Amazon.com Reviews
- We require contact information to ensure our reviewers are real.
- Our moderators read all reviews to verify quality and helpfulness.
- We use intelligent software that helps us maintain the integrity of reviews.
About Amazon.com
- Wide range of product selection
- Excellent customer service
- Easy return process
- Occasional shipping delays
- Inconsistent product quality
Amazon.com Reviews
Filter by Rating
- (1,638)
- (402)
- (208)
- (502)
- (5,033)
Popular Mentions
- 4,881,224 reviews on ConsumerAffairs are verified.
- We require contact information to ensure our reviewers are real.
- We use intelligent software that helps us maintain the integrity of reviews.
- Our moderators read all reviews to verify quality and helpfulness.
Top reviews
- Top reviews
- Recent
- Oldest
- Most helpful
A link has directed you to this review. Its location on this page may change next time you visit.
- 4,881,224 reviews on ConsumerAffairs are verified.
- We require contact information to ensure our reviewers are real.
- We use intelligent software that helps us maintain the integrity of reviews.
- Our moderators read all reviews to verify quality and helpfulness.
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2014
My son purchased a used iPod from Amazon and received a defective unit. Amazon authorized return, son returned merchandise using US postal service insured mail. Seller claims they did not receive it despite US Postal delivery verification. Amazon backed seller instead of buyer in dispute. Amazon's A-Z warranty is useless. I or my son will never use Amazon again. Rip off!!!
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2014
Amazon will only convert to my currency Euro after my transaction and not before. I have written to Amazon many times and just get the standard reply. Don't buy from these guys.. They are crooks, flaunting the law. I ordered a product last year and they gave me the highest currency rate. I only saw this after I purchased. I will never use Amazon again. Capitalism at its worst!
Reviewed Oct. 26, 2014
The transaction began in June. I sold a laptop computer for 900. The buyer complained that the keys were sticky and wanted a refund of 50 dollars. Despite having said this in my description of the computer I wanted the exchange to be over and refunded the 50. The next day I got a notification that Amazon had taken 850 dollars from my account and refunded the buyer for no reason. I have been calling since July to get my money returned to me. Over seventy-seven emails, a dozen phone calls, and nothing.
The horrible part of Amazon customer service is that you can't reach the person you were talking to last time. Each time I talk to a supervisor in seller support they promise they will see the issue through. Then I never hear from them again or they call once during my work day and leave no return number. So I call and have to reexplain my situation every time. It is a waste of my time, but 820 dollars is not a small amount and as a post grad art student I can't afford to let Amazon just keep it. But they've made me feel completely helpless, upset, and frustrated. Amazon has been my main source of stress of fear for the past four months and having just gotten out of college that is saying something.
Reviewed Oct. 23, 2014
I have been an amazon buyer since 2013, and while I have only bought a few items, I had never had an issue with the company stabbing my credibility more than when I became an amazon seller. First of all, the order I received was shipped the day of the placed order, and arrived the next day. I wasn't even verified it had went through until I got on the phone knowing I had a doctor's appointment in 3 days and checked the shipment routing info and was highly disappointed that no one had even taken time to acknowledge that the shipment was received Nine days prior to my call.
Second of all, the item I sold was priced at $41.80 when I sold it and yet somehow it reduced to $33.84 at the time the direct deposit was supposed to be initiated on Oct 13 2014. I had already notified that I needed my money asap for a medical appointment and in the email they sent verifying my information. I emailed them back saying that's not the actual account number nor does the website provide enough space to be able to place a checking account number into it efficiently without obvious problems which I assume is a probable cover up for them holding the money. So I got on the phone with my bank and they had seen dates which had 0.00 USD on the info. which they thought Amazon was pushing through. It didn't. Second deposit time initiated Oct 17 2013. Nothing. Contacted again making sure all my information was correctly stated in the account info. I was able to deliver the correct number for whatever reason then. Third try was supposed to be deposited today. I contacted a representative named Joshua **, who was the most humane of the correspondents I had on this matter. He told me if the deposit was not in today to contact him immediately.
I did so stating that he was my preferred case manager when I reopened my case this morning. Problem is I don't have your direct line Joshua ** or I would have. I have yet to get an email back from this last time yet the company usually contacts me within the first 6 hours of my email. As of Oct 15 I have a deficit of 45 dollars to my medical clinic, thanks to the delay in this case.
I last gave them an option and a detailed description of the actual value of that product and with them not getting my direct deposit in, after 3 "tries" they could either give me an Amazon buyer credit of the sold price of my item plus my shipping fee of $3.30 to the buyer in full equaling $38.30, letting them know that I did not want to disgrace their company over $38.30 but if the matter did not come to a solution I was going to have to take it to a higher authority.
My bank was contacted at 10:15am CST to check the balance 11:09 am CST, 1:42pm CST both with confirmation that there was no direct deposit sent on any of the said initiated days. However, I feel something may have been amiss with the last representative of my bank I reached at 7:37 pm CST all on Oct 22, 2014 as he acted like he was very evasive and couldn't seem to grasp the situation I was stating and I was stating my case clearly and repetitively. When he had irritated me to the point I didn't feel like discussing the matter with him any further, I asked if I could send screenshots of the information to them because he wasn't seeming to grasp the situation at hand. Then he said to contact the company and I had already stated in the beginning of the conversation that I had and hadn't got any results and had called that time to give them an update on the fact that Amazon had posted an ACH trace ID that I wanted to get to them and I had stated that in the conversation also and her seemed to turn a deaf ear on it and go back to irrelevant information.
At this point I don't know if it was that person at the bank or if it was Amazon, but in either case, that is my money, the matter should already have been resolved and once it is I will not continue any services with Amazon nor my Tax return direct deposit bank. I have been with the bank since June 2013 and their tax company, and since I have been working a generated amount of about 5000 USD was deposited over a steady 8 month job. Now that I am in college I need the money from those old novelty items I have that still work and never have been altered. And so I sold an item priced at 175USD for the lowest reduced price I could give of 35 USD. I keep correspondent records on each of the emails and time records of each time I have called my bank to talk to a representative on the matter.
This is too much of a stressing matter on me and if you are a college student I recommend you not to sell to Amazon unless you are not in dire need of money because stresses of college needing money and these issues added? Make sure you have a legal rep standing by because it makes it easier on you. (May update on a land line computer as I cannot post images from my tablet directly to the browser.)
Reviewed Oct. 22, 2014
In the 7 years of me using Amazon.com's services I have yet to be disappointed. If they do manage to screw something up, which they likely never do, all you have to do is contact them and explain the situation. They will make it right 99.9% of the time. Their customer service is the best I've EVER came across in my whole lifetime, that's why I'm just surprised that Amazon gets a one star on here.
Reviewed Oct. 19, 2014
I am not at all satisfy with your bloody services. This was the worst experience i ever had in online shopping. I ordered a Dell vostro laptop 3546, Oder Id ** on 10 of Oct. When I was placing the order it was showing me 2 to 3 business days to get it delivered, when it got placed it shown me estimated time of 15 to 17 Oct. What's the crap you are showing me? 02 to 03 working days when it’s done, it becoming 15 to 17 Oct. The worst part of your service is later on 17th I am getting a mail saying that “your order cannot be delivered in promised TAT so we'll deliver it till 21 Oct." I am calling you guys continuously no one is ready to help me out. I Spent around 30000 of my credit card, it’s not a small amount for me. I was never aware that Amazon is worst service provider otherwise I would have never ordered anything from you people. I am for sure gonna start typing mails and blogs about my feedback till the time I don’t get a good compensation for the same.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2014
I had purchased HTC phone in November 2013 from amazon seller "Fiestacellphonestx". It is refurbished phone and comes with one year US warranty as described in listing as well as my order invoice. However since a month the phone is not working at all. When i contacted seller to fix it he told me "I will charge you for repair". Seller told me that he had sold used phone so it doesn't come with one year warranty and refusing to fix it. I checked with manufacturer HTC about warranty and they told my phone is out of warranty. I contacted amazon. Amazon initiated the dispute resolution however as per the A-Z guarantee policy, they cannot reimburse me because the order is more than 90 days old. So there is one mistake in the policy which preventing justice being served.
