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    Reviewed Dec. 31, 2016

    I have been a member of Amazon Prime for several years now and I find their services invaluable! This afternoon I was speaking with my daughter and she was telling me that there were no really good deals for Cyber Monday at the brick and mortar stores and that Amazon prices were often better than the stores offer when she compared them. I really like online shopping and use Amazon every day - and that is not a joke!

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016

    I had a few negative experiences with products I purchased from Amazon this Christmas. One was so bad that it motivated me to write a review. I had purchased a product unknowingly from a 3rd party seller located in China. I don't have a problem with that except I should know that before I buy something. It was going to cost me $38 (least expensive option) to return a $24 item. I complained to the seller first, who was just concerned about the money they were losing, and got nowhere. I then complained to Amazon, who couldn't help me since it was a 3rd party purchase. When I threatened to cancel my prime membership, they bent over backwards and really came through by giving me a refund of the $38.

    However, I posted a negative review about the item and my experience, and Amazon refused to post it! It was just the facts, no vulgarity. Their rules say the review has to be about the product... so I was forced to remove my comment about the poor service... They still didn't post it & have threatened to not allow me to post future comments. Really, Amazon? People deserve to know they are purchasing a product that they won't be able to return because it is from China and returning isn't cost-effective. I was an Amazon fan - I still am since they took care of me eventually, but now I know I cannot depend on the reviews & will think twice before spending my money there from now on.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016

    Amazon.com has the absolute worse customer service support. I have been ordering from them for years and been a member (with an account) since 2007. However, 2016 has been horrible. They submitted payments twice to my bank therefore taking money from my account twice for the same order. I called them and spent 2 hours on the phone only to be told they do not see what I'm talking about. I placed an order this week and at the end of the order I changed the shipping name not address and my rewards points disappeared. I called them immediately and no one could assist me. They kept telling me, I wasn't going to be charged for shipping which had nothing to do with my rewards points.

    I called back three days later only to be told there is nothing they can do to get my rewards points back. Yet, I have an email that shows what my card should be charged including the rewards points. But that means nothing because Amazon can do what they want once they have your card information. Customer Service definitely do not try to resolve the issue in the customer's best interest. Amazon looks out for themselves. I am very disappointed in their services.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016

    I placed an order on 13th December 2016. Already been canceled because of the quality issue. Till now I didn't got my refund. Product is been returned. Now Amazon saying that already refunded to your account but in actual it's not. Am just following probably from last one week - no resolution. Very bad service. Don't use it.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2016

    I love Amazon Prime and how easy it is to order things! I like the app too. It makes it easy to shop on mobile. I also really like the subscribe and save option--it makes it easy to get products I use on a regular basis.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016

    I ordered 2 items on black Friday weekend and I used my Sears credit card and $45.02 of Sears rewards points towards my purchase. In the settings of my Amazon account there is a one touch change button so anything you touch on the website changes in 1 touch. Needless to say my payment method was changed. I called customer service to have it changed back. The representative fixed that part for me and he was in a rush to get me off the phone. He told me I still got my rewards points off the balance but it was not until I just got my credit card statement that I saw the points were taken away and I was charged the full balance to my card. Such thieves. I will definitely be cancelling my account with them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016

    The last few months I have been having a lot of issues with Amazon. I have prime. I started ordering for Christmas in October and that's when all this mess started. I also got a Amazon store card which I have been paying on time. So when I ordered my items a couple I received and were destroyed but a bulk of my products never showed up even when they were boxed with the ones that I did receive. I called Amazon and the delivery people over 30 times in 2 weeks. I was so upset. I called Amazon and the card company about my refunds and I was told I was getting them. I saw they scheduled and all on my card but on my end my card balance was going down with each refund instead of up. There is over $300 worth of products charged to my store card that I did buy as well. I have contacted Amazon and I have not heard back from them yet. I'm so pissed off I have no clue what to do. I'm not paying for products I did not receive or order.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016

    I'm quite please with Amazon as a seller and store, etc. Indeed I find great value in the Prime content as well... That is except for the show, The Man in the High Castle. I can take all sorts of violence. I can understand and appreciate how tough scenes need to be to set up the story. I have to say, for the first time in my life, I can't take what this story is dragging me through to set up some relief. Things are bad in reality. This is unnecessary and does nothing but depress me. It's just too much for me to be actually boring through the idea that Germany and Japan have taken over the USA. It just disturbs me way too much. Especially when I see Americans being afraid and collaborating with obviously evil and corrupt (what was) alien forces.

    Too many Americans died to keep what we see from happening. It's sacred ground. I'm just not going to watch what our grandfathers and very honorable fathers did trashed to keep such a despicable story line alive. I'm not going to patronize this program anymore. Yes, its production values are amazing. However that's not enough to give such a horrendous, and ugly scenario any more of my time. Kill kids, slaughter everything. I can take it all in cinema, but don't ask me to not kill my flatscreen because it offends me so gutturally.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016

    Shopping is easy on Amazon which is both an attribute and a penalty at the same time. With so much inventory to shop for, way too much money can be spent each time shopping unless I have a strong sense of control. Lately I have been comparison shopping which takes some of the spike out of shopping as it takes time and energy to check and make sure I am getting a good deal.

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    Reviewed Dec. 29, 2016

    I absolutely love shopping on Amazon. I signed up for Amazon Prime about 5 years ago, and it's the greatest way to get fast and free shipping on pretty much everything I buy. Returns are really easy, too, and your account gets credited within a few days. I like that I can buy items from across the world on Amazon and still get FREE shipping. That has really come in handy this Christmas season!

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016

    I have been a faithful customer to Amazon for years. I have never had anything but excellent service until this fiasco. I charged some Xmas presents. They charged my acct on file. I then received an email stating the charges were disputed. I never disputed the charges. I called the credit card company and was told no charges were received to dispute. I replied to the email stating charge my account there must have been a mistake.

    I received a 2nd email stating the charge was declined. Again called credit card company and was told no charges were received or disputed. I tried to call their customer service line and was told someone would contact me within 48 hours. The rep was very hard to understand. No call was received. I called again, same result. All I wanted to do was resolve the issue. I will not send my credit card number with all my information to a fax number. This is the most frustrating way of doing business. I guess they are so big they don't care how many customers they lose. I don't know how to resolve if I can't get someone live who has authority to resolve this nightmare.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016

    This is the new scam at Amazon. Since the seller couldn't deliver by Christmas (1 month after order) they send a small envelope with absolutely nothing in it with the waybill of the order. You track it and It arrives on time. Amazon says my package was delivered when it was not. You can no longer track your package because it was supposedly delivered. I feel scammed. I feel for the first time in my Amazon life has instituted and allowed a scam to function on their site. I demand an explanation. I demand a full credit because, of course, I no longer want the merchandise. I will not order any more from Amazon until I have an explanation of the fraudulent envelope scam. And I thought they were a serious company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016

    I ordered a pet camera on 12/21/16. Between 12/24-12/27-16, I received 200+ emails regarding the product and asking me to rate their support. As I am writing this review, I just received another batch. They usually arrive in batches of 20-50 separate emails. The email address is (camera company’s name) - Amazon Marketplace **@marketplace.amazon.com. I redacted the company name because the owner stated he did not send them and he's trying to help me resolve this from a sellers angle.

    Since this begun, I have spent hours communicating via chat, on the phone, and by email with the following Amazon employees to no avail. The following is a partial list of those I have communicated: a) Chat: Bethani and Paul ** ; b) Phone & email: Maria (customer service supervisor), Jose **, Shubham; and c) email: Hari, Shubham, Gaurav and Pavithram **. Has anyone had this problem? I'd appreciate any suggestions regarding how to stop this nuisance. I've been a prime member for 11+ years and I am very disappointed in the lack of response by Amazon. Thank you.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016

    For the most part, my experiences with Amazon have been great. The website allows me to compare different vendors and their ratings, different prices and different deals in a fairly short time. If you are new to ordering from Amazon, their forms and their processes take a little getting used to. I've ordered many times from Amazon, and can only remember two experiences I wasn't entirely happy with. Both of those experiences have thankfully been resolved without much ado. The items usually arrive within a reasonable amount of time, and in some cases you can get free shipping, depending on the offer. The merchandise is almost always carefully packed; I've never received damaged goods.

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    Reviewed Dec. 28, 2016

    I order from Amazon more than any other website. Since they introduced Amazon Prime *Game Changer* I even go into store and price check. If Amazon Beats their price I purchase it online. If I have to send a product back it is as simple as a few clicks and printing a label. I Love Amazon, there are also the added benefits of Amazon Music and Amazon Movies! What a deal. I would highly recommend purchasing a prime membership!

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016

    Amazon Users please beware from Amazon.com's alluring 2 day shipping membership program. First of all I had no idea that I'm getting into this membership due to no information was written in large only probably a dot where you click agree which I thought it was a part of a order processing and then when I did find out that they charged me 99$ for it. I called to get refund. They said they will not refund it. So be careful if you're going to order something and get into their trap of 99$ Membership. I didn't know that their offer of 2 day shipping will put me in memberships and will have to pay 99$ for one order. I'm done with Amazon. Will not use it ever again. A nice way to cheat customers and make money off of them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016

    I have been a Prime member twice now. The first year, I think back in 2013, I had the free trial for what felt like maybe 6 months. It was amazing. But at that time I was in high school, and could not afford it (no job). But now I have a full time job, and I'm a college student. I was running low on time to purchase my rental books for college and I was freaking out. So, in August 2016, I checked Amazon and they had them. They were even offering free two day shipping to students. But I was like, hey, if I'm gonna spend this much, might as well get Prime. So Prime is 50% off for students (YESSS). I had no problem returning my books at the end of the semester. I just put a prepaid label and sent those babies back.

    In the 3 years I have been shopping with them, I've never received anything I was dissatisfied with, or have had anything arrive too late. I've purchased some pretty cheap things from them, and you get what you pay for, just like any other retailer. I'm tired of people complaining about a $20 item that doesn't look the right color. Anyway, Prime could use some newer movies, (they offer a ton of free ones, but they're very old and have been on Netflix and Hulu since the beginning of time) and should have some more promotions go on (such as 1 free movie of your choice every 6 months) that would keep the cinematic-fanatic-me calm.

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    Reviewed Dec. 27, 2016

    Only one time did I ever have a problem with a delivery which never came. Wrote Amazon, they resent the item and told me if the original ever was delivered to keep it as well. The replacement came in 2 days. The original order came 4 weeks later and I wound up getting 2 for the price of one with no hassle at all.

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    After a positive interaction with Amazon.com, Erika increased their star rating on Jan. 4, 2017.

    Updated review: Jan. 4, 2017

    I had to call Amazon again because I never got any response back when promised. So after several phone calls and nearly a month, I finally am able to log into my buyer account.

    Original Review: Dec. 26, 2016

    I had been an Amazon customer for well over a decade as a buyer. I decided that I would like to try signing up as a seller. I created an account and it was immediately frozen for some unknown reason. I also found that my buyer account was frozen as well! I called to try and find out what was going on but the lady I talked to couldn't really help me. She told me that I would be getting an email in 24 hours. I got a generic email stating that I couldn't have a seller account. At this point I did not care about the seller account, I just wanted to get into my buyer account.

    I call again to try to get into my buyer account. The guy I talked with sets up a new account which is not what I wanted. He tells me that someone will email me and that he would do a follow up call to check up on me. I never got an email nor did the customer service representative call me back! About 20 days pass by and I get a bill for $39.99 for an Amazon seller account that I was never allowed to use!!! I call again and I am switched from one rep to another. I was told that since my account is still frozen that she can't help me! So she sends someone an email so they can contact me to help me get my money back. At this point I am really upset and I call my credit card company to dispute the charge. I have not received an email so far and I don't expect to because the customer service Amazon provides is absolutely horrible!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2016

    Amazon Prime makes ordering easy. Shipping is free and packing safe and secure. If there are issues with product, returns are easy. The only issue I have with Amazon is that if you are sent a defective or incorrect item, the return shipping is deducted from your refund. If item is defective or incorrect, it seems that seller should be responsible.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2016

    I was interested in buying one of these hot new Google WiFi systems, but they were sold out on the Google site. So I checked on Amazon, and they were available, but at a price far higher than the Google list price. Google was offering the 3-pack for $299, whereas it was priced on Amazon at something like $500. Is the price difference due to limited availability, or is Amazon attempting to make Google WiFi look much more expensive than it really is? Is Amazon pushing a similar wifi product of their own? The answer should become clearer once Google can fill its outstanding orders.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2016

    Amazon website is so easy to use and suggestions make it even more helpful. The product arrives before the estimated due date and always satisfaction guarantee. I have not had to return any items; all were true looks compared to pictures on the website. I always suggest Amazon to my friends when they are looking for products regardless of what it is.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2016

    I bought a watch through Amazon at Christmas, for $258.99. The watch was broken when it arrived, as it could not be set. Notified Amazon immediately, after several emails the seller agreed to authorize the return. I insured the watch and sent back at my expense. Two weeks and several emails later I received a refund less a 20% restocking fee, in the amount of $207.19 for a defective watch. That's a $50.00 charge. The seller knew that the watch was being returned because it was broken. I included that information in the return. He also assured me that I would not be charged a restocking fee since the item was broken.

    Well he package that same watch up again and send it to some other person and then charge them $50.00 when they return it as defective, and keep using the same defective watch to steal money from unsuspecting people. This is quite a scam and he is operating this scam under Amazon. I have referred this matter to American Express's Fraud department, but beware, Amazon will look the other way and offer no support whatsoever so I think they are just as responsible.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2016

    I have had an account with Amazon.com since 2003. It was mostly used for sending gifts to friends in the USA and for buying Kindle books. I usually topped it up with the purchase of a gift card very 6 months ago. Amazon has now set up Amazon.com. au and over the last year made it all but impossible to purchase books through Amazon.com. The site would not even show the prices and automatically referred me to Amazon.com. au. Eventually I was forced to migrate the account. I had a balance in my Amazon.com account and that was the problem. I cannot use the balance to buy Kindle books. I cannot transfer the funds to my Australian Amazon account. I cannot use the funds to purchase a gift card for a friend in the USA. Amazon claims it is not possible to refund the balance to my registered credit card.

    It seems the preferred position for Amazon.com is that it will keep my money and it will not supply whether the goods or the services I want. I understand that Amazon had gift card rules BUT I did not choose to transfer my Account to a different website in Australia-Amazon forced me to do this but refused to ALSO transfer the funds of mine which it was holding. This is neither ethical nor acceptable trading.

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    Reviewed Dec. 24, 2016

    I bought several Kindle books, garbage bags, and ice packs on Amazon. Overall Amazon is my favorite site to shop at because paying only takes a few clicks. Also Amazon will probably have almost anything I'm looking for. The prices are usually fine. I do have a concern about the customer service. When I got a new phone the Kindle app wouldn't let me download some of my books because my license is over the limit. This is annoying and Amazon's self-service FAQ didn't answer my questions. I have to call them on the phone, and I'm nervous I won't be able to get through to someone who can help.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016

    I made the dreadful mistake of ordering from Amazon.com a Christmas gift for a family member that was coming from out of town. I followed the standard procedure and I am a prime member. Until Dec. 23 I was told via tracking that my product would arrive by the 23rd. On the 23rd I checked tracking and was told my Christmas present would arrive on the 27th. When I called customer service they offered no help whatsoever. When I asked to speak to a manager, I was kindly left on the phone listening to elevator music for 45 minutes. That is their description of customer service.

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    Reviewed Dec. 23, 2016

    They have good quality products, stand behind your purchases, if you don't like what you purchased, they take it back and issue credit right away. I bought many different items from them and have been very happy with their service and product, what I didn't like and sent back there was not a problem in getting my credit. Good company, know how to take care of their customers, so they get repeat sales.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016

    I have used Amazon for the past 3 years for Christmas shopping and so on. For the most part, I get the package that I had ordered. However, every year, they are unprepared for the Shopping season. Amazon will advertise delivery times that they cannot produce for consumers. This is false advertising. I am a Prime Member and have enjoyed our family account, but please advertise correctly your delivery times.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016

    I have been shopping with Amazon for a couple of years and up to now has been great. Recently I placed an order and the delivery was estimated for December 19th. So on the 21st when there was still no sign of it I logged into my account to track package. According to Amazon it had shipped on the 13th but since then there was no update. So I noted the tracking number they had to try and do a trace only to find out that the tracking # they had didn't even exist! So I followed the links to contact the seller but lo and behold you can't call them, only forward an email to them which I did.

    Apparently, it takes 48 hours for them to acknowledge an email. Which is super convenient 4 days before Christmas. It was only then that I finally contacted Amazon customer service. So I explain the whole thing and the customer service lady offers to send the seller an email, after I just told her that I had already done all that! I argued with her (not angrily) but she insisted that Amazon policy is that they will not call a seller no matter what, because they want a record of any contact between them.

    Then, she offers to send an email again. At this point I am beyond aggravated and ask if there is someone else I can talk to and she replies "no there is no one who can help you, I am sorry for the inconvenience, is there anything else I can help with." So in the end, it was just basically "you're on your own, our policy is to not help and we don't care to have your business." You know what? That's ok. This is how I weed out those companies I don't want to do business with.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016

    Since this past summer I noticed Amazon now takes wayyyyy longer to ship things. We unfortunately didn't notice at the time and we signed up for Prime. This is a complete waste of money! There is no 2 day shipping because now it takes around 5-20 days to process the order and prepare for shipping. And when it does go out for shipping, twice now my arrival dates have been pushed back. On average now, my Amazon orders are taking around 2 weeks to a month! Amazon used to be an awesome, convenient, cheaper, but quality alternative than going to a store. Now, it is faster and easier to fight traffic and hunt for things because Amazon just SUCKS!

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016

    Order a laptop hard disk drive, which commonly have 2 speeds nowadays, 7200 and 5400 rpm. I ordered the faster speed, drive arrived and it was the slower speed. Any seller specializing in disk drives knows the difference, so I'm guessing this was an attempt to get rid of the cheaper drives and hope the buyers didn't know what they were buying. I requested a return and received a pdf 'label' with just their address to return to. Not a paid shipping label. So I contacted the seller to provide a paid shipping label as this was their mistake. They sent a first class USPS label with tracking. Packed up drive and returned.

    A week later the tracking showed it had got out for delivery but had been then marked as "No further updates" which I've never seen with USPS tracking before. Amazon are now claiming I am not entitled to a refund since I should have used a signed for tracking service to return the item - this is not something they tell you in the instructions when you are requesting a return. Their A-Z buyer guarantee means nothing if you buy from a third party. So I have effectively been ripped off by the seller and Amazon wash their hands of any responsibility. I left negative feedback for the seller just stating they sent the wrong drive. Amazon deleted it, so this dishonest seller still has 100% positive feedback and is still deceptively selling items on Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016

    I am a frequent purchaser of Amazon and have always had wonderful experiences. I am writing this review today because I am 100% unhappy and dissatisfied with the service starting beginning of November. My first complaint is about an order I placed that was supposed to be delivered on Nov. 7th 2016. I was unaware that a signature was required for said package and a delivery attempt was made, it was checked on my note that another attempt will be made. I contacted the seller to see when this might be since I am employed full time. I want to make sure someone is home. No response. I waited two weeks with no luck. I finally tracked my package to the United states postal office. I went up there to pick up my package and was notified it was sent back to the seller for not being claimed.

    The seller contacted me informing that the package was being returned, but they can't respond to my original email. I emailed them back for a refund, no response. I contacted Amazon to expedite the process of a refund for an item I never received, they advised me that I had to wait two more business days for the seller to reply. Waited a week, finally called Amazon back and said I am not waiting any longer, I was hoping to get my refund before Christmas which now is not happening. Takes 24 hrs for them to investigate and another possibly two weeks to process. I am not happy about this. I feel like someone needs to make this process go a little faster since I have already waited an extended amount of time.

    My second complaint is that I signed up for a 30 day free trial through Xbox for Amazon Prime, they charged me the $50 the next day, I didn't realize it until a few days later, when I called customer service to see what was going on. The guy literally couldn't explain to me what was going on but that he will refund and cancel the membership and if I wanted another free trial I would have to re-subscribe. I advised him I don't want it, cancelled. I want the rest of free trial period with the refund because I will cancel it on the 29th day. He was not clear. I finally asked to speak to someone else and figured out that over a year ago I had a free student prime trial for 10 days so when I signed up for the 30 day free trial it automatically charged my account.

    I feel I should be able to get the rest of that free trial since clearly I was not eligible for a free trial and was offered it anyways. I don't see how that is my fault, also over one year? That's weird. I couldn't get a free trial anyways because of how much time had lapsed and that it was student prime, I'm sure I used it for one of my school books but either way they need to keep their systems updated with these kinds of things. They need better employees who speak fluent English to properly explain these things and they need to not beat around the bush when it comes to refunding a product never received. It is going on 7 weeks since the original delivery attempt and my issue is still unresolved. Very unhappy customer.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016

    Amazon will not tell you where the item you are purchasing ships from. You have to contact the seller and wait for a response and hope they are telling the truth. Several times I have ordered an item and waited over one month, no joke. Once 6 weeks for a $5 item that I could have got at my local Walmart.

