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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.

Reviewed Jan. 18, 2018
I've been a prime member for several years now, and it just keeps getting worse. Since becoming a Prime member, I've spent more time with Amazon customer service than someone I'm in a romantic relationship with. Deliveries are sporadically on time, at best. The only good side is, I've been refunded probably $500 - $600 by Amazon for merchandise that is either delivered late or not delivered at all. I've also been refunded the $99 yearly fee and been granted free membership for a year. I'm not paying $99 a year for late or no-show packages. With that being said, Amazon can refund me the cost of the merchandise in exchange for the repeated inconvenience. If I'm paying for 2 day delivery, I WANT 2 day delivery!!
A BIG part of the issue is these rag-tag, half-baked delivery companies they hire. I've since had to get in touch with customer service (yet again) and "de prioritize" one of these delivery companies. They were so bad. One would assume Amazon would just STOP using them, but I'm guessing that's TOO easy! One would ALSO assume that Amazon would know whether or not the company is capable of fulfilling the 2 day delivery window. If not, again, one would assume Amazon would contact the company and correct the issue. I don't think I'll be renewing my Prime membership for another year. The Prime Pantry feature is a rip-off, not to mention most merchandise on Amazon is available elsewhere for the same price or lower.
Reviewed Jan. 17, 2018
5th time an Amazon order did not arrive within the Amazon guaranteed delivery window. I even paid extra for overnight shipping. Farm animals died because of this. Not sure why I even gave Amazon another chance after all the past items that didn't show up on time. Your delivery "guarantee" is worthless.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
Paying $100 a year for Prime, been a customer for years but had to change my phone number (so now I can't get a code texted to me to log in). So instead of allowing me to verify my identity like all the other sites out there including my bank, and Paypal, they told me to "Just make a new account". Really?? After over 10 years of having the same account, with all my contacts, all my order history, my Prime watchlist saved history; and all the saved payment information??? I'm also a seller, so I can't get in and manage my sales, either. I called their so called "customer service" umpteen times, got the runaround every single time.
Was finally given a link to send in my government issued ID so they could disable the two-step verification so I could access my account and change my phone number; but it's been weeks and I've submitted my ID numerous times, and spoke with countless reps who do nothing to help, but keep me on the phone going in circles! This has been a complete nightmare. So everyone in the world who uses the two-step verification and has to change their phone number should just "get a new account"??? The "authenticator app" is useless unless you set it up while logged into your account; and my account was created long before such a thing even existed. Has this happened to anyone else? I can't imagine I'm the only one. Guess they won't be getting any more of my money!
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
As part of the Amazon Prime agreement, which involves a $99 annual fee, you have access to a movie library. Only when you go to view a movie in that library, you will often find that the movie you have selected is "Unavailable in your area." When I called to complain I was told this is due to "second party license agreements." No, it isn't. It's due to Amazon placing profits above customer service, and choosing not to renew the licensing agreements, thereby depriving their paying customers of a service offered. When I told this to the Amazon representative, I was told: "it's just a movie..." No, it's not. It's fraud.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
The products were never received. I am Amazon Prime customer and didnt receive any product. More than 10 days is over but still nothing, tried 3 days continuous redelivery, still it was not delivered. They should change name of Amazon Prime to Amazon primates, also same day delivery to same month delivery. If they are doing this to a customer in Manhattan I dont know how Amazon will be delivering in the rest of the USA.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
Absolutely disastrous experience with Amazon.com, which placed 2 orders without my consent, showed 0 items in my shopping cart at all times, but charged money instantly. Their website did not function (I guess), there was no way to cancel, edit, delete the orders and cc info. No phone number to call to ask for refunds. Refund link was irresponsive. This is not the end of the story yet since it takes 3 - 5 days to get a refund. Will never try this experience again with Amazon.com.
Reviewed Jan. 16, 2018
I was in need for a replacement battery for my drill. After three trial and error. I finally found a battery to work with my drill. I would like to thank Amazon for the patience to work with me. Excellent customer service and very professional.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2018
This all started out pretty simple 6 days ago with me trying to return a Christmas gift (Echo Spot, and TP Link smart plug,) for Store credit. I was not given a gift receipt but was told that if I provided the DSN number that they could look it up and return it. LIE #1, not true. Went home to look up the number and gave information to you the next day and said they couldn't return it. Then I spoke with someone else and after over an hour they said they would email me the return labels. LIE #2. I finally got the email the next day that simply stated "you can return to Amazon books," Would be simple, but there is not an Amazon bookstore where I live, which I had previously stated. So I then have to start all over with this as the email that was sent to me was from a do not reply address.
So I called and was told that they would be able to return the item and it would take a while, so she took down my phone number and promised if the call dropped then would give me a callback and regardless would email me the return label. After 45 mins the call dropped. She assured me if the call dropped she would call me back, LIE #3, never got a callback, also said she would email me return label. LIE #4, never got an email. Day 4, start all over again, this time I ended up getting the order number, which required me calling my sister and making her look it up, which was not only an annoyance for me and her, but also I had to do something that I didn't want, which is having her know I was returning the gift. So with order number ready try this again and was told that the department I was speaking with could not help me.