Reviewed Oct. 17, 2014
I ordered a Genuine Mercedes Benz Floor Mats on amazon from Gonwalt (AKA Sangera Volvo), but I never received the item because the seller wrote the wrong address... and so UPS delivered the item to the wrong address; but I never get my money back..
Reviewed Oct. 15, 2014
I had placed an order ** on Amazon on 1st of October and it's been 15 days. I have not received my product and they also put my account on hold so that I could not even raise a refund complaint. They never told me why they put my account on hold and they asked me to send a fax copy of my debit card. I sent the same 5 times and again they asked me to send the fax copy of my debit card's statement as according to them the information they needed. It was but there on my billing statement but matter of fact, it did had all the information like (BILLING NAME, BILLING ADDRESS, BILLING CONTACT NUMBER).
I do not know how many times do I need to fax them. I have been contacting amazon.com customer service since 6 days. They keep on telling that "an Account Specialist will contact you within 24 hours as we are not able to help you out as your account is on hold." So this account specialist keep asking me to fax him my billing statement and I have been faxing him again and again, and again and again he's sending me a mail that "YOUR FAX DID NOT CONTAIN THE INFORMATION WE NEEDED", however it did had all the information. I'm not getting any solution of my problem and as it has been 15 days now. I don't need the product, I just need my money back! Please help me out! As this is mentally torturing me. I'm not able to concentrate on studies as my exams going on. Please help!
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
My review is based on my experience with adding Amazon Payments as an option on my shopping cart and also as a seller on Amazon. I'm a small online business owner that's been in business since 2003.. A little over a year ago, my shopping cart company added Amazon as an option to receive payments.. I've been using Paypal for the last 11 years, but thought it'd be great to offer an option for customers. Setting up the amazon system is easy enough and I haven't had any complaints from customers, so I think it's probably user friendly.. So my problem with them isn't their system exactly, but rather with their "rules".
They hold my money for 7 days AFTER the item has been shipped (because I offer handmade items, I sometimes cannot ship for a few days to a few weeks, which my customers are aware of).. Once an item has been shipped, Amazon starts the countdown.. Once you hit the magic 7 day mark, your money is ready to be transferred to your checking account/bank account but they apparently only have certain days they transfer on, so your 7 days can actually be more like 9 or 10 days.. It then takes 3-4 days to hit your account.. It's a rather ridiculous system, with no real reason for doing it (or so it seems).. It's rather complicated for no known reason, but what I'm saying is, they will hold (and use) your money for 10 days or more, more likely more.. On average I end up receiving the payment about 2-3 weeks after the sale.. Anyone who has used paypal knows you can request a transfer immediately. It will still take 3-4 days to hit your account, but that's a world of difference in waiting 2 weeks or more.
I have contacted them about this and asked that they remove this wait period from my account based on the fact that in the past year, I've never had any problems associated with my account and have a perfect rating with them. I received a reply telling me they have a "tier" system and that I can apply for the next tier by sending a bunch of information and if I can prove I've been in business for a number of years, that will be taken into consideration. Quite frankly, I'm a busy person. I don't want to have to take the time to prove myself worthy to move up their ridiculous system.
I'm a business owner using their system to collect funds for sales I have made. They deduct a transaction fee for every sale. They are, in essence, working for me, not the other way around.. I don't appreciate being treated like they are "honoring" me by letting me use their system and that I have to prove myself worthy to move up their "tier" system. I'm not a child.. I'm 60 years old.
As far as the system goes, as I said, it does work. Although, they don't have a shipping program so you will have to create your labels through UPS, FedEx or USPS yourself (with paypal you can create the label from the actual transaction).. You will then need to add the shipping number to the Amazon program to prove you have shipped the item... It's just something that takes more time. For busy business owners, it's just one more thing to add to your schedule... Also, I don't like the way Amazon sets up the transaction information.. With Paypal, you print out the completed transaction after shipping and it gives you the sales amount, the transaction fee paypal charged you and the shipping fee. This is great for tax purposes.. paypal also has a tax section where you can get what your total shipping fees were for the year.. Very nice at tax time..
You can't get that info from Amazon. You'll have to keep track of the shipping fees yourself. Also, the fees aren't included on their transaction page.. It'll show you what was sold, the dollar amount, what they paid for shipping (and for some reason they split the shipping up per item.. that's not how I charge shipping.. that's an Amazon thing), but it doesn't show you what fees they charged you.. When you receive notice of a sale, the fees are included in that email... But it isn't included on the transaction page on the seller central website.. That doesn't really make sense.. They have a program you have to get into to get the fees, but it's a complicated report and just not very user friendly.. And for all that, they will use your money for free for 7 days or more!!!!
As a seller I've only listed one thing on Amazon and realized their fees are ridiculous, so I won't be listing anything else.. They not only charge you a basic .99 fee, but they also charge you a percentage as a "referral fee"... I listed a doll skating outfit for $30 and was shocked when it shows what I'll receive from the sale, after their fees.. They take 15% for most items (some items they charge less, like I believe, books would be a lower percentage)... But for my one $30 outfit, they would end up taking roughly $6 in fees... Plus they set your shipping amount, you can't do that... And they set it too low, so it will cost you more in shipping.. Plus you will then pay the transaction fee for the payment.. So what I'm saying is, by time Amazon takes all their fees, and I pay more for shipping than what they charged, I will be losing money!!!!
How does anyone make money on Amazon unless they mark their products up 20% or so?!!! I sell that same skating outfit cheaper on my website.. marking it up to $30 was in an attempt to get back some of the fees but in reality, to mark it up to a price where I'm still making a profit, no one would pay that amount... My items are handmade. They aren't cheap stuff made in China yet there is so much competition with that kind of product on Amazon, I'd never make a sale.. Listing items on Amazon may get me more exposure but if people think I actually sell my items at that inflated price, would they even bother looking at my website? Probably not. Plus, Amazon does everything it can to prevent you from adding information that would allow potential buyers to realize they could go to your website to buy it directly from you.. They don't even give the buyers your email address for contact..
I'm someone who has used Amazon a LOT in the last several years because we live in an area that doesn't have a lot of shopping available. But this experience has opened my eyes to the greediness of Amazon, and I'm not feeling so great about it these days... In the meantime, have to say Paypal has upgrade their system quite a bit and made it even more user friendly.. For me, I'm removing the Amazon choice from my shopping cart.. It just isn't worth the hassle.
Reviewed Oct. 14, 2014
I ordered a Leather Vertical Pouch for my Iphone5. First of all the seller said it would ship in 24 hours, it was shipped 2 days later. Once I got the pouch it was nice looking but after wearing it for a few days, it fell off my hip a couple of times and hit the floor. The clip on the back is very loose. Amazon asked to rate the product. I did. I gave it 3 stars with an explanation. Well the seller contacted me by email apologizing and wanted to give me a refund if I would change the unfavorable rating. I said I was not because it was the truth. The seller has been called my home 3x Saturday @ 10 pm at night just constantly ringing my phone. The seller call 2x on Sunday, I asked her not to contact me again. On Saturday night I contacted Amazon Customer service and explained - they said that was improper on the seller's part and they would notify their team and take care of the matter. So I decided to follow up with Amazon on Monday - explained again, I was told the same thing. Well tonight (Monday @ 9:45pm) the seller calls again 3x. I did not bother to answer my phone. Amazon is responsible for giving out my info and now they feel they have no responsibility in the matter.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
I ordered a pair of $1000 boots on Amazon. I wanted them fast, so I paid for one-day shipping and was supposed to get them the next day. I went to work, but my husband was at home, specifically waiting for my boots. Literally. I was at the same time periodically checking the tracking system. All of a sudden it says "attempted delivery, customer unavailable or business closed, will redeliver tomorrow". I called my husband and he said, "I was sitting by the front door, waiting for the carrier - no one showed up". I asked him to check the door and the mail box for the door tag - NOTHING! To say the least I was beyond mad! He had to drive 20 miles to pick up the package, when I paid extra for the overnight shipping!!! Unacceptable!
I called Amazon and they issued me credit for the shipping cost (I paid $5.99, they gave me $5.00 - really??! It's just funny! They are so CHEAP! whatever). When I opened the box and looked at the boots, I realized I got scammed. Instead of a new pair (which is what I paid for) there was a RETURN with marks all over the suede and on the soles PLUS the zipper pull was tarnished and had bubbling and stains on it! I just couldn't believe what I saw!!! And this was the last pair in my size. They had one more pair half size smaller (last, too) and I thought, "Okay, I can go half size smaller - it's leather, it will stretch".