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    Reviewed Dec. 22, 2016

    I've been an Amazon shopper for several years and a Prime member for some time, also. Every experience has been good. I love the fast shipment, easy returns the very few times that has been necessary. Amazon has a great selection of items and I love the reviews.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2016

    Ordered bed mid November. Should of received by 1/12/16. Amazon emailed saying delay. It will be 10th to 15th then emailed again saying 15th to 20th. My husband spoke to someone who said they were definitely coming in and not to worry we will get it before Christmas. Got a 2nd hand bed off eBay at an extra cost just in case it didn't turn up. Today 21/12/16 got an email saying they were cancelling our order as no more in stock. Very poor customer service. Don't practice what they preach. Any other supplier would be taken to task by amazon but they can do what they like. Would not buy straight from them again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 21, 2016

    Purchasing through Amazon is a breeze! I can always find what I am looking for. The prices are comparable to everything around. Any issues with any order, Customer service is always on the ball. They will take care of things for you, they are always nothing but extremely nice and helpful.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2016

    I originally purchased this from Amazon on cyber Monday and never received item. They refunded my order without my consent. Purchased it again on Amazon the next day for a lot more money and I complained about it upon deaf ears. I just received half of the item and the top of it is gouged, also where is the rest of the unit? Needless to say I am very disappointed.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2016

    I will never shop with Amazon again. I've been using them for years and never had a problem until recently. I purchased an item from one of their marketplace sellers and I tried to cancel, but never received a response from the seller. Next thing I know, I get an email saying that my item has been shipped with a fake tracking number. I called Amazon to ask why I'm still receiving the order and they said the seller told them that the item already left their warehouse. So I asked for a refund which the seller approved but I would have to pay to ship it back, along with a 20% restocking fee.

    I called them back because I want a full refund. I tried to cancel before the item was ship and the shipping number the seller provided was fake. Now Amazon has denied my claim, saying the seller shipped the right item and it's out of their hands. I just have to ship it back and pay them about $50 for an item I tried to cancel. They claim they side with their customers but that is a lie. The sellers are liars that drop-ship items and has gotten a lot of bad reviews over the past few days. All I want is a full refund and I can't even get that.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2016

    My wife and I made a purchase for a gift for our son, just a phone case. We received a message saying item shipped. Then we get another message saying item cannot be completed as it's out of stock. We were given the choice of waiting for stock to replenish, or cancelling the order to try and get it elsewhere. We decided to wait but when we tried to click that option find that the order was cancelled already by the seller, Urbaninspirations. We tried to contact them and Amazon to say we wanted the order still but no response. Then while looking for the same item to re-buy, find the same company selling it but for triple the price!!!

    The other day I get an email from Amazon to rate my experience with that transaction. I go thru the time and effort to explain my dissatisfaction in hopes of letting people know about this and post my review. Now I am being told by Amazon that they can't post my review as it doesn't meet their guidelines. I went on-site and checked their rules and as there was no profanity, I am to assume it's because it wasn't about a product. How can I rate the product when I never received it. I need people to know that this company is only interested in making money, not customer satisfaction. I have responded again to Amazon customer service about this issue. But no reply as yet. As a side note, when we ordered the item it was listed as in stock and ready to ship.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016

    Ordered three Christmas present for my three kids. Printed out the confirmation. Expecting new year’s eve. Money taken out of bank account. Checked this morning and the order was cancelled. Pricing error. Chatted and was told that there is nothing Amazon can do. They would give us a 5 credit. What an insult. In business for 41 years. False advertising, false pricing, corruption at its best. The might Amazon is not a deal. Support your local business. What do I tell my kids?

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016

    Hi I tried Amazon Prime, and they kept sending damage things. I showed them photos of the items. I told them I can't get to post office, so they sent someone, and picked them up, 2 times these WWE toys were damaged. They gave some Amazon credit and refused to do a third return. I never seen such incompetence in my life. They told me they do not guarantee items boxes mint. They also sent products in too small of a box, if it's damage why send it at all, and then shove it in that box? They send items that look open or are torn and ripped and smashed! Amazon is suppose to be the best but they do not train their warehouse workers. I had to end up keeping the replacements and they will not compensate me or further talk to me! It's sad that they keep doing this as if I'm lying. Here are the photos! Not normal shelf wear, my Prime was for a free month, then they had nerve to ask if I want to renew it. I said, "No why should I pay if you send items damaged!"

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2016

    I had ordered the one plus 3 t 64 gb variant on 14 Dec order id ** also entering the contest for 100% cashback. After 3 days vendor canceled my order without my knowledge and now I have to wait for the refund to show in my account and also cannot take part in the contest I had entered. It is sad that Amazon service has gone down like this and the vendor is not answerable for such actions. Looks like either the vendor or Amazon cheated in this instance.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2016

    I signed up for Amazon prime month and a half ago. I was under the impression that I would be able to pay a monthly amount kind of like Netflix. That's not their problem now. I should have read before I authorize them to charge my card at the end of the free month but in the middle of that month I ended up losing my card and having to get a new one re-issued from the bank. This card had a different expiration date so they were unable to charge it and when I did it came back declined at the end of the free month.

    I've been called about a week later to update my credit card on my account because I wanted to order some stuff and I wanted the prime membership. I was informed that the prime membership cost $99 and I asked "can I please have the monthly membership not the pay the year upfront one?" The lady that spoke very broken English said she can do that and told me that I have to give my credit card number to a recording and then she will get me set up with the monthly membership.

    After giving my credit card info she then told me that she is unable to give me the monthly membership that I would have to do that myself and she and then order for that to happen she would have to cancel my membership so she canceled my membership and then sent me an email with directions on how to set up a monthly payment for prime account. Call her to canceling my membership. She charge me the $99 anyway and then cancel my membership.

    When I call Amazon to try to get my money returned and tell me that the bank has to release the funds and that it takes a few days. Well it's been a over a week now. I have no pending charges. I called my bank and they told me that they sent a refund but charged you seconds after sending the refund and I'm able to see this on my account.

    Here comes the kicker. When I called and spoke to the people who take care of these matters an extremely rude women got on the phone with me and repeated to me over and over "you have to speak to the higher ups in your bank." These were her exact words. Can you believe this? When I told her I did and they told me that Amazon charged me for a 2nd time after refunding the money and that the 99 dollars is not being held by them in any way, shape, or form that it was taken out of my account within seconds of being refunded.

    Now here is the 2nd kicker. In any way, shape or form did I authorize any charges on that card when I gave my card number to the lady that couldn't speak English really at all. I told her 3 times (this can be proven all my phone calls are recorded and saved for up to 30days) "do not charge this card the 99$. I want to do the monthly membership." I also told her 3 times that "I am not authorizing you charge this card that 99$ now." When I signed up for the 30 days free I did authorize them to charge me on the card that I used to sign up with that. Because that card was inactive it declined therefore any other cards that I would want to add on the account after did not have my authorization. So almost 2 weeks and never got my money back. I have been stolen from and taken advantage and I have proof. If any one needs that I'll happy to share that.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2016

    Amazon use to have fantastic customer service. In the last few months, they have gone downhill rapidly. I have received the wrong item and they told me to pay to ship it back and they would replace it. I have had items IN STOCK take over a week to arrive when as a prime member it should be 2 days shipping and when I call customer service they don't care. They use to at least offer compensation or an extra month on your prime membership. From my experience over the last few months, I think I will be going elsewhere and I will keep my money instead of going prime.

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2016

    Do not expect your holiday shipments on time. Amazon is providing FALSE INFORMATION on their website in numerous pages (including help section, and front main website page) regarding holiday shipping cutoff times. They are reporting Dec 16 for free shipping and Dec 19 for standard shipping as cutoff times to ENSURE delivery by December 24th. However this is FALSE!! You will select free shipping today, get an e-mail saying to expect delivery between 22nd and 28th which is their usual year round free shipping quota of 5-8 business days. Spent two hours on phone with 3 different supervisors who claim will absolutely 100% NOT ship until 22nd and will arrive 22nd - 28th and they all quoted the 28th. They INSIST that they are quote "not doing anything wrong and will not offer any assistance because the information they provided is correct".

    IT IS NOT CORRECT. Typical year round free shipping is 5-8 business days but their holiday quoted order cutoff times are wrong, misleading and very false information. They have no recourse for keeping repeat customers either. They refused to upgrade shipping free of charge and they refused to contact fulfillment center to get item shipped out sooner even if by slower method. Never in all my life heard of such a ridiculous customer service strategy. Verbatim answers of "We did nothing wrong" and "The information is actually accurate" and "We have written policies on shipping methods and we cannot adjust them". A manager that can't change a shipping method or offer any sort of solution??? Interesting. Everyone needs to report them to the FTC because they are guilty of false advertising which is a huge offense according to FTC laws. They are marketing incorrect information.

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    Reviewed Dec. 16, 2016

    I purchased a product thinking it was what I wanted. Order came in the next day free of charge with my prime account. Saw that the product was not what I had expected so I tried to return the product online as I've previously done in the past. I initiated the return via website and it said I could not return the product due to 3rd party seller through Amazon.

    I immediately went to contact an amazon representative to see if there was anything I could do. Immediately it was greeted with a nice representative named Yogalakshmi. They looked into my order and already saw it could not be returned to the 3rd party seller. Immediately they told me that Amazon would personally issue the refund without having to return the product. The whole process took less than 5 mins. I honestly love the way amazon handled the situation to keep loyal customers happy. I've been ordering through amazon for 5+ years now and I will continue to order from them because the way they treat their customers. Thanks Amazon!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2016

    Awhile ago I loved Amazon and thought it was a good company but not anymore!! At the beginning of 2016 things went way down!! Lots of things that I bought or looked at had false advertisement, came late, were damaged, and or were completely different!! The service got bad too!! They got unprofessional and started lying!! If I got a damaged item I would get in touch with them right away and all they would say is sorry!! Same thing if I wanted to return an item because of false advertisement, deal with it!! I warned them a lot about me leaving but they didn't really care but if some did they wouldn't offer me something to make up for my bad experiences!! Amazon recently started doing price matching and said "we don't want other stores to sell things less than us" but if I did price matching they wouldn't lower the price!!

    Lots of other stores are selling things for about the same as Amazon so I will check them out instead!! One time I was charged more for an item when the price went up after I bought it!! I was a prime member for a few years so I should of had better service from them!! Lots of other people aren't getting benefits anymore from prime too so paying extra for it is just getting Amazon more money!! I'm so mad at them!! I know a lot of other people that are having the same problems as me!! I usually have great luck with companies doing me favors when I have bad experiences but not with Amazon!! Some people that I know that don't have good luck with companies when they have bad experiences are getting a lot from Amazon!! I would highly not recommend Amazon!! If they want me to come back they need to do something huge for me!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 15, 2016

    I'm a UPS Authorized Shipping Outlet. NOT a UPS Store!!! We are having two to three people a day coming in with their QR Codes wanting us to ship their Amazon packages for them. We CANNOT do this. I wish I could. It is a program that Amazon has set up with UPS and the UPS Stores. The closest UPS Store is 60 Miles away. I'm just having to tell them to have a nice 120 mile round trip drive!

    When they walk out of my store they are pissed at Amazon. Why in the world did Amazon set this up with just the UPS Stores? There are only around 4,500 UPS Stores and around 6,400 independent stores like myself. There are places all across the country where there are not UPS Stores but there are independent Authorized Shipping outlets. Seems like Amazon needs to rethink their return policy with the UPS stores. Just by chase and someone from Amazon management reads this they need to contact www.rscentral.org. They represent the independent stores.

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    Reviewed Dec. 14, 2016

    I purchased a 50 ct. Lays Variety Pack thru Amazon Subscribe and Save. It arrived on Dec 10. The expiration date was Nov. 29. After contacting Amazon, I received the following message, "I'd like to let you know that Frito-Lay prints the expiration date in Month-Day (MM/DD) format with the product expiring in the current year. For example, a product received in April 2016 with an AUG08 expiration will expire on August 8, 2016. In this case, your product wasn't expired." Did someone change the calendar and put Nov. after Dec.? If they had said there was nothing they would do it would have been a bad thing. But, to deny there is a problem is another thing. It is bad business to dismiss a customer. Shame on you, Amazon!

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016

    I signed up for Prime in October. Was charged for the month in November. I got a notification in December (a week before a payment would even be due) saying something was wrong with my payment. This in and of itself is ridiculous. It's a debit card with more than enough funds to cover the transaction, but then it started getting even worse. I chatted with 3 customer service reps over 2 days, all of them giving me a different excuse as to why it wasn't working. The general consensus was that the issuing bank had declined the charge, so I contacted the card company, and they said a charge hadn't been made!

    So I contacted Amazon again, same thing. I then called Amazon. They said I was showing as a Prime member with a payment made on November 13, payment due on December 13. He suggested it might be my computer, so I logged in via my fiance's laptop. Same message "Your prime membership payment is being updated. Thank you for your patience." I have no idea how to fix this. I've paid for a service I can't use, and Amazon isn't helpful at all, generally preferring to find new and interesting ways to blame me for their incompetence. I am highly upset with them for this. If there was a way to rate negative numbers on this website, I would, but one star seems to be the lowest option, so that's what I rate them. Sad thing is the service is actually pretty decent when it works, even though 95% of things you order are at least a day late, but it's still pretty good.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2016

    I sold on Amazon for 3 years and became aware of some fishy postal rip offs Amazon is guilty of. If you sell on Amazon and the customer changes their mind and wants to return an item if they say the reason is something wrong, not as described or defective, regardless if those are truthful reasons you as the seller must pay for the return shipping; you must pay the customers original shipping charge. We all know that is a nonrecoverable fee paid to the postal service; you can't get that back but Amazon makes you pay it back but that's not all Amazon suggest that you simply pay the full refund and let the customer keep the item.

    Here is another thing about Amazon and shipping charges, Amazon sets the amount to charge for shipping. This can be bad for the buyer. If you want to buy more than 1 of an item you're charged the postage for each one you buy instead of a consolidated postal charge that would save the consumer money. Many items on Amazon ship for less than the amount the consumer is charged but some ship for much more and the seller can't charge additional for that additional amount and it becomes a real nightmare if the customer decides to return the item and has arbitrarily clicked a reason that means you the seller has to pay return postage and FULLY refund them every cent they paid that includes their postage charge.

    And let's say Amazon charged the consumer $4.99 for shipping but it cost you $15.00 to ship and it's going to cost another $15.00 to ship back and you have to give the customer FULL Refund including that $4.99. Amazon looks like a hero to the consumer but to the seller Amazon looks like an evil P.O. S and that is why as of December 11th, 2016 I have closed my seller account with this evil Amazon. I hope a Lawyer opens up a class action lawsuit against Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2016

    I have been an Amazon customer since 2014 and I have had no problems with Amazon except the fact that they closed my account twice for the same reason! The first time they closed my account I was emailed and told that I was violating a part of the terms and conditions, I emailed them back and told them that there was some mistake and they reviewed my account and gave me back access but never told me why they closed it... wtf?

    Second time they closed it (yesterday) I got the same email saying I had violated their terms and conditions but I literally don't even do anything on Amazon except for purchase the things I need. I had Prime with 2 day shipping and I've never had any other problems. When I call customer service I talked to a man and explained my problem and he said that he would put in a note and they would get back to me in 24 hours. Well a couple hours later they email me again and tell me that my account would not be restored so at this point I'm very angry because I like to use Amazon.

    I call customer service again and I speak to someone who didn't even speak English, we were on the phone for an hour and 30 minutes and I spent about 80% of that time on hold. He was extremely rude and seemed agitated with me after a while. He told me that someone else has been using my account to purchase things but all the items that were purchased on the account were the ones I made myself. I told him that sometimes my boyfriend purchases an item but it's always with my supervision. I know what happens on my account! I am then put on hold for 30 minutes and he only comes back to tell me that they will call me in 24 hours.

    When I hang up I go to bed and I was awoken to an email stating the same thing as before, that they would not reopen my account! Where was the call? Where is the customer service? I wasn't even told directly why they closed my account it was all "Well maybe because..." Amazon is terrible with customer service and they have closed my account and I can no longer use Amazon again and I have no idea why.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016

    I've had numerous problems w/ Amazon the past few months, missing packages, undelivered items, but today topped it all. I signed up for Amazon Prime on Prime Day in July. Received an email on 7/12, with links indicating my benefits that I can still access today. I just realized I have a student prime membership for some reason. There are differences between the two memberships. I called Amazon, they won't do anything about it. The first customer service rep, Bobbi agreed with me. She tried to assist me, but it was the "Prime" rep that said "nothing we can do." I don't have a student account. I asked for a manager, he was very rude. Would hardly let me speak. They can't even correct their errors? That's alright. I can find the same items on different websites. The order number given was for two items. I ordered on July 12th, I don't know if that included the Prime Membership.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016

    I have to give kudos to Amazon! I had an issue with my account so I contacted them live chat, got someone immediately, problem solved! I can't even start to say how appreciative I am when a company takes care of their customers!

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2016

    Indescribable incompetence!!! I spent 40 minutes being transferred 4 times between Mexico and the US, just to finally have Javier hang up on me as I'm waiting for even more help. I have never experienced such indescribable ineptitude from Amazon, but maybe it’s because I’m dealing with Amazon.com.mx. I have an account with Amazon.com and I've ordered things before; always quite easily. But I moved to Mexico some time back. And in the last year or so, I made some orders from Amazon and shipped to friends who would be coming down for a visit. But this time, I tried ordering from Amazon.com to ship here. You're probably already aware that I was unable to do that because the items cannot be shipped to Mexico from Amazon.com.

    So I opened an account with Amazon.com.mx. I have found similar items that I tried ordering before (the selection in Amazon.mx is almost pathetic), but then, as I'm trying to proceed to checkout and pay, I'm having problems. I'm getting 4 options for sending (I'm ordering 5 items) and all the options are saying different things, but generally mentioning something about being shipped from the US, and taking more than a month to arrive. 4 Items expect to arrive up until the end of January and 1 of the items up till Feb 1. It's December 9th. What on earth is the use of Amazon.com.mx if items are still being shipped from the US and won't arrive for more than a month? So, then I tried getting a hold of customer support. The US side is pretty great. I was through to someone in moments but she couldn't help me because my problem is Amazon Mexico. But she gave me a couple numbers to call there. I did.

    I call Amazom.com.mx and spoke to someone who couldn't speak any English because my Spanish is still not so great. So, he transferred me to Nicole, who spoke English very well but didn't know the answer to a simple question or how to help me - which was how to change my Amz.mx account to English and helping me understand the problems I’m having with ordering. So she transferred me again, but this time to Shaquoia in the US who understandably couldn't help me and transferred me back to the Mexico office, where I spoke to Javier. Javier again tried to transfer me but I tried to convince him not to and asked him to just help me figure out the problems. He asked me to hold on, put me on hold, and then the line was hung up.

    I can't believe 40 minutes of my life wasted for such inefficiency in customer service of a corporation that really should not have this kind of complaint. Why am I ordering things on Amazon.com.mx? Because Amazon.com in the US can't ship the items to Mexico, but the items I am getting on MX are being shipped in or from the US, telling me to expect delivery as late as Jan 27 to Feb 1???!!! And on top of that, 40 minutes on the phone with representatives who can't deal with a simple, dumb issue. I have no idea what to expect now from a corporation that should NEVER have a complaint like this. I just wanted to vent my frustration really. I am displeased with the seeming helplessness of the consumer in situations like this.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016

    Purchased a walker (rollator). A walker is suppose to help balance the person so they won't fall. Amazon's rollator "makes" you fall. When we asked for the postage return slip, the man at Amazon said just to discard it because the seller won't respond. A couple days later Amazon said to return the walker and we had to pay for the return postage for "their" defective merchandise. We already threw it away like Amazon said to do!

    Second: Ordered Size 6 shoes. Size 9 came. The refund took over 5 weeks to come so much so the credit card statement came and was due. Amazon really stresses one out. Summation: Amazon.com stay away from. Go to the store. You can easily resolve defective merchandise and get the "right" size shoes easily. Amazon.com is getting pretty bad lately.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016

    I purchased a new Kindle and paid extra for next day delivery and waited 4 days and still have not received it. Also ordered some boots that should have been delivered in 2 days. It is now the 4th day and have not received them yet. Amazon delivery is very poor!! Also a screen protector that I don't know when I will get.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016

    Bought a Amazon fire stick that never worked right. Called them and they sent me a new HDM1 cord to fix the problem. It fixed nothing. Called back and they offered me $5.00 credit on buying a new one. Well that didn't set too good with me. After some time back and forth they came up to $10.00 credit. I just don't think this is right. Why should I have to pay anything for something that didn't work right from the beginning.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2016

    I LOVE Amazon, I have been shopping there for years and spent a ton of money along with numerous gifts received through them, but now they have started using their own delivery people and the experience has been less than pleasurable, more like a nightmare! First, the tracking is practically non-existent. Most of us like to know when exactly a package will arrive so we can be there to receive it, but with them (their own delivery) you may get it a day early without warning to find it dumped at your doorstep. Yes, early delivery is great but if you live in an apartment complex and have no idea there is a delivery, the package sits there for anyone to take. Even more frustrating when you take a day off from work to be home to receive it only to find it isn't really coming that day.

