes of every one who enters our neighborhood also! He was asked for this type of photo identification and he was driving himself and he did not have any legal documents or a driver license either. He only had an Amazon ID card. No photo identification and only his first name of Aleksaer.
He came to our home, we asked him about his computer services and he assured us he had them! I then informed him not to break my new computer system I just had bought because of Windows going to 7/8 and I am on Windows 10! After 2 and a half hours of disconnecting all of the computer’s plugs, and he then tried to get my book external hard drive to run which he would not read the directions as I realized he could not read English and he was in there for about 5 minutes as I left my home office to get my husband to ask him to leave as he could not get my computer to even turn back on! He asked to go outside to smoke a cigarette and he then came back inside and we asked him to leave.
He finally told us he was here in this country in Florida on a temporary one year visa! He told us himself that he did not have any type of legal documents or a social security number or a legal Green Card. He said he had nothing else to offer as legally working with Amazon in-home services which we asked him about his Amazon ID card, which he said the friend he was sleeping on his couch and a bunch of these buddies filled out Amazon paperwork and then he was sent the Amazon ID card and given my personal information which is unlisted in all phone books! He asked us for 20 dollars for gas money to get back home to his friend's couch!
I had to call Amazon supervisors who had gained illegally my personal Amazon account and they changed my order history to show the in-home computer services as cancelled and then told me I was no longer qualified for the Amazon happiness guarantee either! I have been told by 3 Amazon supervisors who have been given my personal information that this event did not happen and I would have to have another Amazon computer technician sent to me on my own expense for any further repairs! Which with what I had just been through with Amazon’s complete fraudulent business activity and for getting into my personal Amazon account and changed my order history to show that the person was cancelled and my computer did not have any of the issues now. That was before the Amazon person was sent to my home!
They would not give me the company name or where they were supposed to be located! As I told Amazon about what we were told by this person sent to us by Amazon and we got our own really professional licensed computer technician and he did the needed repairs at the price of $1,550.00. Now I have all of my entire horrific experience documented for all of the supervisors of Amazon to give me the happiness guarantee of meeting all of the very important specific information and the business that is to be in my home and be able to legally work in this way on my personal computer.
And know that I have all the information that they sent an illegal person who is not legally qualified to even be allowed to work with anyone much less Amazon for this matter and have Amazon supervisors illegal activities change the entire horrific experience by being able to gain illegal access into my personal Amazon account and change the order history to show the in-home computer services were canceled.
I am not able to legally receive the happiness guarantee of now fixing the original situation and now the damages included and documented by the legal company that we hired to finish the repairs that Amazon’s illegal services have done to my computer! I am not even getting my 20 dollars back that he asked for to have enough gas to drive back to his friend's house and they will not even receive any of my invoices or my documents regarding this fraudulent business of Amazon’s supervisors who are responsible for going into my personal Amazon account and changed the entire facts about this horrific situation that did happen to me on January 25, 2018!
Reviewed March 13, 2018
I've been an Amazon customer for years, placing an order every other month if not every month. I recently made a frequent orders of a series of orders with no problems until I placed an order of three items on the 10th of March totaling $19.77 for the first two and $13.56 for the third, which was posted the next day. Am happy to say that, I am signed up for alerts to my phone of every transactions to my bank account. And I'm also glad that I use a prepaid card which I use only to deposit an amount that I immediately intent to spend by online purchases. That being said, I was alerted two days later on the 13th of March, of a duplicate of the $19.77 which drew my account to overdraw by $5. There was also an attempt to duplicate the $13.56 but was declined because of insufficient funds.
I believe this happens to Amazon customers who make a frequent purchase orders. They assume that the frequent orders is the right time to ripe off of lazy customers who don't monitor their bank statements. I immediately called Amazon and the rep gave a lousy explanation of the duplicate charges saying that my bank put a hold on the charge on the 11th and posted on the 13th. Let me tell you, the first charges of $19.77 and $13.56 was posted, obviously deducted from my monitored balance. I caught them in the act of trying to deceive off of me of a duplicate.
They returned the duplicate back into my account before I could even have the chance of demanding my money back. Basically, the thief returned the money faster than when he snatched it and ran off...that's the behavior of a redhanded thief. I recommend innocent customers of merchants, to make a separate prepaid card only for purchases online and to deposit an amount needed for that purchase. Because a thief is not only a broke and poor guy, a thief is also a rich and greedy guy. Talk about a rich guy stealing from the poor...wow!
Reviewed March 13, 2018
I find that Amazon isn't a perfect site, but is so easy to use that I almost always go to it first. Amazon and their affiliated company audible are examples of how other sites should function if they are desirous of generating and easing the purchase. I don't think that their products are any better than others. I am annoyed at the really difficult usages of several major airlines, for example, and would invite them to utilize whomever plans out Amazon's public face. The only thing I do not like, and for which I downrated them one point, is that they make it difficult to get a human being to speak with, and that is first and foremost on my list of useful items on a website.
Reviewed March 12, 2018
I was a Prime member with Amazon since 2011. That all changed when I purchased their Amazon Fire Stick streaming device. During installation of the device I had some issues which resulted in me getting an email message saying Welcome to Amazon Prime. (As if I was a new member signing up) I called customer service to resolve this which resulted in the technician completely removing me from the shared household prime account. When I called them back to tell them they completely removed me from my Prime account and asked them to fix it, they told me that they could not fix it because the limit is only 2 people per household. When I told them that the new rule started in 2015 and I was already grandfathered in 2011, they said they did not have the ability to fix the mistake of their technician, and I would need to sign up for a brand new prime membership separately from my family. Talking to a supervisor was no help at all. Beware.
Reviewed March 12, 2018
I had some items shipped to me at Christmas time. All went well, I was impressed with the products I received, the quality of the items, the follow up of the companies that shipped the items and the speed at which I received my shipment.

Reviewed March 11, 2018
I am a Prime member of Amazon since 2005, and never ever experienced any major problem on this website before. However, since 2018 I noticed (and I am not the only one) that, not only their paid Prime "2 days guarantee" shipping is often off by a week in the best cases, but also (and that's the more annoying part) that 99% of my, and our household order, arrives very poorly packed and damaged. Most of the time they send everything in the same big box, no matter the items’ weight difference, and thus without any protection whatsoever, so everything shift inside the box during transit, having the big items crushes the smaller ones. But then for some unknown reason, they now started the increase of use of bubble envelopes, which offers little to none protection at all, especially on fragile items.
I have contacted Amazon representative MANY times by chat (and always kept the log at the end) since the beginning of 2018 to complain about this issue. Some assured me it will never happen again, while some other were a little bit more honest about the issue: "Jeffin: Frank, I see that the agent have escalated this issue to the shipping department with the packaging feedback. But to tell you the truth, we are unable to specifically remove a particular options from the packaging. I will explain the details. As you mentioned due to the bubble wrap the issue happened. And you requested to avoid such usage of bubble wrap for your future order delivery. And we took the feedback and forwarded to our shipping department. The thing is that we cannot give a guarantee that the shipping department avoid the usage of the bubble wrap as it totally depends on them.
"Jeffin: So we cannot specifically avoid the usage of the bubble wrap. Frank **: So you are actually telling me that I will keep receiving damaged items packed in bubble envelopes ?... Jeffin: I'm sorry for the wrong information you might got from the previous agent." So here we are, March 2018 contacting again another Amazon representative because I received my order of French cookies and computer memory sent all crushed in a bubble envelope. Really sad to see that a promising and multi-billion company such as Amazon does not know (or care) any more about how to pack an item properly for their customers.
Reviewed March 11, 2018
I have opened a seller account more than 1 year ago on Amazon.co.uk. After 3 months my account has been suspended. I have sold products in this 3 months. I sold items on the UK, Italian, France, Spanish and Germanian market. Now, my account shows the same, after more than 1 year, like 'Amazon suspended the seller account, and so on'. It's alright, but I have got £350 amount, what I didn't get still into my bank account. More than 1 year they use my money, not transferring it to my bank account still. How long do I have to wait for this? I don't think so, it is a fair game. If I can't use this account as a seller, I can understand. But they just holding back my money for more than 1 year. And now, I don't know when can I receive this amount.
Reviewed March 11, 2018
I am a legit buyer of Amazon products. When I write a negative review, it is filtered out by the editor. In my case, a "rust resistant" product was rusting within 13 months. I reported the rusting and Amazon would not permit the report. This is unfair to consumers and people should put a stop to it.
Reviewed March 11, 2018
I purchased some cocoa powder for a recipe and the Amazon website had great photos, detailed description, customer reviews and a great price that I could free shipping by adding items. Showed up on time nicely packaged and exactly as described.
Reviewed March 10, 2018
When Amazon makes deliveries to my apartment building, on weekends, when the office is actually open to select deliveries, Amazon delivery people are leaving packages in the mail room where anyone in this large apartment building can walk off with people's packages. I have actually lost items I've purchased from Amazon because they do this. I have called them several times about this. It seems time goes by and they stop doing this and then I see a ton of packages left unattended in our mail room when the office for the complex was open, 10 to 5 on weekends. They also messed up a credit for a returned item. Instead of crediting it back to the credit card it was purchased from, my mother's, they issued me a gift card and I was told it would go back to the credit card it was purchased from. They were unable to fix it.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
What the hell is wrong with our society when the richest company in the world that BOASTS about being so large and powerful cant even fix an email issue over the phone!! Or the fact that we know the person on the other end is in India!! Learn English at least!!! And why have a customer service line that takes calls to set up customer service help tickets!!! Don't you think if you had the qualified person answering the phone from the start we wouldn't be having these issues!! Then they lock your account so NO ONE can access it -- not you! Not even customer service!!! WTF! DUMB! Amazon has been double dipping my credit card purchases and it takes an act of God to get anywhere!! STAY THE HECK AWAY FROM THIS!! Don't put anything on 'auto bill' with them cause you'll be fighting ghosts for months!! HORRIBLE!
Reviewed March 9, 2018
Sorry in advance that this post is so long but I just wanted to explain the complete story of what happened regarding my Amazon account. ‘Amazon Customer Service’ is horrendous. A person illegally accessed my account and fraudulently used my account to place orders. I spoke to three customer service agents including a supervisor trying to get some information regarding my account and all of them lacked a good understanding of English and did not help me in any way. Today I reached the end of my patience and just closed my Amazon account and will never use Amazon again because I cannot spend my money with a company who has shown complete disregard to me (as their customer) when such a serious matter occurred with my account.
I received an email on 24th February 2018 from (deleted as I can't include email addresses in this post) and the email included the following: "We believe that an unauthorized party may have accessed your account. To protect your information, we have: Disabled the password to your account, Reversed any changes made by this party, Canceled any pending orders.” I believed this email was a scam email because it did not include my name and one of the main indicators of scam emails is that your name is not included in the email.
On 24th February 2018 I also received multiple emails from the following email addresses (deleted as I can't include email addresses in this post) which stated that I had placed the following orders: 1) Amazon Prime for $99. 2) Lamicall VC-S-US-B Cellphone Holder for $12.13. 3) 2 App Store and iTunes Gift Cards for $116. I was concerned because these emails included my name and address. I called ‘Amazon Customer Service’ on 24th February 2018 regarding these emails and I spoke to 3 different amazon customer service agents (including a supervisor) and every one of them gave horrendous customer service and did not help in me in any way. I have summarized the calls below:
Amazon Customer Service Agent 1 – I explained to the agent that I had received the emails that were apparently from Amazon and I was concerned because someone appeared to have accessed and used my account to conduct fraudulent transactions on my account. I had to explain several times because the agent did not seem to understand me even though I was speaking clear English and I do not have an accent. I gave him the email addresses that the emails were sent from (deleted as I can't include email addresses in this post) and asked him if those were genuine Amazon addresses and he said, "No they are not". (THEY ARE GENUINE). He looked at my account and said it was fine and the emails were most likely scam emails.
I explained again that the order emails contained my name and address. The agent then asked me for one of the order numbers which I gave and he said he would need to call through to a different department. I was put on hold and after a short while another agent came on the line and said that her colleague had informed her that I had an ‘Amazon Prime’ membership that I needed to discuss. I was completely shocked because the prior agent had just transferred me through to another agent and the reason he gave for transferring me was completely wrong. It appeared to me that the prior agent did not want to help me and just transferred me to another agent.
Amazon Customer Service Agent 2 – I explained to this new agent what I had originally called for and she and I both agreed that the prior agent should not have transferred me to her. Like the prior agent, I had to explain to the new agent several times the serious issues I had experienced even though I was speaking clear English and I do not have an accent. I was very frustrated at this point in the call. I asked her about the ‘Amazon Prime’ order that was fraudulently done on my account and she said that the membership was free for a month and only after a month would payment be taken. I could not believe what she was saying. I stated to her that the membership should have been completely disabled on my account because Amazon know that it was ordered fraudulently.
I said to her, "Once the month is up, would Amazon charge my account for the membership?" She said that she would turn off the ‘auto-renew’ function on my account. I asked her why that had not been done already because as stated earlier, Amazon knew that the membership was ordered fraudulently and in the email Amazon sent to me, it stated that any changes made on my account would be reversed and any orders would be cancelled. She did not have an answer for this. I told the agent that I wanted information about my account and the activity that had occurred on my account. The agent said that she was only trained to deal with Amazon.com.
I stated to her that: (a) I was calling regarding a security breach and fraudulent activity on my account and it should not matter where I was calling from, she should be trained on how to help a customer who needs information regarding fraudulent account activity as I am positive some customers who use Amazon.com have fraudulent activity on their account and need help and need information about what has happened with their account. (b) The person who illegally managed to access my account USED AMAZON.COM to make the fraudulent transactions so it was an AMAZON.COM issue and she should be able to help me.
The agent said that the only thing she could do was fill in a form and send it to another department. When I asked her to transfer me to the department she would send the form to, she said she could not, she could only fill in the form and send it. I asked how long it would take for someone to contact me and I was told it would take up to 48 hours. I said that was completely unacceptable as I have had a serious issue regarding my account and no one at ‘Amazon Customer Service’ has helped me at all and it appears that no action has been taken by Amazon regarding the fraudulent activity even though Amazon sent me an email saying they had taken action. I asked to speak to a supervisor as I was completely unsatisfied with the call so far. She transferred me to a supervisor and the supervisor was even more horrendous.
Amazon Customer Service Agent 3 (SUPERVISOR) – I explained the whole situation to the supervisor and like the prior agents I had spoken to, I had to explain to the supervisor several times the serious issues I had experienced even though I was speaking clear English and I do not have an accent. I also asked her about the ‘prime membership’ and why it had not been completely disabled on my account. She was very unhelpful and she said (like the prior agent) that I can continue to use the benefits of the ‘prime membership’ for a month. At this point I was beyond frustrated as it seemed completely futile in trying to get any help from ‘Amazon Customer Service’. She said that she could only contact another department and they would get back to me. I was very frustrated at this point in the call.
At this point I asked her if there was an Amazon office or call centre based in the United Kingdom that I could call as I could no longer deal with the lack of understanding of the English language displayed by the ‘Amazon Customer Service Agents’ I had dealt with so far on the call, and I could no longer deal with the shockingly bad customer service I was experiencing. The supervisor said that there was a UK based call centre and she would transfer me through to them and I was placed on hold.