In order for me to exchange the boots I have to return them first, wait for a refund and then place another order, which is BS, because this can take more than a week to process and there is only one pair left. Amazon refused to do regular exchange (for security reasons! - WTF?!! I've been their customer for 6 years!!!!!!) OR reserve the last pair for me! Should I even tell you how unhappy and disappointed I am??? I sent the defective boots back and hopefully I get my refund fast and before someone else buys the last pair. I will now avoid Amazon as much as possible and will advise EVERYONE I know to do the same.
Reviewed Oct. 11, 2014
On October 9th, 2014, this company charged my debit card for a Prime membership and it was $99. I never authorized this. After investigating this with my card company, I had to go to the company website to cancel a membership that I never ordered and now it takes them 3-5 days to process a refund! They had no right to charge my debit card for this! Now they are keeping my money withheld from me for too long. This is a prepaid debit card. I am now going to have to cancel this card and get a new one because I'm worried that they will again charge this card without my permission. I will never order anything from them again!
My Desired Resolution: I want my refund immediately and an apology and I want my account cancelled along with my order. I also want some compensation from them for withholding my money without my permission. This was a debit card and I needed this $99! Now I can't have access to my own money because of them!
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014
I can't cancel the free trial of AWS. Any attempt to contact Amazon AWS results in an endless loop of email addresses that are no contact or no reply. When I login to my account, it says I'm not authorized to make changes.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014
Amazon is a total joke. They have all these fancy pictures that are colorful of their products, but when they come in the mail they are small cheap and from Taiwan who would of thought bozos getting rich selling to American public using foreigners on the phone - explains why there's no jobs here. Tired of this company ripping off the public and nobody says anything. They love to drop their customers if you complain because they only steal, not help anyone.
Reviewed Oct. 10, 2014
I recently set up an account to sell on Amazon. I spent hours uploading and getting listing ready and arduously setting up the account. As soon as I had my first sell about 3 days after setting up my account, Amazon suspended my account and required me to deliver the product that I had listed without letting me have my funds!! This is robbery.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
I have had my share of issues with Amazon. However, GENERALLY this platform is fair to both buyers and sellers. I am closing all of my 6,500 active listings on eBay and slowly moving to Amazon due to all the recent horrible changes on eBay, which became a nightmare for sellers. I would recommend Amazon as a selling platform.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
I have never trusted any website company with my home phone number. Since I order from Amazon frequently I decided to include my home phone number with my order. A week after doing so I began to get solicitation from an overseas hacker called Macy-Blooming. I hate this they call every thirty - forty minutes. Warning do not include your personal details when placing an order with Amazon.
Updated review: Nov. 30, 2014
This issue has been resolved with Amazon. They used my debit card instead of store credit card and they corrected the order when I informed them of the error.
Original Review: Oct. 8, 2014
On 10/4/2014 I placed an order with Amazon.com. I have used this online shopping store for several years and have never had a problem until this order. I requested that the order be placed on my Amazon store card. I recently relocated from another state and I am in the process of closing out my bank account where I previously lived within the next week.. I am just waiting for all bills that I pay through automatic withdrawals to be concluded before I close the account.
I was shocked when I went online today,10/82014, and discovered that Amazon has taken the cost of the order out of my checking account using my debit card without my authorization. I am a senior citizen living on a fixed income and this withdrawal will cause my bank account to go into overdraft causing me a great hardship. I contacted an Amazon customer service agent to see if they could reverse the charges on my checking account and apply it to the store card as I had requested when I placed the order. The agent said I would have to return the order if I wanted the charge to be removed.
The item that I ordered is needed for my mobility due to a serious medical issue and I refused to return the order. The Amazon order department should have asked me if I wanted the order amount taken from my checking account. I could have canceled the order before it shipped. In my opinion, this is the same as a thief taking your debit card and using it without your permission.
Reviewed Oct. 8, 2014
I got an email from Amazon.com yesterday informing me that I had a high number of returns and they were reviewing my account, with the possible outcome of closing it. Huh? Amazon sells me damaged or defective products, and because I ask to send them back my account will be closed? Seriously? I can't even discuss the matter with them because they insist that I must reply to them using the same email account they used to contact me. I have many email accounts, including a few that are receive-only. And since Amazon never informed me that they would require me to reply from anyone specific email account, I used a receive-only account when I signed up with them. I subsequently changed my email account of record to a send-receive account, but too late - they will still not allow me to contact them in any other way.
The High number of returns on my account (and they were never very specific about exactly what constitutes "high") is most likely due to the fact that Amazon has (or at least HAD) a good return policy so I often ordered items from high-risk sellers with confidence. Amazon's credibility - which includes their return policy - is one of the things I am buying when I buy from them. But if there is some super-secret magic number of returns that will get my account pulled, I guess their return policy isn't so good after all.
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2014
I used to use Amazon.com online service on rather regular basis. Once in a while I had to return items for the reasons such as defective items, or the item, (i.e. shoe or clothes) doesn't fit, or the very low quality of the product. But still I keep a large number of products. So there were no problems, until today when I got an e-mail that Amazon closed my account because I have too many returns. They didn't make any notes or notifications that they are going to close my account. I am very upset and think this is a terrible customer service. I assume they have too many customers now and they don't value their long time customers. I could live without Amazon but they SPOILED MY CREDIT HISTORY which is unacceptable. What can I do about it, please your advise.
Reviewed Oct. 5, 2014
I am a student and I was using Amazon text rental to rent my textbooks because I couldn't afford to purchase them. Amazon just recently took $345.00 out of my bank account with no warning because I was 2 weeks late on the return. The book was used & not even worth that much. Their contract states they suppose to send an email 15 days before the due date to warn me that the book is due. I received NO EMAIL!! When I called the customer service number I spoke to an American representative 1st who assured me my money would be reinstated. But then I was transferred to an outsourced foreigner who gave me a hard time.
When I asked to speak to a supervisor, who was also a foreigner, he did the same. He stated they sent me a e-mail but could not forward me the e-mails with the original date. He sent them as he was speaking to me. They never gave me my money back and just repeated the same thing over and over again until I just gave up. I wouldn't recommend anyone with a problem to call Amazon customer service. I am looking into a class action suit against Amazon. If anyone else has had this happen to them we need to take action, unless Amazon would continue to do this to their customers.
Reviewed Oct. 4, 2014
I have been selling items on Amazon for almost a year now. As business started to pick up, I found it hard at times to keep up with the demand. That being said I would make up for a delayed shipment by shipping the order priority instead of the expected parcel post, with me absorbing the difference. Out of 42 reviews I received 3 less than perfect reviews. So I would say my system was working. Well Amazon didn't think so and shut me down. Stating I fell below their matrix guidelines and if that wasn't bad enough they can pretty much hold the funds I have coming to me for as long as they see fit. Don't believe me?...
Once claims or chargebacks are processed, and if Amazon concludes that it is no longer necessary to reserve funds, the remainder of the reserve amount is made available for disbursement... So I'm out the money that my products generated for a minimum of 30 days. This is insane when Amazon can clearly see that all my orders are complete, mailed and delivered. So why the ongoing hold?
Reviewed Sept. 28, 2014
I have been selling nosewarmers on Amazon for a few yrs. About 1 yr ago, I found that I wasn't getting much business. I started to check the Amazon site selling my products and what I found in the feedback portion was a negative comment about our nosewarmers. I thought that this comment would be purged after some time, but it wasn't. I terminated my business with Amazon hoping a clean break with them and the purging of this negative comment. I just looked again last week and the negative comment is still there. They have destroyed my business. Forget about selling and building your business on Amazon.