    There is also the issue of them delivering well into the night. Are they seriously going to wake people up at 11:00 pm? Or maybe they will just dump the package at the door so that it can sit for 8 hours in hopes that nobody takes it. One more issue is lost packages. The amazon delivery people lose more packages than any delivery service I know! Hey Amazon, ever think that they might be stealing the stuff? Like I said, I love Amazon but I am frustrated with this to no end. I may have to re-think doing business with them.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016

    I ordered a product that came from Amazon.com in Phoenix/Tempe to be delivered in Phoenix, the same town and using Prime it told me that I would receive the product today. I decided to pay one day shipping and get it a day sooner. It quoted that I would receive the product yesterday at 8 pm. It did not arrive. I contacted chat at 12:00am and was told it would be prioritized and would be there today. It is 3:00 in the afternoon and when I checked on the package it quotes it could be as long as two more days from today. We are talking about a company that I could drive to and get it. They offered me an extra month of Prime service. Why does it take this long to deliver product from across town. Ridiculous and I buy a lot of items from Amazon. Almost 60 just this year.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2016

    I ordered a "genuine" Michael Kors handbag on 10/26/16 for $127.95. Upon receipt of the item, I realized it was not "genuine", just as I suspected it would not be. No biggie... I returned it and the process for very simple. After a few days of shipping, I received notification that my package had been received and my refund processed. I forgot to check my card... until yesterday. No refund! I contacted Amazon and the lady I spoke with said it was processed so she would have to escalate the call. She transferred me to another gentleman who said the refund was processed on November 3rd and he would e-mail me the details so I could contact my bank. Well, the only details included were my order details, which wasn't going to help me track the refund. I called my bank today and, just as I suspected, no refund.

    I followed the instructions on the previous email telling me to contact charge-inquiries@amazon.com if I could not locate the payment. I send the email and now received notification that it was processed on 12/3, not 11/3. I called Amazon again! I was again told (by Steven) that the refund was showing processed. At this point I said "you will need to provide me more proof than that." He put me on hold for a few minutes and came back on the line to tell me he tracked my refund. Yes! However, he said the refund was applied to a gift card for future purchases. I said, "Why would they do that? I want my money back and I want it applied to the original payment method."

    On hold again... finally comes back on the line and tells me that he spoke to his supervisor and his supervisor said that if they reverse the method of payment it could possibly look like MONEY LAUNDERING! ARE YOU KIDDING ME! I told him at that point that I wanted my money back and I want it back immediately!

    After sitting on the line while he tried to re-process my refund stating that their system was slow. He finally, after 23 minutes, said I should see the money in 3-5 days! Now, what's the chances of that! I AM ABSOLUTELY APPALLED AND WILL NEVER ORDER FROM AMAZON AGAIN!

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016

    So I order $177 worth of merchandise and Amazon puts a hold on my bank account for that amount. That's fair. Then Amazon sends an email stating items will be in 4 shipment... Ok. Then they start debiting my account for each shipment WITHOUT releasing the hold they first placed causing overdraft charges and then a decline through the bank. I get an email from Amazon saying, "Some item payments were decline, please update payment information on your account." I can see in my bank account the $177 hold and then individual charges causing bank account balance to go negative. So I update my Amazon banking information over to another of my bank accounts and the exact same thing... $177 hold. So now they have 2 holds totaling $354 PLUS each of the four shipment charges for a total of $531. Now they are sending me emails again saying my payment is declined when they have $531 of my money completely tied up.

    When I tried to explain it to their Customer Service all I hear is "We are sorry you are having trouble with your bank accounts, would you like to change your method of payment?" OMFG! YOU are sorry I AM having problems? Amazon, YOU'RE the one causing all this "trouble"!!! Then the rep tells me this is their normally policy for payment. WOW... just WOW!! After this order, I will definitely be closing my account with Amazon. Totally unethical business practices. (And it's a shame, they used to be better than this, now they're wackadoodle!!)

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016

    Amazon seems to be becoming an increasingly unaccountable scam in certain respects. Purchased an item on Amazon Prime due to the advertised 2 day delivery - long story short it has now been over three weeks and the item was never even shipped, despite several assurances during this period that the matter had been resolved. Each time Amazon would come up with some excuse as to why the latest promised deadline was not able to be met, not to mention countless emails from representatives located God knows where promising the item would now be delivered and anxious to be rated for their customer service. No reply was forthcoming every time I pointed out that the item was still being advertised on Prime with a 2 day delivery, as it continues to be to this day.

    Then suddenly after 3 weeks of trailing me along with ever changing delivery dates, they up and simply cancelled the order - no offer to rate customer service this time though. As stated above, Amazon still advertises the item to this day as being available and receivable within two days. This is blatant misrepresentation if not fraud. As with most buyers relying on the seller's representations when deciding to purchase, I depended on these representations and now have been negatively impacted and would have been better off purchasing the item from someone else weeks ago. This is not the only issue I have had with Amazon Prime and their misrepresentations. I have bought countless items from Amazon in the past, but now prefer to look elsewhere. There is no genuine accountability or recourse from anywhere when it comes to Amazon, they're too big. Buy elsewhere if you can.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016

    I bought an item from Amazon and noticed two days later the product was marked down 80 dollars. I called Amazon and asked for a refund of the price difference. They said in order to get the amount at the lower price I would need to return the product for a refund and then reorder. Which seems like a bad policy. I returned the product as Amazon instructed and received an email from customer service which I had to call at least five time saying I would get a full refund, which I have still not been given. They gave a partial refund and said I would get the remainder 66 dollar on my checking account which still has not happened.

    Even if they were to return the 66 dollars my refund was still short. I had to call by 6th time to get missing amount added back to gift card and was reassured that the 66 dollars would be showing in my account the next day. I am still waiting... Customer service from India also sent me 3 email stating their policy when I never asked other than my initial call. Amazon will rip you off if you don't pay attention to refunds and give you a huge runaround trying to get your money back.

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    Reviewed Dec. 7, 2016

    Enough with the games on shipping Amazon. Ever since they started the Prime shipping, if you don't sign up they make sure the free shipping option takes as long as possible. The package is literally a few hours away from me and they waited a whole week before preparing to ship it! Just because we didn't pay the $50 extra a year for Prime doesn't mean you have to poo on us because we didn't pay up.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2016

    I signed up for the $39 Professional category because I want to sell my handmade products. I was also willing to pay the $39 so that I could sell bundles of 3, including my daughter's CDs. First, many of the things they call handmade aren't. Second, it is impossible to find some of my listings. I cannot get the bundles listed and it is almost impossible to get any help. At one point, I was able to "chat" but the information was useless. I have spent many hours trying to get this all straightened out to no avail. So if you are thinking of selling on Amazon as a regular seller, be advised the $39 is a rip-off! There are many many things you won't be allowed to sell. CDs weren't on their restricted list but they won't let me sell my daughter, Lisa Lynne's, CDs.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2016

    Even though I've been a prime member and heavily relied on Amazon.com in the past, they have made a few HUGE moves on their part that are just unforgivable. First, my Kindle Fire HDX I had purchased wasn't up to par. The battery would last most about 4 hours even on standby, which was half the time it was supposed to be operating at, and it was still fairly new. The customer service representative I spoke to over the phone clearly stated they would send me a "brand new" replacement. In the following days I received an email of my item to be shipped. It was a description and link for a brand new kindle. Then the link was changed to a refurbished one. And this is where the issues arose.

    Naturally I called up again to see what was going on. I was told they would look through the logs. I asked if the logs were recorded or just notes typed by the rep because they couldn't find a single thing I had clearly described to them. They wouldn't answer that. Ok then. I thought it was unfair I was told one thing, received an email for it, and then they decided to just change everything and pretend my email and parts of my convo with the rep never happened. I was being passed around from rep to rep and was being increasingly frustrated because I had a couple reps agree with me, and then after placing me on hold "to check something", they backtracked on what they said. I asked to speak to a supervisor with my last rep I was passed to. They told me no supervisor was around and I couldn't be passed to someone unless I knew the exact title or name of the person I wanted to talk to. Were they serious??

    After receiving my kindle, I didn't open the kindle box because it was sealed and labeled with the words "Certified Refurbished" across it. I called again and then was transferred to a "supervisor ". I really don't know who this was because this was where I was royally betrayed by Amazon. This rep "Mike" told me he checked my account and that it was brand new and that they ran out of packaging at the warehouse and that's all there was left to send it in. I knew this was a lie and I told him exactly that. He assured me over and over again he was telling the truth and to open it. I asked him to send an email stating what he just said to me. We hung up. I opened the box and it was refurbished, damaged in fact, and the email he sent me was blank. I did stop using them for awhile after this.

    Second, as a prime member who Spends $99 annually for 2 day shipping, I rarely ever get my items within two days. When I call up to complain or see what the delay is, they don't really care and only offered an extra month of prime as compensation on a couple occasions. If I order something for 2 day shipping, it's because I likely need it asap. Third, this past summer, for the first time in all the years I've been an Amazon customer, I used someone else's credit card because they wanted to make purchases. They allowed me to purchase something as well since I didn't have the money straight away. Amazon flagged the card and the person verified they gave permission to use it. Shortly after I paid the person the money I owed them, they screwed me over and reported to their credit card company they never made the purchases. As a result, I've had to pay chargebacks to Amazon.

    It's a messy situation, but Amazon once again proved to be deceitful. I've been keeping track of every item. They cut me off from my account and are trying to only send me order numbers with prices. I've had to request a break down of the items, and then the amount they send me with just the order numbers, and the amount they send me detailed, are maybe one or two THOUSAND dollars in difference. Now, since I noticed this, I've been keeping track of what I've already paid as well as order numbers. They're trying to tack on items I've never purchased, returned items, and items I've already paid for. This is illegal and unethical.

    It's a shame because I really like the kindle service, but it's not worth the way they treat people. They've grown so big that they have sacrificed their customer service, training or l of these individuals, and standards. I will be looking for alternatives and have already found some, with the exception of an alternative to the kindle service. They're not the great company they once were.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2016

    I ordered a product that I was sending to a charity. Amazon said, "you can save $50 if you apply for our card," so I did. I received the Amazon Card in the mail, but never received the product. I called them, and after being transferred and put on hold 5 times, they had no recollection of my ordering the product. Finally they told me that I can't save $50 on a product that is a third party seller. So I got a credit card that I didn't want, and I had to reorder the product. Be careful, Amazon can pull your order out of the system without telling you.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2016

    I'd ordered 1 item, and received an email saying my card was declined. There was plenty of funds in it, so thought item was cancelled and re ordered. Same again card declined. Double checked the bank and problem wasn't there so once again I thought the order was cancelled. I then ordered time and everything was fit. Guess what 3 very heavy parcels arrived in my kitchen. I can move then due the my bad back. I asked to seller to print off a returns label as I don't have a printer and could he rearrange for a courier to come and lime the item. Simply refused. I'm now left with 2 sets of cutlery I don't want and £140 is pounds out of pocket. I'm absolutely disgusted.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2016

    Two orders placed with amazon! November 28 & 30, 2016! Check my credit card online. Call customer service and told them why there so many charges on my credit card? They say they was testing to make sure it goes thru! I told it went thru four times... lol and my items was not even shipped out. I told them to cancel all my orders. I want all my money back! I asked customer service when will I get all my money back? She say it depend on my bank. Still haven't rec'd my refund. Never shop at Amazon again! First time customer! 0 star!

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2016

    I received a sleigh bed ordered on Amazon (seller Alpine Furniture, Inc.). It arrived severely damaged. The seller requires return shipping be paid by the customer. I filed a claim with Amazon, Told them I should not be responsible for the shipping charge to return damaged items. Was told by customer service that 1) They would pay for the shipping or 2) I would be refunded the purchase. I was told I would be contacted specifically by a supervisor I spoke with about this issue. He never contacted me. I called again asking for him, they told me they were not able to 'get through' to him. I was then told I would be contacted by another supervisor and again was not contacted. I am stuck with a $235 damaged bed that I cannot use.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2016

    I just ordered an item from Amazon.com (we have a prime account). I ordered through a 3rd party seller who required payment by Amazon gift card. It was a fraudulent seller/scam artist. He took our $450 and did not send the product. Amazon Fraud dept said we are on our own. They will not reimburse us. They said they have been investigating this man for awhile but they still allowed him to post via their site since then. We've been on the phone with customer service for 3 hours. They told us if we see his name again to write a bad review for him. Wow! Shocked by Amazon's policies regarding fraud. Sellers name was Daniel ** but sure he goes by millions of aliases. The product was a Mad Dogg exercise bike.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2016

    I know how to avoid accidentally using the "back" button & ending up with 2 purchases - I DID NOT DO THAT. When I saw the bank account double charge error (causing an overdraft!) the next morning I immediately emailed both the company that the computers came from & Amazon - No answer. I mean nothing! When they finally dropped off the 2 computers about 2 weeks late, I emailed both again. There was still no reply. I finally ended up sending back the extra computer. Though I paid $780 for each computer, the "seller" company only credited my account $700. We were outraged!

    After sending both the crap company & Amazon proof of this error, they could not have cared less. The huge company Amazon either had no power or didn't give a ** how we were treated. The pathetic little seller almost immediately disappeared from Amazon's "seller" list. Amazon does NOT stand behind products sold or more specifically stand behind the crappy little companies that claim to have a 4.995/5 star rating. I will never trust AMAZON again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 1, 2016

    I am having a serious problem with Amazon. I was so happy to finally be selling with Amazon after selling with Ebay for years. I read the reviews some good some bad however I decided to sign up with Amazon even with the bad reviews, thinking ok this can't be as bad as it sounds. I was wrong. I finalized the account on 11/18/2016 with one of your representatives. While setting up the account she asked if I wanted to pay monthly or per item. I told her per item, she showed me how to set it up and I then told her that it stated that there was a fee. She assured me that there was not a fee. She put me on hold several times to make sure of this fee.

    I then later went back to my Amazon seller central and saw that there was a credit fee of -$39.99 on 11/18/2016 and then there was a charge of $39.99 fee on 11/19/2016. I then went to my bank account and saw that there was indeed a charge fee of $39.99 but never the negative. I have called several times and no one seems to be concerned nor can figure out how to solve the problem. They keep transferring me and passing the problem to the next person. I often go to the seller central to see if there has been any updates on the cases that have been created. I called today and went back to see if there was any updates. They have remove the case ID and status as if I have never called today. Good thing I printed it before they erased it from the list. Dirty, just dirty...

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2016

    Having just written a scathing review of Overstock.com's horrendous treatment of me, I decided to go and check the two sites I praised in that review: Wayfair and Amazon. Well, I was happy to see Wayfair's very good rating, but shocked to see Amazon with only a two star rating! How can this be? So, I decided to give my own review of not just this one incident of an overdue return which they not only were willing to allow me to send back for a FULL REFUND, but they even sent me a return label so I won't have to pay for the postage WITHOUT ME EVEN ASKING. This, in opposition to my having to BEG Overstock just to allow me a refund with the postage on my tab!

    I have been a customer of Amazon's for many, many years and can truly say that I have never had kinder or more caring and considerate representatives. They have ALWAYS resolved my problems or found very viable alternatives to assist me in resolving the problem. Of course, these representatives are only able to be this accommodating if the company's policies allow for it. So, I say BRAVO to Amazon for hiring the kindest and most professional employees, and for maintaining policies that take the humanity of their customers into consideration. They are truly embodying the spirit of the holiday season!

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016

    Paid for a Prime membership and packages NEVER arrive within the 2 days promised... even within 3-4 days. Today they pretended that my "address does not exist" as the reason for non-delivery. You know... the address they've delivered to a million times before. I used to be such a fan of Amazon and now I just think they are crooks - Prime membership is worthless.

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016

    I tried to leave a review of Amazon's shipping performance - and while they will allow a review for their "merchants" they don't allow a review for their own performance! "Thanks for submitting a customer review on Amazon. Your review could not be posted to the website in its current form. While we appreciate your time and comments, reviews must adhere to the following guidelines: http://www.amazon.com/review-guidelines."

    Amazon used to ship very quickly, and that was why I bought so much from them. But they are taking way too long to ship free shipping these days. I think that they are doing it on purpose to force people to switch to Prime. Well they can keep it - I will shop somewhere else. Signed - Pissed off customer tired of waiting for 2-3 weeks to receive basic shipments!

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    Reviewed Nov. 29, 2016

    Ordered high value item on 11/23, paid for expedited shipping for item to arrive on Saturday 11/26. On Saturday 11/26 package passed FedEx's stated delivery window. Called FedEx to see what the issue was. FedEx rep - claimed package not received and to call Amazon as delivery might not take place by guaranteed Saturday delivery date if they did not deliver the package. Frontline Amazon Rep - said package was delivered to FedEx and should arrive by 8:00 pm, same as online system stated at the time (and still states). FedEx Rep - Claimed package was not received, or could have been delivered after the cutoff, said might be delivered Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday but wasn't sure and couldn't confirm. Frontline Amazon rep - confirmed FedEx was not going to deliver on-time, refunded me expedited shipping cost ($74).

    On Sunday 11/27 checked delivery status, saw that package was indeed delivered to FedEx and was sent to Memphis, TN, when it was originally an hour away from my location in Los Angeles, CA in Ontario, CA. Sent half-way across the country incorrectly. Called FedEx. FedEx rep - verified package was indeed sent to Tennessee. Asked them to send this package back to Amazon so I could get a refund. They confirmed this action.

    Frontline Amazon rep - called FedEx to confirm that the package was being returned to Amazon. Stated that she wasn't sure if a replacement could be issued for several days as package was going to be shipped to me (it wasn't). Escalated to supervisor as felt she couldn't resolve fully. Chris (Amazon supervisor) - discussed options for a replacement, but replacement couldn't arrive for a week and a half since it was coming from Florida now instead of California like the first order. Stated I'd like to go a size larger from a third party seller and wondered if I could just cancel the order and receive a refund to place a new order with them, as that would potentially arrive on Wednesday. Chris confirmed that would work and stated that the refund to card would take 2-5 business days, so he'd help me out and process it to my gift card balance, so it'd be there within an hour or so.

    Waited three hours for refund to be processed, but no refund came to gift card balance. Called Amazon again. Frontline Amazon rep - expressed that Chris' actions were unacceptable, said Chris didn't process anything and left a vague note: "Customer is going to buy larger television, item is going to be returned to us by FedEx." Said they needed to pull the recording and listen to verify that he'd promised a refund to the gift card, but the review could not take place today and had to wait until tomorrow - call review had to be requested specifically to a certain team, couldn't be done by supervisor immediately.

    The team could review in the next few hours, but Frontline rep could not speak to me again until the evening which didn't work because I work late hours tomorrow (11/28), requested to be called in morning. Rep stated they don't know anyone in the morning to call me back and I'd have to call, and that the call may or may not be reviewed by that point. Would have to wait until Tuesday (11/29) at the earliest to call back to discuss review results. Said she submitted call review request. Confirmed to me that supervisors are allowed to issue refunds via gift card balance and that it does normally only take an hour, and if Chris had processed as promised it'd already be back in my account as he stated.

    Felt that this review of what Chris did or didn't promise is irrelevant to the issue at hand (although it was promised, which can be confirmed in the call review): the extreme mis-delivery. Requested a supervisor, as I felt if this is standard practice, they'd give me the same resolution as Chris and might actually process it this time. Scarlett/Anna? Supervisor - Kept insisting the expedited shipping refund had already been issued (irrelevant, doesn't have to do with full refund promised), re-verified with FedEx again (ignored Chris' note), did not listen to me, cut me off several times and talked over me and the FedEx rep, stated she could send me a replacement since she was reviewing Chris' call further and Chris had offered to replace device first.

    When challenged to review the whole call, placed me on hold to do "further verification" then after coming off hold claimed that the item was still in transit and still within the delivery window and that there was NO RECORDING of Chris' call (that she stated she was reviewing and previous rep claimed was impossible to do at supervisory level) so it was hard for her to review and verify - directly contradicting her own statements several times. Told me I was being escalated to her supervisor as she couldn't issue the refund, stated that she was attempting to reach a supervisor for a long time, but then continued to place me on hold and take me off to further "verify" or "review" my case offering me solutions that I had stated already I didn't want or didn't help. After two to three attempts to circumvent me with these non-solutions, I demanded to be escalated to the supervisor she claimed to be working with.

    She then contradicted herself again and claimed my information actually had to be verified by her before being transferred. When I demanded again to be escalated directly to this supervisor, she claimed she would not transfer me, said she could handle it herself, was scheduling a callback for the same night with this supervisor as well arranging the refund (ostensibly to gift card, as originally promised). She claimed the refund needed to be verified by supervisor who she claimed was on a break and couldn't be transferred to immediately to speak with or process refund.