A while later another agent came on the line and she did not sound British but I asked if she was based in the UK and she said no, she was based in Malaysia and she deals with Amazon.co.uk customers. I explained that I was told that I would be transferred through to a UK based Amazon Agent and she said that she would have to fill in a form and send it through to a UK office in order for them to call me. I asked for their number but she said she did not have it and she could only fill in a form and send it. I asked her to send the form which she did and I ended the call. I was on the line with ‘Amazon Customer Service’ for 1 hour 20 minutes. They believe someone from Amazon called on 25th February 2018 from the following number (deleted as I can't include phone numbers in this post but it was a genuine Amazon number) HOWEVER when I answered the call, no one was there and I have not received another call since.
Another thing that has alarmed me is that an Amazon package arrived today (3rd March 2018) at my address and to my shock this package was one of the fraudulent orders (the ‘Lamicall Cellphone Holder’) placed on my account. The fact that this order was shipped further adds to my concern over my Amazon account. I am seriously concerned regarding my account, not just because someone has managed to illegally access my account and conducted fraudulent activity but because Amazon does not seem to have taken any actions regarding the fraudulent activity on my account even though Amazon sent me an email stating that it had reversed any changes made on my account and cancelled any orders.
The 2 ‘App Store and iTunes Gift Cards’ that were fraudulent ordered on my account were sent to the following email address (deleted as I can't include email addresses in this post). This is the email address used by the person who illegally accessed my account and conducted the fraudulent transactions. I believe the person’s ultimate goal was to get the gift cards sent to him/her. I believe this person ordered ‘Amazon Prime’ and the ‘Lamicall Cellphone Holder’ in order to test if those orders would go through and once those orders were placed successfully, he/she ordered the 2 ‘App Store and iTunes Gift Cards’ and had them sent to the email address above.
Amazon needs to conduct an investigation as to how my account was accessed in the first place and the investigation needs to look into the person who accessed my account. As stated above, the email address of the person who illegally accessed my account and conducted the fraudulent transactions is (deleted as I can't include email addresses in this post). I have changed my Amazon password and also deleted the bank cards details that were saved to my account. I signed onto Amazon.com and the fraudulent orders were showing on my account. The orders for the 2 ‘App Store and iTunes Gift Cards’ had an invoice attachment. I looked at the invoice and it stated that the gift cards were from ** (deleted due to security) to (deleted as I can't include email addresses in this post) ** (deleted due to security) is my husband and this bank card details were saved on my account.
It appears that my husband’s bank card details were used to charge for the orders. My husband has not noticed any unusual activity on his bank account but that could be because the fraudulent transactions are taking a while to show on his bank account. I need someone from the ‘Amazon Complaints Team’ to contact me and I need to know the following: (1) Have Amazon charged my husband’s bank card or my bank card for any of the fraudulent orders and if so, have the charges been refunded? (2) How is it that one of the fraudulent orders was delivered to my address when Amazon stated in an email that any orders were cancelled? (3) Why was ‘Amazon Prime’ not completely taken off my account and why was the auto-renew function not disabled until I enquired about it, even though Amazon stated in an email that any changes made to my account by the fraudulent person would be reversed?
AMAZON’S RESPONSE TO MY EMAIL. The day after I sent the email I received a generic email from Amazon which included the following statement - "Thank you for telling us about the unauthorized activity in your account. To protect your information, the credit card details in your account cannot be accessed via our website. We also do not display full credit card numbers in your account. We have taken these steps to restore your account: Disabled the password to your account, Reversed any changes made by this party, Canceled any pending orders."
This was the only communication I have received from Amazon. No-one has called me and given me the information I requested. I stated in the email that I had changed my Amazon password but Amazon then disabled it again so I had to re-do my password (thanks Amazon for yet more inconvenience). I also went through my bank statement and discovered that Amazon CHARGED my bank account for one of the fraudulent orders. My husband does not think that any money was taken from his account by Amazon but I believe it was most likely taken. He has a lot of incoming/outgoing transactions on his account and I don’t think he has looked in detail at his bank statement but I know money was taken from my account by Amazon. I contacted my bank the other day to see if they could do anything and thankfully they refunded the money taken out of my account for the fraudulent order.
As stated earlier, I ran out of patience and just closed my Amazon account and will never use Amazon again because I cannot spend my money with a company who has shown complete disregard to me (as their customer) when such a serious matter occurred with my account. In the unlikely event that an influential person from Amazon reads this, let me close by saying the following: YOUR CUSTOMER SERVICE IS HORRENDOUS. If Amazon suspects that fraudulent activity has occurred on an account, rather than send a generic email that DOES NOT include the account holder’s name (which could lead customers to believe the email is a scam, as in my case), Amazon should send an email that INCLUDES the account holder’s name AND call the account holder.
If Amazon chooses to have ‘Customer Service Centres’ that are based outside of the country that the customer calls from, then that is Amazon’s prerogative, HOWEVER, I do not understand why Amazon would employ ‘customer service agents’ who need to communicate with English speaking customers, but the agents DO NOT have a good understanding of English and cannot understand the issues a customer is having because of the agents lack of understanding of English.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
Over the past two months I've been receiving charges from Amazon.ca to my Mastercard account for items or services that I didn't order, totaling $158.22, with refunds totaling $35.46. There are no open orders on my Amazon account. I closed my account with Amazon but the charges keep coming. I contacted Amazon about the charges and had to log in again and reopen my account in order to communicate.
The Amazon site explains that unordered items are refunded. This is not my experience. The refund amounts are less than and do not map to the charges. Also it should not be necessary to charge and then refund unordered items. I can only conclude Amazon are engaging in inertia selling, playing games designed to confuse the customer. I have no order numbers because I didn't order the items. Please see the items on the images of my Mastercard account.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
I am a prime member of Amazon. A few days ago, they kept suspending my account because I bought iTunes gift cards. After they verify it, they would turn it back on then 20 mins later to be suspended again. This went on four times that day too whereas I had to call repeatedly. Since that time, my cell number has been blocked from calling Amazon. Now, this morning, I bought two iTunes cards and I was purchasing another one and they canceled it and suspended my account again. Within the last two weeks, I have spent over $3000. And no one suspended my account when I was making big purchases. However, I buy iTunes cards and my account is suspended. I am bedridden with Cancer. All I do is play on my phone a game called Cooking Dash and order things for the house. I can politely take my money elsewhere. But, I want to know why it feels like I am being singled out and harassed.
A few weeks ago, I received a call from someone who said they were Amazon. I hung up on them and called Amazon, the representative told me that the number was not an Amazon number, sent me an email telling me not to release personal information. Then later found out the call was from Amazon. This has become very frustrating. I need someone in higher management to address this issue. You can not contact me because my number is blocked. I have to use the other phones in the house to contact Amazon now. I'm dying but, I'm not dead and the hurtful way that I am being treated is not acceptable. Please address.
Reviewed March 9, 2018
Always a good experience from sender and receiver even returns. Very satisfied with Amazon Prime and with quality of items purchased. Would recommend to others. Orders expedited quickly.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
I checked my checking account this morning to find Amazon took out 108.41 DOLLARS out of my bank. This wouldn't have been a problem except I hadn't ordered anything since December 2017. The Amazon employee stated that since I clicked on two day shipping when I ordered something that puts me as a prime member. So I guess that binds you to a contract. Wow. These companies are out of control. They can just take money from your account when they make a new unwritten rule. I TOLD the worker I didn't sign up for a membership and return my money to my account. I have spent a lot of money with Amazon (I mean a lot), but today I removed my app and will not order there again. That's the problem with these companies, they will do anything to take your money. For the 108.41 they removed from my account today they lost a 1000.00. GREED. I WOULD BE PROSECUTED IF I STOLE MONEY FROM SOMEONE'S ACCOUNT.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
For a month now, I have been unable to place or view orders using my Prime account. Each time I speak to customer service, I get delayed. They have recommended opening a new account, but I'm a Prime member, so they owe me part of that membership fee. Also, I would lose all my order history, etc. I have talked to numerous people in customer service and on their Facebook page. They always say "We need to wait just a little longer". By the way, the apps on the iPhone and iPad don't work either. They just flash several screens and nothing happens. I don't think they know what the problem is and won't admit it. I like being a Prime member. I like ordering from Amazon. But I'm being shut out of my account and robbed of my Prime membership. They have not offered to reimburse me, and I have resisted asking because I want this to get worked out. But I've reached a point where enough is enough.
Updated on 03/14/2018: I recently posted about my Prime Membership problems here, so I won’t repeat myself other than to summarize and say I haven’t been able to place orders for over a month now. I called Amazon Customer Service tonight to cancel my Prime Membership and PMZK asked to have my membership fee returned to me. What I got was more delay tactics. The agent was having problems issuing a refund. After about 20 minutes, she asked if she could work on it and call me back. I asked again for her to confirm she would call me back by a certain time tonight. She said she would. I reluctantly agreed, because I’ve been told that before and never got called back. Sure enough, no one called back. I’m seriously fed up with this problem and with Amazon. This problem should NEVER have gone on this long. I don’t know what else to do except get legal help. I’m being robbed and Amazon apparently doesn’t care. I hate that it’s come to this, but they have left me no choice.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
I purchased a product by Amazon with ICICI offers but they didn't provided me offer and deduct my whole amount by my credit card. When I talked to the customer support team they didn't know how to fix the problem and ignore the issues. Amazon provided me very frustrated service.
Reviewed March 8, 2018
Amazon makes online purchasing easy. The consumer just has to remember to read the fine print on all purchases, especially with third-party vendors and their return policy and contact information for questions.
Reviewed March 7, 2018
Every few months items begin showing up to my house, opened, and delivery time and way of delivery do not match up. I have tried contacting your service members to report as you can locate and identify who is delivering and other issues complained. But nothing ever followed up on. Once again I had a package that said delivered the night before to resident of home at 6:40 pm. The package did not show up until the middle of night somewhere around 4 am as my dog barked a lot then. The package had no package slip in it, and the box was pushed away from the tape and torn on one end. I wish your deliveries always required time stamped photos or signatures.
Reviewed March 7, 2018
I made a purchase on March 2 with Amazon for a Apple iPhone 7 Plus LCD screen. I made an error of pushing the free two day shipping & reached back to Amazon regarding the $106.00 that was taken for Prime membership that I did not want. I was told I would receive a refund of $97.66 & it would take some days for it to come back on my card. While that process was being made I had no money on my card, until March 6th I discovered I had got $47.66 back & not the full remaining amount of the $97.66. I am still missing $50 due to my money I was supposed to have put back on my card. I called my card holding service that I made the purchase with & to receive the remaining on & was told I got charged double for 49.99 for the LCD screen I purchased on the 6th. I am not sure what's going on & why I haven't received the rest I was supposed to be getting back. This whole thing makes me not want to get service from you guys EVER again.
Reviewed March 7, 2018
I am a huge fan of Amazon Prime. My family and I have been members of Amazon Prime for over 3 years. It has been great. Not only can we find everything we are looking for, but it is almost always the lowest price we can find. Shipping is always quick and easy. We have used Amazon Prime to for hundreds of punches and only had one problem, that was quickly fixed. Amazon Prime is a great way to shop and save time and money, no matter what you're looking for.
Reviewed March 6, 2018
I contacted Amazon, via website, and wanted to trade in a NES accessory. The value they gave me was fair. After sending the item, I got an email stating the item had “heavy scratches”. I was puzzled to what they were looking at. The NES accessory (R.O.B.) is in perfect unused condition & had not one scratch on it. So they rejected the item & sent it back. When I opened it, my wife & I both went through the ROB & accessories it comes with & there’s not 1 scratch. Now I wonder why a major business would do such a thing. It raises concerns to who’s appraising these items.
This is a collector's item & because of the condition & accessories (still in original wrapping & new condition, it’s easily worth between $100-$150.) They appraised the item, before looking it over, for $68.00 in-store credit. I figured since I’m always buying stuff on there, that it would be a win-win. I’m just amazed & confused in this experience. I question whether to continue my business with them.
Reviewed March 6, 2018
Will be closing my Amazon permanently. I had been banned by Amazon from leaving customer reviews. UNFAIR, unjust and been a customer since year 2005. WILL NEVER recommend you Amazon to anyone in the future. Will refer them to your competitors for better service and not MISREPRESENTED reviews on your site, since many reviews YOU DO NOT allow to be posted that means your review system for comments is false and misleading. Finally divorcing myself from Amazon business due to your Amazon banning me from writing reviews. Look how much $ I spent in the last few years bringing you business, but I will enrich your competitors.
Reviewed March 6, 2018
I pay for Prime membership and bought gift for my grandson for his birthday. When ordered it said all would arrive except 1 which would arrive a couple of days later. When they sent confirmation email it was different than what was showing on screen. I called them as it was going to be 7 days later they were rude didn't care asked for a manager got a person in another country he called himself Jay Z and he would not listen to me and kept saying no you received an email after purchase saying when it would arrive due to availability. Also very rude.
Why am I paying for a prime membership for 2 day shipping and you are delivering it 7 days later. A little late for a 6 year old's birthday. Don't you think? Called again got someone in US and he agreed it is deceptive but there was nothing he could do. Falsely listing a delivery date and then changing it after purchase is a scam they are pulling. Your customer service is absolutely horrid and unintelligible with English language. Not to mention they don't listen they are reading from an obvious script.
Reviewed March 6, 2018
My single biggest complaint is the 30 day return period. If you want to return something because you just don't like it, you will probably pay for the return. It can be hard to get to the return policy for a supplier; if not stated at all, it is an Amazon return policy. I have found, though, if I gripe about paying for a return, they usually capitulate. They have no physical store like many other online suppliers do, so it is harder to return an item. Items come defective/broken too often. If you are a Prime member, reviewing the monthly statement is a hassle because you have to open the Amazon Orders page as well as the bank page and compare each other. What's good: Amazon sells practically anything.
Reviewed March 6, 2018
I was searching for some products on Amazon without being a registered member, so I thought I am safe and nothing can happen if I am innocently just looking around on the UK site of Amazon. Worst thing happened, they charged me with a lot of money and for what? I do not know, I am still not registered, but my bank statement shows that Amazon took the money. How is this possible? I did not fill in any required cells for the purchase, I did not put anything in the shopping basket... I am very disappointed because I am talking about a lot of money...
How will they ship it to me? They do not know my address so what is happening here? They will ship the product I did not buy to an address I did not give? It is ridiculous... Now that I want to complain, no one answers the phone and (because I am still not registered) I cannot write a complaint to them? I chose the "I cannot register" complaint form to write about this issue, because I cannot complain for a payment without being registered. So how can I be charged if I am not a member? I did not even get an e-mail about the purchase, I don't have an order number...nothing just the bank statement that they just took the money.
Reviewed March 6, 2018
I needed an ignitor to fix my heater, so I made the mistake in ordering it from Amazon. This is a mistake which I won't make again. I paid extra to have the part shipped quicker as I really wanted to get the heater working properly again as it is winter. The part came in 2 days, which was good, but it was useless because it was in numerous pieces. I had to request a return and selected a UPS call tag so that I would not have to waste the time and money to go drop it off at some location. So far I have not been contacted by UPS. It is also important to note that you only get a refund when the part is returned, so if you can't send the part, you don't get your money back.
I also contacted Amazon and was told that I would have to start over again in ordering the part. So I again made a mistake and ordered from another Amazon vendor. I again paid extra for faster shipping as it is cold. This time the part arrived in one piece, which was good, the bad news it was not the part that I ordered, it had the wrong connector and had no mount for it. So again, I had to do the return process, but this time it was worse. The seller had to approve the return. I had included the correct part number, the wrong part number and the fact that it did not have the correct connector or the mount. All of that was ignored and I was asked all sorts of questions, including the serial number of my heater. I didn't answer, but they did approve the return. The problem was that they refuse to pay return shipping. Now, if it was my mistake then I could see having to pay to return it, but since it is their mistake, I am not about to.