Reviewed Sept. 26, 2014
The World class shopping website "Amazon" is doing Fraud with me. They providing the discounts in the Products all are Fake. I have faced the Big issue recently. I am sharing the details below:
I was searching online deal for Laptop since few days. On 18 September 2014 I was doing the same. I have Seen a HP laptop in a very good discount were showing in Amazon. I have ordered for this Laptop. I have received the confirmation email for this order and delivery date were on 19 September 2014. But After few hours I have received message for Cancelling the order. I have talked to Amazon they are saying there were Pricing error with this product by the seller. Who are the seller? I have ordered Amazon only I know Amazon and they are only the responsible for delivering my Product. What does this means, Amazon providing the discounts in their product any of them with Pricing error. How People can believe on Amazon. People should not believe on Amazon until they get the product in hand. Amazon can cancel any order any time..? This is totally unprofessional way they are doing.
I have also tried to contact with Amazon and their Management team but always their executive sending emails such a template email. I want my product which I have ordered. Thanks.
Reviewed Sept. 22, 2014
From amazon.com I got email for refund, now they are saying so many rules and cancelled my order without refunding my amount.
Reviewed Sept. 19, 2014
I received a Vizio 48 inch smart TV that was damaged during shipping. I tried to get an return authorization label. Got a label online, had to print it, cut it out. Fixed it to the package. They wanted over $100.00 bus to ship it back. Still haven't resolved the matter. Be careful where your order is coming from. No phone numbers, no people to talk directly to. I deal with Amazon on a regular basis. They really do a disservice to Amazon.com.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014
I ordered a Samsung (#Samsung) UN40H6350 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED TV for $697.99. This was VERY costly, but I wanted it right away. I also paid $112.70 for 2-day shipping. Amazon sends the e-mail indicating it's coming (2-days) which is TODAY and I wait. Today arrives, I check "order status" and guess what -- the dang item hasn't even been shipped. So I "contact the seller" to be told: "Thank you for your email. The status of your order is still pending due to payment. We would like to address your concern at the very best. However, Amazon handles all monetary transactions. Our service is limited to fulfilling orders only. Kindly call them at 866-216-1072 so your request may be acted upon immediately. Your concern is of utmost importance to us. Should you need further assistance or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact us through our Customer Care Hotline or send us an email. It will always be our pleasure to assist you. Thank you and kind regards [...]."
So of course I contact Amazon with at "WTH"... as I paid them 2-days ago. The kind Amazon chat lady (Abigail) indicates that they MANUALLY PROCESSED a part of my order so while I have part of it in my house today, the other part was never charged and they'll get to it TODAY. What part of 2-day delivery and $112.70 did they NOT understand. It then gets worse -- take a read. "Abigail: I understand that you are frustrated Karen and I don't blame you for your choice of words to us and if we could refund you ourselves believe me I would take it out of my own pocket but we do not have the option to refund you directly and in the amount you request but I will escalate this matter to Amazon and have them look into this for you." The Amazon Customer Service IS NOT AMAZON!!! I've got more -- but this is FOR THE BIRDS!
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014
I hate to put it as Angry, I am truly just jaw-dropped with the way they handle customers and problems. I ordered through Christian Jewelry a necklace. I used my card to pay for the item. For a day it said that they were working on shipping it. Then I get an email that says they don't have the "ring" I ordered in stock at this time, I could cancel or wait. WELL since I ordered a "necklace," I didn't think waiting to get the wrong item or dealing with something that could be mistaken "this stupidly was worth it," I cancelled my order. They emailed me and told me my funds would be returned. 2 days later now, it is still a pending hold on my card statement online. I have looked the information over for my card issuer, and in order for a HOLD to be lifted, the merchant has to notify my bank/card that there is no longer a purchase or a need for the money to be waiting for their retrieval.
AMAZON thinks that since they did not ship the order, the CHARGE will not go through. PROBLEM? My card will continue to have a hold on that amount of money, UNTIL they reverse the pending action, or notify them that they are indeed not going to be retrieving the amount. My bank needs to have verification from THEM that they are indeed cancelling the order. 2 amazon customer service agents told me that I have to pretty much work for free to correct THEIR problem. Instead of getting an order in the mail, and using my private card, I have to now somehow CORRECT THEIR MISTAKE. In order to place a STOP on the hold, it costs 24.00, which neither the jewelry store or amazon have opted to doing to resolve this issue entirely. The last customer service REP for AMAZON refused to give me his employee ID number, he said that they could not give that information. I think it's so funny that the only way the information would be useful is to give it to an employer who can then identify the rep by the number... but they feel awfully ok in trying to assure me that my card number and my money is just fine as long as they didn't SHIP my order.
Yep, well I am taking a break for now, putting my two cents here, but I am not happy at all. I have emails and I have the conversations saved. I will tell you I tried so hard to keep calm, when they kept saying "You have to contact your bank, give them this number." I sent them the information from my bank card site explaining the process in merchants required to notify them that a sale is no longer valid to stop holding my money back. UGH They've lost me as a customer, it's no wonder I never hear about amazon. Sticking to EBAY. I plain told them they were ridiculous, and it was baloney, and asked if they were going to pay me by the hour to DO THEIR JOB.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014
Ordered item and credit card charged. Amazon noted in stock and fulfilled by Amazon. Five days later not sent out and no communication as to why. This is the third time this has happened. Many complaints about sellers are not justified, since Amazon's fulfillment processes needs overhauling. Hey Jeff how about a software update and put the drone project on hold.
Reviewed Sept. 17, 2014
I am a new seller on Amazon. I recently launched my own Online Vintage Store Website, but also wanted to sell my non-vintage items on Amazon as well. Recently a buyer purchased a New Mikasa 8" x 10" Crystal Picture Frame without box from Amazon. Most items I sell are pre-packed and ready to ship. Because of this, I mistakenly sent the buyer the incorrect picture frame (Firth Ave Double 3" x 5" Crystal Frame new in box). She contacted Amazon and requested a return three days after item was shipped. I authorized the return of course and notified the buyer that once I receive the return package in the same condition as it was shipped I would ship the correct package, including free shipping.
When I received the package, I open it to inspect it and to assure there were no damages. This was a brand new frame still in box, never used. Anyway, when I removed it from the frames box, I noticed it had nasty hand prints on it and one of the closures on the back to hold the frame had been broken off. The frame she received was valued more than the frame she originally ordered. Anyway, I wasn't sure how to handle this type of return because the frame she was sent was not listed on Amazon rather on my business website. So I contacted Customer Support hoping to get help. Instead I received a reply from their automatic robot who apparently reply with script responses. The robotic answer I received had nothing to do with the question I asked, so I replied back, only to get a different response for a return clothing item for different size or something. I was too frustrated at this point.
Of course I rated the quality of Amazon 1 star across the board. So, I went ahead and issued the buyer a full refund only to avoid buyer filing an A-Z Claim. Unfortunately, I'm left with an expensive product that the buyer damaged, (which by the way she denied after contacting her about the damage) and cannot be sold. This buyer when noticed she received the incorrect shipment should have not opened it and simply shipped it back. Instead she accepted it, used it and when she had broken it decided to use Amazon Return Policy. I realize it was my fault by shipping the incorrect item, but this let me to realize that buyers can purchase items, damage them and dishonestly request the item to be returned for a refund. I wasn't sure if I could have charged her a restocking fee since I didn't get a correct response for Amazon Robotic Support System.
But, if had charged the buyer a restocking fee instead if issuing a full refund, the buyer could open an A-Z claim which from what I have read from other sellers, Amazon always take the buyers side, so the seller loses anyway. I've decided to sell from my own business website and delete all remaining items from Amazon. Besides, I the expensive fee Amazon's takes and I can charge my buyers real-time shipment and not use Amazon set shipping fee which is always less than the actual shipping cost. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE SELL ON AMAZON.COM. IF YOU HAVE ITEMS YOU WISH TO SELL, TRY CREATING YOUR OWN WEBSITE AND SELL FROM IT INSTEAD. THIS WAY YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR OWN ITEMS AND RETURNS.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2014
Latest example is a two part order that was designed to arrive on the same day. Accessories will be delivered on time, but the camera will be delivered a day later. I ordered the camera first, with expected delivery today, September 16th. After order placed, I found accessories that were also prime eligible, and ordered them as well. I was notified that the camera "shipped" today at 12:09 pm PDT (day of expected arrival) and would be delivered on 9/17. I spoke with 3 customer service people. Took notes and promised to call back (DID NOT CALL BACK. Said that I had been sent an email on Sunday evening indicating that my camera would be delivered 9/17 (DID NOT RECEIVE THIS EMAIL), then reluctantly offered a 30 day PRIME extension.