    When I demanded to speak to someone else or the supervisor, either way, I was asked "if I wanted the refund or to speak to the supervisor," as if it was an either-or proposition. I requested that I wanted both the supervisor to call me back to discuss this as well as to process promised refund to gift card. She said both of these things would be done and attempted to disconnect the call in an extremely rude and condescending manner.

    Before disconnection, I asked for email confirmation of refund to be processed, supervisor said she couldn't provide the confirmation of the refund in advance of the actual processing. I asked for email verification of callback from her supervisor, this supervisor refused to provide. I asked for supervisor that she had been looking for's first name and needed verification from and that was going to call me back, supervisor refused to provide. I asked for her supervisor's employee ID number, supervisor refused to provide. I asked for general callback window, supervisor refused to provide.

    After the call, a vague email was received from "Scarlett **" - notification that she'd get back to me on November 27 (same day) to send a notification email within the day once the refund was processed. Called back to confirm that account notes and callback request was left on account by Scarlett/Anna? as I didn't exactly trust that she did what she'd claimed. Frontline Amazon Rep - claimed that callback would occur within 24 hours, then when pressed claimed callback would occur same night as promised by Scarlett/Anna? I then received another email from Scarlett stating that callback from manager would occur November 28 (not what was promised by both her and the frontline rep I spoke with after the call).

    Called back again an hour and a half later after calming down from frustration. Florence (Frontline Amazon rep) - tried to deflect me several times by stating that it was still within delivery window etc., stated full refund for item had already been processed to store card by Scarlett and would return within 2-5 business days (which Scarlett claimed was impossible, and was not correct or promised method as it wasn't on gift card balance), then escalated to supervisor when requested.

    Lyn (supervisor) - stated no refund had been processed to store card, needed to verify with FedEx again to process refund to gift card, then stated the amount was beyond her limit to process this refund, successfully confirmed return of item and case ID again with FedEx, and claimed she was sending immediately to someone who can process the refund, and will send an email confirmation within 1-2 hours maximum that refund has been processed back to my account in gift card balance.

    Then received an email from an "Anna **" (which I thought "Scarlett" had stated was her name initially) which was identical to Scarlett's second email after Lyn's call finished, stating a supervisor will call me back tomorrow regarding the refund. I then received an email from Lyn shortly afterward that stated that the refund balance would be sent back to my gift card balance within an hour or two. This reflected in my account order info very quickly.

    Got another email confirmation from Flor stating it'd be sent back to my card in 3-5 business days. Got another email from Carla (I assume another Frontline rep I spoke with) which was identical to Flor's email. Got another email after Carla from Flor which was identical to the first email from Flor. On Monday 11/28 refund balance still not received in account within a few hours as promised in Lyn's email. Called again to check on status of refund. Frontline Amazon Rep - did not know why balance had not yet reflected, said she'd get in touch with management and call me back within an hour.

    Two hours pass, finally receive call-back from same rep, who states because it's "big money refund" that I need to wait and be patient and that it could be 24 hours, or maybe just a few hours, and that she'll call me back every hour if I want until she hears from her managers to get the approval and that the approval has not happened yet, even though she claimed she just spoke with her managers.

    When asked why I can't get a callback from managers or speak to managers directly, she states that she will submit coaching requests, is taking care of it and that she has no way to transfer me to them and she'll call me back and also have managers call me back. Still frustrated with this answer. Called one more time with hope that US-based support (that treated me kindly the first time re: Chris even if the promised actions weren't processed or notated correctly) or at least someone more professional would be online and understanding, which fortunately they were, but still didn't resolve the issue.

    Autumn (Frontline Amazon Rep) - was extremely kind. Confirmed the gift card refund was processing to the account balance, but restated and corrected what previous reps and supervisors had claimed - no approval from management was required to process the refund amount but that larger gift card refunds did take a longer amount of time to process, but that it should be back today.

    Admitted that Amazon Customer Support/Billing had just failed to act within a timely manner and she'd be submitting a process/personnel review request and would try to act on my behalf to get this expedited if possible. Told her I was concerned that price may increase on alternative item, she stated they could at least replace the original item as long as it was in stock for the same price but nothing could be done about the purchase of the alternative item.

    8 hours passed, no refund yet processed. Price on alternative item increased and original item went out of stock on Amazon, so unable to be replaced at this point for some time. Called Amazon again. Samantha (Frontline Amazon Rep) - screen froze, transferred to another rep. (Frontline Amazon Rep) - clarified that refund needed to be approved and was already approved. Stated that they were not sure why other than large dollar amount that it's taking so long to return to my account as normal processing time is 2-3 hours maximum.

    Put on hold for additional research, but just came back with "it's in processing, because it's a large amount we want to make sure it's going back to the right person's account and stuff. Please be patient" and told me to check tomorrow. Requested to be escalated to supervisor since this was yet another delay. Spoke with a Supervisor, name unintelligible - clarified that I just needed to wait. Stated that I could not speak with a manager directly via transfer but he could put in an email request for a callback, but I told him that this had already been promised last night and no manager had ever called me back.

    Stated it was out of Customer Care's hands and was now with the billing department. When asked, said I could not speak with the billing department as they don't have phone support. Stated he understood that my requests were falling on deaf ears and advertised timelines had been breached multiple times both verbally and in writing.

    When questioned as to the technical nature of the issue since this was not a card transfer with payment processors but basically Amazon granting me their own "Amazon bucks" - and gift card balances can be transferred immediately via email claim code when purchased by customers but not done by their own billing department, he stated "yeah, that would be great if we could utilize the system in that way that customers can, but we are at the mercy of the billing department and can't do that."

    Also confirmed that if the refund processed to the gift card balance in an additional day or two, and by then the price of the alternative item had increased further and was still out of stock on the original item, there was nothing they could do until the item came back in stock and the refund could not be transferred back to the store card and I'd be stuck with the gift card balance.

    Only alternative was to cancel the gift card refund promised and refund directly back to store card, which was guaranteed to take an additional 3-5 business days to process at minimum. Told me at the end to wait again until tomorrow morning and await yet another request for a manager above him that he will send via email with an undisclosed timeline.

    Staying with the gift card refund for now (unknown when it will actually process), possibly having to just eat additional cost for alternative item from third party due to their delays (and inability at this point to send a replacement item), overpromising and underdelivering, etc. They have said they will do nothing to assist further than what they've already offered, nor provide me with anything as a token of apology at the experience I've been through, nor even resolve the issue created with the gift card balance by returning it to the store card should the items be totally out of stock or back at regular prices.

    At this point, this feels like abuse and an absurd run-around. The main issue is the repeated lying, overpromising and general incompetence. Not certain I will get the refund within needed timeframe and even further delays are unacceptable and make the situation even worse. Would appreciate some sort of actual solution or at least some kind of reimbursement for the time spent dealing with some of their belligerent agents and continual delays and breach of written timelines/inability to process stated actions.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2016

    I have been trying to get into contact with both Amazon and the vendor they have provided as to purchasing shoes. The shoes ran smaller/never worn as they did not fit. I have returned the shoes, paid shipping cost and have not received a notification from Amazon neither its vendor. The only email I receive from the vendor is - "We will return your money when you return the shoes." My UPS statement attached is showing the shoes delivered but no money back on my card. I will never order from Amazon again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2016

    I ordered an Amazon Echo from Amazon. It was shipped and during this process Amazon lowered the pricing of item. I called and talked with customer service who informed me that Amazon will not price match themselves!?? I still have not received the item and they will not credit me the 40.00 difference in price. The only way I can get the current lower price is to return the item once received and reorder the same item. What kind of mixed up, crazy, lack of customer service is this? Not happy. Closing my account.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2016

    I have been a prime member for a long time. Several times now, items haven't arrived in the 2 days stated. At times I've chosen to pay for next day in order to ensure I get the item when I need it. Again today, I waited for an item to arrive by 8pm. AFTER 8pm I got a notification (not by text or email, but within Amazon when I went to track my order) saying they were sorry the item hasn't arrived and they have now tacked on another 4 days for arrival! The item is in a city no more than 2 hours away from me! I'm so disappointed. If I could pay a reduced cost for UPS or Fedex delivery I would.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2016

    Amazon is sending spam mails with fake campaigns!! I received a mail from Amazon about using Discover CC and earning payback points!! I used my cc and made purchase, but didn't get any cash back points!! I called up Amazon cust care to check, none of cust exec had any clue what is this promo and even claimed that these mails are not sent from Amazon!! I had to forward the mail to them!!

    Amazon cooked up excuses that I need to reach out Discover cust care and seller I bought was not eligible, etc... 4-5 cust care exec gave 5 different excuses which meant that all of them were unsure and giving poor excuses!! While I did go ahead and made purchase from amazon.com seller and still no cash back points!! This proves that this campaign was false and only fake marketing campaign by Amazon to cheat people!! I didn't expect this from Amazon as it claims to be most customer-centric company!! But with such things it's a scam company!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2016

    I ordered a monitor from Amazon. I am a Prime member and expected that it will be delivered in 2 days. The guaranteed delivery date was November 26, 2016. It is November 27, 2016 today and Amazon website says "shipping now" and "expected delivery November 26, 2016". The customer support did not have a clue. They have a book in front of them from which they give you answers you cannot argue with. I had 3 more similar issues with Prime this year.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2016

    So upon hearing about some good black Friday deals I decided to do some homework in purchasing some video games this year. I was able to save enough money. I was able to buy 4 for the price of 2. One of the games I purchased was through Amazon. I purchased it on Thursday waiting in line at black Friday shopping. I was promised a delivery date of Saturday with my prime account. I took the deal and turned the other cheek every time I saw this game in stores.

    Eventually Saturday came and so did that delivery window of 8pm. I finally called around 9pm and spoke with over 4 different reps until later a "product specialist" offered to refund me the money so I can buy the more expensive digital copy and pay the difference. At that point I asked for a supervisor and waited at most 30 min. Finally the supervisor resolved my issue with an option that got me that game in my PS4 today on the date of promised delivery. All I am trying to say is; sometimes people can only do so much and you have to go over their heads... Don't forget no matter how unhappy or frustrating the situation is. Those reps are people too. We as consumers can forget that in the holiday rush. Maybe they can't understand your frustration or situation and you need to go higher. It's not OK to treat people any less than you would want someone to talk to you...

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2016

    TWO ORDERS PLACED WITH AMAZON AND BOTH THEY CANCELED FOR NO REASON - NEVER BUY any item from this Seller eCaliber and amazon. COMPLETE FRUSTRATION. Orders placed 11/25. I ordered 2 laptops at different times from AMAZON. After one order placed, got an email saying that it is canceled. Placed another order never received any cancellation. When I look my amazon account, it says CANCELED.

    Called AMAZON customer service, they said TECHNICAL ISSUE, they canceled. Talked with Amazon manager and they will not help... COMPLETELY FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE, 3 hours lost... both my orders canceled without My knowledge, complete frustration and amazon customer service is the worst ever I have experienced. We will never get justice from Amazon for the orders we place trusting Amazon and I paid the PENALTY.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2016

    Be aware every seller on Amazon, because dealing with crook buyers is not easy, they take advantage with A-Z claim department to help them stealing sellers on Amazon and get away with their money and the free stuff too, and the A-Z claim department is great in this, they will never care or even answer any seller, just they steal us with no regret, and they forget that we are the sellers who provide the merchandise to get the sales money. Having two very bad issues with a scammer buyer last August that she played all her games to steal the stuff and she succeed through A-Z claim department. Another issue with another buyer that she create false accusations to steal the stuff and get away and Amazon help her in this too.

    When the seller profit is like $5.00 in the sale, and scammers steal the order of almost $100.00 or more so the seller has to lose the profit of 20 sales toward the scammer and the crook buyer and end up just working with loss and damages for Amazon and their crook buyers, even they don't remove any negative feedback from any crook or liar buyer and then they send the seller a message of happy selling, is this making any sense here!!! How the seller can have happy selling with this negativity and stealing and Rip Off.

    If you want to be a seller on Amazon be prepared to work for them for free if you get any claims against you from some crook buyers. And Amazon Internal departments are bad from A-Z to Performance, they don't give any damn about sellers, the want their money only, and they give the sellers money for free to the crook buyers with no manners, and seller pay money to buy stuff to list it on Amazon to sell to get profit, not to get Rip Off and stealing by Amazon the some crook buyers. I think a class action should be in place against Amazon to stop abusing their sellers, and to stop their non stop damages to the sellers. Hopefully this review will help the sellers on Amazon to avoid Amazon stealing and Rip Off to give their money and their stuff free to their crook buyers, because it is very costly.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2016

    I started selling games dvds on 19 Sept 2016. I had sold 3/4 dvds a weeks with high fees but I never got any complaint from customer. Nov 6 Amazon suddenly suspend my account without giving me any reason. I appeal on same day Nov 6 and I didn't get any response until Nov 20. In between I open about 9/10 cases they why Amazon is not responding me and please I request to close my account.

    14 days Amazon didn't give me any reason excuse but now 19 Amazon charged me subscription fee 39.99 and then I contacted to seller support that why they charged me subscription as my account is suspended and I'm not getting any answer why should I be charged a subscription fee however I have sales platform at all Other department response me that "Bad to hear that you want to close your account with Amazon but we cannot help it because your account is in under review performance department can only do that and we will forward your email to that department.

    Nov 20 performance dept mailed me this: "We are still reviewing your account. We will send you an email when we finish the review." And then Nov 21 I asked the same question to performance team about charges and I got this reply: "We are still reviewing your account. We will send you an email when we finish the review. We may not reply to further emails about your review." 1st they are not sincere at all except their customers. 2nd how could they reply like this that "We may not reply your further emails." This is my right as I pay them monthly subscription or fee on every single product I sell.

    That means I can't change bank account info. It's been 20 days Amazon suspended my account and I can't sell anything but Amazon want the complete subscription fee because they have your account info. There's not tab or anything to make changes that I couldn't overcharge you. If they keep my account under review for 3 months so they will keep charging me 39.99 a month This is injustice. Now I'm 200% don't want to work with Amazon if they suspend or retain my account because I don't want to be a part for future problems with Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 25, 2016

    I placed an order on Amazon.com for Two boxes of Old & New Moscow Mule Mugs. Each box was supposed to have two cups for 19.99. When the order arrived I only got one box with 2 cups but the email from Amazon stated I got both and was charged for both. I called customer service. What a nightmare! I was told to order it again as they could not help me because it was a 3rd party and Amazon is just the middleman. I just wanted them to fix my order instead Amazon is refunding me 19.99. I also had a cup holder on back order that I asked them to cancel. Had I not noticed I would have been ripped off. Charged double for half the order!

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2016

    I had ordered one product in Amazon and when the delivery people came to deliver they didn't give a call to me. Even they didn't send any message or mail confirmation about delivery. After week I had asked to them and they had confirmed that the order has delivered but after delivery I didn't get any confirmation message. First when I called they told that we will return the amount or we will give the product. But after one week they are telling that "we can't give anything to you and the product has delivered." As per the records they didn't give the product to the required customer. They had given to the person who is standing outside of my house without my confirmation. When I spoke with customer care they are not at all giving correct information. This is not a correct way to treat customers. Really it's waste website.

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2016

    Your logistic team stinks. Every day from the 18th until now, my package is out for delivery, then a 'delay' occurs. This delay, according to logistics, is a driver thinking it is 'too late' to deliver my package. Every. Day. Through even a replacement order because they 'lost' the first delayed order. Delay on the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, and now 22nd. For 2 day shipping via Prime. THEN I get a rep who changes the delivery date to the 24th 'so you not have to worry about wondering when you will get your package'. This person must be high or something. So for a 2 day delivery that should have been here on the 18th, it has been 4 days past, and will be 6 days when I get my package. Why would I pay for prime when I get my packages slower than the no rush deliveries? If my package is not there tomorrow, you can bet your money that I will be contacting every supervisor I can to escalate this issue. I have a background it data mining. It isn't hard. At all.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016

    I ordered 5 bottles of Dermaquest peptide from Amazon through a seller named Quinstra. I ordered Oct 27, On the 3 of Nov I signed for one box thinking the others might be backordered. Boy was I wrong. I never received them. I am out $548. I contacted Amazon 5 times and was denied coverage because I signed for the package. I appealed the claim and was denied everytime. The phone number on Quinstra's box they sent me is not a valid number. Also the email on the package is not a valid email. Amazon tried to contact Quinstra and they also could not do it. Yet Amazon refuses to refund my money. They said that I should have not signed for the one package if I ordered 5. I am done with Amazon. I have read other reviews about Quinstra and people not getting their orders. I asked Amazon if they could give me a way to contact Quinstra and they said no.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016

    So I bought two items and waited for two days and nothing, then all of a sudden I receive an email from the vendor that oops we made a mistake; by now the other deal I was looking at was gone. So I spent 2 hours with their rep overseas (Cebu) I believe and boy was she rude. Even the supervisor was nasty; so when I asked for an answer from the USA this is what I got. Now I might be wrong but "Best regards, Lourdumary **" just doesn't sound right to me.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016

    I was ripped off 435$ by these guys because they permitted a seller to sell their phone to me that was SECRETLY LOCKED (even though it stated it was UNlocked ). Long story short, after MONTHS of complaints to customer service about this nothing was ever resolved and they never gave me any of my money back at all. They basically don't care about enforcing people to not sell items with incorrectly listed/false information. They just say "there's nothing we can do" when you know that they CAN do something about it, they just don't want to. REALLY bad customer service reps in general.

    As someone who does their eShopping constantly, I've gone to many websites and purchased from many different companies in the past, of all of these companies Amazon is BY FAR one of THE WORST. They have the single WORST customer service reps that I've ever had the displeasure of having to work with in my entire life. I honestly can't remember a SINGLE TIME that Amazon customer service actually helped me as a customer.

    Due to this I have taken the vow to personally boycott this poor excuse for a company. Despite their colossal size and industry, they still choose to not put any efforts into providing good, efficient, and REAL customer service (instead of, "sorry I can't help you with that" or "sorry you'll have to do that yourself or re-do it again" BS). I've got way too much dirt on these guys to write here without posting a giant wall of text so honestly just message me if you want to know anything else about how awful my experiences with them were or what exactly happened. Bottom line, STAY AWAY FROM THIS SITE IF YOU DON'T LIKE TAKING RISKS WITH CUSTOMER SERVICES/GETTING RIPPED OFF.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016

    Your service is too bad no one come to deliver my product and I will get msg from Amazon that is, "We could not deliver your order with Coolpad Mega 2.5D" (Royal@@ as customer was not available). We'll attempt again on next working day and I will be available from 10 am to yet the delivery boy not come and update status from his own place. Customer was not available. I have called him many time but he could not attending call yet. I will never and want to purchase anything from Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2016

    I have been an Amazon prime member since 2011 and I place frequent orders through Amazon.com. Lately, all of my orders have either arrived late or have defective in some way. I ordered a CD, as a gift for a friend. The CD arrived to her home with just the case (the CD was not in the case). The keyless entry lock, that I ordered, came without the keys in the box. I returned the lock but was retro charged twice for this item. Each time, I was told that I would be refunded for the retro charge but it didn't happen. I just cancelled my membership and returned an entire order that I just received from Amazon. Please, please do not waste your time with Amazon anymore. I am not sure what has happened to their service but it has diminished tremendously.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2016

    Very poor service. Charged my credit card for 2 items and I only ordered one. I am having to wait until the items arrive to return one of them before I receive my refund. And it wasn't my fault. I will never order from Amazon again!

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    Reviewed Nov. 19, 2016

    Don't know what to say. Right from the beginning of the order looked for Amazon help in shipping this item in 3-4 days (I'm a prime member). I was on the phone for help and the rep asked me to place the order and he will help me later (this was on a weekend). After placing the order the rep couldn't make any change to the delivery schedule as the order was still in process.

    Next day with Amazon (large item department) a manager confirmed my item will be delivered on time and can't help me expediting the order for early shipment other than "ground". This manager claimed that I should be able to make changed to the order once an carrier is assigned to my item. Later in the evening I got the carrier update and when I called them they refused to make any change as the order is placed from Amazon and they can't make any changes and take any money from me for airway to detour the item from ground. Days pass by and today I get the call from the carrier company that my item will not be delivered as scheduled. I have all the installers lined up for home theater installation and Amazon won't care for this order. Sorry this is an amazon issue and nothing about the product.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2016

    I have Amazon Prime and I love it. Amazon Prime allows me access to a huge array of online music, movies, and last but not least I get to get free shipping on most of the products I order that more than pays for itself. I get to avoid the crowded stores and still get everything I need delivered to my door. Can't beat it!!! You need Amazon Prime in your life.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2016

    In the past 6 months I have placed a total of 4 orders with Amazon. Out of the 4 orders, I received a substitution on 3 of the orders. This last order was for a Specific Dell computer. I had to have that model because I needed to swap parts with another one. I received a "Similar" computer. For this reason, I limit my purchases from Amazon to only those things that I cannot find elsewhere, which is not very many.