Amazon just keeps pointing to the fact that it is a third party vendor, ignoring that it is on their website. They also keep sending stock responses, including one which they say that it is fair that I should have to pay to return it, yet they really don't explain how exactly that is fair. I ordered and paid for a part which I never received. I received something that I didn't order. For some reason they can't understand that I should not have to pay for the return for the wrong part. Amazon has been completely useless in terms of resolving this. Hopefully my credit card company can do a better job.
Reviewed March 5, 2018
On multiple occasions I have used Prime for ordering items that I needed by a certain day and my orders were delivered to another address. I have worked with customer service on this issue, putting in the most basic notes for the Amazon drivers to follow. This problem only occurs when the delivery is made by an Amazon driver. It is very frustrating that these orders I NEED in a timely manner, for which I rely on my Amazon Prime delivery guarantee, are not even delivered to my door. Each time this happens I am on the phone with customer service for at least an hour.
First I have to defend myself and explain over and over that the packages were not stolen. They were not delivered to my residence. Luckily, The only good thing about Amazon now is that when they deliver and no one accepts the package they take a picture of the doorstep where the items were left. And the doorstep that my things are left at does not resemble mine. Unfortunately, this only works if the person at the location where my items were delivered to does not answer the door and accept my purchases.
The next lengthy amount of time is spent trying to resolve the problem, for which all that can be done is to put notes in my account. Pointless if the driver does not take the time to read the simple notes clearly showing a gate that requires a code in order to enter the complex. Pretty clear... If there is no gate you are in the wrong place.
The most frustrating thing is that this has happened so many times, only with Amazon contracted out drivers, and all Amazon can do is refund my orders. Then I have to wait for my refund, take the time to reorder my items, and wait again for them to be delivered. This is way longer than the 2 day shipping guarantee that I am paying for in my Prime membership.
Over the Christmas holiday this happened yet again, some of my purchases, Christmas presents for my kids, we unable to be reordered because they were no longer in stock. Other items arrived after Christmas. This was by far the most disappointing. And once again the most compensation I received was an unemotional, unsympathetic apology and my next month of Prime membership free of charge. Not nearly enough to equal the looks of disappointment on my children's faces. Especially my son for whom I ordered a singing toothbrush (he is autistic and brushing teeth can be challenging) that was the last remaining in stock by a third party seller and I was unable to locate anywhere else.
I understand problems occur, some employees are not reliable, mistakes happen, nothing can ever REALLY be guaranteed, but a little bit more compassion, a little more effort to solve the problem, a little bit more customer service than "all I can do Is..."(basically inconvenience you more and make you wait longer and have a nice day). If I am not raising my voice in frustration at the customer service associate I am speaking with and being patient and respectful think I am entitled to more than a half ass attempt to solve my problem.
I realize I am only one solitary customer amongst billions and losing my business won't make the slightest dent in your earnings, even if I told every single person I know how I feel about Amazon right now and you lost their business it would not be felt on your end. It saddens me that the consumer as a person does not matter when it comes to a big corporation. In fact, the customer service employee on the other end of my call probably doesn't matter to the "big guy" and this is why I am treated as such. My rant won't likely be read or acknowledged by person high up in the Amazon corporate ranks. If it is then I will feel satisfaction in that someone took time to listen and maybe even change the way Amazon treats their customers and attempts made to resolve customer issues. Possibly even go as far as engage their employees and value the job they do, as they represent you and are your voice to your customers.
Reviewed March 5, 2018
Trying to order product with free shipping with spending over a certain amount. At check out Amazon would not let me finish checking out until I signed up for Amazon Prime. If I did not sign up they were charging me shipping fees. I had to sign up with Amazon Prime to finish ordering and processing what I wanted, so I totally cancelled my order. I have no order numbers, receipts to show you. I was trying to order the Spiralizer Vegetable slicer, 7 blade. Never would let me finish ordering.
Reviewed March 4, 2018
Years ago hands down the best way to shop the internet and get closer to the cheapest prices with actual 2 day shipping but sadly in the last 2 years it has gone from the best to worst and this will probably be my last year as a Prime member. Before if you use to order something before 12 pm CST it for processed and shipped out that day with almost guaranteed to be sitting at your door on the 3rd day compared to now. For instance my MSI motherboard crapped out and I needed a new 1 asap as I game and watch all my TV shows and movies on my computer. Knowing getting an RMA established, shipped, processed and shipped back you're looking at 1-2 months. I unfortunately found out by others' reviews on customer service.
I checked on Newegg as they are always the cheapest but shipping is generally 4-7 days to get to my house so I found it on Amazon from an Amazon service warehouse which after tax and not getting the rebate offered from Newegg it ran me an extra $20 sum after tax which I decided wasn't bad because I'm too lazy to do the rebate anyways making it only 10-15 dollars higher and free Prime 2 day shipping should have placed it on my doorstep Monday morning before the blizzard is supposed to hit. Placed the order using debit card so there would be no waiting for transfer to clear as I've done for over 5 years now. After it was ordered and paid for I had gotten my confirmation email at 11:38 am Friday morning. Waited all day Friday and it never shipped. Waited all day Saturday and it never shipped.
The package finally left the warehouse to be taken to the carrier Sunday morning at 2 am with a guaranteed delivery (as of the last 2 years their guaranteed delivery really means it could happen but if it doesn't you just have to wait and you will not receive anything to compensate for late delivery compared to years ago when it was late. You got digital credit or so much off your next order). Delivery claims to be here Tuesday but beings there is no USPS, FedEx or UPS service open for parcel drop there is no way it will be loaded onto a truck until Monday afternoon so even if it doesn't blizzard the real delivery day will be Wed-Fri and if it does blizzard I'll be lucky to get it before next week.
There is no excuse for an order coming from their own warehouse not being processed and shipped by end of day if ordered in the a.m. especially for Prime members. Definitely no excuse for not shipping the whole day Saturday which needed to be done to meet the guaranteed Tuesday 2 day shipping deadline as 2 day shipping isn't delivered until the 3rd day. You send it out Sunday morning to the shipper which will not have the staff on to get it on the truck Monday. Seriously Amazon you just took longer to process the order than to ship it? Should have just used Newegg as it would have gotten here at the same time if not sooner for a lot less money and rebates on top of it.
Bullet points: Two day guaranteed shipping is now no longer any faster than standard 5-7 shipping due to slow processing times. Guaranteed delivery date isn't worth the paper it's printed on anymore so all your guarantee amounts to is a piece of ** in a box marked guaranteed. Prime products are almost always equal to or more expensive than just upping the shipping option on other companies products which will get you 3 day shipping for the same price and it will be quickly processed and shipped that very day or right away the next morning or just using standard free 4-7 day shipping. Prime selection over the last 2 years has gone from well over 50% prime eligible down to under 25% prime eligible while 20% of the 25% could be shipped at the same speed, price and cost plus the Prime membership fees $75+ annually for a service that is a scam nowadays.
Products marked new are rarely ever truly new anymore as I have gotten soo many packages that were obviously opened, used and resent back to Amazon especially automotive parts. Don't ever trust Amazon to list correct matching parts as almost half of every automotive part I have bought from their claimed to fit vehicle only to search the web a little and find out it's the wrong part listed. Too many fake reviews on Amazon products which focus mainly on high priced items and pushing cheap sub par Chinese products which don't last or work to begin with. Lots of times if you ordered 2 of a product you will get 1 of the brand and the of product you originally ordered and a similar part different brand which is usually cheaper quality, noticeable differences between the products from looks, faster wear and tear and breaks down faster than that of which you paid for.
This literally happens all the time with Prime membership nowadays and states attorneys really should be charging for fraud as they are making false claims on shipping times but every state they are located in refuse to punish them because they are too big to be found guilty of a crime I guess. As for their TV and video application it's one of the worst user interfaces around. Their programming which never comes out with any new content or has anything to really work watching with a very limited selection rated at more than 3 stars and most of their content can already be seen from Hulu, Netflix and crackle. The company is a joke now.
Updated review: March 6, 2018
Amazon reached out to me and made things right. No further complaints from me.
Original Review: March 4, 2018
I waited all day Saturday because the idiots at UPS put my order on delivery before the scheduled arrival for Monday 5th. I had to stop my plans to stay home all day and cancel my Saturday plans. To make matters worse, after I contacted Amazon's customer service center at 8 pm eastern, the package was still showing as out for delivery. The 1st customer service rep Diana, got UPS on a three-way call and they said that they stopped delivering at 10 pm eastern and my stop was last. I waited an additional 2 hours. After 10, UPS removed the out for delivery scan and replaced it with a destination arrival scan.
I called Amazon back and spoke with John. He got UPS on a three way call again, and UPS's customer service rep lied and said it was never scanned as out for delivery. You can clearly see on the Amazon site, it was put on delivery! My whole day was wasted because some idiot at UPS couldn't wait to deliver it Monday! Dealing with customer service reps that aren't fluent and well versed in the English language made it even more frustrating. They gave me generic answers and were no better than talking to an automated system! I've had previous issues with Amazon so needless to say that this is the last time I choose them for my online shopping needs. They are terrible! I truly believe that outsourcing has greatly affected their effectiveness in regards to customer service...
Reviewed March 4, 2018
Amazon Prime media content-movies and TV series: For the "watch while abroad" there's just not much, it barely adds anything, what's there is of marginal quality/interest - stuff you've never heard of. The one good series, how and why I bought it for $11 a month is "Sneaky Pete" an Amazon produced series, really good. Then, the second season comes along, finally, and we are not allowed to watch it due to "geographical restrictions." How come we could see the first season. I'm done! Over-priced and the oddball access while overseas (where I live) is just way too frustrating. And, at $11 a month way overpriced too. Adios Amazon.
Reviewed March 4, 2018
I recently ordered two sets of items that were due to arrive separately. Despite receiving a shipment notification the next day, the first set never arrived of my order never arrived, whereas the second set did a few days later (but on their predicted delivery date - earlier in fact). I have been a Prime customer for years, since the program's inception really, but have recently begun experiencing failures with delivery, especially with this new system that Amazon uses of contracting out deliveries to unaffiliated subcontractors with who knows what type of screening. When I contacted Amazon about the missing portion of the order, I was told by the agent that he was in touch with the shipper directly and they had the package and would redeliver the following day. Two days later, still no package. I contacted Amazon again. And was told the very same thing again.
This would make the package 4 days late... assuming it would even arrive. I opted to reorder the items as part of another order, and was able to get them that same day. I cancelled the original order. What happened to the first set of items will likely remain a mystery. All I know is that customer service was useless in finding a solution, and Amazon seems to have a problem with these new contractors it is using. They're probably dirt cheap in comparison to UPS and FedEx, but they're failing. I wasted time on this, and thankfully the item wasn't a crucial or one of a kind and irreplaceable. What used to be a guaranteed thing (Amazon's quote for a "guaranteed" delivery date and time and even more simply that it would arrive at all) no longer is, so I have to question whether I would want to use them for anything important or time-sensitive moving forward.
There is nothing transparent about their business model (e.g. who is selling a particular item - I bought an item one day, only to find the next day that said item had "sold out" but was now being offered by a different vendor for substantially less than what I paid) and now their delivery practices are questionable. "Customer reviews," even "verified purchasers" are questionable at best and now becoming scandalously unreliable (there are even sites like FakeSpot that have popped up to analyze product reviews and are coming back with failing grades). If you consider the pricing issues, the delivery problems and weigh that against the fact that I order perhaps only 15-20 things a year at the very most, that's a high failure rate for the price I pay as a Prime member, or even just being a customer. Likewise, they are starting to become a drain on communities:
I attempted to rent a van through Enterprise last November only to find that there were no vehicles available since all had been leased by the local Amazon distribution center for deliveries, presumably using independently contracted drivers. At first I thought their new business model back in November of 2016 was great, with Amazon assuming responsibility for delivery of their items, was a great, novel idea. But now I'm starting to see the worms in the apple, and I question whether Amazon's new plan will ultimately fail. The age old story of a great business growing too fast and shooting itself in the foot in the process.
Reviewed March 3, 2018
This past weekend I tried several times to make a purchase. However, every time I tried I was locked out of my account under the pretense of ‘protecting my information’. Now, I’m all for account security. But this is ridiculous. I can’t even make purchases because I’m apparently hacking my own account. Other websites have miraculously found ways to secure people’s accounts successfully without completely preventing them from shopping there. Yet you guys can’t seem to get it right.
On top of that, when I was finally able to access my account again, I was forced to reset my password. Lo and behold, it proceeded to tell me that the password I had JUST set not 30 seconds ago was incorrect. Suffice it to say that I am absolutely furious and would highly recommend you find a new place to shop. Amazon is terrible. Their customer service will not help you. And you will repeatedly be locked out your account when you try to make a purchase of more then $10 at a time. If I could give a 0 star review I would. Sadly I have to give at least 1. This was an absolutely terrible experience. STAY AWAY.
Reviewed March 3, 2018
I have only used Amazon a few times and the last two times I was completely disappointed. One of the products was completely the wrong size and the second were two dog beds that have completely come apart. Horrible products. I sent a picture and email with no response and also tried to rate the product and they would not post my rating because I mentioned that I reached out to Amazon with no response. The customer response I got was rude and completely unhelpful. I will not be ordering from them again.
Reviewed March 3, 2018
It is amazing how often I use Amazon. The selections are very good, prices are fair and delivery is such a timely fashion. I will keep using Amazon as long as they keep up with their offers.
Reviewed March 1, 2018
I had ordered this hutch (black server with medium cherry wood top and two door hutch) for my apt as extra space, it came in 3 large heavy boxes. Trying to put it together was a joke, nothing aligned up as the instructions said, it became ridiculous, the boxes it came in were almost destroyed during shipping, I managed to recover 1 of them, but need another one large enough to piece the items back in. Amazon will not return my money till it returns to them, in the meantime, UPS, FEDEX cannot pick up this material. I was on the phone all day trying to figure out how to get this returned, I cant return to work till this dang thing is out and gone! $400.00 for this piece of crap made by Home Styles Furniture.
At this point a Specialty freight company is working on coming out to retrieve this thing. This isn't the first item that Amazon's 3rd parties have sent stuff cheaply through shippers. Everyone knows USPS and UPS toss boxes around like it's a rag breaking whatever is inside the box. From now on I will shop at a place that has it in my view unharmed and buy it. But NEVER again will I be put through this. Amazon is a joke and seems to think everyone has all this free time and rolling in the dough. In their mind, it's DEAL with IT!
Reviewed March 1, 2018
I purchase MP3 song downloads through Amazon.com; I can only listen to the songs if I'm signed in to Amazon.com. I also recently was informed in writing - after my Amazon.com general account was reported by Amazon.com as internally hacked and I had to close 2 credit cards + spend 3 months disputing charges for non-delivered + diverted/stolen merchandise - that Amazon.com would delete the hundreds of dollars I've spent over the years on MP3 music I paid to purchase if I closed my internally compromised Amazon.com account. I was also informed in writing that the hundreds of dollars I'd paid to purchase MP3 music downloads would still be deleted if I opened a new and as of yet non-internally hacked Amazon.com account! Destroying my paid purchases was not a condition ever disclosed to me at any time over the years I made hundreds of MP3 song purchases through Amazon.com
Reviewed March 1, 2018
I reported my Kindle device as lost and I was told that it would be deactivated and I could reactivate it if the device was located. Well, I found the device, and contacted Kindle support, but no one knew how to activate my device. One representative, even after I explained that the device was reported as lost and was therefore deactivated, asked me why my apps and books were deleted!! So he was not paying attention at all to what I was saying. I talked to a total of 3 different representatives, all from either India or the Philippines, none who know what they were doing when activating my device. One idiot even said, your WiFi is bad, when I could clearly see that it was connected just fine.