I asked to speak with a supervisor. After 2 minutes on hold, supervisor informed me that the camera was in the hands of UPS and it would be delivered on 9/17...then she offered me a $5 credit. I said $5 did nothing for me, because the surprise for my wife was ruined. Then I hung up and wrote another email to Amazon expressing my dissatisfaction. This just in... they have upped the offer to $15! Well, now I can order a movie to watch in 2, 3 or 4 or 5 days depending on the whims of AMAZON. Prime is a CRIME. Amazon does not stand behind its 2-day delivery policy. An extra month of bad service and a $5/$15 credit is worthless to me.
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2014
I have become an online seller about a year ago. I have been selling on a variety of online marketplaces and I've had nothing but great experiences dealing with every platform's customer service. It is only common sense that these platforms would want their sellers to do well, so they sell more and bring in more seller fees. Recently I opened an Amazon seller account and 1 week into my 1 month free trial, I was surprisingly charged the $40 fee which wasn't due for another 3 weeks. After I called and asked for clarification, not only did I not receive any real reason for the "mistake", but it took 4 more weeks for the refund. So much for a month free trial.
The premature charging is however the least of the problems I've had with Amazon. I became a reseller for collectible sports products and I contracted a company to daily upload the most up to date inventory onto my Amazon store. On the very first day, they sent me an email saying I had just been reported to be an unauthorized seller and that I was infringing on intellectual property. I immediately called and asked to dispute the decision and asked for clarification. Not only did the agent not know what to tell me, as "they don't have access to this information", but he took my number saying he would personally look into it and call me back. I never heard back from anyone.
After several phone calls and several similar promises never to be kept either, I received an email asking for me to supply supporting documentation proving my legitimacy in selling the products I was selling. I provided the contract between me and the distributor, a letter from the distributor confirming my status, as well as invoices from previous sales on other platforms. They promptly replied back with their final decision to permanently close my account and with the warning that any future accounts I would be opening, would be closed as well. The email also failed to provide any explanation to why this drastic decision was made, despite the solid proof provided that I wasn't infringing on any intellectual property as originally claimed.
I called back asking to speak to a manager or supervisor asking for a legitimate reason for this decision, especially since I was by far not the only seller selling these products. The distributor I work with has been selling these products on Amazon for 20+ years and has never ever been challenged in any way. My distributor has also been providing the same products for other sellers like myself to sell on Amazon for years and years and nobody has ever been challenged or had any issues, let alone be banned for life for intellectual property infringement.
Needless to say, I feel maliciously TARGETED and DISCRIMINATED against. Amazon has zero reason to close my account. Intellectual property infringement is clearly not a legitimate reason, and when I countered their claim, they chose to provide no more reasons and just refused to get back to me. As I explained to them, all I wanted was a reasonable and true explanation. If they don't want small business selling on their site, then stop falsely advertising and encouraging people to sell on their site. Stop pretending to support small businesses when in reality, they crush us with no remorse.
I am never ever considering using Amazon.com for anything at all. Their practices are unlawful, shady, discriminatory, and quite honestly an insult to the great culture this country is known for. I would have expected this level of dishonestly and abuse from an organization in a third world country, not in the US. Shame on you Amazon! You are a disgrace and a malicious enemy to small businesses in this country. Shame on you!
Reviewed Sept. 16, 2014
Once again, Amazon show its disregard for its customers. It will not let me load one of my Kindle books to a friend. If this was a printed book I could but the Amazon police do not allow this option for my book and no explanation. So much for customer service.
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2014
I rented a book on May 15th. Apparently the book was due on August 15th. I did not receive emails as they were going to my junk mail. The emails from Amazon were going to my email but emails from the rental department were going to my junk mail. I attempted to return the book today (15 days late) and was told I could not and was charged 139.00 for the cost of the book. VERY poor customer service!!!
Reviewed Sept. 15, 2014
As per information on check out paid with credit card plus guaranteed delivery on Monday 15 September 2014. Today is Monday, 15th September 2014, and the item is not shipped yet. No one to talk or communicate just computer messages accepting but all of them coming back not delivered. My car is dismantled and unable to go to work. Don't have any more money to get the item somewhere else as paid them. Clicked on the delivery date to be changed to speed up the process and ended up for extra one month behind. Need my car to be able to go to work but look like no one care about the customer so long as the money in their pocket.
Reviewed Sept. 14, 2014
The seller Amazon sold me the wrong (fake) perfume. I bought the 1st at TJ Maxx and when I was almost out I looked online and saw that the seller "Amazon" was selling the set. I ordered and when it arrived I compared it to the one I bought at TJ Maxx (just to make sure I had gotten the right product) and guess what... it was not the same thing. The packaging was the same, everything about it was the same except the smell. It smelt floral when the original (the real one) was woodsy. I immediately checked on Amazon to see if it could be returned and guess what it can't. So I'm annoyed and upset because I just wasted good money. Not sure if I will use it because it is a counterfeit. Anyway, today I went to post my review and received an email with the heading "Your review of... Set Perfume... could not be posted to Amazon.com" and was asked to revise my comment because it violated some review policies. All I can say is that Amazon refuses to publish real comments.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014
I bought a $2400 fridge through amazon based on their A to Z guarantee. When it was discovered within 2 days of delivery, there was a very subtle dent and that the fridge was not operating properly, I tried to return the fridge. The seller acknowledged the damage but told me they would have it fixed. I wanted to return. Amazon told me I must return the fridge at my cost, which freight would be up to $1000 for a regular consumer. The seller was no help at all and they told me to deal with GE Repair.
Now I've entered into a service nightmare and I've had 3 service calls, a no show 4th service, a fridge full of frozen ruined food, all while 9 months pregnant. My fridge still freezes food randomly, ruins my produce, all since the door with all the controls has been changed. Amazon kept repeating the same thing - I'm responsible for return shipping, AND I have to repackage the fridge in original packaging even though they REMOVED ALL PACKAGING DURING THE WHITE GLOVE DELIVERY I PAID FOR. A TOTAL SCAM!!
Now because it's been repaired, they told me it's not even eligible for return. IT’S AS IF THEY TRIED TO TRAP ME INTO REPAIRING! I WISH I PURCHASED AT LOWE'S OR HOME DEPOT! What a nightmare! The stress this has caused me is indescribable, and I'm still dealing with it with a new baby due in weeks. I'm in tears and Amazon didn't honor their guarantee at all for a DAMAGED DEFECTIVE FRIDGE.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014
Amazon notified me via email they closed my account due to my return history. I appealed this decision & asked to be provided with the place or policy which states returns are limited & would result in closure of my account, which they have failed to provide. Consequences: as a result, a negative trade item will be placed on my credit report, thus having a negative impact, drop in credit score, employment affected, violation of my consumer rights, mental, emotional & financial anguish due to my limited mobility and quality of life is greatly affected.
Reviewed Sept. 10, 2014
I purchased "Jean Prouve, 1901-1984: The Dynamics of Creation" from seller "BidDeal" through Amazon.com. The book sent was in French! BidDeal refused to refund, and Amazon refused to remedy the error. Amazon makes more money from the seller than the buyer, therefore they have little incentive to do the right thing. They forget they will lose a customer, and that customer may have a lot of friends!
Reviewed Sept. 7, 2014
We were seller as an third party seller selling vitamins & health related items. We had a 97% positive feedback rating. Our consumer metrics were all checked including the policy violation. Then one day for no reason our account was suspended. The reason - we were selling restricted products this was their original correspondence:
"We have removed your selling privileges, canceled your listings, and placed a temporary hold on any funds in your seller account. We took these actions because you have listed items that are not permitted on Amazon.com. Items sold on Amazon.com must adhere to all applicable federal, state, and local laws. Amazon reserves the right to remove any listing we determine to be illegal or inappropriate for our site. To learn more about this policy, search "Restricted Products" in Seller Central Help. We encourage you to resolve any pending orders. Note that any amounts paid as a result of A-to-Z Guarantee claims and chargebacks may be deducted from your seller account. After 90 days, the hold will be removed and any remaining funds will be available per your settlement schedule. In addition, balance and settlement information will be available in the Payments section of your seller account..."