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    Reviewed Nov. 15, 2016

    I have never had a good experience ordering with Amazon, but I heard at one time they were a great company. I have time issues sometimes for orders I place, so working with companies that are reliable are important to me. They can make or break me at times. So my first experience at Amazon was when I placed several orders four weeks ahead of when I needed the items and some items were not as important to me as others. My experience amounted to several orders all having issues, either damaged, wrong items, missing pieces. Amazon did honor everything and did their best to make sure everything I ordered got replaced for the most part, but the hours and weeks it took to get this accomplished is something no business has time to do. Every time they place an order, that part of it was extremely upsetting and very frustrating.

    There was one order that never came in right. The description was totally different from what I received and after being sent the wrong item and really putting me in a bind for time, I went directly to the company to replace the order and I ended up having to return that and losing a client job because I didn't have the proper item to do the job. I was very angry. In a month ahead of schedule, this should never happen nor have I ever had it happen in the years of doing business with other companies. So a year later, I decide to give Amazon a chance to redeem this awful experience so I placed another order, nothing I needed fast just I saw some deals, needed some items and placed the order. Fantastic, everything came in great, no issues, no problems. I'm thinking, okay last year was just a fluke situation and Amazon redeemed itself.

    So again, a business situation came up and I was in a very dire need, I had to have items as soon as I could and the ones I ordered were suppose to arrive in one week, so here I go. I'm learning when it comes to business orders Amazon is really good at causing you a real big problem. At first one order ended up being flown all over the US twice before it arrived. I was never told why by Amazon, but the shipper was kind enough to tell me they made a really bad error. I'm a stickler for honesty when it comes to business and I was extremely disappointed in the runaround I got at Amazon and what I would call deception to a customer. This made me a bit uneasy, but then the next order again came in just fine. The third order just really made me wonder what kind of company I was dealing with.

    I ordered a very important product I needed to run my business. The box had looked used with pen scribbles on it which got my attention. Then I opened it and the description of the product was totally different from what I had copied from the item I ordered (I keep records and photos of everything these days to protect my business). So I'm thinking oh they accidentally shipped the wrong item, but no, the box it came in had the description of the product I did order. Gee, I'm thinking this is kind of weird. So I went to my account and emailed the vendor, for hours they had me on the phone, we started the device and no, it was definitely not the device I had ordered.

    So they asked me to ship it back to them and they told me they would do a work around Amazon because they knew they didn't have the device that I had ordered but assured me that they still had the one in the description and they would send it as soon as they received the wrong item I had been sent. So I'm not one to take someone's word anymore after seeing the online scams that go on, and I made sure to take pictures of the box, of the device label that stated the wrong info, the damage (this device looked used and not new and had some damage on it), I even showed other things the device did not have that it was suppose to). So here is where it gets really just plain out of control. They get the device I shipped back and then they stop contacting me to let me know anything, they don't answer their phones, this goes on for a week, and mind you, I am now way overdue for the item I needed for my business. I was very upset.

    So I finally called Amazon to ask them what I should do. They say we will take it from here. I was told they too could not get in touch with this company and they would make sure to get me the proper device, and I told them, "Are you sure 'cause I can't afford to wait much longer. This is starting to hurt my business." They told me they would totally make sure I got the right item and not to worry. So they were kind enough to ship it to me in two days and to my shock, I got the very same damaged, wrong item again in a different worn box with the right description, but as before, you open it up and there on the label is the very same wrong description of the device. When I saw the very same damage as on the last item, I became well aware of why I was asked to first return the item, they literally sent it right back to me. I won't say what I think of this, but I was not happy to have my time wasted again.

    Within this second ship time, this company also had contacted me and they tried to tell me I had the right device, but I assured them that someone from their company had me turn the device on and it was clearly not the one I had ordered. It seemed to me to be an older model that did not have the updated features of the one I had ordered. She refused to believe me and I told her it didn't matter because Amazon had already taken care of the situation. So as if it can't get any worse stranger things begin to happen. When I make a call to return the second wrong item sent, I ask for a manager. I explain to her I can no longer tolerate the trouble. I'm having to resolve the issue and I explain since we seem to be having an issue here and I can't figure out who is making the mistake, I was going to hang onto the item they seemed to think I should get stuck with that is damaged and not what I ordered to make sure it was not resent again.

    This time I was going to order directly from the manufacturer and because they had caused me a serious time issue I would no longer after resolving this issue be doing business with them and I was pulling an order I was waiting for on back order. To pull this order I had to cancel the credit I applied for so then I had to call for that. I placed another new order with the manufacturer, and then the next day I called Amazon to see what I had to do to cancel the credit.

    After speaking to a representative, I was placed to a manager for some reason. This woman proceeded to ask me to explain what had happened. I began explaining things and then she asked me to ship back the wrong product and they would try to replace or refund. I explained to her I already tried that and it has cost me three weeks and hours of my time and I felt that I had given them a fair chance to replace the item and they did not correct the problem which caused me a serious issue in time for my business. I told her I had to go elsewhere to try and resolve and she asked me what I meant. I explained that the manager at Amazon I had spoken to the day before agreed I could hang onto the damaged wrong item I'd received until the manufacturer sent me the new order so I could be assured they would not resend the item they had now sent twice. The woman got upset and the line went dead...

    This woman hung up on me and now I am noticing that my package seems to be sitting not two hours away for the last three days. I'm assuming I may get another old damaged product now cause they may not want me to have the right product because they know I took photos. I do know the right product exists because I've read recent reviews and I was also told by the manufacturer's representative they do have this item. I'm just afraid I said too much and now they want to cover their butts and I as the customer will never receive the right product.

    In the instant of false descriptions, I have also learned Amazon will only briefly take down the product only to put it up somewhere else or after a few weeks go by. I also have found that Amazon places "New" descriptions for in particular, electronic products that are refurbished or hard to sell items and I feel the hard to sell items may be why you hear people stating they get the wrong item twice. It maybe some customers don't care or don't notice and maybe this is how they've found they can get rid of them.

    At any rate, customers need to make sure they report these issues so more companies don't follow in Amazon's footsteps. It is not right to falsely advertise, nor is it right to intentionally send a customer a wrong item twice in a different box and as much as I feel Amazon has a great deal of great products on their site, to go through this and to waste so much time in a day is just not worth it when there are good, honest, reliable companies out there that treat their customers the way a customer should be treated. I will pay more money to be treated right by the people I do business with. No one wants to buy something and get something else and then have a company not understand the strain it can cost a business. I will have to buy elsewhere unfortunately if the manufacturer lets me down on this third order, and again wait more time before I can operate.I don't support deceptive business practices and it's a real shame Amazon operates this way.

    The concept of Amazon is truly amazing, but it's definitely a buyer beware hit or miss situation from what I have experienced. It's cost me in losses more than what I saved by not going to a reliable company to purchase my items. I didn't want to blame the manufacturer if they are not to blame, but it is possible this is a totally cover up of both Amazon and the seller, I'll find out when my third order arrives! I may be having to visit my local store if it turns out to be a total deceptive product description. I won't hesitate to send it back AGAIN. I'm only writing this to warn others in case they have had the same issues. It's the only way I know how to protect the consumer because consumers rights seem to be failing in the online retail marketplace and no one seems to care anymore. It's not right and I wish someone would start to protect consumers again like they used to.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2016

    On Sept 25, 2016 I was on facebook and saw a ring that I just HAD TO HAVE, so I then opened an account with AMAZON.COM. I then placed my order, paid for it with my debit card that I receive my paychecks on. In October I began to wonder where is my order? I then emailed STUFFNTHANGS who is the seller of the ring and AMAZON who is shipping my order, in regards to my purchase. Amazon informed me that my order would be shipped to me through the USPS, gave me my tracking number, my order number, all necessary info needed. Well as it turns out the tracking number was not good, it could not be located. That is what UPS told me when I called them. They then informed me that the tracking number was a postal tracking number not a UPS tracking number. So I proceeded to call the number I received from UPS for our local postal service...

    The postal service then told me exactly what UPS told me, the tracking number was invalid and couldn't be located... I have since sent NUMEROUS EMAILS to both companies, I sent a email to Brian ** on Nov 10, 2016. I've actually sent Brian more than one email. Needless to say, I don't have my ring nor a refund as of November 14, 2016. I went from being extremely excited to absolutely disgusted and disappointed in both AMAZON AND STUFFNTHANGS...I will DEFINITELY NEVER HAVE ANY FUTURE DEALINGS OF ANY KIND WITH EITHER OF THEM.

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    Reviewed Nov. 14, 2016

    I'll go ahead and copy and paste a previous post since it is my identical thoughts and I need to get going with my day after arguing with Amazon again, pointlessly. But I will add that they do not honor any credits. Their top customer service supervisors claim they are going to put on your account for your horrible inconvenient experience with them where they just flat out DO NOT deliver what they say they will do. I am a small retailer and have always wondered how long it would take before Amazon started to crack. In the beginning they were on point. You would think as they raked in millions from Prime members like me they could hold it together. Not the case.

    My copy and pasted review: "I have been a Prime member for more than 5 years. Amazon has gone DOWNHILL this past year. I will not waste another dime of my money with this unprofessional, unethical and downright rude company. Worst customer service and even worse supervisors. No point of being a Prime member anymore. This year has been horrible when it comes to deliveries. 2 day free shipping? Forget it! More like they will lose your items in transit, they will push delivery 4-5 days out and when you call to inquire, they are rude, condescending and impossible to deal with. Worst customer service ever. Supervisors don't know a CLUE of what they are doing, the customer service reps are like robots. They agree with everything you say but don't resolve anything. WORST!"

    Oh, and they play games with your cart. It is better to order each item individually. Grouping ends up in a cat and mouse game of what they will include in "prime" shipping and what kind of money they try and get for expedited shipping if they suddenly determine that the item is no longer Prime eligible, which they do within minutes of adding more items to your cart.

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    Reviewed Nov. 12, 2016

    I traded in some items with Amazon. Amazon wrote me on 11/7/2015 to say items were being returned because items were unauthorized copies. I called on 11/12/ 2015 to see when I would get items back. I was given all types of different stories. They could not provide me with a tracking number for the returned items. I checked UPS online and the items that I sent were showing never being received by Amazon. I called UPS several times and they told me items were in OHIO and that Amazon needed to call them to initiate a trace on items. He said if Amazon said they received them then that's all he had to go on. He said he could not do anything for me because he worked with Amazon because it was their label I used even though it was my items I sent. I called Amazon back and spoke to their Senior Member and she had not returned tracking number for me. She said I would just have to wait and see if I get the items back.

    I told her that was very unprofessional. She did not seem to care and was very arrogant. So that is the story. I have 4 DVDs gone. UPS cannot help me because I used a Amazon Label. Amazon refuses to either give me my gift card for items or give me a tracking number for returned items. They say they sent back to me. So I sit and wait for what? I don't know. I have no tracking number and Amazon's top official as she calls herself refuses to help. In the meantime I cannot get my money back from the people I originally purchased the items from. One being Amazon's rival a top DVD distributor and the other being an online market. However, I am sure when this top DVD distributor hears that Amazon is saying quote on quote they are selling counterfeit items they will get a laugh just like me, especially since UPS still shows online that items were not received by Amazon in the first place. However, after the laughing I will be contacting an attorney.

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2016

    I have had some bad experiences with Amazon lately.

    1) I just realized that I have to pay a higher total price for specific items than I previously did. The sole reason is the invention of "Amazon Pantry," which is a service that requires a flat rate shipping cost on-top-of the cost of Prime. I won't go into great detail, but certain items can no longer be purchased unless you do so through "Amazon Pantry." This mechanism undermines the value of existing year-long Prime memberships, which is why (as a current year-long subscriber) I will not renew my year-long membership. On a positive note, Amazon now offers monthly Prime subscriptions. However, these monthly subscriptions are a terrible deal compared to the original year-long Prime subscription.

    2) When going to Amazon websites I always get a pop-up for Amazon Assistant. The only options are "Install Extension" or "Not Now." Where is the button for "Never" or the option within my account settings to never bother me with these kinds of blatantly obvious attempts to advertise to me? As a paying subscriber, Amazon does not even afford me the right leave me alone.

    3) I called Amazon about the previous matter. From the background noise and the Amazon representative that I was talking to, it was obviously a call center of Asian ethnicity. Furthermore, there was never any indication that the representative knew what I was saying. She just used memorized phrases and responses to end the conversation. Also, she promised to send me an email that would resolve that one very quickly, but I never received any email.

    4) When you regretfully need to contact Amazon over the phone and you do so through their website, there is a button labeled Call me now. They call you immediately but put you into a queue. They know how to have a website-based call request button, so what exactly is preventing Amazon from calling me when they actually have an available representative? 4a) They do not know how to properly use the technology available in this modern world. 4b) They really want me to get pissed off and waste my time listening to their terrible elevator music. 4c) They would really rather that I hang up and give up than to solve my problem.

    In any case, am I supposed to be impressed by my experiences with Amazon?

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2016

    I have bought initially a stationary bike from Amazon which had bent right foot. Returned it after complaining then bought another expensive 575 dollar bike and it's giving me problems since the day it arrived and as a customer I should not have to go through this especially if I have bought this bike three weeks ago. Now I'm on the phone to speak to the manager and they keep hanging up on me. I don't know what to do.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2016

    I purchased a Drobo drive from Amazon.com on November 3. I received an online tracking Email from Amazon November 7, stating that the item has shipped and that should arrive November 9 before 8 PM. On November 9, I waited from 8 AM to 8 PM and nothing arrived, even though tracking was showing that the shipment is on time even past 8 PM that day. On November 9th I contacted Amazon by phone and a very pleasant, polite and apologetic Amazon staff told me that he has no access to the data where the package may be, but he thought that it should arrive before November 13th. He also took off the cost of shipping.

    November 10, I received a content free E-mail with no details stating that the order should arrive on or before November 23, fully 2 weeks after the scheduled delivery. As my current backup is insufficient, I am now without a backup. On November 10 I talked to an Amazon staff and hearing the nice but not useful apologies, I asked to talk to the manager. The manager provided no further information, but upon checking told me that the order should arrive within a week. BASED ON BOTH CONVERSATIONS WITH AMAZON, I BELIEVED THAT THE ISSUE IS WITH THE SHIPPING.

    Nobody told me that Amazon never shipped the item as the email with tracking information stated. I contacted the shipper (DHL) November 9th and on November 10, after I talked to Amazon I RECEIVED AN E-MAIL FROM DHL STATING THAT THEY NEVER ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE PACKAGE FROM AMAZON, even though Amazon claims that the item was shipped and is on schedule!!! If I knew that there will be delays with the shipment from Amazon, I would have either chosen its competitor or chosen a different model/brand. Now I am stuck because ordering from elsewhere would just further delay the delivery.

    Amazon offered to discount the $1700 order by $90. It did not offer to ship the product more quickly. Given the delays, uncertainty and deceptive practice of claiming that the product has shipped when in fact it did not, making me wait and depriving me of a product I urgently need I feel I should be better compensated. I also feel strongly that the deceptive practice of claiming that items were shipped when in fact they were not and having customers sit at home waiting for nonexistent product should stop.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2016

    I opened some seller account on Amazon. After upload my card details, Amazon blocked all my accounts without any reason. I don't into to any my accounts. For now Amazon stolen via my card some payment fraud transaction in sum 500 UK pounds.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016

    Amazon has changed their price on this item 3 times now. I wanted the 4.0 kit (the most current version). Amazon says Wisdom Panel wants to exclusively sell the 4.0 version and Amazon can only sell versions 3.0 and earlier ones. I paid $87.00 something. It was offered yesterday for $72.00 and today the price is $95.32. Considering Amazon isn't even selling the most current version (which by the way is $82 something), I can't believe they are allowed to sell a more current version for more. This is the order number: **. Delivered Oct 28, 2016. Mars Veterinary Wisdom Panel 3.0 Breed Identification DNA Test Kit. Sold by: Amazon.com LLC, $87.64. ORDER PLACED July 25, 2016. TOTAL $44.05. SHIP TO Larry **.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016

    All around bad services. Amazon doesn't process their third party sellers enough, I have been scammed twice in less than two months trying to buy one book. They are scam artist just like the sellers they let on their website.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016

    Recently I started a movie purchase. I never completed the checkout because the screen froze when I inquired about shipping costs. I never got the information on shipping and exited the screen. My thought was that I did not want to pay more for shipping than the movie. I never got a total and never saw what the shipping would have been. Later that day I got an email from Amazon alerting me to my purchase with no shipping charged. I remember thinking how weird that was because I did not complete the order. Never even received a confirmation page. I even discussed this with my roommate.

    Anyway today I go to have lunch and checked my account and there was the $102 prime membership charge. I cancelled lunch, called Amazon immediately and asked for a refund. I got the refund but was lectured by an associate on how it was that this charge came to be. I do not feel that Amazon should take an argumentative position when they are slamming people with $102 memberships that I never agreed to. Huge mistake. I will not shop Amazon again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2016

    I have purchased a Redmi note 3 on 12th of September. Cost of rupees 11999, and have returned the product as I have received a damaged product but there is no response for the refund from almost 2 months, I have been calling Amazon numerous number of times, I have sent the Return authorization letter almost 5 times. First e-commerce company I have seen where there is no intimation to the customer nor any call backs from the seniors nor any initiative to the customer and the customer support is one of the worst service have been provided to me pathetic.

    I would like to mention few names which have been trustworthy from Sachin, Prince and especially Lalith who have been so freaking rude with the customer and something surprises me is that they do not have authorized to tell their full names as well as their designations as well as their manager's name. Wow weird! And no customer support has the resolution. Everyone provides only one resolution to wait for 24-48 hours of time. Is it 24-48 hours of time or is it 24-48 months? Come on grow up being one of the most popular e-commerce site and providing these kind of pathetic service. One of the hopeless and worst online shopping. For further information: **.

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2016

    Amazon is unbelievable. I paid extra for fast delivery, was on the phone half of the day with the courier person who was always telling he will come at the delivery date. Then one hour after "guaranteed delivery time" he said he isn't coming and stopped answering the calls. Now the best! Same moment I am getting an SMS from amazon "that customer wasn't available for delivery"! And even better - same time we are getting another package delivered and receiving it from amazon. Customer service said they are sorry and won't to anything about that! Amazon India is a company where lies and fraud is a regular base! We have all On record. Every single call.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2016

    I am a Prime member since 2009. Over the past 18 months Amazon has reconfigured their online algorithms to deprive the customer of agency, autonomy, and recourse for returns/refund. Recently I failed to receive items ordered while receiving online texts confirming deliveries! Sellers blame Amazon's "policies" and restrictive oversight NOT shared outside Amazon. In other words, AMAZON fails their claims (especially Prime at $99/yr.), duplicitously and ingeniously points to the seller until and old fashioned he said she said hoping the buyer will forget and move on.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016

    On Oct.31 2016 my daughter asked if she could use my Amazon.ca account to order her son some Christmas gifts as Amazon.ca closed her account accusing her of ordering items that she had never ordered. She had a prepaid Visa she was going to use on my account. The next day Nov. 1 2016 I get a email from Amazon.com saying that I owed them for a computer, and they had closed all my accounts until 353.00 dollars was paid to them. I contacted them to say I have never opened a Amazon.com account nor have I ever bought a computer. They keep emailing the same thing back to me with no explanation. I have been made to feel like a criminal. Amazon.ca are also demanding money from my daughter for items she has not ordered.

    I cannot access my account now, and there is orders that were placed before this that I need to contact the sellers for a refund because I never got the order. It does not seem to bother them at all that they are treating people this way. The people at the call center are very friendly, but they cannot access that part of Amazon, and only say that it is being investigated, and someone would call me. To this day no one has called.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016

    I love Amazon. They have the best stuff in the universe; Pokémon plush toys, math books, and anything from books to games. I also hate Amazon. It's corrupted state and overprice Pokémon plush toys, as well as the plaguing of issues allows whatever seller to raise their prices of the exact Pokémon to sixty to over millions of dollars for whatever reason. I've looked up a ton of these Pokémon plush toys and, my boy, they are overpriced (actually, the price of literally anything is proportional to the competition)! I've tried contacting Toys and Games Outlet (the seller) and they returned the scripted message, and told them to never buy anything from them again. I have actual photo evidence to support my problem. I will spread the word on every social media website and their website forums to let them never fall for their plush toys again. Also, any way to get my money back? Never again will I set foot at Amazon again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016

    I had ordered online from Amazon.In one Kundan NABL Certified 2gm 24 k (999.9) gold coin. After receiving the consignment from the courier when I opened the packet there was no gold coin inside. I am cheated!

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016

    I ordered ink cartridges black and white and color about October 8 2016 from Amazon. Have not received it yet and no tracking information from Plasticbargain.

    Actually not a bargain, price is not good and no delivery and no contact. I called Customer Service for Amazon, which was in the Philippines and I normally ask for someone in the USA (cannot believe Amazon is shipping jobs out of the country). However I wanted a refund and did not want to put up with any further hassle. I was told that it would take two weeks for a refund - not good. If Amazon cannot provide tracking information I should receive immediate refund.