I finally gave up after over two hours of speaking with people who knew nothing about what they were doing. My goal is to be able to speak with an English speaking person who is knowledgeable and who can solve my problem without suggesting ridiculous remedies because he doesn't know how to solve my issue. The poorest customer service I have ever received from any retailer, including Best Buy, the nation's worst. Now Amazon is competing for the worst customer service on the planet.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
I received a package from Amazon and it did not have a sender. I called to find out where and who it came from and they could not help me. I was treated very badly on the phone. It is like if they are not making money they do not have time for you. I have noticed that before with Amazon. If you are spending money they are hopeful, if you have a question or want a refund you can forget it. They have no use for you. Very, very greedy company and I am afraid it is only going to get worse! So watch out. Forewarning to all you who think this company is good!
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
We have been double charged for from Amazon 2X in the past 3 days. How pathetic right? They double charged me for a shirt I ordered. Luckily, I caught them. Then, they turn around and do it again today with Starz subscription. And when you call them to fix it they are RUDE. I have NEVER in my life been so mistreated!! This company is going to go downhill real fast with nasty people like that working for it!! I am going to cancel our subscription to Amazon. eBay is looking a lot better to me than it used to. (Grass is always greener people)!!!
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2018
I ordered Prestige wet grinder 2 litres from Amazon in the month of January and the product was damaged as usual and placed a return request. Had to wait for 2 weeks to pick the damaged item, upon multiple times raised same request via customer care. A delivery guy came and picked the item and left. He said no receipt will be given as he's from Amazon and in his vehicle, he has quite some parcels to be delivered. From next day got calls from multiple delivery guys for pickup, but item was already returned. Very poor delivery and lethargic way Amazon responds. I'm afraid my amount will never be refunded and the trust with Amazon is lost now, it’s one of the tricks to loot money from customers.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
This is the worst company ever. Rude reps. I paid for my item to come next day. Never got it to this day. Come to find out it was never sent out, the shipping company they use left my package at other apts and at my door when it states leave at office causing many of my packages to be stolen. 5 to be exact. They don’t care about the consumers at all. No more of my money.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
I had issues with damaged products shipped to me from Amazon and returning them it took months to get my money and shipping charges back. After several issues I quit using Amazon for 2 years and actually was able to find all items I purchased during that time for the same or better price on other sites without the issues of damaged items. I recently the past 2 months have purchased items again from Amazon and again had the same issues. Items shipped in oversized boxes with absolutely no packing and items shipped damaged and after returning the items and no refund weeks later. I called Amazon and the first customer service agent hung up on me.
After calling back and talking to a fake so called manager who could obviously care less they received their item back and haven't refunded my money I decided I will once again not use Amazon again. I left reviews before and once again on the damaged items I recently received and none of those posts were posted on their site so they obviously scan their reviews and only post what they want.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
I ordered 6 packages of sound activated EL wire lighting on my Prime membership. ALL 6 are defective. The battery packs are missing springs to hold the batteries so they don't hit the connectors, a couple did not have ON switches, just a hole where they should be, and so on. Amazon Prime Quality Control is non-existent these days. I have issues with the quality of items, or defective items about 60% of the time.
I use PRIME because shipping is fast, and I have limited time, but lately PRIME is costing me 3 times the amount of time I have - I am running around looking for other suppliers who can ship my order quickly because nobody at Amazon tested, reviewed or looked at the products they sent to me. In my opinion Amazon is not concerned with customer service or satisfaction, or this would not be happening so frequently. I'm finished expecting anything other than items that are poorly made and subpar. I can't wait to see how long it takes before 60% of the product I order starts showing up spoiled.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2018
I buy a lot of stuff from Amazon, really simple to use. Search what you want, add to cart and purchase. You can see what others review of the product is before making the decision on getting it. Only downside for me will be the shipping, certain stuff do have free shipping but if I want fast shipping, I find that paying for prime is a little too expensive and if free shipping is not an option the shipping cost is not worth buying it online anymore.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018
I bought this article for $5.98 and I was in the process of return it but Amazon wants me to pay $8.00 for shipping back to them. In that way they force me to keep it. This is a one way solution for customers. Be aware when you buy.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018
I received a book as a gift, which cost the purchaser $14.47. I already owned the book, so returned it expecting to pay for the return shipping. They deducted the return shipping and $7.28 to restock the book, so I got a refund of $2.96! What a rip off.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2018
I report to you again, your couriers are grossly incompetent in customer satisfaction, and delivery. Yesterday, I was scheduled to receive a package at my home address. I've experienced 7-8 other instances where the Amazon Logistics courier marks a package as delivered, but doesn't actually do so. Using the feature that shows where the driver is I sat outside at 5:30pm. My item was marked as delivered as I sat outside of my unit still awaiting it. At 7:40pm, and several mosquito bites later, I contact customer service to inform you of the issue. A feedback form is supposedly submitted, notes made for logistics to investigate, and refunded (for the 7-8 time). At 11:09pm, an off duty officer informs me that there are multiple packages callously left in the public unsecured mailroom with mine being one of them. I retrieve it and I contact you again to inform.
One more item is due to arrive on today 02-25-18 so I repeat the waiting outside tactic. I verified the front gate was open, and I waited. 1hr 45 minutes later at 4:26pm package is marked delivered, and notated "Left in mailroom". I sprint 30 seconds from the notification to the mailroom, and see no packages whatsoever. I then run to the front of the property through the open gate, only to witness one of your white vans spinning out its tires, cutting off 2 cars on the street, speeding away dangerously. I then look to my left only to see AGAIN my packages, as well as 4 others left directly on the closed front office porch.
The front gate was open (AGAIN), the delivery location was blatantly purposefully false (AGAIN), and even though I reported this issue yesterday night, you all still allowed an incompetent individual to repeat the same horrific actions that confirm your utter decline in customer service, and furthermore potentially cost customers, and Amazon irreplaceable time, resources, and money. As of today I am cancelling my Prime membership, as well as everyone else whose packages were mishandled for the past few months, and this weekend, and informing others the way the price you pay yearly, and individually is not worth the gross theft, incompetence, and time spent contacting you to get a credit that just allows the couriers to repeat the same actions that warranted the compensation in the first place.
Eventually your ratings will fall below 2/5, deal a major blow to your business. I've been a member since 2011, but only since you began using your own delivery service, have people been extremely dissatisfied. If you have to remove one person, or an entire distribution staff, something needs to be done. Some delivery drivers are amazingly professionally proficient, but most that I encounter for my area have no business working this job. Update: I just realized that one of the two packages I ordered was also marked as "refused". How could I refuse a package I never saw if it was marked as left in a mail room? Just another issue added on the mountain of incompetence this company has shown. Extremely disappointed...
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018
Ordered Christmas present 12/18/17 delivery by 12/21/17 with Christmas note to be included in pkg. I spoke to 2 reps item being packaged for shipping 3rd person it takes 5-7 days to ship, advised my order says nothing like that, then he told me it wasn't in stock is why it's not shipped, when was I going to be notified? Put on hold comes back and tells me it's in packaging! Seriously? Which is it? The next day I got someone else.
At this point not happy at all due to Christmas is basically here and no present. This 4th person finally got information said would ship 12/29/17. Item received 1/3/18 box missing piece, torn, half open on ends, can already see toolbox has scratches due to holes in box. Shipping label quite interesting as my item was shipped from AMAZON RETURNS DEPT. knowing it sent me a damaged product. Opened. Have pics the toolbox dented severely. Lid won't even close etc. Christmas message wasn't included on phone until 3am with them.
Replacement ordered as a gift order no charge. 1/9/18 received again dented again. Christmas message included with half the message missing but included cost. Notified Amazon. I am livid at this point. Notified Lund International to advise of product damage by Amazon should look into. They notified me it won’t even fit the truck Amazon advertised it for. FALSE ADVERTISING! Go figure refund received. No return label sent. 17 days later- threat email to charge my card (more than I paid also) if item not returned. Mail label in email. 2/23/18 finally picked up. 43 days I stored their item but won't pay storage fees nor refund gift order. 11 Prime member means nothing. Ended service. Stay away from these crooks. They don't even know what they are.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018
I joined the Prime membership for fast shipping and "free two day shipping". Neither is true of this entity as I now can wait for two weeks take get my delivery. Added to their scam is that I live in Alaska and many of their items cannot be shipped to this state which of course can change when you get to the "checkout". The best of their scams is how one saves a product for later, all of a sudden it can change from free shipping to this item cannot be shipped to your location. It also appears that they can switch a product in and out of Prime, let's say I wanted a tow hitch. The one I need is not on Prime yet every other hitch is on Prime but does not fit my vehicle due to the fact they have a record of my vehicle in the "garage" portion on my account. I did write to the FTC but of course nothing was ever done about their scams.
Reviewed Feb. 25, 2018
For one, Prime promises 2-day shipping for free. This is cool except I'd say 30% of my orders do not arrive by the "guaranteed" date. "Guaranteed" is the language Amazon uses. After several of these late deliveries, Amazon offered me 12 months of Prime free. Great! NOPE!! 8 months later as my billing date approached I noticed it hadn't changed. I called and asked why and the customer service representative stated it was a mistake, and it should only have said 1 month. In my opinion that is their mistake, and they should honour what they originally stated. I've also noticed in general their customer service and on time delivery has been getting worse over time.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
We received 2 Amazon Prime cards in the mail. Since we hadn't requested them, I called Amazon. I spent over 2 hours on the phone and the chat room. I was transferred to Chase who said that Amazon had to take care of the problem. Later, through the chat, I was told to call Chase again who in turn told me to talk to Amazon. Today, I called again and was transferred to a computer generated answering device. None of the options applied. I called back and was told that the only solution was to appeal the Prime charges when I get them. This is the first time I've had a serious problem with Amazon.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
Delivery charges for Pitambari Gomutra Capsules are VERY HIGH. I don't understand why delivery charge is of Rs 50 on every bottle if someone purchase more bottles. I paid Rs 400 for delivery of 8 bottles, it should be around Rs 100-Rs 150. If I order 50 bottles do I have to pay Rs 2500 for delivery. This not good.
Reviewed Feb. 24, 2018
Be careful because Amazon uses the review a product feature to lure people in — they won’t always post bad reviews. That happened to me. And not only did they not post, when I called to ask why - no explanation was given or even an email response as promised. They outsource a lot! It’s frustrating! I did some math and based on what I spend in monthly fees and what I order on Amazon that I wouldn’t normally order, only because it’s easy, I am NOT getting a good deal being a Prime member. I feel like I’m being completely taken advantage of and man-handled by their customer service and policies. I canceled my subscription today! I’m never going back!
Reviewed Feb. 23, 2018
This is comments against Amazon, not the product. Amazon lost my product during delivery and issue me a refund as compensation. I was so angry at the time. Did not really think about it much. But then, what is Amazon actually compensating me for the product that I did not receive. How about my inconvenience, griefs, and lost of productivities. Is Amazon telling me that they are actually very gracious at me by issuing me a refund for the thing I did not receive. Hell no, I do not anticipation to pay for the things I do not receive. When you issue a refund for a merchandise that a customer did not receive without replacement, it is not a compensation. I called back later and asked them to send out a replacement for free as compensation, and they told me they cannot do it, it is against company policy. They will have to charge me for the replacement product, so my question is what are they compensating me exactly? NOTHING!
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018
OK. Ordered 29/01/2018. Now 22/02/2018 and all I have to show for my order is STRESS and monetary costs for the BAD EXPERIENCE. I was a first time Amazon shopper thinking they were an honorable and reliable online store, how wrong I was! The goods were in stock and they took my money FAST! I thought the delivery charge was extremely high and the delivery time very slow but I waited! Meanwhile I received lots e-mail adds and fake promises that my order was on track, many fake e-mails saying my order would be delivered tomorrow, many tomorrows later and now far past the delivery-date I have NOT HAD ANY GOODS DELIVERED.
After sending Amazon many e-mails asking for help all I have received back are adds and gibberish automated responses claiming all sorts of excuses, all of which were in fact proven to be FAKE. I finally got a partial refund and will never Shop there again. I warn all other people this place is a big SCAM. They do NOT DELIVER! They have NO CUSTOMER SERVICE. There is no one to talk to or hold responsible for their constant and unending lies.
Reviewed Feb. 21, 2018
AMAZON STOLE MY MONEY! Please understand how desperate I am because Amazon keeps changing the story. On Friday 19 Amazon told me my order was delayed and I would receive it on Saturday. On Saturday the 20th Amazon told me they were issuing a refund. Offering no further explanation until I called them and then they decided to confess they had lost my package. On Sunday 21st I received an email saying my order had been dispatched. When I called Amazon they told me that email was a mistake and that my refund was going to be issued the following day. Meaning they hadn't done it on the 20th as they had previously told me. I was instructed to wait for 7 days to received my refund. On the 23rd I contacted Amazon and they confirmed my refund had actually been issued on the 20th. Meaning the information I received on the 21 was wrong, again.
On the 30th they gave me a reference number and told me to check with my bank because the refund was accepted. That same day I called VISA and the told me they hadn't received any refund because my payment was done with a Debit card. So I called Amazon again and they told me to speak with my branch: BBVA. My branch claimed they didn't received any refund as well. For the following 3 days I called them asking, "to get a legally validated proof that you issued the refund." Because the reference number could be a fake one so I need clear proof to ask the branch to double check if they got the refund.
So a month has gone by. I sent Amazon 43 emails and called them 21 time (got proof of this) and what I discovered is that THEY ISSUED THE REFUND TO ANOTHER BRANCH, not to mine. So actually they refunded my money TO ANOTHER PERSON! Really lame isn't it? The best part is that THEY STILL HAVEN'T CORRECTED THIS. They say I need to phone the other branch, which I am not a client, and ask for them to recognize the refund. How on earth do they expect me to do this? Honestly Amazon, use your brains!!!
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
Amazon has locked me out of their review process for apparently failing to meet their review guidelines. I have read their guidelines and do not think I have violated them in any way. True to their word they will not respond to any queries regarding the subject. If Amazon truly wanted honest, unpartial reviews why would they lock out a customer of over 10 years without at least citing the specific review? I have a fair idea of the review in question but can’t remark specifically should I be wrong. The suspected review was the only “1” rating I have submitted. The product doesn’t work and I submitted a picture showing the reason for the rating. Following this review I was notified of my not being able to submit any further reviews.