We contacted Amazon to give us a list of the restricted products they are referring to. They did not want to give me a list at all. They didn't even answer my question. All that was sent to me was an automatic response: "After a review of your account by an account specialist, we have decided not to reinstate your selling privileges. Our records indicate that the Amazon investigation team has sent you prior Warnings explaining our policy. Your account was blocked after repeat violations of a rule of which you had been advised. Our policy Warnings are a courtesy. Sellers are expected to abide by applicable laws, regulations and the Amazon.com Policies when listing on our site."
Just to be clear we don't sell any restricted products. We get our products from the largest distributors in the USA & the products can be found in every major health food store in the USA including large chain stores. Not the distributors, not the chain stores would be selling it if it would be illegal to sell. The problems is like this. The FDA has very strict rules regarding selling vitamins & claiming that it treats or cures diseases. If you are familiar with Amazon, there is an ASIN that someone creates & then sellers can add to to be a seller on that item. So if the main listing claims that it cures a disease Amazon restricts selling that item. I don't want to get into why the system Amazon uses to restrict an item is flawed but it definitely is. Now we didn't create any listings. We just added to existing ASINs. The item is a legitimate item just the description is problematic & even if that restricted line was added AFTER WE LISTED THE ITEM AMAZON CONSIDERS US LIABLE.
Amazon could have a simple solution instead of penalizing the seller - just remove that item. The chutzpah here is that Amazon itself continues selling the items. SOLD BY AND FULFILLED BY AMAZON. It might be true that Amazon has the right to do what it wants with its sellers. It's their website & they are their own bosses but it's not ethical what they are doing. & they are doing it to thousands of sellers.
But here what they are doing is outright illegal but no one could stop them (everyone has respect for Corporate America). They state in their policy that if they have reasonable reasons to assume that buyers might file A to Z claims, they can place a hold in the fund in seller's account for up to 90 days. They placed a hold on our money for 90 days even though our account was at 97% positive. Any reasonable person would not assume that all of a sudden we will be getting A to Z claims in big numbers. This is outright theft.
Reviewed Sept. 6, 2014
I enjoyed shopping on Amazon website until I purchased a rocking chair that I thought was made out of wood. I ordered this rocking chair for my elderly mother as a Christmas gift in Jan 2014. In Aug 2014, I visit my mother and found the chair falling apart. My mother weights no more than 140 pounds. I paid $169.52 for a rocking chair I thought was made out of wood but it wasn't.
I contacted the manufacturer Coaster Fine Furniture and was told that I had to contact the retail Moshya Home Furnishings. I contacted the retail and was told I had to contact the manufacturer. It made me mad so I contacted Amazon which asked me to file a REPORT A VIOLATION OF OUR RULES on their website against Moshya Home Furnishings. I filed a complaint with BBB but recently I received an email saying that they closed out the complaint because the business never respond back to them. Contacting BBB is a bigger waste of time.
When I called Moshya Home Furnishings, I was told by Mr. ** to contact the manufacturer Coaster Fine Furniture because the chair has a one year warranty. I called the manufacturer and was told that I have to call the retailer. It's just a back and forth thing with these companies. I have contacted Amazon thru email because they don't have a direct phone number I can call.
Til this day, I haven't received any response from Manufacturer-Coaster Fine Furniture, Retailer-Moshya Home Furnishings, & Amazon about this matter. The rocking chair is totally NO GOOD. All I want is a full refund on my account. I do not want a replacement because this rocking chair is not safe. It's very poorly made. It's sad to see and hear how dishonest peoples have become these days just to make a $1. But, nothing last forever which they would pay for their wrongdoing sooner or later...
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2014
Their customer service likely outsourced will give you different answers to the same question, on the different occasions. I stopped buying from them, and only go to their website to research but never to buy.
If you post on their so-called forums and happen to step on the wrong feet, that seller will buy your items and file A to Z or give you a neg, gets a refund & keeps the item too. If you are a small seller, you're cooked forever. Amazon encourages this sort of a behavior. Most of their posters are not real, anyway. Amazon just tries to deliver a message although indirectly, and although it seems to be for the sellers, it's actually aimed at the buyers who can locate it by an internet search. Google switcheroo bandit thread -- this one is aimed at the buyers, while Amazon technically claims no part of it, since it was posted by a "seller". Go figure.
Such a mess. I would stay away.
Reviewed Sept. 5, 2014
I ordered Multivitamin on 23/08 with amazon. And as per their delivery timelines, product was scheduled to be delivered on 04/09. I started following with among team from 04/09 after 4-5 calls of 30 minutes I realized following things:
2) They promise call backs which will never come.
3)They are the most unprofessional company to interact with.
I have asked them for refund, now I hope I get it. No more shopping with them anymore. Some of the disgusting agents I talked with are Dinesh, Calvin, Anas, Behalya. Beware. Amazon is useless & pathetic.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2014
5 days back I received a shipment from Amazon and they deliver me open shipment. Even I called Amazon customer care before open it, they people told me to open it, and I found cotton in the shipment. Now I am asking for my money but they are not giving me my money and saying on daily basis that it is in under process. Really very bad. Amazon is a liar company. Do not choose Amazon. Flipkart and Snapdeal is a best company for online shopping.
Reviewed Sept. 2, 2014
Amazon are garbage at Customer Support and are only after your money. I was a seller on Amazon by the name of "Sam Johnson Book shop" and I was selling books since last one year. I was really doing well on their marketplace. I was so excited, but my excitement was dashed after a year because Amazon sent me an email explaining that my account had been suspended for poor selling performance for next 90 days. After 90 days they said they are not going to transfer my funds as they think that mine account was engaged in fraudulent activity. They have kept around $47000 for seven months and now they don't want to release it to my account. Still I made a phone call to them a few of the times, but they never answered my queries and said me to contact seller-performance@amazon.com, through mails.
Lastly they said they will not disburse my money. I really don't know what to do. As I have spent a lot of money in doing business with them. I said them if they think I have done anything wrong they can simply refund the buyer if there is any matter of complaint or anything. But lastly I found they just want to keep my money. Can anybody help me in coming out of this situation. Amazon this was my money which I have accumulated through my investment and hard work. You stole my money. I will be taking them to court in a class action suit and need co-plaintiffs. If any business is to be founded on Lies and Misconception... THAT IS AMAZON.
Reviewed Sept. 1, 2014
Amazon.com blocked the the posting of my following review: This review is from: Xanthan Gum - 14 Ounces - Gluten Free / Food Grade (Misc.). The box arrived with one side and the top ripped open. When I opened the box, almost all the SealedAir wrap was deflated. The package with the Xanthan Gum had been pierced and there was Xanthan Gum spread out within the delivery box. The SanDisk flash drive that arrived in the same box was covered with Xanthan Gum, even though it was in its own cardboard envelope. This was the second consecutive delivery received directly from Amazon.com where the delivery box was destroyed and the contents damaged.
Reviewed Aug. 31, 2014
I ordered a phone and a few clothing items for myself using my son's email account info through Gmail because at the time I did not exactly know how to use Gmail services and didn't want to go through the hassle of setting up one at that moment, so I placed my order using my boyfriend's MasterCard and billing info etc... and had them sent to me at my address using a different one from the card I was using with permission of course...
I get a confirmation email with packaging and shipping confirmation details and number and then the very next day I can't seem to log into my Amazon account due to the sign in page stating at the top in red letters there has been a error in my email/password combination and asked me to please re-enter my info correctly. Then after doing so, so many times over, I clicked on Forgot Password option and reset my password and tries again after I received a confirmation email stating my password was successfully changed and I can now access my Amazon account redirected by the given link at the end of the message. I then clicked on it and same thing - I was asked again to re-enter my account email and password. I did this about 10 times over and then gave up... I had no idea that Amazon was such a waste of time and so disappointing. I'll never shop online with them again. Thank you.
Reviewed Aug. 30, 2014
I ordered an item from an Amazon Marketplace seller that was processed and shipped by Amazon. Shipping was free via Amazon Prime. The item cost $32 and was charged to my Amazon Visa. When I received my package and looked at my invoice, I had been charged $290. I checked my Visa account and verified the account had been charged $290 by Amazon Marketplace. I contacted the seller, who told me Amazon handled the entire transaction, so I needed to contact Amazon Customer Service for a refund.