    I will not order from Amazon again because Jeff Bezos has purchased the Washington DC newspaper and he is a liberal and injects his political views on us.

    We put him in business and now he outsources jobs overseas and takes one side of our story. I am fed up with him and Amazon. Just saying. I plan to call the credit card company and demand and immediate refund. No more Amazon for me.

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    Reviewed Nov. 4, 2016

    DON'T BOTHER TO WASTE YOUR MONEY AND TIME. DO NOT DO IT. Check different websites. AMAZON SUCKS. THEY ALLOW SCAMMER INTO THEIR SITE - NOT SAFE. The worst advertisement I have ever bought from. Wasted my whole day about to buy multiple items and right when I'm about to buy those items they disappear and tells me the buyer doesn't exist after I chat with customer service and they guarantee me it's not a scam and right when I'm about to pushes it disappears and I call and they say it was a scam. They wasted my whole day putting my hopes up to buy this damn patio furniture and right when I buy they change the price to all of them. The worst advertisement and the worst customer service. You can't understand them and they don't help. I have to explain my situation my problem 4 -5 times and still didn't get help. Senior supervisor was rude and unhelpful and told me "We can't help you."

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016

    I am a long time Amazon buyer with no problems until Oct. 3, 2016. Looked at Amazon for a camera and found the one I wanted. It showed a used option at half price, so I opened that page and decided to purchase it. I used the one click purchase and I received a message that our address was not recognized. After several tries with the same response I called the customer service number listed. The representative (with an accent, not unusual) explained that often sellers out of the states do not have access to all US addresses but when ordering the address will be found. I placed the order and received an email with the confirmation # and order details. The email will not copy, I do have a print of the receipt.

    I have contacted Amazon Customer Service Oct 6, 14, 18, 22, 27, each time being told I would be contacted by an account specialist within 48 hours. The last two contacts with representative Jeremy, then David. I was told they were filling out a claim form and I would hear from them within 48 hours. I have so far not received any response from an Account specialist. I was also told the last two contacts that my account had been closed and they would reopen it. My last communication was an email from David telling me to email my problem to order that was scammed.

    The order number ** leads your reps to an account that is nowhere close to ours. I will attach the confirmation I received below. As you can see everything appears legit, but apparently not. After five customer service representatives told me, at five different times, I would hear from a specialist within 48 hours and have only heard from Jeremy, Oct.20, and David, Oct 27. Jeremy and David both said they had filled out a claim form, but nothing has come of that. 4

    NOW!!! What is necessary to get something done??? I can provide the people responsible for preventing Amazon website from being used wrongly, but I do not want to keep getting the run around. I am vested into this problem so much now that I will pursue a proper resolution as far as I can. If I do not hear that this email has been received by Nov. 3 and a timeline of process, I will continue as if I were not going to get any help from Amazon. I think Amazon has some accountability to its customers regarding its so called safe website.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016

    Tried to pay merchant through Amazon 3rd party transaction. Invoice in email with no method of making payment, no invoice shows on my prime, Amazon telephone help could not find transaction, then blocked further calls from me re my attempts to pay the merchant!!! This was a $4000 transaction. Unable to complete sale.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016

    I am 53 years old, been around a little while. This is one of the worst experiences trying to buy a product in my life and the reason not to order online. Or at least for something not this important to my wife. When she learned she had breast cancer she wanted a bed for the living room so she could be around us while she was going through chemotherapy and treatments. We had an option to order a hospital bed through insurance but I declined suggesting a twin bed that we could move later into the spare room would be a better idea. To make a long story short the bed never came. I was lied to over and over. I made 10 phone calls and that is not an exaggeration. Lie after lie they told about where my bed was. In the end I got a refund via computer. And then told I have an option to reorder the bed for another bed. End of story 5 Weeks Later. The saddest customer service I have ever seen.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016

    I purchased a Skagen watch via Amazon (supplied by NN Trading) in Feb 2016. Unfortunately in Sept 2016 the watch strap broke. Skagen advised me the watch was now obsolete with no spare or replacement parts available. However they did acknowledge the watch was within warranty and offered me a 30% discount on their list prices had I dealt directly with them. I advised both Amazon and NN trading of this and neither organization were prepared to reimburse me or replace the watch or offer an alternative. Amazon advised me to consult the Ombudsman which I did. The Ombudsman advised me that Amazon would not engage with them, consequently there was no point in Amazon advising me to contact the Ombudsman. All in all a very shabby experience with both Amazon and NN Trading.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016

    I don't have my own Amazon prime account and after my experience I will promptly advertise it as a scam! I have ordered through my friends Amazon prime account on several occasions. Each time I paid for next day shipping and on each of my orders my package didn't show up until the week after (I order all my packages early in the week or on the weekend). Talk about false advertising? Not only do Amazon prime subscribers have to pay a premium to be able to access the prime "benefits" but then you have to pay another premium to get your package delivered on the next day and then have your package show up whenever Dynamex feels like delivering it. Anyways with that being said, I would advise anyone reading this review to stay waaaaay clear of Amazon prime. If you want to waste your money go buy a blind person a pair of reading glasses.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2016

    I have placed an order for a Canopy fish tank filter at Amazon.in on 3rd Sept. 2016. They have mentioned a auto fish feeder free with the item. Gift item was not there in the delivery. I followed/mailed them for return and they never picked up the item also. I have followed with their Customer Care toll-free number many times, and sent mail couple of times also. They never bothered to respond. Very sad part in this is, when we raise a complaint, they never provide a complaint number, and when we follow for the same problem subsequently, it seems they have not resisted the complaint itself. Very bitter experience. Please don't buy anything from AMAZON as they are ** cheaters.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2016

    I've ordered Black & Decker HD400IN 500-Watt 10mm Impact Drill machine from amazon.in and paid extra 80rs for guaranteed delivery. Order was placed on 25 October 2016 and it was about to reach on 27 Oct 2016. I called Amazon customer representative and they told they'll deliver it by 5pm on 25th Oct 2016. I did wait till 6 Pm in company as the delivery address was to my company address and they didn't deliver that day saying it as guaranteed delivery. As I was leaving to my hometown to Karnataka for Diwali vacation on 27th Oct 2016 I cancelled travelling because I had many household works with which I was to work with the drill machine as Amazon again promised me they'll deliver it on 28th Oct 2016. Yet Amazon didn't deliver the product on that day even after waiting in my office after hours.

    Amazon has harassed me mentally like anything. The amazon guy called me on Monday for the delivery and I was on vacation at my hometown for Diwali festival. Before that guy called me I had called Amazon and requested them to cancel the order as you have not delivered the product on time even after paying extra money. They did it and promised me that they'll refund me with full amount including the delivery charges. Today i.e., 2nd November 2016 I got a mail saying that the delivery charges which I've got is in terms of gift voucher. What the hell. How can it be possible. I paid an amount for the product and also paid for its fast guaranteed delivery and now they are telling me that I will not get the refund of delivery amount. Instead I will get the gift voucher. This is hopeless.

    First off all Amazon ruined my one day Diwali vacation and I spent more money on travelling next day as I did wait one day more only for this product. How a person again shop on Amazon after so much of harassment and that too with a gift card so that I have to put more money from my pockets and shop again to lose my patience. This is so much mentally torture and I've lost my patience speaking to Amazon people. No one is taking accountability for their mistake. Instead they are punishing me more. I need my money back on this order #** and if you are not willing to then I will go to any social media, legal course etc etc. Don't check the patience of a common man. I was and will be my worst experience with Amazon India. I NEED MY FULL MONEY BACK.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2016

    On Saturday the 22nd of this month my computer was compromised by somebody that had remote access to my eBay, PayPal, and two of my Amazon accounts. As PayPal was stating it appeared they were logging in as me that night in a course of an hour trying to grab as many Sony digital gift cards as they could get in a short amount of time. I woke up in the middle of the night to make a purchase on Amazon and come to find out that there was a purchase made on an account that I created that same night. I went on my other Amazon account to check and the same thing. They grabbed three of them on that site which was placed on my debit card through my Amazon account through my bank. Red flags are going off as I'm panicking to place phone calls to get these matters under control.

    I reached out to Amazon about these two accounts and I put in at least four fraudulent forms for each of them and they email back stating that my accounts are secure and they don't see any fraudulent activity. Since I'm not getting anywhere with Amazon I called my bank about one of the accounts that I had my debit card used for those purchases. The other account I'm still calling about, because they used my Amazon gift card money to which I can only get that back from Amazon. I called PayPal and they could see that there were three transactions on my account, one was pending that they were able to get it stopped. They credited back the $250.00 one that went through and the last transaction for $40.00 was credited back to my account by the gift card vendor that obviously seen that it was a fraudulent purchase.

    I requested a case number through PayPal and even offered this case number to Amazon to show proof that I'm not lying, but they don't want nothing to do with it. I put a clean install on my computer and beefed up my own security within my home network to make sure that this hopefully does not happen again. I spend a lot of money on Amazon and don't appreciate being treated like this. This is the letter to the BBB and still saying "your account wasn't compromised and it must of been a family member that got into your account." On top of that they don't even call you to talk to you like a person. They just email you the runaround letter.

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    Reviewed Nov. 1, 2016

    The product may be fine, but Amazon's System has several operational 'flaws' which favor the Amazon Prime seller, as opposed to the other lesser-priced sellers. Firstly, when clicking on the 6 or so other sellers, there is no way to click on any of those actual products in order to evaluate them. The only option is to click on "Add to Cart". After clicking on "Add to Cart", and then going to your cart, you can see the item from the lower priced seller, but if you click on the item in order to check the details, Amazon's System takes you back to the Prime Item, not to the item actually in your cart. This is surely by design, and rigged to prevent the buyer from seeing and/or considering lower priced items. Very difficult to get around this design feature.

    Second, the Prime item, which includes shipping, is more than 50% more than the lower priced item, including the shipping. For example, the lower item is $34.50 plus $5.49 shipping totaling to $39.99 (new item, same product, etc.). The Amazon Prime item is $60.01. Bottom line: the Prime item saves you nothing, costs more, and Amazon games their system to make it difficult or impossible for the buyer to see/consider lower priced items.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2016

    Ordered a Halloween costume for my son on Oct. 17th, for delivery on the 26th. Amazon updated me that the delivery had changed to the 28th as the costume had not arrived. Then I checked the App to see that there was an issue with the order and it would not arrive until Nov. 2nd, after Halloween and after his school functions. I called customer service to hopefully get another costume shipped in time for at least Halloween. After speaking for someone for 25 minutes and no resolution. The phone line went dead.

    I immediately called back customer service and explained what had occurred only to see that they had cancelled the order. I will say that Alan the customer representative was amazing. We found a new costume that could be delivered by the 30th. He apologized that the previous representative should not have cancelled the order. He ensured the costume would be there in time on the 30th and issued a $30 credit (at least a token of good faith) for the frustration and time wasted. At 10:20 pm on the 30th, two hours after the 8pm guaranteed time, it was back on the phone to customer service. Once again the representative, Karla was pleasant and helpful, however the costume was now being moved back to the 31st by 8am.

    Mind you, Friday was the Halloween Dance, and this morning he was dressing up for school. She issued a refund, once again a nice gesture, but most importantly is where is the costume? It is now 9am and still no costume, called Customer Service to be told it should be here today. Cannot track the package myself as it is Amazon's own delivery service AMZL.us. When calling Customer Service, AMZL could not give a delivery time. He misses out again, good thing I did not have him wait, my faith in Amazon is gone. This is the second issue I have had with deliveries not being done in time. Amazon has had multiple opportunities with this event alone, yet they continue to drop the ball. Disappointing myself is one thing, but a child on Halloween when you order the costume on October 17th with Amazon Prime is simply unacceptable.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2016

    So a competitor contacted Amazon and said I was illegally selling their product. I have a patent on my product and sent Amazon several pages of documents proving I was the rightful owner of the product being sold. Refill cartridge blades we have private labeled from DORCO USA. I provided so many documents to Amazon. Then I did this 4 times and then the case was answered with the same email every time and said someone would call me, never received a call. They said, "Don't worry about this. We will handle this." I never got anything from Amazon but a deleted listing because of a fraudulent complaint. I asked for a copy of the complaint and documents supporting the complaint, they said it would need to come from seller performance directly and to email them. So I did this, again I received a standard email saying it's under review.

    Again I call and ask the same questions. Same answer. So then I ask if I want to complain about any product on Amazon and have it deleted could I? The short answer is yes. SO if you see a competitor selling the same product, all you need to do is make a complaint with Amazon, they will delete the listing and they DO NOT notify that business selling the product. I only found out because I noticed my sales just suddenly stopped. So Amazon really doesn't care about the small businesses selling on Amazon, they focus on the customers buying because they make more money from the number of buyers not the number of sellers.

    So I give up and moved all my stuff to eBay and also re-listed my product back on Amazon because that's what the woman told me to do. So I had to recreate my ads and do a removal order for 300 items and re-label them and resend them back is the only way to do this. But again they can make a complaint and do this again regardless of proof. I own the product we sell and have it patented and sell it. Anyway bad experience with Amazon customer service. I would rate a -10 if it were on the scale...

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2016

    Ordered a Brother Toner product from Amazon Prime on Oct.7th; wasn't shipped until Oct 12th, plus time in transit! This was too late for our need; however, Amazon would not provide a postage return. I gave a negative feedback but my feedback was not accepted by Amazon! No foul language, just negative for taking so long to ship! Amazon: "Your Negative review could not be posted because Amazon Prime is the Seller!" "Your review could not be posted to the website on Amazon." Amazon.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2016

    l have purchased thousands of dollars of textbooks from Amazon for myself and my family over the years but my recent treatment by them has me very upset and I refuse to make another purchase. In July I ordered two textbooks which I returned for trade in in early Sept for much less than I originally paid for them and in the exact same condition that I purchased them. They returned them to me and said they were "unacceptable." Their claim was that the binding was broken on one, which it clearly was not and that the front cover was damaged on the other. The latter one did have the plastic film on the cover peeling up in the top right corner. I attempted to file a complaint with them.

    They said I should return them again and my account would be credited. I re-mailed them back. The books were received on 10/5/16. I still have not received the credit to my account. I called them this evening and told me that the books were again rejected as "unacceptable" and that I would not have my account credited. I attempted to explain that they were in the exact condition I purchased them in. I did not highlight them nor mistreat them in any manner. He still was unable to do anything. I shared that that was the last time I will purchase textbooks from Amazon. Truly not the way a loyal customer and Prime member should be treated.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2016

    I am a frugal shopper and quite frequently find good deals through AMAZON for almost everything. I highly recommend the online purchasing and I have also had great experiences with their customer service department. Online shopping can be challenging, but it's great to be able to trust a company like Amazon.

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    Reviewed Oct. 28, 2016

    I regret to be writing this as this is not to appreciate the services that amazon provides in India. This lists of events that I have faced and how the Amazon team has harassed a loyal customer of theirs. I had placed an order exactly 9 days back from another account whose credentials are the follows: Email **. Phone number - **. Address - **. Pin - **. Order ID = **.

    The estimated date of delivery was 28th of September and this was acknowledged and accepted by me only because I had got a message from them about the delays due to Festive season. On the 24th and 27th of September, I get a message at 9.45 PM and 7.30 AM, that delivery attempt has failed, which was obviously not true as my number was on throughout and we haven't received a single message and that could be confirmed from the service provider as well. And if you notice the timings those are not even in the normal delivery timing brackets. Curious and anxious I call them on the 28th to enquire about the FRAUDULENT messages that I receive from Amazon about Delivery attempts. Now starts the real ordeal and a saga of calls to Amazon which finally leaves back a harassed and frustrated customer.

    My first call was answered and responded in a way which implied that I was wrong to even ask for my delivery status and the CSE had the audacity to tell me to either cancel the order or wait and not have FOOLISH thoughts. I immediately took this up with the supervisor and she instead tells me all she can do is look into the matter later as they are busy with Diwali. I told them I am flying off the country tomorrow hence the enquiry and she tells me its not her fault that I'm flying out of the country and she could go ahead and cancel the order for me. This can be validated through the "so called" call recordings.

    I again called up to speak to another supervisor whom I though would be saner than the previous one and tried conversing. The very fact that they knew it was my 3rd call already, she was very prompt to acknowledge their mistake and promised me delivery by evening. I was calm and waited patiently till evening. I had already raised complaints about the behavioural issues the CSE and supervisor had with me earlier. All goes on to deaf ears I suppose.

    At around 5PM, with no updates, I called them again and as the process requires it, I explained the entire situation to another CSE and asking him for an update. After putting me on hold for nearly 23 minutes (again can be validated through the so-called recordings), He tells me with a rude voice that I had called in the morning so they know the issue, and it will be delivered in the next 48 HOURS. I lost it. I started telling, explaining the entire situation and all he was doing was cutting more down and also had the audacity to tell me that "you cancel the order". I tell him to arrange for a callback from the manager and he says "even they will tell you to cancel your order so don't waste your time", and the phone gets cut.

    I call again and directly ask to speak to a manager and the CSE this time tells that she cannot do it. I cut the call and call again. I was determined to let them know how they are setting benchmarks in harassing their customers. Finally when I got through to a so-called member of the "Leadership team", SHAMA, she tells me that nothing can be done now. It will reach only after 48 hours and used the word unfortunately 200 times. I told her about my ordeal and how the "award winning customer" team has handled the situation. All she said was she will look into it and she can't promise my delivery at all.

    Now the deal is this AMAZON, I am sure you have a lot of learned guys in your leadership team and you boast about that quite often, but this is something called the CLV, wherein the V stands for value. YOU GUYS DONT KNOW WHAT CLV MEANS and you are screwing it up big time. Please let your entire structure have a workshop on it. I can suggest a few good ones. As far as your award-winning customer service is concerned, either the "award Winning" adjective had given them the head weight they can't handle or the awards are bought.

    Situations like these are bound to happen but a gesture would have just promising me 48 hours on my first call in the morning and being sorry for the fake updates that you send to let the customers feel they missed out due to their negligence. Also, If Jeff Bezos was to get these shoes delivered (my orders), I think he would go that extra mile to have me alive in the CLV graph (workshops required).

    Now you guys either take action and make me feel worth spending so much valuable time of mine on you or consider me as one lost customer who doesn't matter much. It is completely up to the "LEADERSHIP" team to decide. But coming from a similar background of work, a suggestion would be to take these things seriously. A frustated customer.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016

    Ordered an item from a 3rd party seller. Received notice day of delivery that item was shipped by UPS but the tracking number was a China Post number. Delivery was to be 3 weeks later. After 3 weeks when item did not arrive tried to track package through both UPS and China Post. Post sites said number was invalid and there was no record or any shipment. Contacted seller and he/she refuses to respond plus now the seller has not items for sale on Amazon when 3 weeks ago they had hundreds. Obviously they have pulled out of Amazon and are not honoring the orders received. Amazon customer support says cannot help with 3rd party refunds. That seller has to make the refund. They said this even though I told them the seller is not acknowledging any correspondence from me. Amazon is becoming lax in protecting their customers from fraud. Just hope they are protecting their computer system better than protecting customers from seller fraud.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016

    I have been a Prime member for more than 5 years. Amazon has gone DOWNHILL this past year. I will not waste another dime of my money with this unprofessional, unethical and downright rude company. Worst customer service and even worse supervisors. No point of being a Prime member anymore. This year has been horrible when it comes to deliveries. 2 day free shipping? Forget it! More like they will lose your items in transit, they will push delivery 4-5 days out and when you call to inquire, they are rude, condescending and impossible to deal with. Worst customer service ever. Supervisors don't know a CLUE of what they are doing, the customer service reps are like robots... They agree with everything you say but don't resolve anything. WORST!

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2016

    The amazon product were all inferior product. They are not keep their promises and not ready to consumer satisfaction. The amazon PLAY A BIG GAME IN CONSUMER PART. ITS POLICY IS ARE TOO HARD TO CONSUMER??? Amazon return policy is too hard and amazon employee mr ** and **, your cc representative not provide enough guidance. They are given advice to go for legal remedies in this worst situation. The amazon have been cheating plan for consumer money. The amazon still not return my money nor not adjust my money for my next purchase from amazon product.

    Moreover amazon treating your beloved consumer were all slave. Pl understand consumer is the energy of amazon. Consumer is the light of amazon. Consumer is the oxygen of amazon. If you and your concern giving trouble to consumer continuously one day amazon door will be shut down??? But amazon spoil its consumer by your foolish employee and its policy. Why your concern not ready to return my money or adjust one part of my money by COD or pl return my money from gc to my bank a/c from gift card as per my bank advice? Don't want to use my debit/ credit/net banking to any other private purchase like amazon, Flipkart, etc. My friend or people of India don't buy any purchaser through amazon by debit/credit/net bank. Pl do your business by COD.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016

    I am a seller on AMAZON and had my account hacked. As a result over 12k in products were shipped out to individuals without them paying for the product. I immediately notified customer service and requested that they stop shipments for the FBA orders. This was on September 1. They continued to ship these fraudulent orders for over 10 days until my inventory with them was depleted. I have opened up over 20 cases and 100's of phone calls to get some help with the issue... They even charged me for the fees for these orders even though I never received any of the funds for the sales. Every time you call or email you get the same response "we will get back to you..." Well it's been weeks and I am still out for the product shipped, the fees for the products sold and shipped even though I contacted them within 2 hours of the orders being placed.