Amazon is a fine company and I am a Prime customer. I enjoyed expressing my opinion on products purchased through them. I have never had need to say anything negative about Amazon until this instance. I’m hoping other Amazon reviewers haven’t ran into the review blockade without justification. I am a 77 years old male, an Air Force Enlisted Retiree, have a college degree, and worked professionally for a respected Space and Defense Company Engineer for 20 years. I feel the need to offer reviews as a duty to prospective buyers as a thanks for their own reviews. Other people’s reviews are influencing and my having unknowingly lost that privilege is disturbing.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
This is my first time ever using Amazon because everyone ranted and raved about them. Not very impressed with them, they said a package would come on Monday but now instead it’s maybe going to be Thursday because the package got sent to a completely different state. The customer service lady at Amazon said it was the USPS fault but the USPS said it was undeliverable because Amazon sent it the wrong address! First time ever using Amazon and last time ever.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
I ordered a model of a B-52. It arrived with broken parts. I gave it one star, and this exact wordage; "Arrived with several parts broken. An engine pod, and a missile pod were broken off, and cannot be glued back in place. I have no intention of getting a replacement, since the packaging allows the cheap plastic parts to break easily. Too bad. It looks like a nice model." It was rejected due to the "cheap plastic parts" wording. No name calling. No vulgarity. Just an honest appraisal of the product. So don't be fooled by the "reviews" on Amazon. It appears they cannot be trusted to show defective products.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2018
Amazon is great but they deal with the worst bank ever. I have had nothing but problems with Synchrony Bank from the day I took this card. They have gone without authorization into my credit report to see what I do with my other cards. I have 8 credit cards all with a zero balance except one and Synchrony Bank chose to lower my limit because they don’t like what I do with my other cards. What business is that of theirs? So by lowering my credit limit they have now given me a black mark on my credit. I spend a lot of money with Amazon but will consider taking my and my companies and recommend to my other associates to do the same if Amazon doesn’t get a different bank to deal with.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
Amazon (without my knowledge or approval) charged my account $49.53 and I had to make multiple phone calls to get my money back. They say within 3-5 business days on one letter and 10 days on another (clearly they don’t know which end is up). How on earth does a company have the right to charge you for something you neither wanted, nor authorized?? This is fraud. Amazon is breaking the law and counting on people not paying attention to where their money is going. In other words Amazon makes money on people’s ignorance and by fraudulent methods. Seriously, when is enough going to be enough? When is Consumer Affairs actually going to do something to help us? Frankly, you don’t seem to care anymore than Amazon does. The fleecing of America. I still don’t have my money back you thieves!!!
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
Agarwal of Amazon.com, Leaders establish the vision for the future and set the strategy for getting there. You have none, You are pathetic and socially uneducated. How did you get job? It has been two week your delivery man ran away with my money, please cancel all my pending orders.There is lack of personal contact between the seller and the buyer. There is Fraud, and confronted with the problems of numerous correspondence It cannot meet the unexpected objections raised by customers. It cannot give personal advice and assurance that the goods sold by mail will satisfy the requirements of customers.
Reviewed Feb. 19, 2018
Received an email from Amazon concerning returned items. Yes I returned 9 order of 33 items ordered in 2017. The only reason I return the items was it was defective or was not what it was stated to do or perform as stated on the Amazon order website. Is this an "unusual number of your recent orders" that have been returned? Called Amazon customer service to speak to someone. They were confused as to the email. Ask to speak to someone else about this. Was placed on hold and no one came back to hear my complaint, which was what is an unusual number of your recent orders have been returned. Amazon change the way they credited returned orders in October 2017. This was not well receive by sellers. Could this be Amazon solution to show its sellers it's trying to intimidate customers to not return items by sending email like this? As the email from Amazon stated, I contacted via email and by phone.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018
They automatically debited my cc for the next year, adding 9.1% tax on to the $99. I never got any warning it (Prime) was expiring. Just shocked to see there is no way to stop this. They have your CC number and just feel free to automatically charge for another whole year. Not sure if I will cancel it or not. I may not get my money back from them.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018
Amazon Prime membership is not worth it. Order # **. Submitted order Nostalgic Warehouse Meadows Plate with Keyhole Privacy Meadows Door Knobs in Timeless Bronze. I have submitted the order 3 times now. The first 2 times I was sent the 4 door locks all in different colors. The item is shipped and fulfilled by Amazon. NOT sure how they sent me 4 different colors on 2 different orders. They are careless and have wasted my time. I am in the middle of a home renovation and cannot finish because of Amazon’s error. Must have the installer come back. Horrible experience and HORRIBLE customer service. Not sure what part of the world I am calling. No managers available.
Reviewed Feb. 17, 2018
Since Q4 '17 I have been experiencing ongoing issues with prime shipments being late. This week I received a notice that my shipment was lost or damaged. Support offered to send me another shipment at no additional cost to me. Not Free, just promised to send me what I purchased that should had been there 2 days prior. Previous complaints regarding late orders resulted in an offer of an extra month of prime - Big Deal if you can't rely on it! I make decisions to buy using my Prime based on it getting to me quicker than I can run to the store.
Today I contacted them via Chat about one of my two Fire Sticks not work at all. I did all the troubleshooting and they asked me to go through it again which was fine. Then she concluded that I needed to speak to Tech Support. She asked for my number and the system called us. I spoke with a rep for a few mins and he asked if I would hold while he consulted his Supervisor/Team Lead.
40 minutes later I opened a new Chat to ask if a 40min hold was normal. The rep said sorry and he could help me. He did not ask me to any further trouble shoots - just concluded that I needed to spend another $40 and buy a new one. He would give me 20% off. He could not tell me the "life expectancy" of a Fire Stick or any other statistics - they on have a 90 day warranty! I bought 2 of these things. The second device that is working needs to get disconnected when we aren't using it or the TV turns on and off. Now 50 minutes into being "on hold" for Tech Support, the call disconnects.
I spent the better part of my afternoon trying to fix the issue and they want me to buy another one. I then get an email from someone from the supervisor team and it certainly reads like a templated response and it basically said the same thing, "Sorry you need to buy another Fire Stick" - Some Customer Service! Service and Delivery are deteriorating. I've been so disappointed. I've been a Prime member for years and have never experienced anything like this.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
Started the free 30 day Prime to see how it would be, with full intentions of continuing if all went well and was worth the $100 a year. I made and paid for an order that said in stock with free 2 day Prime shipping. I checked status the next day and it said I would receive my order in 5 to 6 days. I emailed in and explained what happened, they wrote back that they would put it on next day delivery at no charge.
About 10 minutes later I get a text from my credit card company saying a new charge was just done on Amazon. I logged on and looked on my Amazon account to find they charged me for the next day shipping. I contacted them again and they said they were sorry and they would credit my account within the next 3 to 5 days, then continued to tell me they were going to extend my Prime membership for another month. A couple days later they attempted to charge my card for membership fees, but I had put a hold on my card so it was denied. I contacted them right away and their response was that they are cancelling my membership.
Reviewed Feb. 16, 2018
Amazon used to be my go-to site for a lot of products. Quick shipping, excellent prices and they stood behind any issues with the product. However my last 2 orders have been very poor to the point of unacceptable. Here is my issue - I just received a replacement electronic part where the package (and contents) was damaged in shipping. I am having to pay postage to return the item. A little over a week ago I placed an order and one item was wrong (my mistake and I am honest about that). Amazon forced me to pay over $8 to ship back a 2 ounce strip of computer memory. I had no option to pay postage out of my pocket. This is the level of service us Prime members receive??? Amazon is making eBay look better and better, and that is saying a lot.
Reviewed Feb. 14, 2018
They do not allow us to contact them except when our issue falls into their specified category. I am trying to use my rewards toward an order I will place. Alternatively, I want to cancel my account with them, cancel Prime and cancel my credit card and I want to tell them this. I know I can cancel the credit card separately so don't tell me that.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2018
During checkout on Amazon a screen came up asking if I would like to receive free 2-day shipping—when I clicked the link for more information, I was enrolled in Prime and charged $109 without being told what the cost was. There was no confirmation or way to back out of the transaction. I had to call Amazon customer support to get it cancelled (there was no easy link like starting it), and although the charge was immediate, I was told the refund would take 3-5 business days. The Consumer Protection Act requires business to disclose all fees before for goods and services before charging them.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2018
Like many others, I have had years of good experience with Amazon but that has all been negated by my present situation. I purchased a computer in the week between Christmas and New Years. I received my delivery on Jan 9th. Problem was that it was not the computer I ordered. It was same make but with inferior processor and half the memory. I contacted Amazon immediately and then authorized a return. Their mis-shipped item was back at UPS less than 3 hours after delivery. UPS verified receipt by Amazon. A message was posted to my account that a full refund had been granted. Problem arose when nothing had been credited to my account by the 26th of January. I contacted Amazon and was told that a "glitch” had happened and that credit would be forthcoming.
A second refund authorization was posted to my account but this time for only 80% of the charge. I was being charged a restocking fee for an item I never received and being penalized for the seller’s mistake. The credit reached my credit card. I contacted Amazon and they agreed that I should not be charged a restocking fee and a authorization for full refund was posted to my account. To date I am still short the restocking fee and was told by the fourth Amazon rep that it would probably be at least "ten working days” until you might see something on your account. The matter is in dispute with my credit card company. Moral of the story. You can no longer trust Amazon to do the right thing nor trust their customer reps to be either competent or trustworthy.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2018
I hope you can help me with this problem. My complaint is against Amazon. I’m a weekly state pensioner and don’t have the resources to fight them. I wish to make a complaint at the very harsh treatment meted out to me by Amazon’s Seller Performance Team. I have been advised to contact Amazon UK as that is the site the title The Long Winding Road of Injustice is for sale. They have stated that they don’t have a record of my account. That is not true because they do have a record and it’s on the Amazon UK book site. Details of sale states (one copy left, more to come) there are no copies printed. So I’m wondering where those copies are coming from? I have found it very frustrating in my dealings with the Seller Team. They just don’t make any sense. I hope I don’t have to deal with them again.
I was totally disappointed when I knew Jeff Bezos was aware of this and yet nothing was done to resolve the issue. I have many, many times asked that this title is removed from Amazon’s listing but all I hear is to fill in forms. I have filled in these forms on three different occasions and sent them to the Seller Performance Team. What more am I expected to do?
Shortly after my dealing with America Star Books it came to my notice that they were scamming writers and as a result, I asked that my contract is terminated. After a long haul, they agreed. They promised to return money that I had paid but this never happened. They have no further rights to the title as I am the full rights holder. Amazon are aware of this. I had offered to send the proof that the rights to the title had been returned to me but the Seller Team choose to ignore this. Jeff Bezos is aware about this situation but he had passed on my query to other staff members and from there it had never been resolved.
The title as far as I’m aware is illegal on Amazon's site given the transfer situation from the publishers America Star Books. This company are fraudsters and there are many lawsuits filed against them in the courts. I decided to rewrite the story using a new book title and this was the reason I needed the old title removed. I have held back promotion of the new title as I believe that sales would be affected. I also believe that as the old and new titles are similar and that readers would obviously buy the old title which was very much cheaper. The old title is in effect a copyright matter as well. I would like the title The Long Winding Road of Injustice removed from Amazon's listings but they have ignored my request.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2018
I had had the worst experience with the cheap come on you won 1000 bucks experience. First if you don't buy something then you get bombarded with stupid quotes and in the end you never get the 1k gift card. I will never use them again and I will knock them at every turn. Poor customer relations. Don't screw with the people who support and buy from you.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2018
I have been a loyal customer for many years with Amazon Prime. In the past, Amazon was top notch in their delivery/customer service. Nowadays, delivery is "When you get it, you get it" not the 2 day turn around as promised like we pay for. To make up for such a lack in quality service, I am constantly offered an EXTRA month of free Prime membership. The same not so top notch (not) service that has led me to write this review.
I am tired of feeling like I am being ripped off for the Prime membership I have been offered and paying for. I have been waiting 5 days so far for something I ordered that should have been delivered in 2 days time. I gave up and cancelled this order and visited my neighborhood Home Depot. This is the second time this year (it's only FEBRUARY) that I have been let down by a once valued shopping source. Again I have been offered a FREE MONTH of Prime. My question is why would I want a free month of frustration? I am still a member, but I cannot say for how much longer. They take your money as fast as they can get it, why can't we expect the same in return for our orders? Shameless Amazon! Please do better.
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2018
I've had many good experiences with Amazon, but recently their customer service has been my nightmare. It started with a return of a $400 speaker that was not compatible with my TV. I understand if they want to deduct the shipping cost or restocking fee, but they just said they didn't receive anything and just denied the delivery (even though the UPS tracking is there).
Reviewed Feb. 12, 2018
I like Amazon and have never had a problem with deliveries or returns. My only concern is I think products that are being delivered from overseas should state that up front and not when you click the order button. At that point you're not able to cancel it and that is when you find out it's going to take over a month for a delivery. I think all products should be within the US or once again possibly in bold letters state it's being shipped from outside the US.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2018
I have written Amazon about this problem many times. Leaving packages at the front door in an apartment complex. Once again, for the last time, I ordered from Amazon. A rather inexpensive item. On the delivery details it says, 'handed to a resident', well, this is obviously BS. I happened to be home on time, outside my apt. when the delivery guy showed up with an order from Amazon, he left it by my door and I stopped him and mentioned the fact that I have an easily seen sign on my front door asking anyone delivering a package to take it to the Apartment Office, his reply was Amazon instructs them to leave it at the front door not to take it to an office or anywhere else. So, I have not package, I wrote them and told them to return the $$$ to my account and I would not shop for an item that has to be delivered again. I'm done with that.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2018
Ordered a DVD. Signed up for Amazon Prime to receive free 2 day shipping. I selected the $99 a year plan. Free shipping was applied to the order. The problem occurred MOMENTS later when I checked my credit card. I was charged 105.56, NOT $99. Called Customer Service (then later chatted with customer service). They both told me the exact same thing - word for word. All they could do was "escalate" my concern to a higher dept to possibly avoid "this kind of problem in the future." Unfortunately, that didn't help me.
My problem is, when you place the membership order, there is NOTHING on the screen regarding a tax or add'l fees. No fine print, no nothing. The Chat Rep sent me a link to a page indicating there is a tax for the membership re: Certain states, but this page doesn't appear when you order the membership, so it's useless. It's very misleading to sell the service for $99, then charge customers 105.56 with NO MENTION of fees or taxes.
I canceled the membership. I just didn't like the way the misleading way they presented the cost. In order to get my full refund back, I had to cancel the order, then cancel the membership (because if any of the benefit is used, of course you can't get a full refund). That was annoying in itself, because I canceled the first order, because I wanted to apply the membership. Ordered the membership. Re-ordered the item to apply the membership shipping benefit. Then had to cancel the order again to get my full refund back on the membership. Then re-ordered the item a 3rd time and just paid for the shipping as usual.
I would have kept the membership IF they would have deleted the fee, since it was a HIDDEN fee, but neither Rep could do that. Seems like it would have made more sense for them to keep my $99 and delete the $6.56... rather than have me cancel the entire 105.56. The membership cost was misleading. The shipping (without a membership) is ALWAYS misleading, because even when a message appears that you QUALIFY for free shipping, the system STILL defaults to the standard shipping fee. You have to manually select free shipping. That is deliberate and ridiculous. Why offer free shipping, then try to trick customers into pay for shipping??
As much money as Amazon makes, they have to play games like this? Oh! And don't even get me started on the "add on" item scam! That's so annoying. Amazon used to be a better when their focus was books and DVDs. Now they are too big and too greedy. PS: I attached the order number re: 2nd order - the one I canceled to get my full membership fee back.
Reviewed Feb. 11, 2018
I find it bad business practice to show such a lack of respect and discord to hard working people that used your service EBT prime discount for 10.99 a month and then slap them in the face by giving people that are already collect the hard working taxpayers dollars for food stamps, housing and so on a discounted prime membership of 5.99. I cancelled my membership and anything to do with Amazon or anyone they do business with. This is the same as discrimination.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
I purchased an iPhone from them and a Kenwood car stereo. Within one year they both died out on me. I contacted customer service and they seem to want to help and located both items as having being purchased by me. But I never heard from them again and I gave up after forwarding several email messages to them.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
Amazon is a slippery company, always bending the rules to their advantage. I've been getting charged on my credit card for a few months now for Amazon Prime - NEVER ORDERED IT. I've attempted to get this taken off, only to find Long Hold Times, Attendants that can't or won't help. Finally today, I got them to agree to STOP Billing me, but they will not reverse the prior charges. Yes, I have purchased from Amazon, but Never signed up for Prime.