When I contacted customer service, they told me the error was on the seller. The only way Amazon could issue a refund without the seller was if I returned the item. I would have to pay for shipping the item back to Amazon, which was expensive. When I told them I would dispute the charge with my charge card company, they advised me not to do that. I did it anyway, since I had lost all faith in Amazon and seller honesty. I am now looking for the appropriate government agency to submit a fraud complaint against Amazon.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2014
Amazon.com opened my seller's account for 30 days, just enough time for me to sell 25-30 items and then closed my account and held onto my money. They are not reporting all of our positive feedback to our account and have threatened to hold our money for 90 days. All of our customers gave us 5 reviews and there were NO complaints from any package we delivered.
Reviewed Aug. 29, 2014
Sir, I order F&D 2.1 Multimedia Speakers F-203G on 18th August 2014. And Amazon site show 29th August expected due date. But I have yet to receive my item. So help me.
Reviewed Aug. 27, 2014
I ordered five packs of Heel Liners from Pharmapacks through Amazon. Aside from the fact that they charged $2.99 on EACH heel liner BUT shipped them in the same box. The liners were less than $2.00 a pack and it took forever to get them. I used one within 3/4 weeks after receiving them and noticed the adhesive was stuck. I guess Pharmapack had them too long in the warehouse (hence, why they were so cheap) but yet the expiration date was still good. I contacted Pharmapack (via email and telephone). They told me it was a manufacturing problem (Aetna Felts). I got in touch with Aetna and they said they couldn't be responsible for something THEY didn't ship to me and for me to go back to either the seller (Pharmapack) or Amazon. I did and neither party will take responsibility for a defective produce and make the customer "whole" (we're talking less than $30). I have dealt with Amazon for a long time and generally have had no problems (timely response, timely refund, etc.); but this time - with this seller - NEVER AGAIN WILL I BUY ANYTHING FROM PHARMAPACK; and I'm very disappointed in Amazon.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2014
I was billed for my purchase from Amazon Local for "3 man-hours of Cleaning Service" on July 28th. I have contacted the company several times only to be told they would get back to me, which they haven't! My voucher code: **. I am requesting a refund for $42 paid on the 28th.
Reviewed Aug. 25, 2014
I love Amazon and have never had a problem with them but the sellers on there I do have a problem with. I bought a Used Chemistry book not knowing I would need a access code to do online homework. My college that I go to does not offer access codes by itself so I had to buy a whole new book which costs me way too much. So I contact my seller to return the Chemistry book I bought from Amazon and he denies it saying all used books are final. You're just out to make money and that's it. Any college student would understand my predicament. But due to this I do not really want to buy books from Amazon again because of the sellers on there. I wasted money cause of this and it's not fair at all!
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2014
I ordered several book items and chose the FEDEX shipping form to my physical address. I of course paid the premium fee to do so. Well, past the promised delivery date I received an "Undeliverable" notice. This was curious since we have FEDEX deliver to that address regularly.
When I went to review my status I find the books were sent FEDEX "Smartpost". Not knowing what "smartpost" even means much less how to reinitiate my order since all was cancelled and refunded, I called customer service. It turns out that smart post is FEDEX delivering to my post office and they bring it to my address. Fine, except that I have no USPS delivery to the physical address at all due to years of neighbor's local postal vandalism and thievery on this Rural route. Plus, all of my mail goes to a P.O. Box. So I was paying premium FEDEX rates and getting it at USPS quality of service and reliability being told it was coming directly and expressly to my physical address. IF they are using the post office for every delivery they should say so and charge accordingly. So to get a now late gift book I have to spend time on the phone to the Philippines, go back to my account and reorder, monitor my card to see if I am refunded and not double billed as well as skeptically wonder if they are going to refund my funky shipping costs. In fairness the online rep did offer me next day shipping for my trouble, but then excused herself that they could only extend 2nd day to me for the order. Where is the nearest Barnes and Noble?
Reviewed Aug. 23, 2014
I purchased a $400 phone through Amazon from a third party seller. Had the phone a few days with a tremendous amount of problems. I called the manufacturer of my specific phone and was told that my phone was not in their database and that they actually had never made a phone with my model number. It was a counterfeit! And where does Amazon come into the picture? When it's time to tell me I'm not eligible for a refund or replacement. I can still return the phone, but the seller will most likely refuse a refund, in which case the phone would be destroyed because they don't accept counterfeit items. Seriously?! You can sell them, you just can't service/repair/replace them??? Makes total sense. I will never buy anything from Amazon again.
Reviewed Aug. 20, 2014
I have order a product in Amazon india via Order No: **. I was informed the product is shipped within 2 days but has not reached even after 10 days. Till then nobody from amazon cared to inform me the status. When I complaint many times, I was assured for refund. ONE month gone. Still refund not received. Amazon India is an unreliable seller. I found FlipKart very prompt in delivery and communication. Price wise also Snapdeal and flipkart are cheaper than amazon india. Boycott amazon india.
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2014
I bought Bugatti Toy car and according to Amazon website it is new car but I have not received new car. It was huge embarrassment for me since it was gift for my nephew. I have been trying to contact with seller but no one answering my phones. I already send the toy back since it is false information to customers. I hope as courtesy someone will contact with me. I will never buy anything from this seller again and the worst part Amazon is not even protecting its customers. They told me on the phone "they cannot guarantee that I will receive new toy if I order again even though it says clearly NEW". Thank you for great customer service!!!!
Reviewed Aug. 19, 2014
The product page says free returns but when you go to return they charge you for the return shipping. The sellers charge for return shipping, but you don't know that.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2014
Your email from the nameless "Account Specialist" stating "we have been unable to confirm your account information which is required in order to utilize our service" does not provide enough information for ME to understand why YOU "regret we will not be able to allow your account to transact in the future".
I called the customer service number listed on the website to see if I could talk with a representative to work through this issue. Contrary to your communication, I am in fact a verifiable tax-paying, God-fearing citizen of the United States who has no reason to believe their information is not able to be confirmed. I was told by the "other" customer service area that your department "doesn't have a customer support telephone line". Instead, I was advised to hit "reply" to further discuss my issue. So here I am, in your proverbial cue for customer service hoping you'll be able to answer a few basic questions:
1. Why pray tell haven't you been able to confirm my account info? I'm thinking it could be a number of different things down to something as simple as a typo, although the fact that it appears I am banned for life from having my account be allowed to "transact in the future" makes it seem like perhaps there is something in my record that I am unaware of. Please advise.
2. What information can I provide that will ensure you CAN confirm my account information?
3. Is there anyone who is allowed to pick up the telephone to rectify business matters? If so, I prefer a call over email. I can be reached at **.
Is this too much to ask? I suppose it would be tough for me to "ban Amazon from MY life" as easily as you are seemingly banning me from yours, so I won't even threaten that, I will however ask that at the very least you give this small business a chance and make me feel like my #barelypaystoanswerthisemail contribution to your empire actually matters.
Reviewed Aug. 18, 2014
I had placed an order no. ** for a shoe which was dispatched by Amazon via tracking ID **. Since both my wife and I are working, the house is locked during day time. My wife gets home by 4:00 pm. The Amazon Transportation Services P Ltd has been coming home with the parcel at 1:30 pm every day and going back saying house locked. On four occasions last week, we spoke to customer care executive of Amazon to deliver after 5:00 pm. We were assured that next day the delivery will happen at 5:00 pm. But again, the courier comes at 1:30 pm and returns. The courier does not call me on the mobile number, does not leave any contact number for us to contact him as many couriers do by inserting a slip under the door nor is the address given for us to pick it up.
The customer service person at Amazon also does not give the couriers contact details and simply says she will talk to the courier. This drama has been going on daily for the past 10 days. There are many households where the husband and wife both work and I wonder how they can do business with Amazon. This company is very user unfriendly and is imposing its American systems on Indians without understanding the requirements of customers here. This is a caution to all those households where both husband and wife are working. Do not buy from Amazon if both of you are working. They will never let you contact or talk to the courier. I am fed up.