    Their practice continues to be to just string the seller along until they drop the case. I have not received one phone call or email that has any specifics of the case. They are just from emails stating they will look into it. Now I am about to go out of business as they shipped out all my inventory and on top of that took the fees out of my bank account. I am shocked that JEFF BEZOS would allow this to happen, but after reviewing countless complaints online I see it is their standard practice. They are too big to take on. I have contacted a class action attorney and I am actively seeking other sellers with the same issues. I have also contacted the FTC and the SEC.

    I was told I would be helped and not to worry about the problem, I continue to get the runaround and I am not sure what to do anymore... JEFF BEZOS you need to take action and help the sellers who in turn generate revenue and profit for your company!!! Anyone interested in joining a class action please email me at **.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2016

    If I want to return an item to Amazon I'm given 4 different speedway gas station "Locker" stations to return or have it picked up by UPS for $6.00... None of the 4 drops are within 20 miles of my home. 3 of which are in different counties in the state of Florida. What happened to "Returns are easy?"

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2016

    I ordered 3 items from Amazon. It either take over a month to get your purchase as it comes from China. I place a return order. They said I would receive a return label when UPS picks up the order. Well there was only 2 labels. So I called them to ask them what happened. Of course I got a representative who doesn't speak English. He was from africa, all from out of state one from india.

    So I asked for a manager. He was more ridiculous than the other 2. He told me I had to send a explanation by email to the seller and explain why I am returning the item and within 24 hours I should receive a reply back well 24 hours came and went I had to write another email so they can approve the refund. I thought to myself am I working for? Am I getting paid to do this job? Again I was thinking to myself they have all my information all those people that I'm talking to. They ask us for our phone number, address, email address, and our name. I don't know these people. I told the manager. He had no answers. He kept saying well they work for Amazon and what does that say nothing say. I'm sitting here waiting for them to return my refund. God knows how long that's going to take. This is totally unacceptable. I will never order from them again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2016

    Innocent and completely innocuous reviews are being refused by Amazon. What is that about? Even an edit about a happy ending was refused. What the hell is a review, if not an honest opinion about a product bought thru Amazon. Why won't they post them? Why even bother with a review if some dolt is going to refuse it.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2016

    When you get to the actual check out there is a shipping charge. When I call a customer service representative (CSR), it is always the same thing = "third party sellers are not covered under free shipping". THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME THREE (3) TIMES OVER THE PAST 6-8 MONTHS. The last time I ordered, before I put the order in I call CSR to ask about how do I know if a seller is a third party seller. I selected only free shipping items. When I got to the checkout, there was a shipping charge. I called CSR, the best that they could do is to credit my account for $10.35 after the items are shipped.

    AMAZON WEBSITE LIES ABOUT FREE SHIPPING AND USES THE EXCUSE OF "THIRD PARTY SELLER" to cover the fact that they are charging people for shipping, when the website advertises free shipping. On my last order, this happened even on items fulfilled by Amazon. I used to order about $1,000 per year on Amazon. That amount is going down and if I can manage it, I will not be ordering anything on Amazon again. This review is not about 1 order; this review is about the lack of honesty on amazon.com. BOTTOM LINE: Watch the shipping charges and see if this happens to you.

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    After a positive interaction with Amazon.com, Andrew increased their star rating on Oct. 26, 2016.

    Updated review: Oct. 26, 2016

    Even though it took a lot if effort and not so nice exchanges, they did resolve the issue though the seller actually paid for postage, not Amazon, even though it was more of Amazons fault.

    Original Review: Oct. 22, 2016

    I hit the "buy it again" button for a size 11 shoe that I had purchase two times previously- this time the Amazon computer changed it to a size 8 without my knowledge and I am trying to return the item. The seller wants me to pay for the return postage and Amazon says it is my fault the item was changed to a size 8- I have tried multiple times to have Amazon look into it though they continue to say it is not their problem- from e-mail after from e-mail still tells me it is my fault that Amazon screwed up. I am totally screwed.

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    Reviewed Oct. 22, 2016

    Computer crashed as I was looking to buy books, unbeknownst to me, the order went through. They said that they sent a confirmation of order. Did not find it anywhere in my computer. Returned the unordered books to third parties. Received refunds from three of the four parties. Now, fourth party in the States does not want to refund my money because it is more than 90 days which I doubt very much. So I am out of my hard-earned money $70.00. I have removed myself from the Amazon email list. I am disgusted with the whole thing. I am very disappointed that a firm in the States feels that they can take advantage of Canadian purchasers. And like many of the people who have been dealt badly by Amazon, I will only use companies who use PayPal. At least that is a secure venue.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2016

    I had a nice drone in my cart at $370.00, it was late, went to bed, got up in the a.m. to order. Long story short it had been moved from my cart to saved items and the price more than doubled. I call Amazon support and I get transferred around after being told that they will "take care of it". Then I get - "Sorry, we can't do anything, we don't price match." I don't consider it price matching if you're honoring a price that YOU HAD LISTED and all of the sudden more than doubled. I spoke to 4 different people and they are like robots. "I'm sorry, I can't help you". After thousands of dollars and hundreds of orders it's just horrible customer service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2016

    With Amazon, very bad experience of online marketing. They (Amazon) are rude and make customers foolish (Murkh). They are fraud as my experience. I have order & paid money via Visa for Maxthon Lehenga and Choli combo offer but sent me Salwar Suit cloth that very very cheap price. I have paid for described products on Amazon rs. 919/- but they sent me the other product compare by price wise is this rs. 300/-. When I contact the customer care of Amazon they said that you return the product by your own expense and they refund the money but I did not believe because if they send wrong item and not accept their fault how I believe that they refund. Amazon does not share seller contact no. and address. But he tell this is seller fault not Amazon. I means Amazon only eat profit, customer go to hell. I wanted my right product that purchased by me. I purchased Lehenga and Choli they sent me cheap price Salwar suit.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2016

    Watch them. They sneak unwanted items into your cart at checkout. They keep sneaking Mp3 tracks to my order at the very bottom at checkout. I try and remove them but they keep coming back. Amazon is sick with the disease of greed.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2016

    On 9th Oct 2016, I have ordered 4 similar orders. On the next day 3 were cancelled. So I called the customer care on phone. Amazon responded

    saying that it was cancelled since it is only one per account. I agreed to that. I asked will I get the last one. Amazon said once it is dispatched I will get it for sure. I have the call records of all these as well.

    On 18th Oct, 2016 morning I got message saying the item is dispatched. Later in the evening the order is cancelled. It is showing the item returned and refund is initiated. I am completely dissatisfied with it. When I called amazon regarding this a person said the offer is delivered to few people and it is out of stock. But later the superior who spoke said it's cancelled for everyone. And they finalised saying that they can't help anymore since it's technical glitch. I lost the truth with all this chaos Amazon made. I have all the call records with me.

    If it's technical glitch, why didn't they didn't cancel all the orders on the next day itself? Why did they say that the order will be dispatched to me once it is dispatched? Then again why did they cancel the order which is dispatched? And now again on 21st Oct 2016, I received mail saying, "Your order will be delivered on or before 24th Oct" and they provided me a tracking URL which is showing "The item is returned and refund is initiated". What is this Chaos? Did Amazon lose the the control over the website and customer support? Or they playing with customers emotions? Please support me. I don't want some other to be played like this. Attracting customers with huge discounts and then cancelling the orders is unethical.

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016

    I appreciate many aspects of Amazon. They changed my life, as a non-car owner. One year, I was pretty much snowed if for months, and without Amazon Prime, I would have been surviving entirely on Walgreens food and house products. Unfortunately, Amazon has become growth-oriented to a fault. And now, they are cutting costs by making it more difficult for customers to contact them through email. Their search functions are strategically limited to encourage new sellers onto the market, which drives down prices and quality. Also, they tinker with Internet search engines at large, so a lot of pertinent information becomes hidden due to their software people flooding the Internet world with competing searches that produce results favoring their business.

    At a certain point, businesses should stop expanding, because they lose soul. They are no longer an organization, they're part of this awful food chain that eats up everything, including its own customers (and probably workers, although I can't attest to that). Amazon has moved far beyond the point of comfort for me. I'll mourn my Kindle Unlimited and 2-day deliveries, but I can't use these in good conscience any longer.

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016

    So over the course of several months I ordered 8 times from Amazon. It either take over a month to get your purchase as it comes from China or you never receive the product. Called over 15 times per item with either a representative who doesn't speak English or a rude person. It is ridiculous the customer service can't take care of the customer. I ordered a laptop charger and paid 18.89 for overnight shipping. I was informed that it will take two days to get as the fulfillment center closest to me does not have it (that fulfillment center is one 2 hours away). Then I looked at where it was shipped from and noticed it was coming from Arizona. To me this is totally unacceptable. I will never order from them again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2016

    Amazon states that they will "protect" you from fraud and other problems right? Well, how many of you have bought a product, paid your hard earned money only to have it break 1 or 2 months after the warranty. Well that's just what happened. Bought a radio for over $100 with a 90 day guarantee. 5 months later it completely died. The seller, manufacturer and Amazon all said SOL. Now I realize that nothing lasts forever, but 2 months out of the guarantee! This happens all too often to so many people. Why would Amazon not take actions against these shysters that sell inferior products? Amazon said that they only "enforce" the seller's warranty (no matter how ridiculously bad it is). Please join me in condemning Amazon for being nothing but a middle man to make money from your pocket.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2016

    Amazon bungle. Just spoke with 3 CSRs at Amazon, 1st level 1 and a supervisor in the 1st phone call, then a 2nd confirmation call. Trying to fix a minor problem. Whereby an item was shipped that was missing an item that was clearly pictured on their website as being part of the whole package. Instead of sending out the part that was NOT included to fix the problem in a simple, quick, and efficient manner.. they told me I had to order an exact 2nd item and that they would pick up the 1st one tomorrow and that the 2nd order of the same item would be sent next day and the shipping charge would be waived.

    So.. after I ordered the product again I called to confirm that it would arrive next day, and as the supervisor had said, the shipping charge would be waived and the next CSR said, in spite of what the supervisor had said, they could not now do that. So the problem was on their end but THEY, the almighty Amazon, could not fix a simple problem. I've been a long time customer of Amazon for over 20 years. But after today's experience with them, since this is how they treat loyal customers, I will shop elsewhere from now on.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2016

    This is regarding Order # **. This rating is basically not for product but for Amazon. This is my worst experience with Amazon. From here onward I will never, ever buy any product from Amazon. I ordered this product on 5th October and it was suppose to be delivered by 13th October. The item reached early to my city and it was "Out for delivery" on 11th October. I got the message that some Amazon agent is "Out for delivery." I tried calling him all the time but he didn't pick my call and at the end of the day he updated status that "Delivery failed since customer was not available."

    Next day again same thing happened and I called Customer Care to enquire, to my surprise Customer Care person told me that "Delivery date is 13th October so why are you worried about status? It will be delivered by that time." I thought of waiting one more day. Again same thing happened and this time on 14th Oct. the delivery person updated the status that "Customer requested to reschedule the delivery." How can he update this status without even contacting me? And the fact is I was calling him daily all the time but he never picked my call.

    I called the Customer Care person again and then the Customer Care person suggested me to get it deliver at home address if it is not getting delivered at office address. I gave him both the address and asked him to deliver at any address wherever they can deliver. Now next day the status is that "Customer requested for address change and it will take 2 working days to reroute the parcel." My home and office is just 2-3 km distance which lie in the same locality so rerouting of the parcel is not require at all.

    Finally it was again "Out for delivery" and this time again same thing happened. The mobile number of Amazon agent who was out for delivery is switched off and could not be contacted. I called Customer Care again. The person told that the number was updated wrongly but he had contacted delivery person, and this parcel will be delivered by today for sure. And at the end of the day status was "Customer requested for rescheduling of delivery." Without contacting me wrong status is being updated everyday. And there is no proper channel in Amazon to investigate any issue.

    I don't know why Amazon didn't want to deliver this product. But one thing is sure that all these status updates and wrong mobile numbers of delivery agents, and response of Customer Care was all pre-planned at least for this delivery. Finally I have requested to cancel my order, let's see how much time Amazon will take to refund my money. This is my ever worst experience with Amazon. Think twice before buying on Amazon.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016

    I have the same problems with Amazon. They want a so-called "authorization fee" which means they charge twice or more than they say they would. They lie and say it will go back to my account but sometimes the money disappears into thin air. I don't have that problem with Etsy, eBay, or any other place I shop. So far I have ordered two sweaters. One got lost in the mail and thankfully the owner refunded but then another order was not what I ordered. I ordered something and it was something completely different. Then I ordered buttons for crafts. They were way small the picture which is false advertisement. I think false advertisement should be illegal. They photoshop the picture to where the buttons look bigger. When I confront them about charging my card twice the customer service gets condescending. It seems like they either don't want to their job or they know they are scamming and they don't care.

    The Kindle app is glitchy. I recommend that you only shop there if you have to. Go to an actual department store website if you want clothes like Forever21, Hot Topic, Aeropostale, Kohl's, Zumiez, American Eagle, Victoria's Secret or any other website that is run by an actual store that you see in the mall. They have free shipping too. You won't have that problem with them overcharging you for shipping or the clothes come out too small or the clothes made of overpriced cheap material.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016

    First they bill the product for wrong price compared to given on product page. The executive promises a refund. Next they refuse to refund. Pathetic Irresponsible AMAZON.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016

    The customer service does not speak English and is rude and hang up on you. The vans now delivering orders throw them at your door, very few 2 day shipping anymore. 3rd party sellers get away with basically stealing from you. The 30-day return policy sucks. Amazon needs Paypal with its fabulous customer service and many merchants including high end are using them. Get over that you could not buy it besos and get with their program. No one trusts the vine reviews or discounted reviews anymore and people are moving back to eBay because of Paypal. Amazon has become a shell of what it once was and in many cases charges more than Zulilly, eBay, Walmart etc.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2016

    While some of the pricing is decent still on Amazon, and the free prime shipping is nice, their customer service has gone down the drain in a bad way. I have had horrid customer service experiences with both their online chat and over the phone customer service. It is like pulling teeth. They can't seem to understand the questions you ask, completely miss questions, and generally are a pain in the ass to deal with. The question I had? How do I tell, before I purchase an item, if it is returnable or not? It took me a actual HOUR to get them to actually answer this question for me, as they initially started with comments like "Cables are nonreturnable. But it depends on the cable." And "it says in the item description" followed by "there's no way to tell".

    And in between I finally got frustrated, and asked for a supervisor because I was 'fed the ** up'. Their reply? 'We don't entertain cursing'. It took me FOUR further requests for a supervisor to FINALLY be transferred to one. Oh, and if you paid for a year of prime and have used some of the benefits, but still have, say, 6 months left? You won't get a prorated amount. They consider the fact that you 'used some of the benefits' to be an ok reason to charge you for the full year, even if you didn't use a full year of their service. I am done and out with amazon. I've even had better experiences with WALMART of all places.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2016

    Bought a rebuilt Brake booster 2 weeks ago Sept 21. Returned it because damage was hidden under a plastic cap, Hidden damage I believe was done on purpose. Item had dent and rust was 50 percent rusted through the metal, it was sand blasted to remove it, but it was dangerous to use with deep rust pits and small dent. Contacted for refund. 2 weeks later no refund and nobody will contact me, previous owner of item had sanded item with something and it was horrible... Somebody in warehouse did NOT inspect item carefully before sending it to me, must have just peeked in box...

    Spent thousands on Amazon But will be dropping them as soon as my Prime membership expires. Many items on their car web site says you are buying the correct part but many times amazon is wrong. Do not buy auto parts on amazon, do so at your own peril. Sold to me as used perfect condition box may be damaged but it was not. Item was very very used...

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2016

    I ordered a mobile from Amazon & I was suppose to receive the said order on 10th Oct but to my surprise the packet could not be delivered because no one was available to receive the packet as per your message received in the evening on 10th Oct 2016. Whereas my family was available all day at my place & nobody visited. Also I didn't get any call from anybody to deliver the packet. After receiving the message I immediately called the customer care & lodged my complaint about the same & I was assured by the customer care executive that the packet shall be deliver on 13th Oct anyhow. But on 13th also the same thing happened. Nobody came to my place to deliver the packet & in the evening I again received the same message that no one was available to receive the packet. Whereas again all day my family was available at my place. Also I did not receive any call from anybody that my house is locked or no one is available.

    Also I received a message on 13th morning that my packet is out for delivery & a number of delivery boy was also mentioned in the message. When I contacted the given number the delivery boy informed me that due to some internal problem wrong message is sent to me & he is not suppose to deliver my packet. How unprofessional? Then with no options left I again contacted customer care. Also I wrote many mails to Amazon but despite several reminders & assurances the said packet is not yet received & now the customer care also don't have any idea when the packet will deliver or where the packet is exactly. This is really ridiculous. After going through all this I decided not to buy anything from Amazon also not to refer this site to any of my relatives, friends or colleagues. Please think wise before buying anything expensive from Amazon. They don't care about their customers.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2016

    I had purchased an item that was falsely advertised online. I notified Amazon about this issue and filed a claim, the company -- cannot find email from the company on how to return item -- looked for it but cannot locate it. In the end my husband and I had difficulty figuring out a way to return item at the time. Time passed and I had another issue with an Amazon item. So the problem I faced with the previous item came up again. And the third party company in the end refused to provide a refund given outside of time they would accept item. And Amazon stood by the side of the business despite the false advertising element and the difficulties faced with return. Never received email that they claim they sent.

    The biggest issue here is that the third party did not advertise the product correctly. Amazon refused to address this element from the beginning -- even if we had tried to send the item back. It would have cost us up to 1/2 the cost of the item - due to packing and shipping costs. I felt burned as customer. First when I purchased the item and found it difficult to return initially and then again when Amazon ignored the incorrect advertisement by the company. I would never have purchased the item if they had shown and advertised the item correctly. The description for the film on the website is Privacy Window Film. Made by windowfilmanddecals.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016

    I wanted to purchase a toaster oven and when I went to pay for it, they (at Amazon) increased the price. I contact them but they said they had the right to change their prices. It is not a lot of money, but I don't put up with dishonesty. This is a copy: Cuisinart TOB-200 Rotisserie Convection Toaster Oven, Stainless Steel by Cuisinart. Amazon : Was: $167.99 Price: $159.99 & FREE Shipping.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016

    I ordered some books on Amazon. in and my order (no.**) was confirmed and I was informed vide their msg that the parcel would be delivered on 12th Oct.16. So on that day whole day I was at home expecting the parcel. To my shock while tracking I found that "delivery attempted and customer not available at the address" which was absolutely false and nobody came to deliver the parcel. Next day 13.10.16 I called your customer service and they informed apologizing that it will be delivered within 24 hours. After waiting 24 hours again I called up customer service who again apologized and again said they will take it up with the courier and see that it will be delivered within 24 hours.

    Today (15.10.16) again I received a SMS saying that my parcel will be delivered today. Today also as of now (9.54 PM) it was not delivered and I don't know. Where is my parcel. We never expect such kind of commitments, false information and delay from a company like Amazon. in. Hereafter I would think twice before buying anything from Amazon and would surely share my bitter experience with my family and friends. I have already paid the full amount of Rs. 3120/- but yet they receive the parcel containing books of students who are expecting the same. Hope necessary action would be taken and an explanation may be given to me for this confusion and delay.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016

    I bought Philips trimmer QT4006/15 trimmer and iPhone charging cab from Amazon site. I have order the product on Oct. 2 and it should deliver product on 13 Oct. Still I didn't get product on 15 Oct. and I raised a complaint many time to customer care, but they were not responding resolve the issue. Very bad service from Amazon. If I buy from Flipkart or Snapdeal we will get products less than a week.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2016

    Very poor service from Amazon India. We ordered 2 products, the first one came faulty which we returned and still awaiting delivery. The second one delivery date was 14th Oct, from 11th Oct agents are calling me asking my address, but till now they haven't delivered the product. When we are trying to reach out to them Karthik and other 2 agents did not help. Spoke to leadership team members Hema and Ali. None of them were helpful. Till now we haven't received the products. Misbehavior by delivery boys and call agents Hema and Ali, the agent who came to pick up the return was not ready to provide the acknowledgement until we forced him to. Very poor service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016

    As of Aug 30 order #** was returned to Amazon for full credit back to my credit card Amazon owned or serviced by Synchrony bank, instead of crediting back $133.18 to my acct (which was accruing financing) credit was left sitting in a Amazon gift card. In the meantime I keep getting threatening emails stating that merchandise was never received and if I don't comply charge will be applied to my acct.