Additionally Mr. Bezos who started Amazon has made statements more than once that he'll get into a category, drive competitors out of business and then as we can see - he'll raise margins (prices) in order to make a profit. I believe that retailers should be able to make however much profits as they want, as long as it doesn't damage others. Mr. Bezos, a Huge Leftist - feels that it's okay to drive companies out of business with his business practices, he also finds it fine to have cities giving him special tax breaks and millions of dollars to get his businesses to operate facilities in their cities and states.
Now, don't believe me - check the records for yourself. His companies pay extremely LOW TAXES, as he takes advantage of the system, kind of peculiar for someone that thinks government should raise taxes and pay for many things that they don't today. It also took years for Amazon to make any profit, he just got more investors, sold more stock until his company was profitable. The Washington Post which he owns, has writers that WRITE OBVIOUS LIES, only sometimes to be retracted (in small print) sometime later.
I'm done with this type of behavior from Liberals - IF you are, then STOP PURCHASING FROM AMAZON, there are many other companies with similar and sometimes lower pricing than they have - take that extra minute and check - You'll See. And IF you agree with how he runs his business, his political beliefs - then continue buying from them. Just be aware, sometime in the Future this Miscreant POS, will be charging Higher Prices.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
Ordered a mobile and waited for 13 days. Talked to around 10-15 customer care reps in 7 days. Got all the false promises about this delivery and on the final day I have been told that the product can't be delivered and cannot be replaced. Pathetic service from Amazon.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2018
I am really disappointed for one of my refund, I am waiting for the refund since 5 days. It was about to be credit it gift card within 24 hour. I am waiting since 5 days. It was expected on 5th February but Today is 10th Feb. It is showing as processing but it is not completed yet. The refund of return postage is completed but refund of order is not going to complete. I complained about it to several of AMAZON CSR everyone use to make me false promise or waste my hours on chat and don't do anything. Just keep the follow up and they don't try to do anything. I had conversation with Jaswinder and Vikas **. Both are keeping follow up but no one is seem interested in helping me. I request you to please credit the £108.48 into my gift card. I can not wait more I already wasted a lot of time on chat. I am really disappointed for the service I am getting from the Amazon. Waiting for your positive response. Thanks.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2018
I ordered this book (“Sleep” by Nino Ricci) on the 5th and paid extra to have it EXPEDITED and I still haven’t received the book. I’ve been a Prime member for many years and as the book wasn’t on Prime I had it expedited where I thought I’ll receive it within 2-3 business days but when I called Amazon customer service (agent name Dri) she blamed it on the seller and I wanted to cancel it since she told me that it’s arriving only on the 14th Wednesday and she did not want to help me. Instead she says she need to contact the seller and the seller will email me within two business days which is Tuesday the 13th.
I simply don’t want this book anymore as I paid extra for expedited delivery but Amazon and their seller are not able to expedite the book, I need a full refund as I have to order this book from a different company. It’s been a huge inconvenience for me and has caused my child a great deal of pain and anxiety as she has to sit in class without a book to read. If Amazon takes 9-10 days for EXPEDITING that’s just rip off and a poor business practice.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2018
I have been a long time Prime customer with Amazon and completely happy with the service until they started using people who obviously don't know what they are doing to deliver my packages. It is not beyond them to lie as well on the tracking information. I have all my packages delivered to my place of business. We have two buildings here and they obviously don't know what a Receiving Department or a Receptionist desk is. My boxes have been left indiscriminately around the building. Today three packages for my co-workers were left behind one building that is unused and unmarked, but only 50 feet from my Receiving Department. Trying to contact Amazon about this is just about impossible. The upper management needs to hear from us I believe.
Reviewed Feb. 8, 2018
I am not sure what happened. I was a very happy Amazon Prime member for YEARS. However, things started going downhill in the last 1-2 years and in the last 6 months I have been EXTREMELY disappointed on many levels. I have had two gifts sent to two different people for sad events (loss of pet, other with personal illness), and each item was lost. When reported, the only thing offered to me was to send out another item, nothing else at all, even when I said that was wrong.
Then, another gift sent to a friend who lost her best friend, and the card did not go with the item so she did not even know it was from me, there was nothing indicating it came from me. Then, ordered gifts for Christmas and birthdays in the last 6 months and multiple items arrived in boxes that were almost destroyed. Multiple items were not even close to how they were described, and I have found that the reviews on Amazon HAVE TO be skewed, as there is no way that some of these things received high reviews. When I started paying closer attention I realized even when the review was awful, it had a high rating/multiple stars... clearly something is going on there.
Then, my mother who does very little online shopping wanted to order a few things and I told her we could share our prime shipping with her and then discovered that they secretly changed all of the rules with that benefit and now you can't share it with more than one person unless you share all banking info with them and the same address??? Garbage.
Now, I have an item I wanted to return because it was not at all what it was described and total junk. I used the app where it indicated I could set it up, bring it to a UPS store and show them a code they would scan, print the label for me and then ship it out. After my fiancé went to multiple stores and was told it was not a code they could scan, I contacted Amazon. They said it was past the deadline to return the item. I complained and told the story. Now, I have contacted customer service 3 times and not received anything.
The agents on the chat and phone are rude, many of them do not speak or understand proper English, they have told me twice I would be issued a refund within 1-2 hours and it never showed up. Then the second agent said that the first person didn't even enter notes about it. I was told that the first person was sending the information to a higher level agent and I would hear from them, but clearly if she didn't enter the refund she didn't do anything she said. The third agent said they don't know what happened. They have now promised another refund and offered me a whomping $10 for all of the above mentioned issues. It is very sad that it is like this, Amazon Prime was such an awesome tool for so long, and now, given that Walmart and other places are competing with the two day shipping, I have a feeling it will all just get worse from here on out.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2018
Frustration is the reason for the review. I will have to stop using Amazon as they've changed their Customer Service policies considerably over the last year or so. My most recent incident was involving a 200.00 order where a 10.99 item was not shipped in the box. I'm told repeatedly to wait 3 days as is their "investigation policy." I'm also told it's listed as delivered, I have to understand Amazon's point of view, etc. I've had totally incorrect items sent and was told they would not have them picked up, etc. When there is a problem, which does happen quite a lot I'm constantly put off as if I am just to forget about the problem. Amazon refuses to fix their own errors. There are a lot of different examples I can list, too many, I just have to stop being an idiot and stop shopping with them.
Reviewed Feb. 7, 2018
First of all, I had the WORST experience from AMAZON. I don't really know how to rate the item as I have never received the full order. First of all, I purchased one of each for my customer. (Yes, I re-sell.) Anyway my package was delivered in two different packages. Both had the same tracking status until the delivery date. Both shows as delivered however I only received the package containing one item. I am missing the package which contains the other 3. I called them 1/22 (which they claim I never did.) I chatted in 1/23 and they told me the driver scanned it wrong and I should receive it by the end of the day of 1/24. I contacted them again 1/24 and they told me to wait 72 hrs. My customer was becoming irritated so I followed up with them again during the 25th. They then told me something else. So I let them be to do their "investigation". I followed up again during the 30th and they told me to wait for another 48 hours.
I gave them 6 days from that time and chatted in again 2/5. First customer rep, I was told that I have to file a claim with USPS because the "ownership" of the goods have been transferred to me upon them shipping it. Why make me wait 2 WEEKS if they were to tell me something I could've done from the beginning? I was asking for other options but the rep kept resending me the same message for 3-4 times. I ended the chat and tried to talk to someone else. This time, it did not make sense. They are now telling me they couldn't proceed with the investigation unless I SUBMIT A POLICE REPORT to them. This has become too bothersome for me that I've decided to just let it be. My customer cancelled on me because of the delay. Now, I don't have a replacement nor refund from Amazon. Until the end, I did not get the help I needed. If they were to tell me these things, why make me wait for 2 weeks?
Overall, I had a bad experience with Amazon. HOWEVER, for that one item that I did receive, my customer loved it. She likes how it made her skin smoother. She just wished that it had less of the tingly feeling when she used it on her face. But overall, she loved it. Everyone will have a different experience, I just prefer to voice out mine because of my frustration. Thanks for reading.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2018
I have security cameras, and motion sensors installed at my residence, so when someone approaches my residence I can see them before they reach my door, over the past few years I have had issues with Amazon stating that they made a delivery attempt to my residence which in fact they have not. The most recent episode began 2/5/2018, I received a text alert stating that there were some issues and my package will be delivered 2/8/2018. Which is completely unacceptable as I paid for same day delivery. So I immediately contact customer service, as I am connecting with a service rep, I receive another text notification that a delivery attempt was made, which is false. No attempt was made. I double checked the video to make sure, nothing. So I mention this to the rep, the rep then apologizes as he confirms no delivery attempt was made, the carrier is not in service at this time.
The rep assured me that my package will be delivered to my residence, by 12 pm on 2/6/2018. So now its 2/6/2018 at approximately 9:52 AM, I receive a text alert while I'm outside shoveling my walkway, that a delivery attempt was made, which is impossible as I am standing in front of the entrance to my residence, and no one approached my residence. So I immediately contact Amazon again to inquire why I am receiving false alerts about deliveries attempts being made, and that my delivery will be reschedule for the next business day. This has been ongoing for many years dealing with Amazon, The only concession that was offered to me was to extend my Prime membership, and not to at least refund my same day delivery charge of $27.90. This is the final straw with Amazon, I guess is just another case of a company that has grown too large to care about the service they are providing, or in this case lack thereof...
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2018
I have an Amazon Business Account at a Business Address. However Logistics continue to deliver packages after business hours. No matter what I do. Currently I have a package that I still have not receive since last Thu 2/1/18. I have spoken to several Amazon CS and Logistics Manager. Nothing seem to get my package delivered. Unable to find any Amazon contact numbers to escalate.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2018
I signed up for the trial of Amazon Prime not long ago, and so far it's been a decent experience; and I plan on subscribing towards it for the year. But my issue is with Amazon Smile. I know for over the past several months President Trump has issued Tweets complaining about Amazon for not paying enough in taxes. Initially I had taken their side because I thought he was full of it; but now I'm not so sure. I get the feeling this charity site called "Smile" was based on deception to get some tax breaks. I purposely bought some items on Amazon Smile, which may have been a few dollars more than retail stores, just so a portion of my payments would go to my selected charity. And I only found out AFTERWARDS that none of the items were eligible. It seems like an absolute farce. I contacted someone, who sent me a search list of "Amazon Smile eligible" items, and only 42 items showed up. Are you kidding? That's it? That really is pathetic.
Reviewed Feb. 3, 2018
So, my Kindle Voyager died that I purchased in Feb. 2015. I jump on chat, they take me through the paces, and decide it can't be fixed. What do you mean it can't be fixed? It's just a dead battery. Oh, we can't fix hardware problems. Okay, well, I'm not paying $199 retail for a brand new one, so, what can you do? Answer: $20 off a new one. NOPE! I call, speak with a guy named Arthur. I explain everything, and he says not to worry; which immediately made me suspicious. I tell him I need to purchase it on a payment plan after he tells me he's selling me the new device for $100. He says he'll give me $40 credit to be used as the first payment, and put $59.99 in my account to be used to make subsequent payments.
I made him explain this 3 times. He kept saying not to worry, and he'd send me an email with all the details and his name...just purchase the device, and he'll do all these things on his end. So, I do it and wait for the email. I get the email, and it says $159.99 for the device with payments to begin the first month and his name is missing. Now, all the messed up crap begins. I decide they lie over the phone, so I start a chat. The woman is a moron and can't understand what I said happened during the transaction on the previous day. We go around and around, and then she then says she found $59.99 sitting in promotional credits and can't be applied to payments. WHAT? What does that mean?
It means the $59.99 can only be used for future purchases. I tell her that's not right, and someone needs to fix this. She passes me onto someone else who says he will refund $59.99 to my card. Hours have passed, and it's like 1am. I'm so tired at this point, I'm almost falling asleep. I tell him to do so, and I'll check back the next day. I check my account & emails the next day, and nothing happened. I'm saving some of these chats since Amazon.com conveniently doesn't allow you to save them. I call to speak with a supervisor, and I'm already tired and frustrated. I get passed around, put on hold for 45 minutes, and hang up. I call back and get hung up on at least 5 times. Now, I'm steaming mad. I'm back to chats since people are jerking me around over the phone. I tell them someone needs to fix this, redo the payment schedule so that the device is $100 like Arthur promised me it would be. I get passed around some more.
I ask to speak with a supervisor, and I'm absolutely sure I wasn't speaking with a supervisor who blew me off. Every month, I'm chatting with people, pasting previous chats in the window from Word documents, and asking them what they plan to do. I get the device, and one of them tells me to send it back and they'll redo everything for $100. I ask him if he thinks I'm stupid, because everybody is saying something different and now I don't trust any of them. Send me an email saying this is what would happen if I send it back. He says no, which makes me know he's lying too. In September 2016, I file a BBB complaint. Whoever answered refunds $41 because they took so long, I bought some mp3's which reduced the credit, and before I could ask about redoing the payment schedule, the BBB closes the case.
So, I enter another BBB complaint about that. Nothing happens. I get into another chat with Amazon whereby that rep says he will have someone from the BBB division of Amazon.com address the complaint. Nothing happens again after a couple of weeks. So, then I enter in a complaint with the Attorney General of the State of Washington... Seattle. Someone at Amazon.com sends back a double-talking response without addressing the payment plan... again. The Attorney General's office says there's nothing they can do and to go to small claims court for resolution. I send back an email with ALL the chats attached and tell them I've been deceived, and small claims court where? Washington? I don't think so! These people act like this isn't an online company and the laws of one State can govern the laws of another.
So, now Amazon.com decides to deactivate my device on 10/7/16 so it can't get any books online or access the ones I've purchased. And for what? Just so they can do and say whatever they want to and not do right by me? I'm in dire straights, and they keep sending emails saying they want to take $80 from my card, instead of $40 twice and one payment of $20. I've spent thousands of dollars with Amazon.com on various products over at least 10 years, and they dare treat people like this and make me out to be a liar about the whole thing? I tell them if they were paying me by the hour, with all the hours, days, months I've spent trying to get them to do the right thing, the device would be paid for by now. My time is money too!
Nobody is a consumer advocate for online businesses, and a company as large as Amazon.com thinks it can do whatever they want. I think I've also written the FTC... not sure... but, they're another useless government agency who does nothing about anything. Companies are running rip-shod over consumers, and are being held accountable for NOTHING! They're a monopoly, and there's almost no way around purchasing things online without going through Amazon.com. I'm disgusted and definitely looking for other options to help with this.
Over a year later, I've been financially struggling too much to pay the court-fees to sue this company. I do believe that businesses know that if I'm fighting this much about $100 versus $199, that I probably can't pay the court-fee. I live on a fixed income, that got slammed by the fact they froze cost-of-living increases for 2 years. I have never been able to catch up, because everything else in my life increased while my income was frozen for too long. The rich get richer, businesses get richer, consumers get poorer, and nobody cares.