So thanks for the previous 3 days of wasting my time if you couldn't even return the item, either that or lying to me again, I was told that they would log a ticket and someone would contact me to resolve, LIE #5, never got an email. So day 5, At this point I'm pretty upset and frustrated, asked if I could just talk with manager or supervisor, but was not able to, and instead was told that the supervisor has the same resources that he does so nothing would be different. So after 45 mins of talking to him and coming to the same conclusion that he can’t help me I get transferred to someone else that eventually says they can’t process return but they will log a ticket and follow up via email in 24 hours.
I bring up the point if this is the case as soon as I gave him the order number, he should have been able to tell me he can’t process return it’s a different department. LIE #6, so either he can and lied about it, or just for fun wasted 45 mins of my time pretending he could return the item. So I get an email the next day, stating "I hear you need to return a book, what’s the order number". LIE #7, so apparently a ticket was never filed, otherwise they would have had the order number, and would have known it’s not about returning a book, in fact a book is not on that order at all. So yet again another worthless email that I can’t reply to and only directing me to the same number I called the previous 5 days.
Day 6, at this point I'm done with Amazon. All I want is an email address or mailing address that I can file a formal complaint. Would think that would be easy, but no... I could not find an email on the website so had to contact customer support, told him all I wanted was an email, he wouldn't give it to me until he tried to help me, so despite me telling him he couldn't and that this was now day 6 of this and person #11 that I have dealt with I had to waste another 45 mins of my time for him to realize he can’t help me. Then I simply asked for the customer service email, he refused to give it to me, and even went as far to tell me that the email doesn't exist. LIE #7. Finally I had to tell him that it was given to me the day before but I didn't write it down, he was magically able to give it to me.
So here we are day 6 and 7 blatant lies and counting. And back at square 1, another person promising that they will email me the return label in 24 hours. So we shall see what happens, But what I can assure you is that my thousands of dollars (which is probably meaningless to you) that I usually spend purchasing products on Amazon, and me raving about how awesome Amazon is and their great customer support, will be no more. Lie #8 was told that there was not a physical address to mail a formal complaint, but magically there is, surprise surprise.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2018
I've been completely fed up with the way Amazon doesn't live up to their promises, especially in regards to "Prime" shipping. First, I've been an Amazon customer for almost 16 years. And in the last 5 years their ability to get anything delivered on time is about 50/50. And there has been times when an item has changed price to what would be interpreted as a "good value". It's been my experience that those items have the biggest failure rate when it comes to actually receiving them. But most recently things in general with Amazon have gotten worse. I've had issues such as (please note that purchase "Prime" items 95% of the time):
* Items are not as described. For example, I purchased an item (Prime, fulfilled by Amazon) that was shown as a "3 Pack". But only received one of the item. I initially had some doubt before I actually made the purchase so I contacted their CSRs twice and was guaranteed that I would receive 3 items as described. However I only received one. I contacted Amazon again and I was eventually able to get in touch an alleged state-side "manager" who confirmed that I should have received 3. This person also guaranteed that they would personally follow up and get in touch with me. Lies, just lies. And that is only one example.
* Poor packaging. The first poorly packaged item purchased in the past 18 months was a cell phone. It arrived in what can be best described as a "fold up box". It wasn't a normal square or rectangular shaped box, it consisted of large fold-over flaps (with the stupid Amazon smile on it). When the cell phone arrived you could clearly see the cellphone's box, so it was exposed to the elements. Another item was a small and delicate electronic component. It arrived in a lightly padded shipping envelope that had obvious damage. It was torn, and stepped on at least twice (the footprints were clearly seen). In addition, the item was supposed to be contained in an anti-static wrap and then within its own flimsy product box. However the item was loosely floating around in the outer shipping envelope. It was returned, and exchanged. The second item arrived packaged the same way.
* Amazon Logistics. What a joke! It's bad enough that I get a package notification for something that isn't even delivered. And that is consistent. And then there are the "excuses" for not making the delivery. And there is inconsistency between the statuses shown to the consumer and the "real" status only visible to a logistics CSR. This particular time I opted to have the shipment delivered to a "locker" located within a local business (a grocery store).
The shipment was broken up into 2 shipments and the first arrived on-time. However the second one didn't. It was that shipment that I received excuses such as - "the truck didn't arrive on time" and "it was a miss-scan". Here's the really stupid part, they tried to deliver the second shipment to the locker at 5:45AM. Clearly the business wasn't open at that time. So I called Amazon AGAIN and was given the same run around of where they make lame excuses and will tell you anything just to get you off the phone.
* Amazon review "approvals". Amazon is so afraid of bad reviews that can be seen on their site. They will deny a review if anything bad is said about Amazon. You're not able to leave any type of public review that shows how lousy their service has become. And if you do leave a "private" review to them there is never any follow up of any kind.
* Amazon carrier choices. They should really stop using the USPS. The USPS in my area fails quite often and is never held accountable. When Amazon initially began using their own carrier and delivery personnel the service was adequate. However over the past 6 months this has changed. For example, I have an obvious note on my door that states "Package Delivery: please knock on door, thanks!". Lately they have ignored that and place packages on the open stoop or in the mailbox (guess what the genius post-person does... That's right, they think it's outgoing mail and take it!).
* Scam-artist sellers. Amazon seems to be letting scammers sell there. On one rare occasion where I purchased some items from a "third party" seller it turned out to be a scam. The product never shipped and the so-called "seller" never responded to any attempts to contact them. I had to call Amazon and obtain a refund, and I encountered some resistance from the CSR. I believe that Amazon should be pro-active in those situations and reach out to their customers.