    Today Oct 14 I called Amazon customer service at 866-216-1072 and was told by Sherry, a customer service representative that "whoever" processed my credit decided to give me a gift card instead of a credit back to my credit card. Sherry said she couldn't refund the amount now because I had used a 1/4, of the balance on a very recent purchase. I offered to send back the merchandise I just got last night if it was necessary to refund my monies and she said that it doesn't work out that way. I asked to have my request escalated to a supervisor and Sandra, team leader came into the picture.

    In the end I decided to send merchandise back and close acct and Sandra still denied my request to credit my refund back to my credit card. There is still a balance of over $80 sitting in a gift card w/ Amazon accruing interest with Synchrony bank. I feel Amazon is manipulating consumers to keep spending. I will be closing acct and I guess Amazon will keep my monies... Isn't that called stealing from consumers?

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016

    Ordered three things for my grand daughter on 10-8-16 - items still not shipped. When I called Amazon and spoke to a representative, she said, "Pending." That's it - no other information. Items - no shipped date. Suppose to get in 4 days according to order info - will be a miracle! Where is my stuff and why hasn't it been shipped?

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016

    I ordered Redmi Note 3 from Amazon on 3rd October. It should be delivered by 10th October, still I have not received my phone. Already I have done the payment. After calling 10 times yesterday, he picked up my call and make false promises. Later I called him he told me, "You can write or complain about me I am not worried of Amazon." Now the courier person is not picking up the phone. At the end of every day I am getting message we could not deliver order as customer is not available. I never received any call from courier person. This is very frustrating and annoying. I request everyone do not purchase anything from amazon. I am attaching receipt as a proof.

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016

    Charged Amazon Prime to an old defunct idle bank account; whereas such bank account does not exist in or on Amazon. Made 5 attempts to get through via telephone as it is required. They flat-out refuse to accept Relay Calls which is Federally Authorized by US Government! Violation of ADA, FTC, and FCC Laws; the local Law Enforcement Agency were notified and has all transcripts. Even the next day after the report was made... STILL REFUSED! Already knows Amazon cannot find or locate "such bank account" in their system, yet, they will not accept RELAY CALLS! I am DEAF!

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2016

    Amazon went downhill a long time ago, starting with their "delivery innovations." I've had it up to here with the chaos they created for me. Amazon is also accepting outside vendors who sell JUNK!!! I will stick to shopping Walmart online which I have done for years & years without trouble. Amazon is not what it used to be.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016

    Hi. From Akhay Amazon. "I understand that the courier didn't come to deliver the package but they updated as no one available to deliver the package." The message I have received from the Akhay. This is just for your information. No one called me and tried to reach me to my mobile number... This issue is going on since 4 days, 4 days back a guy came and went off back due to not carrying the swipe machine and he asked me to cancel the order TOLD VERY with ANGER, and 2 days back I have received the call for delivery from **. He met me and taken the order back due to not carrying the swipe machine, and promised me the order will be delivered tomorrow which I have not received.

    The next day I am trying to contact him he is not picking up the calls, then I received the call from ** the order will be delivered today before 8.30 AM in the morning. I waited till 1 o'clock and called him. He said will come in 2 hours but he didn't come. I called him more than 10 times. He is not picking up the call now and I have contacted the amazon customer care more than 5 times for the issue. All the executive used to tell me "we have taken it very seriously about this. The same will be delivered to you by EOD today" but its 10.15 now I have not received any call from amazon. It's really big issue. The order suppose to deliver 3 days back but the same is not done and receiving the mail saying that you are not available at the given address... I have purchased more than 6000 worth dress this month in amazon but experiencing very pathetic now... this will be the last order and I have not received the same by tomorrow the order will be canceled.

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    Reviewed Oct. 13, 2016

    I placed an above mentioned order on 2nd October, 2016. However, I haven’t received the item. My story starts here. The original delivery date was on 6th Oct. 2016, I contacted the delivery person with the phone no. I received, he said that the item will be delivered by the end of the day and I was waiting for the item the whole day and also later that night I received an notification in the app that attempt to delivery was failed. Immediately I contacted the customer support and reported it. The rep filed the complaint and assured that the item will be delivered by the end of 7th Oct.

    The next day a person came to pick up the TV that at 7.30 pm unfortunately I was not at my home and my wife and son were alone. The TV I offered for exchange is an old crt TV that was around 8-9 years old, my wife called me and informed that a person has came to pick up the TV. I talked to the person and said as per the terms I read while ordering the TV it should be picked up only at the time of delivering, he didn’t agree for that and was asking for the original box of the old TV.

    I clearly informed him that I don’t have the box and advised him to take the TV, after the conversation he refused to pick up the TV. Again I called the customer service and talked to two or more peoples as the call was dropping often and informed them regarding the above situation. They promised me that they will escalate this issue to the appropriate department and the TV will be delivered by the end of tomorrow.

    After speaking with customer service people who were very polite and assured me that I will receive the item as soon as possible I believed that I will receive it at the earliest, however on 8th and I waited the whole day and spoke to the customer service rep continuously. And they assured I will received the item at the earliest. On the same day I spoke again to the rep who provided an horrible support, after getting frustrated I updated the status on facebook regarding the worst experience on order.

    The next day on 10th Oct, morning a gentleman from social media team named Shakeeb called me and apologize and promised me that the item will be delivered within 24-48 hours and offered me a gc of Rs.300 as a compensation for the inconvenience occurred which was supposed to be delivered at by the end of 12th Oct.

    Here, I’m still writing this to you because I haven’t received the item yet. When I asked for the representative to cancel the order and refund the money he said it will take more than 10 days for the money to appear in my account as the item has to be received by the shipper after that he needs to acknowledge only after that the refund will start processing, from there it will take 5-7 business days for the money to appear in my account.

    This representative he again wants to start from the beginning, I don’t want all this things to start over from the beginning. So kindly refund my hard earned money, as we saved it very hardly for the past one year to buy a TV. I’m also a customer service representative for one of a leading ecommerce site in USA. In my experience I have never seen a customer like me. Before ordering this TV I also ordered a speaker that was my first order at amazon. in, the truth is no one attempted to delivery me but the status appeared as delivery attempt failure.

    One 4th I ordered a IFB washing machine on one of your competitor website. The item arrived as promised. I’m informing you this because my address is not an undeliverable address or a rural address. I do not have any other words to you, please refund my money. I will buy a tv from the local shop here. I’m really tired of all this stuff, please refund my money. Sad Customer

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016

    I cannot believe for such a global company they can't figure a simple IT issue. Their team is so dumb that they can't figure out why the hell I can't log in. It has been 11 years since I first logged in. I called and called over the past few years their "IT" support, but every time someone from another side of this world answered the phone who did not even speak proper English and could not locate my account. I can't create a new account since I only have one email, it won't let me create one since it keeps saying my email had already existed, but it won't recognize my password since I forgot it and asks me for my zip code associated with the account 11 years ago!!!! How stupid is this website!!! That's why I recommend eBay to everyone.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016

    AMAZON's new trick for generating revenue: When simply browsing items on phone and click for item details, Amazon automatically ships item and charges credit card. Unauthorized ordering by Amazon. Hassle to get refund. Charged me $30 for a box of cereal! INSANE. Will not order or browse grocery items on Amazon again. Will try Walmart.

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    Reviewed Oct. 12, 2016

    I had ordered Smartphone from Amazon.in on 5th Oct with immediate delivery. I also did online payment of 21000/-. It suppose to be deliver by very next day or 2nd but what happen??? I did get my product rather I got msgs that "Your order could be delivery on 4th day due to customer unable." No one called me. I was waiting whole day. Later I spoke with Customer care almost 15 time they were manipulating to me. Please done order anything from Amazon. It's professional cheaters. Still worrying about my product.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016

    This once great company has sold out to millions of Chinese counterfeits and scam 3rd party sellers. I've had to file complaints on over half of my purchases in the past 3 months. And if that isn't bad enough, Amazon's returns process takes weeks to over a month. They have become just as bad as eBay. It's getting to where no online company is free from the mass infiltration of scammers and fakes. And these companies, including Amazon, does nothing about it. I will be finding a new place to shop.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016

    I have been shopping with Amazon since the last 2 years and I received worst ever experience during the sale from 1st Oct. to 5th Oct. The MRP of the product on the website was Rs 959, and after discount of approximately 60% the product cost was Rs 389. This was very reasonable discount and I went ahead with the purchase. After delivery, I was totally surprised that the MRP of the product was Rs 400 (manufacturer product label) and I had paid Rs 390 (COD, change of Rs 1 not returned). I have brought this up with customer care department over two days and they have not responded which really confirms the quality of service they provide during this season. Website screenshot also attached for everyone use.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016

    On a very recent order I received a promotion of £4.75 at the "Estimate VAT..." stage. At the "Buy Now" stage, the promotion had been removed. This happens regularly. Trying to explain the situation to customer service was pointless... felt I knew more about their systems than she did. The situation wasn't helped by her impenetrable accent. A second agent managed to restore £3.97 of the promotion (the order had been split into 3 parts). There is something wrong with their computer system – and the lack of training of their reps!

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2016

    I have purchased a Brown jacket from Amazon.in. I have chose a correct product which I wanted but Amazon messed it up. I got email confirmation as Black color product. Asked Amazon to please contact their seller as product color is different in email sent by them. Amazon customer care executive tried to fool me saying I ordered wrong product and they even kept me waiting for 30 min on chat after giving them all the details. They said she is talking to leadership team but gave me no solution.

    Closing my account in Amazon.in, going back to Flip-cart. At least their customer service is better. Worst experience with Amazon. Did not expected with world biggest eCommerce to treat customers like this and fooling. Maybe that the reason you won't success in India. Probably ask all my friends to not to purchase from Amazon.in or com. If required I will send all the emails and chat conversation I had with your rep. They literally hung up on me. They left the chat without my permission. That's absurd.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2016

    Pre-ordered video game in June to be delivered on game release day 10/07. But on release day 10/07 Amazon sent email saying delivery would be 10/08. This is not the first time Amazon failed to deliver on release day. Once again they apologized and said it should not happen again. I informed Amazon that they also failed to deliver on the release day of a game I ordered a few months earlier. No one could tell me what made it late or that anything was done to prevent a re-occurrence. Also I did not get a response from Amazon on Twitter and I was left waiting in Amazon chat for 3 hours for a supervisor to respond.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2016

    Amazon processed a refund to a closed credit card. I no longer bank with the bank the card was issued from. I called the bank and was told the bank would send the money back to the vendor. I have contacted Amazon numerous times over the last couple of weeks. I can not make these people understand English. Closed bank account, no money back. The bank no longer has my information so how can they issue me a check for the refund. When you call the bank, they say the same thing. It is just a round and round place the blame on someone else. Beware of how you pay for your orders!!! You can do everything right, and still get the short end of the stick.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2016

    It is very frustrating to PAY for a service that you don't receive. It seems Amazon Prime is absolutely hit or miss on delivering in 2 days. At least half the time, possibly more, it is 4 days. If I call and complain, they offer to extend my membership another month, but they only let you complain about it once a month, or I would have a lifetime membership by now.

    Secondly, and almost more disturbing, is that Amazon packaging use to be unprecedented. But it seems in the past several months, EVERYTHING comes in a bubble envelope, even breakables forcing you to file a claim and return. What a hassle!! I recently ordered 4 items. 2 of the items, a bottle of specialty glue and a paperback book were shipped together in an envelope! Seriously? The book is no longer flat and not in gift giving condition ;-(

    I realize Prime items are priced higher than same item from other sellers to build in shipping, but because of the speed and confidence in shipping safely and quickly, we use to pay it. Not thinking they are worth it anymore. Paying for a service we feel is crappy? May let it run out after all our free months given for failed service.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2016

    I ordered an earphone on 1st Oct with an additional 100 RS charge to get it on 3rd of Oct but still it's 5th Oct and I am not getting a single message or call from the Amazon courier services. Worst experience from Amazon till date. Very unhappy. Just not expected from Amazon. Disappointing. :(

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2016

    I've had to fight with Amazon reps three months in a row now. I'm bed ridden most of my day, can only get up twice per day. I have a speech disability. My landlady's son and his friends steal my mail and packages, so I ORDERED Amazon to NOT SEND SHIPMENTS VIA USPS, this is a high crime area and can't be trusted with over $100 in merchandise. Amazon hires reps who can't speak English, I was choking due to my vocal cords being damaged, as they were forcing me to use a voice I don't have. I couldn't hear them speak. I've told them many times that I cannot get to my mailbox for packages because I'm bed ridden and I'm on hardship delivery status, and that they must never use postal service for my packages due to my packages being stolen, I've told them to group packages into one shipment, they couldn't even do THAT.

    I've told them many times to only use UPS, as they're more professional and know how to handle people with disabilities; apparently, Amazon does not. I've told them to ONLY ship via UPS the last time, they said they would. They lied and shipped ten packages via postal service--which means my packages won't get to me, postal carrier will not wait 10 minutes for me to get to door. I have no help from anybody. If I rush, I can fall and die. And yet USPS has my packages marked as "leave at mailbox" when a signature is required--TEN PACKAGES worth over $100 DOLLARS, and this is the BEST that AMAZON can do!? I've told them I can't talk, can't walk, and yet they've failed to accommodate my disabilities.

    Even worse, USPS website says ON A SUNDAY that the packages were delivered and left at the mailbox, which I cannot get to. But I have a UPS account, and they are far more accommodating to people with disabilities. Amazon Customer service is NOT. All this hassle could've been avoided. But now I have sit up and worry how many packages are sitting out IN the cold and rain. And the landlady's son will steal my packages. All because Amazon FAILED to accommodate a Prime member with multiple disabilities. And because they failed to hire people who speak proper English because their accents cannot be understood by me.

    I have hearing problems and couldn't hear the reps talking, not that it mattered much. So I sent them a nice colorful email informing them of their repeated epic fail customer service, and told them that I will be cancelling my prime membership and will never buy from them again, all because they're not trained and don't care about their prime members with disabilities.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    I have purchased numerous items in all categories. Amazon is where I always get the best price and service. I am a prime member and it is worth it to join. Amazon also stands behind your purchase and helps you with any issues. They are ready to assist with problems, they make recommendations according to your items purchased. They also contacted me about a safety problem with one item. Very easy, search for your product on Amazon. You receive several options to choose from. Both new and used. Find your price. Read reviews and make your purchase. I have had nothing but success making purchases on Amazon. It is easy to compare products and prices & very easy to buy with one click. And you do get cash back if you have an Amazon credit card. Very happy with this online store.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Found the Printer I wanted. Ordered it. Got it in 2 days. Free Shipping. Great Printer. No problems. No hassles. Just went online. Searched for what I wanted. Read the reviews. Ordered. I've been using Amazon for awhile now. Became a Prime member. Now I get free shipping and it usually comes within a few days. Amazon has lots of reviews, pro and con. There is also a detailed description of the item, including many pictures. So in one stop you find out what items are available, which is numerous. You have the opportunity to make an informed decision.

    Placing the order is as easy as a couple of clicks. In my experience, the prices are great. Throw in the free shipping and you save even more money. The delivery time is usually between 2 to 4 days. I've been shopping at Amazon for several years now and it's always easy, fast and economical. The selection of goods and services are awesome. Amazon has been the place I go to when I need just about anything. Finally a big company that makes me happy.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Keens sandals. Excellent quality and shipped fast. Saw what I wanted, and as a prime member, it was delivered 2 days later. Beautiful. This site is awesome. You can find almost anything here. Join, you won't be disappointed.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    In stock. Low prices. Two-day free delivery. Product listings are precise and true to the description. It's always a pleasure to do business with Amazon. Reliable and honest.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    If you belong to Amazon Prime for $80/year it is worth it. So many products under Prime and they come on time and in about two days. Best thing out there! Easy to order, easy to purchase and easy to find products. Order, pay & receive on time! You can even send as a gift with a note and send back a personalized return "thank you" card to the sender. Best online shopping experience, but must have Prime Membership. It costs a little more, but you don't have to wait. You can even return Prime products from your doorstep where UPS will pick it up to return it.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    I purchased a gold & gem necklace. The seller told me AFTER I purchase it, that it may be broke before it arrived to my home. I never asked him, he just said it out of the blues. When the necklace arrived, it was broken. I wanted to send return it. Both the seller or AMAZON won't allow me to return the damaged necklace. I can't wear it b/c it would look silly wearing a broken necklace. I explained everything to AMAZON. Not only did they still choose to stand by the seller's side, they deleted my review that I gave the seller. I didn't give a negative review to be mean. I just wanted to stop this con from happening to other buyers. So, I paid for a necklace that the seller knew would be broken.

    Now, he and Amazon get to keep my money and I get nothing at all. I wrote the CEO of Amazon. He never acknowledged deleting a true, negative experience. He never acknowledged that I deserve my refund. Don't trust Amazon reviews. They delete the negative reviews on behalf of Amazon and their Sellers. All I can do now is throw away the necklace. I was purposely taken advantage of by Amazon. I sent the email proof from the Amazon Seller to customer service and CEO Jeff Bezos. They just ignored me. It was an easy necklace to purchase. Everything after was a nightmare.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    I purchase from them almost daily...house goods, shoes, health and beauty. Had to call them regarding a broken glass. They credited me more than the face value. Always easy. Take your time finding what you want... save it while you decide and make your choice when you are ready. I absolutely love Amazon. It helps me make decisions with the reviews, saves me money, & I don't have leave home!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Ease to navigate, tracking available. Great prices. Always resolved any issue quickly and efficiently. Great and wide selection. Many reviews. Helpful navigation, secured website. Fast shipment and always on time or even before promised ETA.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Products are often cheaper than or the same price on Amazon as they are at local retail locations. Returns are easy. One-click makes it easy to quickly order things. I really like the convenience of shopping on Amazon. I can get items I need without going to the store, which is great for items that would require going to a business with limited hours. I also like that I can create and share wish lists with other people.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    I order many items from Amazon frequently and the one thing I will say is, whether my purchase is perfect or not satisfactory, Amazon is so customer supportive, responsive, and easy to work with, both the company and their website. No matter what my problem has been -- poor quality clothing, an item that arrived and just did not meet my expectations, free shipping with their Prime membership, looking up my account, whatever... -- they are quickly responsive and have always shown the "customer is always right and most important."

    So many choices. Excellent customer rating reviews -- I always check that first. Click and go! Their options for purchase are enormous. Their delivery time is always prompt. They consistently follow up with requests for delivery experience, packaging, item satisfaction, "Did the seller treat you courteously?", etc. I live in a major city and use Amazon for convenience. I recently traveled through Alaska and spoke with several residents who live in small areas with no department stores or access to any other large stores available. They said, "A thank heavens for Amazon. We don't know what we'd have if not for them!"

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Numerous items, they have a great variety to choose from. They are always pleasant, and do everything they can to make me happy. Ordering is quite easy. They always deliver within the time they quote. Their customer service is the best of any site I have visited. I had a couple of returns, and they made it very easy. When there's was a problem with something they sent me labels and picked up the return shipping charges. When I ordered something incorrectly, they deducted the shipping charge from my credit. They work very hard to make the customer happy, and always ask how I would rate the overall experience. I would recommend them.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Kindle fire 7 HD. Always helpful from advice to apps etc. Super easy, love the 1 click option. I've been an Amazon member for quite a few years. I've never had a problem with the website, orders, downloads. I love the suggestions they give based on your viewing history.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Great Value... never had to return something, because it was broke, or didn't work. I've ordered a lot from Amazon... fast shipping, easy and safe to pay. If you can't find it on Amazon, then it doesn't exists!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Housewares & personal care products. Find product, check reviews on product, check other places for more reviews to make better conclusion. Tap in order, pay, done, receive confirmation. Find it more convenient to shop online. My experiences have all been positive. Researching the product and reviews helps with not getting derelict product.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    TV show download purchase. Picked the episodes I wanted and was able to watch immediately. I would use Amazon again to buy TV shows and use it for many other types of products for purchase. Always trust Amazon!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Didn't arrive on time after paying for 2 day shipping ($11.68). All CS said was sorry and credited back on credit card. If I wanted it to come in 4 to 5 days I would've used Prime. Amazon won either way, but I didn't. I ordered by work, but I also have a Prime membership.

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    Their tablets are so cheap. If you wanna buy electronic get one at Amazon! It is good but everything else is awesome! Everything on Amazon is simple to use. Amazon is great. I like the site and I think they do great. Good customer service unlike most sites. Amazon have great security. They don't let some hackers steal your information. They do such a great job keeping your personal information with all these millions of people! Great job Amazon!

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    Reviewed Sept. 30, 2016

    If my order went down in price within a certain time, they credit my account the difference and notify me. I love being able to pre-order DVDs. Never had a problem but they are always there if you have one. You get walked through everything step by step and always a chance to review to avoid mistakes or easy to fix mistakes if you make them after ordering. I find the site very secure and feel very safe ordering from here. I just wish our mail person was as efficient (they have problems delivering my stuff to the correct address, which is always clearly printed).

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