I'm so frustrated, I can't tell you. There used to be a day when consumers were protected from monopolies, but those days are gone. They used to get split-up, in lieu of allowing other companies to compete. Problem is that it seems like businesses all over the world are covering each other's butts, in bed with one another and getting richer by the hour. What do they care about the little guy anymore? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
Reviewed Feb. 2, 2018
Most of the items I have ordered from Amazon have been fine and have arrived on time, however the last purchase I made was downright robbery and I don't understand how a company can get away with this. I ordered four placemats which were supposed to be oil and stain resistant and what I got was four pieces of cheap, flimsy vinyl. I realize that much of this stuff comes from China which explains why it's cheap crap, but Amazon should protect its customers better than they do. In addition to that I wrote a review and Amazon refuses to publish it. It was an honest review with a picture showing exactly what this garbage looks like. So not only does Amazon allow their customers to get ripped off but they also won't allow their customers to see the honest truth.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2018
I used Amazon mobile almost exclusively, and not the Prime membership banner. While trying to check out and it immediately charged me the yearly $106 fee. I tried to cancel the whole thing, but had already been charged, so contacted customer service. They said they'd refund me for it and it would take 3-5 days... I check again today and the posted refund is only for the $14 monthly fee, not the full $106. I contacted customer service again, and they were evasive and unhelpful and would say plainly if I was getting my money back, only the $14 for the monthly fee. I'm going to my bank today to have it corrected since they can't seem to be bothered.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2018
If you don't have Prime with Amazon there is no point of buying anything off their site! I was practically forced to keep spending to get a decent shipping price! I rather shop with eBay. At least prices and shipping are upfront. Amazon has became greedy!
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2018
I signed up for an Amazon seller account and paid my $40 fee in order to sell. I spent all day listing items in. Within a week I had sold two items. Out of nowhere they are telling me that I have listed counterfeit items and suspended my seller privileges. The items were tampons, razors and cleaning spray. I let them know that they were not counterfeit. They asked me for receipt information from my supplier which I told him I did not have any. They refused to reinstate my account even though I have told them that I no longer want to sell those items and I even found some receipts.
They even have refused to refund me the $40 seller fee saying that I sold at least one item and that is enough for them holding the $40. They won't even release the $25 that I made on Amazon from the two sells I had. This is a shame. I buy hundreds of dollars from them using Prime each month and I pay 12.99 for Prime each month. I am going to make sure that I let everyone know how crooked they are. I will not spend my money there.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2018
I received a brand new credit card yesterday! Then l went online to Amazon and ordered four products and for some reason my balance on my credit card has a zero balance! I have called Amazon and emailed them several times today and my credit card is still at a zero balance! It so happens that Amazon duplicated and quadrupled some of my orders which wiped out my account! I informed them in my last email that they have one month to get this right or l am going to report them to both the Better Business Bureaus! The one online and the one in Washington state where this shoddy company is located! Do not do business with this company- PERIOD!!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2018
So I really didn't want to leave Amazon a bad review because for the most part they typically were efficient and professional, but my most recent experience has literally drove me insane. I ordered with their same day shipping method which is what enticed me to order in the first place. It was attempted to be delivered at 6:30 and they said they couldn't deliver because they couldn’t get through my gate code to my apartment. Fair enough, so I called them about 20 minutes after and tried getting the package redelivered, the guy on the phone said they would come back out that same night. Which was on Monday. Long story short I call again. The woman now says it won't be coming that night apologizes saying the guy shouldn't have said that, etc. Says it will come the next day Tuesday the 30th. I'm fine with that so I call yesterday and the lady says they have no idea why it didn't go out for shipping.
The Amazon logistics people are nice but they are all clueless, they have no idea where packages are, they don't contact anyone or do anything. They just keep telling you, “Sorry I don’t know” and giving you the runaround. So I spent 145 dollars. I expect my items. It is now Wednesday and they still are clueless. This was suppose to be 1 day shipping! How hard is it to contact the station it is at and tell them to deliver a package. So basically I have no idea what to do because I don’t know where my stuff is, so basically my point for writing this review is be mindful of these things.
Amazon is not really helpful in getting the issue solved. I’m probably going to just refund my money because I refuse to wait one more day for something that should have been here Monday at the latest Tuesday. It's absolutely mind boggling how lost and clueless the employees are. Saying they can't contact the drivers or the station so basically my stuff which I needed by the way is just sitting in some warehouse not moving for no reason.
Updated review: Feb. 1, 2018
Today I received an email from Amazon thanking me for telling them about the unauthorized use of my account and that they reversed the $100 charge to my Visa. They also disabled my password and cancelled any pending charges. There was a strong message of seriousness and I very much appreciate what they have done. In fact, I did not expect them to reverse the $100 charge. I do think there was a language misunderstanding between Amazon customer service and their fraud/investigative department. However, I am happy now with their response. Bottom line though, after my Paypal "break-in" I should have changed my Amazon password and set-up a 2 step verification with Amazon too.
Original Review: Jan. 31, 2018
Someone broke into my Amazon account and charged a $100 Amazon eGift Card on my major credit card. I immediately contacted my bank and reported the fraud. About a month ago someone broke into my eBay account and bought over $6000 of PayPal gift cards on both my major credit card and personal checking accounts. Luckily PayPal fraud department reimbursed me for it all. So I changed my eBay and PayPal passwords and forgot to change Amazon.
The same people broke into my Amazon account. I notified Amazon of the fraudulent transaction and their fraud department sent me an email that they could find no fraud on my account. They apparently are on some remote island and don't speak correct English as they said "Upon research, I see that there is no unauthorized activity on your account. Kindly check with the trusted attributes who can access the account under this email address about the order #". What kind of language is that???
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2018
Amazon have always been good to me. Any returns have been dealt with fairly, even on odd occasions when the return period has expired a few days.The goods have been good quality and delivery has been faster than the dates stated many times with the exception of China etc which is understandable. I used to use eBay. Had bad experiences with them, I trust and will always order Amazon!
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2018
My login account wasn't recognized. I've used the same E/M for at least 7+ years. But no more. Amazon could not tell me why and did offer any reason for my issues. All they told me is I using the wrong E/M and even though the credit card on file is correct, the shipping address was different from where I live. They would not transfer me to management. After three calls I was sent a link to close the mysterious account and open a new one under the same E/M address I've used for years. I'll have to monitor my CC acounts closely because Amazon would not resolve my issue. The pro is that they were very nice "at not solving my problem".
Reviewed Jan. 31, 2018
I have no other purchase options for buying on Amazon Kindle except "buy now with 1-click". I use different cards for different purchases. I have to go out, verify settings then purchase. It takes a lot longer. Why can't I just pick the card I want then buy. Frustrating. I have tried setting 1-click to an old obsolete card, then use one click then I get the option to choose another payment method. Then I go back in and reset 1-click setting to obsolete card and I'm ready for the next time.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
Last Wednesday (1/24/18) there was a fraudulent Amazon charge pending on bank account. I checked my account, found the confirmation to the order I did not place in my email but was unable to locate the order in my account history. I immediately called Amazon and was advised by their rep that they were already aware that this was fraudulent and had deleted the order (which is why I could not find it). I was assured the pending charge would not go through and the order was gone.
Two days later on Friday night (1/26/18) the charge went through and I was sent a shipping confirmation (even though I was ASSURED it was canceled). I called again to be advised that a refund was processing and I need to give it 24-48 hours to process back onto my card. Monday morning (1/29) I receive an email from Amazon telling me I need to contact my bank if I want a refund. I would need to get with them to fill out the forms to dispute the charge and they would get with Amazon for my money.
Nope. I called Amazon and got another rep telling me that she would send my info to an account specialist who would contact me back. Nope. I asked for a supervisor instead and explained everything you just read. She put me on hold while she would "refund my card". 20 min later she returns to the line to say she attempted to refund my card but my bank denied the return of money and I would have to get with them. Next, I called my bank to be told that Amazon straight up lied to me.
She checked the history on my account and was able to see that they did not try to refund my card, they just requested a verification that my card exists and is good to go, which was approved immediately by my bank. So, when I called back Amazon for the LAST TIME, I was told that refunds to debit cards takes 10 business days to process.
So, naturally, I am done with Amazon's shady business ethics. I told the same rep to cancel my prime membership immediately. She advised me that due to my inconvenience she would refund my full Amazon Prime membership, but of course, it will take 10 business days. That was 2 hours ago and the Prime membership fee has already been refunded. Not the fraudulent charge though. Long standing loyal customer out. I will be using my refund to purchase a Nook and will never recommend Amazon again.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
A seller on Amazon decided to charge and ship 3 additional items that were NOT ordered. I refused the items at delivery as instructed which was on Jan 16, 2018, it is now Jan 30, 2018, and I have contacted Amazon customer svc AGAIN for the 3rd time to be told AGAIN to give another 48 hrs for seller to refund me. The items are sitting at the sellers post office since Jan 19 to be picked up. Customer svc at Amazon is horrible and if course, NOT American. Not only can you not understand them, but they keep telling me they are going to start another claim. They owe me $100.00 and the fact that I am a Prime member means NOTHING. Plus when they ship, products were left at my garage door even though explicit instructions were to deliver to my PO box at post office. Then I requested to be shipped. I see why the owner is rich. It's at the expense of POOR svc.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
I have had numerous shipments arrive damaged. Customer service usually takes 3 calls to fix the issue. My last order and I mean last. I ordered a pair of replacement speakers Goldwood brand from 3rd party seller. Only factory direct. I have been trying to return them for 3 weeks. With 5 calls to Amazon and only factory direct. They are still here and are junk. Amazon has gotten too big.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
I suggest you don't purchase anything from Amazon.in. I purchase a mobile from this company. After few days they cancel my order and refund amount in my account. I request them by call many time but no one listening.
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
I have ordered a mobile Vivo V7 with an Amazon Order # **. It was prepaid order but when it reached to my place, it was showing that it is undeliverable. When I contacted their customer representative they told me it was happened due to the mistake done by courier partner (damaged my article) and I have to order it again. The whole point is that where is my mistake in not getting the product at same deal price. If I am ordering it again then I have to buy it at higher price. I want from Amazon to replace the same item at same price...
Reviewed Jan. 30, 2018
Ordered a prepaid Visa Gift Card for $105.95 and it was sent unactivated. I called them for refund or activate, no one wanted to take a responsibility to fix the problem, claiming it had been over 30 days. What? We supposed to use card within 30 days to see if you properly activated the card and balance is there, even though card exp 2025! No one wanted to take a responsibility and take an action. From buyers on Amazon we see lots of negative reviews about this issue. Amazon Payment Inc, collect payments and mail not activated cards! We need a refund!
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2018
I have ordered for around 2000 GBP on 15 different orders with Amazon the last 2 months, some was a bit late, and 6 never arrived. According to tracking it was delivered either to the DOOR or by someone with a different name than anyone in our household. One of the 6 parcels, A sewing machine, was dumped in front of a neighbor's door, and he came with it.
A 300 euro Wifi router, was also dumped in front of someone doors and I never managed to find it. I never received a notice to pick up any of these. 3 of the 6 parcels was replacements parcels, which Amazon agree to send, unfortunately, they didn't arrive either, and Amazon refuse to do more to help. They claim they have proof from the courier (UPS) geolocation that the item was delivered to me, but according to their tracking, it was delivered in the city Valletta and I live in Swieqi, they refuse to give me any signature proof (obv. they don't have it) and have now stopped responding to my emails. The consumer law is very clear, they have the responsibility to deliver the item safe to me, and they have no proof that they have delivered it to me, and they refuse to provide me with it. Terrible service from Amazon.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2018
I have ordered many times from Amazon but getting disgusted with the way foreign countries are using the site. I was looking for a formal. I picked a formal that said $20.00 but when I went to next page it said $20.00 to $80.00. I picked my size then you don't even get to see the size till you are preparing to check out. This is called BAIT AN SWITCH!!! I'm surprised Amazon allows this. You have always been a great place to shop but this is disgusting. This is being done by foreign country sellers and I will NOT buy from someone who does this. THIS IS DISGUSTING!!!
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2018
Reviews give us a lot of information about what we are buying. I read reviews all the time before I make a purchase. Amazon has refused to post most of my negative reviews because it said I was violating some rules. I did not use anything slander or abusive. I did use the words "out of country" because my order did not arrive for 2 months and I was told it would be 2 weeks. The blade broke after a few uses. But they would not post my review. Another was for an app (for a power strip) that asked for access to my phone and contacts. I did not agree with but had to accept to install my strip. I mentioned that fact and also that the strip goes offline all the time. They did not post that review. Today I submitted 6 reviews, 1 negative... 5 positive reviews have already posted, not heard yet about the negative review. All I put was loved it until it broke and showed a picture of the broken unit after only 5 uses.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2018
I admired Amazon, but I found that my Amazon account is on hold since almost three years. I have been frustrated with not getting any calls from Amazon specialist or team. Many time, I tried to reach Amazon customer and asked what was going on with the orders that were not able to process transaction. And I contacted TRS repeatedly, they kept telling me that my account was cleared. I called Amazon, they still have my account on hold. They did not help resolve my Amazon account. So I decided to close my Amazon account and will not open a new one in the future.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2018
UPS, FedEx and USPS delivered orders from Amazon always arrive as promised. 4 out of the last 5 deliveries from Amazon Fulfillment have not arrived. They’ve either arrived at a neighbor's or not arrived at all. It’s so frustrating and when I call, I get a similar apology and promise to note my account to use an alternative delivery service next time. I even got a nifty photo once with my delivery notice online of someone else’s house saying a package was delivered to me. I hope whoever lived there enjoyed my purchases. I have also encountered an Amazon fulfillment driver lost in our town, asking for directions- and looking unprofessional, no uniform, old car with packages in back seat.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2018
I have been an Amazon Prime member for several years. Now that Amazon has their own delivery service my packages are being lost or stolen. I have packages delivered to my office with no issues by UPS or USPS. But I noticed that my packages were showing delivered but I was not receiving them. We had camera installed just for this issue. It shows Amazon Delivery leaving packages after my office was closed (which I put under delivery instructions to not leave packages if office closed) in front of my office door and then shortly after someone stealing them. I think as a Prime Member we should be allowed to request Amazon Delivery not to deliver our packages. I will not be renewing my Prime membership.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2018
Prime Video shuts down my streaming every time I travel (for no good reason). Today, I googled Amazon's phone # (see attached pic) and called them and one of their support representatives accessed my computer to "support" my streaming issue. He then asked me to leave his remote link open to my computer for another 15 minutes, and when I refused, he then asked for my password! This wasn't Amazon at all - it was a scam! Worst, is Amazon does not publish their phone # on their website - you have to dig extensively for it through multiple pages to get a callback. And, instead of the engineering geniuses at Amazon putting something on Google that says, "WE DON'T LIST OUR PHONE # ON GOOGLE" - Amazon allows fraudulent people like the one who just got on my computer and asked for my password to be posted as #1 results on Google instead.
If Amazon truly wanted to protect its customers - Amazon would post (and ensure it's listed as the #1 post on Google and other search engines) about its phone #, policies and fraud, etc. How could Amazon be SO DUMB as to think that their customers won't google their phone #? Amazon knows customers will google their phone # and Amazon allows their customers to be defrauded and scammed. Shame on Amazon!!! Shame on Amazon using foreign countries for customer service and shame on Amazon for hanging up on me tonight when I told the American Customer Service Rep that their Amazon customers deserve more than an apology for Amazon's horrific business practices!