Lastly, some advice to other unhappy Amazon customers - If you can't understand the CSR due to their inability to speak clearly in English, or if they're giving you an attitude you should demand to speak with someone stateside. I also recommend that you call during daytime business hours. Also you should demand some type of compensation, if you pressure them you may get a free month of Prime (if you're a member, yes it really isn't "compensation") or you may get a monetary credit on your account for future purchases.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2018
Since Amazon has been using more third party and overseas merchants, my orders take longer to ship and the quality of the merchandise is questionable. Most of my Christmas purchases came from overseas without my knowledge. At least eBay tells you where the item for sale is located so you can make an informed decision. I will be closing out my credit card and no longer shopping at Amazon this year. How disappointing. I think they got too big, too fast and it shows in the service.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2018
We have been Prime members for 19 years. The service has gotten progressively worse since we joined. There are packing errors, shipping errors, items that are scanned "delivered" that never left their distribution center. AZL is the worst of the worst. They are banned from entering our gated community, but still scan our packages as delivered. We installed security cameras to prove that they lie. We hold for HOUR and HOURS trying to get their reps in the Philippines to understand the problems and fix them.
Most of the time, we can't get them to understand what our email address is. When we escalate to the US, we get the RUDEST people that we have ever encountered. Does Bezos hold "RUDE CONTESTS" and only hire the worst of the worst? That's what we came up with. The truth is that NOBODY GIVES A CRAP ABOUT HOW THEY TREAT CUSTOMERS. We have canceled our Prime Accounts and eagerly await the day that this company fails. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Bezos owes us thousands of dollars for the hundreds of hours that we have spent dealing with his HORRIBLE SERVICE. If we could figure out a way to sue the jerk for our time, we would - and so would missions of others.
Reviewed Jan. 15, 2018
I’m seeing online now a lot of people complaining about the new Amazon delivery service. It seems that they cannot get packages to the right address. For an online store that should be its number one priority but Amazon seems to be really dropping the ball on this one. Make sure you don’t live an in apartment complex or you’ll never get your package.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2018
I do not live in a rural area but in the city. I tried Prime twice, and cancelled each time after a few months due to late delivery of most Prime (2-day) orders. Most recent screwups include packages showing as at Amazon's local hub, then next thing you know it's on its way to the coast, only to be rerouted to the same hub for delivery days later.
What I find most offensive is finding a notation delivery was attempted for any one of a number of reasons they can check off. Every time I call them out on the deceptive delivery attempt notations (i.e. does the GPS prove the claimed delivery attempt?), I get silence from Amazon. Amazon doesn't care whether or not packages are delivered on time as confirmed by their customer service... They could care less about late deliveries and their drivers lying about delivery attempts. No longer am I the fool who pays a monthly fee get screwed over half the time on deliveries. For 98% of my purchases I can get it just as cheap as Amazon somewhere else.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2018
I have placed several orders (the order number I put down below is just one of them) for computer parts on AMAZON PRIME. Expensive and time sensitive parts! A market that constantly changes due to the cryptocurrency boom. First, my orders got declined then I got a phone call and verified them. Later I got another call. Unfortunately I missed that call and received a voice mail. Telling me that I need to call back with a REFERENCE number. Everything looks good so far. I tried to find a reference number. Went through my email. No number. Called customer service. They had no idea. They told me to reply the email. In the meantime my ACCOUNT GOT LOCKED, my debit card got locked. Replied to the email giving them all kinds of information telephone numbers, names, debit card numbers, social security verification etc... Just an automatic reply.
Next day I got several emails that I needed to change my card info on the account otherwise my orders would be cancelled. Well, I can’t get to the account! Called customer service again. They have no idea what was going on. Every time I have to go over the same story. They have no authority to fix or contact anybody. Obviously there is a magical person out there called an "Account Manager" that can fix the problem that no mortals can reach... Oh, and there is a magical number called a REFERENCE NUMBER that nobody knows...
I have given all my phone numbers, bank account numbers, security numbers, order numbers, email addresses nothing matches... Some orders went through. Some didn't. I can’t switch because MY ACCOUNT IS LOCKED! As soon as this gets resolved I will cancel all Amazon Accounts and told my family members do the same. Not only waste of money but a major problem right now since their mismanagement causes my bank getting suspicions and locking my accounts daily. USE EBAY... Set up your own security measure.
Reviewed Jan. 14, 2018
I have been a loyal Amazon user with Prime membership. I ordered a Chromebook with same delivery and it said it was out for delivery by 4:50pm. I could track the delivery status from my phone so when I saw that the driver was in the area by 8 I was sure I would get it by 9. No... I was wrong. My package was never delivered. I placed in a call which was hung up and received an email stating... "Ooops, we got disconnected". I spoke with various staffs from Amazon as these people were just transferring my calls everywhere. I asked at one point, "Which department am I connected to NOW?" The answer was USA. Incredible... I am still waiting for the package and from real time track I can tell that the driver is not orderly in delivering the package. I saved all the tracking and shared with friends. Ridiculous.
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2018
Last time I used Amazon, my package was 3 weeks late. However, I decided to give them a second chance. Big mistake. The stuff that I’ve paid for, still hasn’t arrived. Amazon used to be a dependable company, but not anymore. These days it’s just a website. The distribution and shipping is handled by a totally different company which Amazon has no control over or responsibility for. The customer service has apparently been outsourced to some company in India. Amazon isn’t a shop anymore, it’s just a shop front.
What I got when I clicked on “track package”, was a long list of lies. Apparently, my package was sent here and there, it was shipped from Chicago and 6 hours later it had arrived in Norway. Obviously sent by rocket ship, as a direct flight takes 9 hours. A week later, the package still hadn’t arrived. Why? Because it had never been sent in the first place.
You’ll notice that nowhere on the order confirmation e-mail does it say how to contact Amazon. And nowhere on the website does it say “contact us” or “customer service”. I tried to search for customer service on their website, and all I got were books that I could BUY about how to contact Amazon customer service! A long time and many searches later, I finally manage to get hold of customer service. I got an email from some poor Indian guy who was deeply apologetic and offered me ten bucks off my next purchase, but he didn’t actually know anything about the delivery of my package since that was a different company. When my package arrived, I could get a refund. But my package still hasn’t arrived. Will it ever? This is my last experience with Amazon. Hopefully, after reading this review, you have been warned!
Reviewed Jan. 13, 2018
I happen to purchase 10.or E mobile 3 days back for RS 79999₹ with a discount of 2000 from its list price of 9999₹. Today day reduced the price to 6999₹. And now they say it's company policy. Fine. The quality of the product is below average. And if I want to return they say it is not acceptable and they can only give replacement. So the end result is customer has to bear this substandard phone for life. They say return and refund is not possible for this product. And they refused to post my review as well. The Amazon.in order ** of "10.or E (Aim Gold, 3 GB)" dated 09/01/2018.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2018
I ordered a book from Amazon on January 5. On January 11, my account online at Amazon said the book had been delivered. Since I had not received it, it appears it was delivered to an incorrect address. I telephoned Amazon Cust Svc and asked for a refund. They told me they would give me a refund. However, on Jan 11, Amazon made a second charge for the amount on my credit card. When I telephoned Amazon Cust Svc this morning (Angie, who said she is "one of the supervisors) refused to help. Since she did not speak English (and spoke very quickly, slurring her words), I am not sure whether she even understood the problem. Now Amazon has charged my credit card twice, I have not received the book, and I still do not have a refund. Amazon just does not care about customers.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2018
If you EVER have to contact customer service you will never want to use Amazon again. They charged me for an item that I NEVER received and the rep refused to refund me. First, I have been a Prime member since 2013. I never experienced a problem such as this. But then again, I never had to contact customer service. When it comes to them messing up even ONCE. They will not own up to it. I used to use Amazon regularly, got my items on time, never had to complain.
Now, I ordered my item early December for a Christmas present. Was thinking 3 weeks for delivery would give it enough time to receive with PRIME shipping. I was wrong. It was delayed, then delayed, then even more delayed. I contacted chat support multiple times asking where my items were. They said, "I don't know what to tell you, I have to keep repeating myself to you and you will get it when you do, I can't do anything about that, I'm sorry." They offered a refund, and I said, "No, I just want the item and I will wait." So, I wait it out... I finally get a tracking number mid January and receive HALF the order. I chat again, they say this will have to be a carrier mishap and they need my email address. When I look at my order, for the tracking number, I see only ONE ITEM instead of two.
So I took 30 seconds to respond so they closed the chat and I had to AGAIN open a second chat and the person told me I needed to call, so I call and the lady told me that I requested for my order to be canceled during chat. I did not. I tell her I was charged for both, and she doesn't believe me since she shows only one item. I tell her my confirmation email stating TWO ITEMS. Explained the awful experience I have had. She says, "I don't believe you, I cannot refund this, there is no way." I tell her I am not going to be charged for something I did not receive and she states that since I requested to cancel the order, she cannot refund me.
So I am left charged for an item I did not receive. I explained myself 20x over the course of an hour to this rep and she acted as if I was stealing from Amazon for asking for my refund. Since I kept repeating myself, she said she would have to hang up for profanity when I NEVER cussed at her. She talked over me, she tried every which way to tell me I'm SOL. By the way, getting an American rep is not a thing. It took me 30 minutes out of the whole phone call for her to EVEN UNDERSTAND what was going on. Worst than Comcast.
Reviewed Jan. 12, 2018
I have been a Prime member for 5 years. As of today, 01/11/2018 I will no longer renew my membership and will be cancelling the Prime Music and other stuff I have been using from Prime. Deliveries have gone downhill over the last several months, customer Service is now handled by very poor English speaking representatives, and you cannot get a clear explanation of where your product even is! After being lied to tonight for over 45 minutes that my item would be delivered by 9pm tonight, I finally spoke to someone from Logistics who said my item had been "LOST IN TRANSIT" So he would send out a replacement item that I "should" receive by Saturday. I ordered this item last week Wednesday! It took 14 days for a t-shirt to get to my daughter that was eligible for prime shipping over Christmas. It is a shame, I used to enjoy Amazon, now I'll just start buying elsewhere and suggest others do the same.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2018
It appears as if Amazon Logistics, Amazon's shipping service, hires homeless people off the street and gives little training and coaching. My packages are constantly delivered to the wrong address, primarily my neighbors, and I've had to go through 10--not an exaggeration--before getting refunded. Customer service is by far the worst I've experienced. Their main phone hub is out of India and you'd be hard pressed to understand a word they are saying. No compensation for the 2 days I had to reach out to customer service for resolution. Cancelled my Prime membership and not looking back.