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2018
Ordered on 01/19 and chose free shipping. They didn't bother to even ship it until 01/25. The package was coming from PA, and I live in NJ. We are 20 minutes from their facility, and it took the package 6 business days to get here. What's worse is they used their own shipping service, so they controlled what was happening at every step. I did a quick search to find this is now typical behavior for Amazon. They are purposely delaying shipping items for those who do not have a Prime account or who do not opt for paying the extra for a normal shipping speed. It's ridiculous, and it makes me not want to use their services again. Reality is eBay offers pretty much the same prices on things now, and the sellers will ship things in a day almost in every case. 99% ship free too. I've had things ship from China for free, faster than Amazon is now doing. Just let that sink in.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
Amazon took money out of my Account twice for the same purchase. They tell me in 7 days it will go back in the Account. My Bank tells me Amazon started doing this and it is not the bank's fault. Why would a company take the same amount out twice and then put one back. If you're low on funds, it could OVERDRAW YOUR ACCOUNT. THIS IS STUPID AND RIDICULOUS.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
I have been an Amazon Prime member for quite a while and have never seen such poor performance as I have over the last couple of years. One of two deliveries is always late or never shows up thus requiring a refund. Why am I paying for two day guaranteed shipping if it never shows up? It's really disheartening to see Amazon going downhill at such a fast pace. And now I am rethinking the prime membership altogether and may cancel as soon as my year is up. Guess it's back to Walmart I go!
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
I brought products from Amazon on 24th Jan 18. I had placed 2 orders with them. At the time of placing orders there was no mention of delivery charges but when I made the payment I can see that I was charged for delivery for few products. When I chatted with Bhavani in 26th the chat window got closed thrice and later I reconnected to Abhishek who after interacting with disconnected the chat without even giving a proper resolution to me. I even told him that I am not satisfied with the info. He still went ahead and disconnect the chat. Later I called their customer care and spoke to Justin, who explained me that since the order is not fulfilled by Amazon I would be charged. But my concern is when there was no charges mentioned at the time of placing the order how can they charge for delivery. This is cheating.
Reviewed Jan. 26, 2018
I'm sharing my feedback. The website is very bad. They will send your delivery to unknown address. And when you want to change the delivery address they will not do, do not purchase it from here. Very bad.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
I ordered a projector bulb, and was informed that there was a leftover credit of about $50. The person asked if I wanted to use it and, of course, I said yes. No one shared with me that this credit was not a typical credit, but that they would be using my AMEX reward points...without my permission...and applying it "as a credit" to my order (which was about $90). Now I have no points to use for an upcoming vacation. Instead of simply crediting me something, or sending back the points, or something simple and normally done by most retailers, they said their "system can't refund the points or make the adjustments."
It was suggested that I send back my bulb, wait for days for the process to unfold and a new one would be sent out. Wonderful. What did they expect me to use in the meantime...a flash light? I don't wish to be unkind, but, this is the farthest thing from good customer service that I've experienced in a long time. I would not recommend Amazon, unless it's an absolute necessity to do so. My confidence in their commitment to their mission and customers has plummeted. Someone said, “Words come easy, but actions reveal truth.” I'm sure companies - large or small - can be taken advantage of by sharp con-schemes. But, that is not my circle of friends. I simply wanted upfront information in order to make a wise choice, not what appears to be a backdoor sales technique used by an overeager Amazon representative. Of course, that may not be the case. But the taste remains disturbing.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
When I began using Prime, Amazon was earning their reputation for peerless customer service. It was awesome -- extremely easy to pursue and receive a refund for lost/delayed items, and returns were also very simple. They were fast, friendly, and thorough. Sad to say, but, nearly 10 years later, it's all gone down the drain. Auxiliary services like their in-house deliveries have failed to meet the "guaranteed" speeds, such that I now have to budget at least an additional day if I see it's coming from AZL. This was my first indication that Amazon no longer really defines itself by excellent customer service -- and there have been constant affirmations that this is true. Just today, I wasted an hour looking for an answer to this question (which I consider to be extremely simple, but feel free to judge for yourself): "What is the latest date on which I can return this package and still receive a 100% refund for it?"
In response, the first care agent I chatted with kept answering a question I wasn't asking. I gave it 10 minutes, repeated the question 4 or 5 times, and kept getting nowhere. I thanked him or her for their time and tried again with a different agent. The next agent also misunderstood the initial question, and then gave a date, but said "around February 15th". Around? What? The lack of clarity in that date was confusing to me, and also unacceptable. When I asked for a more concrete answer, the care agent was vague, unhelpful, and even resistant to the questions. Finally, they said they had to ask the seller directly if they were to give me an actual date. The previous guess at February 15th was evidently pulled out of thin air, and ended up being inaccurate: the seller said February 10th. Finally, I contacted them again, to express my frustration to a manager.
For the third time in an hour, an Amazon support member -- this time, a manager -- did not understand what I was asking, and then was not helpful when I tried to follow up on it. That was the last straw, for me. I said, essentially, "Ok. This is frustrating and I'm sick of giving Amazon money for a service that has become terrible. Let's cancel my Prime," the manager communicated that they couldn't refund me for the canceled service because... and then, I have no idea what the "because" was. He didn't use a complete sentence and instead trailed off, then rattled off a couple other unrelated sentences. I have no idea why/what he was trying to say. Avoid this product. Amazon does not care about you, their customer.
They no longer do a good job at their core competency of selling and delivering junk online. For the record: I have no affiliation to any group that cares about Amazon's success or failure, and I'm franked bummed out that they suck so badly, now. I even have the Chase Prime credit card. Going to cancel the Prime; not worth the money any longer. What a bummer.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
I don't get it, it seems like Amazon sells EVERYTHING and ships to nearly every country, what I do not get is how they don't ship nearly any items to Sweden, a well developed and modern country with lots of interest of buying... Obviously, I live in Sweden. Nearly every product purchasable is available on Amazon but for some strange reason, it seems like they ship to every country, except Sweden. Why is this?
Every time I need to purchase an item from Amazon I enter my friend's addresses in Scotland and then they ship it to Sweden. This is of course, a viable route but it would be much more preferred if they would just start shipping to Sweden as it would save a lot of time and hassle and would be cheaper. I do not like my experience at Amazon and I only use it if there are no other options.
Reviewed Jan. 25, 2018
I have been an Amazon Prime member for a few years now, and have enjoyed the guaranteed 2 day shipping. Recently, I've not been getting my orders. When I look at the tracking, they've been from AMZL US. I've contacted Amazon and been told my package is lost and refunded my money. Thanks for the refund, but I really needed what I ordered! I am currently waiting on an order that was supposed to arrive yesterday, and now the date range is the next several days... if it even arrives. There is also no option to choose your shipping, and you don't find out until after you've placed your order that it's coming from their own shipping company. I will be cancelling a Prime if this continues. Just terrible.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2018
Shopping with Amazon is nice for the deals and convenience, but check out the companies they deal with because they don't, I bought a PS3 from one of their 3rd party sellers, always. Deals, and got ripped off, they want you to pay the shipping back which says something right there, and if they say the product is fine, you're out the money, because Amazon will back them without ever seeing the product themselves. There is a reason they're a billion dollar corp., all of the profits and none of the responsibility. A beautiful set up really. And customer service is dealing with some company in India that can care less.
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2018
22-Jan-2018 (Great Indian Sale 21 Jan 24 Jan). On 22-Jan-2018, around 3:00 pm, I have ordered a external hard disk, order was placed successfully, my card was charged successfully. After around 8:00 pm my order was canceled automatically. I call Amazon robots for this and they tell me that there is a limitation on product so 1 customer can buy only 1 quantity of that item. And I also order only 1 quantity. I tell him to check my order and they gone speechless because I am right. They tell me that they will submit request. I wait for 10 hrs but didn't get any reply, now its 23-Jan-2018. I send email to cs-reply@amazon.in and qla@amazon.in, and as I say they all are robots and till noon they sending me same stupid reply about the limitation, several time I tell them to check my quantity but no help.
Then another robot tell me this: "This is to inform you that your order #** was canceled due that the item was listed as "Available" when you placed your order. However, by the time your order came to our fulfillment center team, stock of the "WD My Passport Ultra 2TB Portable External Hard drive (Black)" was not available with the same seller".The strange thing is that, my order was placed successfully because the seller has that product. And I was ordered at 3:00pm and got cancelation at 8:00 pm, then which mathematical equation your fulfillment team is solving between these 5 hours.
I can't find any reason about any mistake I had done during ordering that product and I am not sure about the seller but when I order they have that product, IT'S AMAZON ROBOTS WHO ARE BUSY IN TAKING SNACKS. Last year I have order 2 more products and have similar situation in both. One is card holder, my friend tells me that it looks like someone throw it after using it and Amazon sell it to you. Other is D-Link DWR 720, firstly they ship me wrong product and didn't accept back and then it stop working twice and now no one accepting it (Nether DLink nor Amazon) and finally I am thinking to put that product in some museum. I don't think that Amazon robots will ever help me but this is my experience with Amazon.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2018
I tried placing an order on Amazon to avail 10% HDFC discount. They have cancelled my order for 4 times now and when I talk to their customer care agents they are so rude... They don't even know how to talk. They are teaching me what is OTP and they don't even understand if I'm male or female. They are the worst care team ever.
Reviewed Jan. 23, 2018
I bought a tungsten ring from Custom Jewelry in Lehi UT. The ring was $45.00 and shipping was "FREE". I bought other items along with this item from other vendors, I had to pay some shipping for some items but for the tungsten ring, it clearly stated FREE SHIPPING. When I received the ring, I noticed they charged me $21.95 for shipping. I complained about it to both Amazon and the seller. The seller stated that I chose next day delivery, which I explain to the seller that No I did not because I bought other items and they were gonna be delivered in a few weeks which I was ok with. Why would I be ok to wait for my other items and be in such a hurry for a tungsten ring?
The seller refuse to give me back my shipping of $21.95. I contacted Amazon, filed a complaint and they advised me that I did not qualify for that refund, so I lost that $21.95 that I shouldn't have been charged for, but I returned the ring, got only the $45.00 back and requested Amazon to take me off their list. I wouldn't mind paying for shipping, but when it states FREE SHIPPING on an item, why should I get charged? They cheated me and I don't appreciate that, especially, when it was OK with Amazon that the seller cheated me. I've been shopping with Amazon for a long time, NOT NO MORE!
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
Customer service used to be amazing also. They were quick to resolve an issue or replace an item without hassle but now they act like they are to busy to be bothered or they act like you're trying to scam. I will not pay another 99$ for this service again that's for sure. I miss the way they were.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
Those of you having trouble with Prime, at least they're shipping your stuff. As a non-Prime customer I've watched their shipping performance steadily decline over the past several years until I cancelled my latest order of 8 items because it was still not shipped after 8 days, apparently due to 2 items that went out of stock *after* I ordered them. (Whatever happened to first come first served? Guess you Prime folks get your stuff before we do even if you order it later!) They never even sent me an email to indicate shipment would be delayed, even though the latest delivery date promised was only 2 days away. They never offered to ship the other 6 items that weren't out-of-stock, and I had to contact them to find out about the out-of-stock condition. To date I have received nothing but empty apologies from Amazon for screwing up a $300+ order. I guess Amazon has gotten so big that we're just a bunch of tiny insects to them.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
Lack of understanding from “customer service”, scripted answers that do not apply to my case and lack of logic. Accepts reviews for third party sellers on Amazon but can't review the seller if it is Amazon itself. Doesn't ship most things to Puerto Rico with no explanation or reason. Last year I ordered a dehumidifier and it arrived timely, but when I wanted to reorder the same product they said that it doesn't ship to P.R. I offered to pay additional for shipping but they were not able to provide a logical explanation. Reviews cannot be modified once written and customer service cannot understand why it happens or how to fix it. Overall very poor experience but the convenience of ordering is important so I will reluctantly continue to do business with them.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2018
I order maybe 2-3 items a month, usually middle of the road on price, and tend towards Prime shopping with some exceptions. In the past couple months and since the switch to USPS as a primary delivery method I have had 2 items not show up at all. The tracking info just stalls after the first departure and then I wait a week and request a refund/replacement. Previously this had only happened once with UPS in years, but now it seems to be trending since recent changes. I have an item on order that is displaying this pattern as well.
Amazon has been fine about customer contact and refunds, but if I cannot depend on them to get my packages I will shop elsewhere and use Amazon as a last resort. I will be cancelling my Amazon Prime and using sites such as newegg.com, ebay.com, and direct from the source ordering. Advice; find the item on Amazon then go to the seller's website and order there if at all possible. If it is only 1 to 5 dollars more for the shipping it is worth it to encourage Amazon to step-up their logistics to match their company size.
Reviewed Jan. 21, 2018
I signed up for the PRIME, so I could get my stuff delivered in TWO days. Since a few weeks ago, they don't have in stock what I ordered, so I'm getting my stuff, in A WEEK OR SO, NOT IN 2 DAYS. SO why they offer deliver service in 2 days and why I'm paying additional for PRIME. Not worth it. If we pay for Prime and offer 2 days delivered, they should have in stock what we order. Make sense?
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2018
One out of 2 packages I order from Amazon now arrives late and I'm paying Prime Membership fees yearly for this. The most recent infraction of Amazon's careless attitude toward its customers is an order I placed and paid overnight shipping for. They shipped it ground. It is now going to be 3 days behind. Their solution? Refuse it when it arrives for a refund... They used to be a good company. They have no care for their customers anymore, and their shipping is an absolute disgrace. They leave packages at my garage rather than my house. Sometimes at the curb by the mailbox. If they do manage to actually get a package to my house, a majority of the time, it's late. Sure they offer you a free month of AZ Prime to accommodate you, but what's the point of Amazon Prime if they can't deliver in 2 days as they advertise?
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2018
I’ve been passed back and forth between Amazon Customer Svc and Amazon Registry Customer Svc for three weeks now as I’ve tried to track down a missing package from a $1600 order. No resolution though every time I speak or email with them I’m told they’ll either redeliver it (hasn’t happened yet) or cancel and refund it (also hasn’t happened yet). I’m a top customer but it sure doesn’t feel like it. My advice to you: Avoid Amazon registry service. Terrible. Over 70 mins wasted with no resolution.
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2018
I tried to order some animal's toys which were not available for shipment from Amazon UK to Sri Lanka. I found their availability from Amazon HK but their charges for the services were really absurd. There was this context saying if my order is $25 or more I get free shipment for my order. The final cost was nearly four times plus value inclusive of shipping charges... Even if I go around Colombo looking for the items I needed it won't cost me half the final cost Amazon Prime finalized to me... I was very disappointed and I canceled my order!
Reviewed Jan. 20, 2018
The latest of insults from the company that claims to be the most customer-centric in the world - a $2 per month increase for Prime Membership. I can understand a small increase but almost a 20% increase? And look at this explanation from a customer service agent on the Chat helpline: "the reason why the prime increase we just want to make sure that all of our customer will get their orders on time." Wasn't that always the goal and benefit of being a Prime member??? I guess Bezos didn't earn enough last year and feels that it's ok to squeeze even more out of his customer's wallets. Well Jeff, you aren't going to get any more money out of me. I am officially done with Amazon. You have enough competition out there now that I can get great prices and free shipping that match yours. And I am not the only one that feels this way. More and more people I speak with are getting frustrated with the service they receive from your company!
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2018
BEWARE when ordering from Amazon. As reported to us by Amazon customer service, tens of thousands of packages a day are being stolen by the independent couriers. Our business has been a victim of this three different times this week alone. Customer service has not been any help whatsoever other than to acknowledge that they are being inundated with these complaints and nothing is being done about it. We have an appointment with the local media about this today to bring awareness about the issue to Amazon customers.
Reviewed Jan. 19, 2018
I'm a Prime member, first of all. Shipping used to take 7-10 days. Now they take two weeks to ship and 2 of my orders have been super delayed first, then magically gotten lost. I've waited almost a month for 3 items... Service is TERRIBLE. They promise follow up which they never follow through with. Seriously, Prime is a severe waste of time and money.
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