Reviewed Jan. 11, 2018
I have been being stalked and was told by police detectives to protect myself in certain ways by not putting my financial and location info online. If I use Amazon make a fake account because Amazon always compromises your safety by putting your exact location and phone number in their emails to you even if you don't trust your email. They make your info unsecured. The emails could say refer to your account for shipping info. Well I have to use gift certificates for payment. Amazon is discriminating against me by treating me as a 3rd class customer no matter how long I have worked with them. Amazon refuses to allow me to see my options for shipping totals And ask a simple question. WHAT IS THE TOTAL OF MY ORDER including shipping and tax? Or how much money do I need to complete my order? Amazon is making money by not allowing you to get answers to these 2 questions.
This is basic customer service and respect. You can ask these questions to any place of retail and get these answers. Because they are choosing your shipping method and not letting you see your totals as a result of which form of shipping they chose. This is called bad business and complete disrespect to costumers Because I refuse to give them the control they feel they should have over my bank account and debit. If you have Prime with debit in their system beware, they will total all your shipping during your free trial and pull it out of your account without your permission. They can't do it with a gift card So that has a lot to do with why they want your debit cards. This organization has gotten so big that they don’t have to respect their customers wishes. The trust I had for Amazon is now gone. Financial transactions are no longer an option. In their eyes I don’t deserve to even have the most basic of questions answered. Amazon we are done.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2018
So on January 5 I ordered 2 separate makeup organizers... they didn't take the money out that day. They tried two days later when I was broke... so I jumbled some things around and paid for my order and they said it was a two day shipping cause of being a prime member. Anyways I called them this morning and they told me it was out of stock and got really upset and started crying and the customer service ** had the balls to start laughing at me. I was absolutely shocked and I said to her "How dare you laugh at a customer that has been dealing with your guys' mistakes since the fifth of January." They said it should be here on the 11 and they extended my prime membership for a month if my stuff isn't shipped out by Monday morning I want my full refund and I won't be ordering from them anymore. I will find somewhere else.
Updated review: Jan. 31, 2018
I do appreciate yours efforts, from the whole team and from Mr. Jeff ** , the CEO. You have solved the problem very fast and very professionally ! I am very happy with you all, good job folks ! Well done buddies !
Original Review: Jan. 10, 2018
That is, following this, my complain with Mr. Jeff Bezos, after to contact the CS and the PS at AMAZON.COM. "Hi, My name is Rodolfo **, a senior old man, a Brazilian citizen, 62 years old, still working with wood and stuff, and I am really pissed off with the treatment which I have been receiving since the first order. All of them were delayed. I need to receive as soon as possible, because are tools. I am not a criminal. I am an honest old person, who needs those tools to survive, to eat! And to feed my family!
The most recently is #**, FROM JANUARY 10, 2018. I have done the edition and the correction on my address, which they claimed is wrong, and all the time, but the Amazon website does not do the edition, all the time, so I have sent E-MAILS, before to start the shipping procedure, so in order to proper deliver my tools! TOOLS! So they asked me to send to the Amazon, a picture of my Credit Card, because I do not have a billing or a statement, because it is a PREpaid card. I am really very mad, angry and pissed off, because I am not a criminal. I am not a thief. I am not a robber. I am an old guy who needs the tools in order to work, to do my job, just this. For God sake, help me.
I will put a complain globally, even been a simple buyer, but you all deserve to improve your behaving, with me, and with the whole customers, treat the persons better, like honest people we are! I will buy, as soon they refund me, the same order on eBay, whom they treat me just like I deserve! I hope you can fix this injustice, it is fair what you are doing to me. If you don´t, you will lose a small buyer, and the rest of yours customers widely, I am sure! It was lunch time for me, one hour ago, but I just and simply can´t eat, because of my emotional feelings. The food won´t go now on my throat, it is impossible!
But look sometimes the collaborators, the cooperators, associates or the employees are not the problem, the problem could be also the company or the board of the directors, or maybe the CEO. I just don´t want to be unfair, to claiming about the wrong people of the company. Thanks anyway." So they have locked my account, and I can´t send the picture of my credit card bill or statement, because it is PREpaid, so I have sent a picture of the card, then they have not accepted, claiming it is not legible, unreadable! I want or my tool delivered fastly or my money refunding back at my card, faster too.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2018
I wrote a negative review of a book, The Psychic Sasquatch and their UFO Connection, and the individuals who control the review process refused to post it. I wonder how many other products reviews are also squelched, leaving the consumer in the dark about possible defects or other unworthy aspects of the products.
Reviewed Jan. 10, 2018
I am having problems with the company Amazon is using to ship my products. They do not knock on the door. They throw the packages onto the porch. I have confronted the drivers, the shipping company and no way to contact Amazon about it if I'm not trying to return the shipment. At one time, the item inside was broke and I immediately got on Amazon's website and put in a complaint and a request to return the item. Request was denied at first with no reason given. I finally, after a couple of weeks, got a phone number. I called and it was picked up in the Philippines. The person apologized and promised that UPS would come by within 2 business days with a prepaid label to return the item. 3 days later, I call asking. They said sorry, they will take care of it.
The next day, I got an email denying the return. I call, again, "We are sorry. We will take care of this right away." The next day, request denied email again. Now, we are past 30 days and that is what they use as the reason. I contacted them again and asked for a supervisor. I explained everything that had been happening and how I no longer trusted "We will take care of this". He gave me a $5 credit to my account and asked me to ship back at my expense and then to email him a copy of the receipt and he would credit my account with whatever the receipt showed. I didn't believe him, but also, they were supposed to be giving me my money back. That never happened. They did credit my account for the cost of shipping, but instead of refunding the money, they put that as credit also.
I NO LONGER TRUST AMAZON. If I ever become a witness for a case against Amazon, guess who I'm not going to believe in the court case. I will side against Amazon 100% of the time. I reluctantly made another order. Last night, BOOM, The driver threw a big box onto my porch again. I found the shipping company's email and sent them a message. I get a return saying that they will process my customer order number and get back to me. I didn't give them a customer number. I doubt I'll get a response from them.
Oh, when confronting the driver the time before, he yelled back at me, "I didn't throw your box. This a ** thing, right?" I responded, "What does this have to do with race. I'm sitting in a well-insulated house and hear a loud BAM! If you just laid the box down, there is no way I could have heard anything. And why was the item inside broken?" His response, "That's your problem you racist MF" and left. What has this world come to. I'm the last person on this earth to care about race/color/gender/anything else. Amazon needs to have a way to handle these situations. I really don't want to do business with Amazon anymore...
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2018
I purchased the subject TracFone (Samsung Galaxy J7 Pro) for $99 on December 31. They said it was out of stock and they would send when available. Other sellers on Amazon said they were out of stock as well. Two days later the price went up to $149, still saying out of stock. All other sellers raised their prices but now they guarantee shipment in one to two days! So if all other sellers have the same TracFone, where is mine? My old TracFone cannot hold a charge and I need this new one by January 21 or I'll lose 800 minutes (they transfer minutes if you buy the new card within a year). It seems unethical to me. A week after Christmas their sales were low so they offered many products greatly reduced in price.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2018
Over the years I have ordered a lot from Amazon without any problems that I can recall. In the last week, I have contacted Amazon customer service twice. Once for a billing issue and one for a shipping issue. The shipping issue really wasn't their problem, but both times they were accommodating and provided me with very satisfactory outcomes. I rarely call customer service for an issue, but when I do, I feel a sense of dread. If I ever do have to contact Amazon again, I know it won't be a dreadful experience, and it only alleviates any second thoughts I have about doing business with them. Thank you, Amazon.
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2018
Ordered a PS4 game online on Dec.29th... Still haven't received as of 1/9/18. Called customer service, she told me product was from a 3rd party seller and that it was out of stock... No mention of either when I placed the order. If so I would have went to WalMart and purchased it. They have it in store at the same price! So much for Amazon online convenience shopping!
Reviewed Jan. 9, 2018
Am a Prime member. Ordered items that never showed up. Got ”replacements” (for what?) after a week. Now got letter demanding a return of the original items since I got ”replacements” or charged AGAIN.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
Two-day delivery in Manhattan should be easy. It rarely happens anymore, if ever. Amazon is boosting their profits by cutting back on speed of delivery. Considering my experiences and the others I've read here, they are risking being seen as an increasingly unreliable vendor. Trust them with their new pantry or other food deliveries? Never. I am basically paying for TV and movies, not rapid deliveries. That's my conclusion and it is dangerous one for their company. Netflix is fine, as is Hulu. There is enough TV everywhere.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
They promise same day, one or two day delivery. They seem to rarely deliver according to their promised time schedule. You need to at least double their estimate. I wish they wouldn't do this. I used to rely on it. No more.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
I'm calling out Amazon on this review. Each customer show know that any transactions done on Amazon are not 100% guaranteed. There is a risk. The "seller" may be fake like in my case and now I, a customer of Amazon and who trusted in the name, have to go through a lengthy process in order to receive my item/refund. Never Again!
Why are we all so ready to shop on Amazon with such a risk beats me. A third party? Really?!! This experience tells me not to trust in third party names like Amazon. Either deal directly with the seller and not with any third parties like Amazon who can't assure the items you order through their name arrives on time or at all. Why shop Amazon, then?
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
Dealing with multiple offices ordering through Amazon Business has been a nightmare. We were excited to find "pay by invoice" became available the end of 2017 only to discover it's not consistent; sometimes you can pay by invoice other times it is not offered at all because it depends on the seller. Then there is the payments and where they go. When our business setup the Amazon Credit line that included the mailing address. We just found out in the last 30 days some of our payments were to suppose to go to Seattle, WA and not Atlanta, GA.
On top of that the payments got REFUNDED for us to have to reprocess/resend payment to Seattle. Tell me why the payment couldn't have been electronically transferred within Amazon? This is the WORST company to deal with as a "business". Also found payments not getting applied correctly. Spent too much time getting it straightened out repeatedly. DO NOT OPEN AN AMAZON BUSINESS ACCOUNT! YOU WILL BE WEARY AND SORRY!
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
I am a Prime member. I have over past month ordered things on Amazon.com that have either not been delivered... been damaged and had to be reordered... or delivered somewhere else. It doesn't pay to have Prime. Yesterday I paid the extra money to have items delivered today. I get noticed it was out for delivery... no later than 9. I went to bed at 10 pm and still no items. I got up at midnight... looked at order status and said "delivered" well. I opened door... (disarmed alarm) and there was no package. I really needed the items as my pets are suffering from winter fleas... and now I have to find another way to get items. It will not be by Amazon.
My experience with Prime grocery has not been any better. I have received delivery of milk other day. Milk was leaking out bottom of bag. Many time items were not included. I have received milk containers without labels. Pizzas with torn wet packages. I can go on. It was wonderful service at first; but now I cannot say the same. The order number is of an item that says "delivered" but never come.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
On Jan 7th I was expecting a delivery and when the delivery guy pull up I said hello and he said nothing. Then he wanted me to stand there while he scanned the label with his phone and it takes 10 min and he didn't said a word and when I tried to look at what order had came he takes it out of my hands and keep scanning without saying a word so I walked away and then he left without saying anything. So I called Amazon customer service. Filed a complaint. Of course they wouldn't give me his name by referring to a dumb ** who deliver my package. WORST OF THE WORST. What kind of people is Amazon using to deliver our package and after I dealt with this dumb ** and I could said I am sorry about high price item. AMAZON first SELLING counterfeit and now this and do not buy any brand name from Amazon is all fakes. $8 Dollars for a Hermes belt but some people did buy it though.
Reviewed Jan. 8, 2018
AMZL Amazon’s in house delivery service is horrible. The last 6 items I have ordered have been late by days! And when they do deliver they won’t even ring the doorbell! How do I know it’s there, I have complained to customer service repeatedly about this. All they say is "Wait till 4 pm the next day, if it not there then let us know!" Great service for a company whose customer service slogan is, the most customer centric company! Ya right, Amazon Prime canceled, after 7 years!
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2018
1/5/18 Ordered a flat sheet in purple, what I received on 1/7/18 was a green flat sheet. The barcode on the package however states Queen Purple Flat Sheet. I called Amazon and they said to return it and I would be given a refund. I explained that I needed the product by 1/9/18 so this was a problem. No other options were given, other than the assurance they "promised" this mistake would not happen again. Really? I know a lot of their picking is automated but was the person who boxed it colorblind? Green and purple are completely different. This is just sloppy and careless. I experienced this quite a bit from Amazon over the 2017 holiday season. Very disappointed and will think twice about ordering from them in the future.
Reviewed Jan. 7, 2018
Amazon getting less and less loyal to their regular customers. First, what turned me off some time ago was when they started charging sales taxes. Luckily some sellers who sell through Amazon still don't, so I continued buying from them. Second, I absolutely hate when my packages are shipped through Amazon courier because there is no way to track it and I had my packages lost or stolen twice with them. Another thing is packaging. Even if I don't order frustration-free packaging, my items most of the time will have no protective packaging whatsoever. If an Amazon seller won't pack the item well, Amazon shipping center won't do any attempt to protect my order. Items are just thrown in a shipping box.
Nowadays I see that Amazon only concentrate on its Prime members. I have been a Prime member on a trial basis and on a long-term paid basis. And I can totally confirm that when you are a Prime customer your orders will ship really fast, sometimes even in less than 6 hours, and you'll get them delivered the next day or the day thereafter. But when you are regular customer, Amazon will not ship your orders for as long as over 10 days.
They will promise you a time window of delivery dates and they will not ship your orders until the day before the last promised date of delivery. And I have experienced these delays not once, so it's not a random, rare event, it's not just during holidays or bad weather. Amazon does it on a regular basis to its regular customers. If I want to wait for 14+ days for my item I too can order it directly from China, which I suspect what Amazon may be doing. Or maybe they are just so busy with their Prime customers, that they don't have enough people to fulfill non-Prime customers orders on time.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I've spent the entire day since 11 AM speaking with Amazon representatives regarding this issue. It was realized that the seller did not provide an accurate address to return the item and left out the suite number which is crucial. The seller proceeded to contact my personal email and sent a FedEx shipping label with the suite number - which a representative today frowned upon, requesting that all be through the Amazon messaging center or Amazon cannot view and back the customer. I was also informed by one Amazon representative that if I had indeed proceeded to use the FedEx slip, the Amazon guarantee would be voided. Then ENCOURAGED by another Amazon representative hours later to go ahead and use it to get the certificate back to the seller.
Once I informed the representative of the conversation I had with a previous Amazon rep, they said they would issue a new shipping slip identical to the one I used to send, we would have to wait for the package to be rerouted to me, then send it via UPS again and wait for the seller to receive. Truly putting my refund on hold until at least February due to the shipping delays. I contacted the Amazon Customer Complaint line and spoke with a representative that went ahead and called UPS directly - only to find out the package was delivered to the warehouse, but sat for 5 days and was never picked up by the seller. UPS then proceeded to send it to Seattle, Washington to an Amazon Center. The representative quickly had it rerouted to the appropriate address in New York and will arrive January 16th. As a faithful Amazon customer I am infuriated by this entire situation.
As a customer, I have done everything in my power to ensure the certificate is delivered to the seller. The ring was received by the seller, the certificate was being delivered to Amazon in Washington and an Amazon representative had it sent to the seller. It has been out of my hands. In conclusion, I have not been refunded and this issue has been ongoing for over a month. I don't have the ring, or the certificate. I should not be put at fault for the seller's unwillingness to pick up the package for 5 days, and providing an inaccurate return address.
From reading Amazon's A-Z guarantee, I would have believed this request would be not only granted, but be given a high priority seeing the length of time spent trying to send the package, the inaccuracy of the seller and their actions, and that I have been a Prime member since 2015 and an Amazon member since 2001. Also noting that I have been diligently trying to get the items to the seller since November. I am in disbelief that Amazon would treat their customers in this manner, especially seeing that the customer is not at fault. I sent this item back to the seller within 4 business days. Then the Certificate was requested by the seller and sent back within 20 business days. I don’t understand why my request has not been granted and I have not received my refund. I do not feel as if I should be the one reprimanded for the seller’s actions. Thanks.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
In the last few months my prime shipments through Amazon is taking longer to deliver and this shipment has taking 6 days so far. Today I called customer no service with Amazon and was told that Amazon has change the rules and now they can take as long as they want to process a shipment and when it ships it may take two three four even five or six days or longer and this is called two day free shipping. This is false advertising and will take my business elsewhere.

Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
Amazon.com. Trying to play God. Amazon has gift cards that can be purchased just about anywhere in the world and on just about any platform. I am a businessman that is constantly looking for deals that can help me increase my bottom line. So I came across this website, where you can buy “The friendliest company in the worlds” gift cards at a 10% discount. So I started my e-commerce business buying and selling to my now growing clientele (people trying to honestly patronize me) and then I ran into Amazon made trouble. It turns out that Amazon gift cards with Amazon clearly printed on them and with legitimate claim codes, do not always get honored. It is at some account specialist’s discretion to decide when they are valid or not (the friendliest company in the world indeed).
These so called specialists evidently have been given the express opportunity to play God with your money and there’s nothing you can do about it (shame on you Amazon). If you do not want your gift cards to be used as legal tender then why put them out there in the first place? Anyway, I collected some money from a client and purchased gift cards from a 3rd party, legitimate Amazon cards as I mentioned before, did the whole check thing on their website to ascertain the validity of the cards, paid for my cards and now proceeded to enter them into Amazon’s website, Cards accepted (woohoo), made my purchase as I normally do and have done numerous. My Item is awaiting shipment (woohoo, can’t wait to receive my clients iPhone X), go to sleep and wake up the next day, receive an email saying your account has been suspended, because you entered invalid gift cards, this has to be a bad dream surely.
I responded to the email asking God (sorry Amazon’s customer service) why they had chosen to cancel my order, credit my account with my clients $1400.00 trapped and then suspend (later close) my account. And God says to me “I am who I am” and I can do whatever I damn please, your account stays shut. One would expect that Amazon’s website would not be accepting invalid Amazon cards, but no, they do so deceivingly. (Loyal customer, prime member beware).
What do I tell my client now, how do I convince my client that I wasn’t mugged, but rather robbed in broad daylight by the friendliest company in the world!!! (Not even a sorry for the inconvenience, we have identified the invalid cards and taken them out). I wonder, do you harbor criminals and just assume every visitor to your site is a criminal? Earth’s most customer-centric company!!! (Indeed). Big shame on you Amazon, big shame! I want my account of 9 years opened back up and I want access to my money and deserve a right to place my order. Remove whatever invalid gift cards you see in my account and stop playing God. You are playing with people’s livelihood. Not cool.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
At least 80% of the time Amazon Logistics is very late. I pay for Prime membership to get the free two day shipping. If they ship logistics, it never makes it. Someone should start a class action lawsuit against Amazon for this. People pay a lot of money for Prime for the two day shipping only not to get what they pay for.
Reviewed Jan. 6, 2018
I used to LOVE Amazon. Ask anybody. I touted their customer service to everyone I know. My husband said, "Yeah, but wait until they are the biggest with no competition and see what happens". Guess what? He was right. I've spent thousands of dollars as a member of Prime and whenever I've had a problem they always responded with "This is not the kind of problem we want our customers to have to deal with..." When I didn't receive my Prime 2-day Shipping items in the promised 2 days I was basically told "too bad". I was told that the 2 day promise no longer means that you can expect your item in two days but two days after it’s shipped, whenever that will be.
So for my Prime items that I needed quickly for an impromptu trip to Alaska that I ordered on Tuesday and expected on Thursday are not going to arrive until Monday! And there is no recompense for the inconvenience like there used to be. So, from now on, if I can buy it somewhere else, I will. So long, Amazon, I hope you continue to lose customers. I am telling everyone I know what kind of customer service they can expect from now on.
Reviewed Jan. 5, 2018
We ordered an Air Hockey Table for Christmas for our children and purchased it using a credit card. It was scheduled to arrive on December 26, but when it arrived it was damaged, so we refused delivery. We called Amazon and were told that the table was no longer available from the same seller, but was available from another seller. The representative suggested that she refund us the amount of the original table to Amazon credit, and then had us purchase the table from the second seller. The second seller page stated that the table would be delivered between Jan 5-10, which was disappointing as it was a Christmas present.
A few days after placing the order with the second seller, we were contacted by the seller and advised that the table would actually not be delivered until the end of January. This was unacceptable to us as the seller's page on Amazon clearly stated that the item would be delivered between Jan 5-10, so we canceled this order. When we once again contacted Amazon regarding the cancellation of this 2nd order and to request a refund, we were advised that we were not able to get a refund back to our credit card since we had purchased the 2nd table using Amazon credit.
We requested to speak to a supervisor and we were told that there was nothing else they could do for us even though we had made the original purchase on our credit card, and did not request to have the first refund issued in the form of a credit. I have spent many hours on the phone trying to get this situation resolved, but have been unsuccessful. As a result, my children do not have an air hockey table and we have an Amazon credit of over $900! In my opinion Amazon has stolen more than $900 from us and is forcing us to do business with them in order to recoup our money!
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