Reviewed Aug. 17, 2014
Should I buy expensive items from amazon.com? Why not? Though there is a risk that I did not see the item yet and after delivery I may find this is not the item I wanted. But amazon allows me to return the item and get refund (I may have to pay the shipping charges). So I thought it is all right to buy expensive items from amazon. NOT TRUE FOR ME. I recently had an unpleasant experience. From amazon I bought a laptop running windows 8.1. It was sold by a third party seller named amaz247. After receiving the item I discovered that it does not have touch screen. Shocked! A $700 laptop with windows 8.1 does not have touch screen? Alas, the seller did not mention anything about touch screen in the item description and I assumed it has touch screen. Then I thought no worry, I can return it.
I shipped the item back to the seller and expected full refund as I had paid both ways shipping charges. Then came another shock! The seller deducted 20% Restocking fee. Why? I had checked, the seller did not mention any restocking fee in its profile. So why the restocking fee now? I contacted amazon on this, the response shattered my confidence in amazon. It said the seller can deduct Reasonable restocking fee from refund amount. Amazon did not mention how much is reasonable restocking fee. Apparently it can be anything the seller wants.
Reviewed Aug. 15, 2014
Amazon is advertising a kindle unlimited for 9.99 a month. I sign up a couple days for it since I practically live on their website. On 8/14/2014 I went online to buy books that were free for me to buy since I signed up for their monthly program of 9.99. I have that my bank card I have on file for there were charge each time till it went overdraft. I called them to report the issue. I was hung up on twice. I ask to speak with a supervisor, I got one on the line, he said his name was Andy **, explain to him that my bank card that I have on file was charge for all transaction till all the cash I have on it for my book purchase went on overdrawn. He fought with me that I'm lying when I have my account open looking at all the pending transaction and he refuse to let me talk. He was speaking over me, calling me a liar. He hung up the phone.
I called back got another supervisor on the line who did not know anything at all then she hunts up as well. I called back, ask for a manager. I was told there were no manager available however I was relentless, I wanted to know who was going to pay for the overdraft fees. I will print the statement and sent to all corporate office. Their consumer service is awful. Amazon is scamming people so if you signed up for kindle unlimited please verify your account that nothing was charge on it.
Reviewed Aug. 14, 2014
Will somebody please explain to either me or Amazon.com just what:
1.) "Shipped" means? I assumed it means left the seller's facility and has been picked up by the carrier. Apparently, Amazon thinks it means "we have plans to ship".
2.) "Out for delivery" means? I assumed it means that my package is on the carrier's truck in my area and headed for my home. Apparently, Amazon thinks it means "in transit somewhere in the U.S. of A. This is especially true of FedEx SmartPost (a.k.a. "give it to snail mail") where the USPS makes the final delivery (badly) and no one has any control over the actual delivery. Drones are a better solution.
Reviewed Aug. 12, 2014
I bought a Kindle, which proved defective after about 7 - 8 months. I was overseas at the time and unable to send in the Kindle to get fixed, though I tried to fix it. I called to get it fixed as soon as I got back, but by then, I was just outside of the warranty. Not only were they unsympathetic that they did not fix the Kindle before the warranty, but seemed happy to have the opportunity to get me to pay for a new Kindle. Amazon only cares about making money and will happily get you on technicalities. My experience is that they have no concern for what is right or for the customer whatsoever. Why support a business like that?
Reviewed Aug. 10, 2014
I ordered a cell phone from Amazon.com and after few months the phone's display went bad. When I contacted the phone manufacturer for warranty support, I was told that the phone cannot be found in the manufacturer database. The phone sold on Amazon was a counterfeit phone and no one helped me - neither Amazon nor the manufacturer. I was shocked to see Amazon website selling fake items. I would never buy anything from Amazon.
Reviewed Aug. 7, 2014
I've been Amazon customer for a couple of months and nothing went wrong from my side BUT all of sudden my account was put on hold and then closed. There were still some pending orders and I did not receive them, neither my money was refunded. No response from Amazon. The last letter I got from them was signed as "account specialist", no name, no phone number - nothing! It's unbelievable how Amazon treat its customers. I'm not sure why they're still in business with that kind of attitude.
Reviewed Aug. 6, 2014
For my birthday I received an Amazon gift card. So I went online to buy things. The next day I had an email saying my account is on hold because my bank won't approve my address billing. How is this even possible when I didn't have any credit or debit card. I contacted customer service, they never answer why my account is on hold and they say I won't receive my items that I buy. I spent 50$!!!!
Reviewed Aug. 4, 2014
Silicone keyboard for my apple 2 ipad does not attach to the device. I am returning it and want to obtain a return label. The product is defective.
Reviewed Aug. 1, 2014
Amazon are garbage at Customer Support and are only after your money. I have had the same account issue with a Kindle I purchased 3 years ago. Although it is not the Kindle, they have replaced it twice despite the fact it is obviously not the issue. They are always polite during chat or phone conversations but do nothing to help, and lie about getting someone to contact me. (This has happened on both my recent discussions with them.) My account still doesn't download a book properly, and so far I estimate over 200 of my own hours talking to them and getting the system to function. Amazon are the worst company I have ever had to deal with, total rubbish. And suggest anyone who is after any of their services to look elsewhere for a solution.
Reviewed July 31, 2014
I opened my Amazon account back around Father's Day. I placed an order then no problems. Service was great. This past week, I made a purchase, used a different card but shipped to same address and everything goes through fine. Today, I go to log onto my account to find that I do not have access. I call customer service and they inform me my account is on hold. I ask them why, they say they are unable to tell me that I would need to contact an Account Specialist but that they can only be contact via email. So they would get some information to verify the payment information I used because that is usually a cause for a hold and submit it to them.
I then receive an email stating that my account has been closed due to it somehow being related to other closed accounts but they are not able to discuss other accounts with me. I then call customer service again and get told again they can only be reached via email and they will submit a request to have them call me. I have yet to hear anything back. This is absolutely ridiculous, and beyond frustrating. I know that somebody is able to speak with an account specialist or whoever it is that can view my account but yet nobody wants to help me. I will not recommend Amazon to anyone.
Reviewed July 31, 2014
I had order a shoe to Amazon. I had paid through my ATM. Now Amazon is saying your order is COD, you have to pay. I had contacted many times to Amazon - the result is 0.
Reviewed July 30, 2014
I sold an item on Amazon. Mailed it out US Postal and it came back a week later with the address crossed off with marker. I immediately emailed the seller to find out what was going on. He confirmed address with me and said post office must have made mistake to resend. I mailed out again from Pennsylvania to Chicago. Two days later he sends email cursing me out and calling me a thief. Takes more than two days to go from Pennsylvania to Illinois. He then filed for A-Z claim and got a refund and kept the product. So basically I paid him to take the product from me.
Reviewed July 30, 2014
Shipper tells me to cancel order, so he can jack up the price! The seller usually say something is wrong with the order or it's out of stock. This is the SECOND TIME this has happened to me. I go back and look, and sure enough, it's IN stock, and the price has gone WAY UP from my purchase the day before. I'm about done with them. And I order 3-4 times a month. They can put that Amazon credit card where the sun doesn't shine.
Reviewed July 28, 2014
I had placed the order for SONY Headphones MDR-Q140 Headphones Headsets from Amazon.com on 19th July. But they supplied duplicate Sony product and now they don't want to replace it.
Reviewed July 26, 2014
I ordered a LED strip light waterproof flexible light strip 12V with 300 DMD LED from "Guaranteed Response to any problem within 24 hours". I ordered it 5/22/2014 estimate delivery date June 19, 2014 - July 7, 2014. When I tried to contact them via email, they are no longer contacted to "Amazon" and my email could not go thru. So I can't seem to receive a refund/replacement. I'm trying to find another way to contact them. In the meantime, I'm going to file a complaint with the Attorney General, that office is usually very good at locating and resolving issues. Even though my item didn't cost much...there is a principal involved.
Reviewed July 24, 2014
Amazon sent me an email saying I bought some item! I copied the item number, searched it on Amazon, and it was some belt I had never heard of! Hopefully I don't have to pay for it! I feel like this is either a scam, or someone hacked into my account! If this happens to you, tell me on my Instagram **.
Reviewed July 23, 2014
On 7-3-2014 I placed an order with a seller on amazon.com, for a figure. A week later after I bought the figure, the seller contacted me & figure not in stock. Amazon won't let me leave negative feedback, they are censoring my feedback.
Reviewed July 23, 2014
#AMAZON FAIL! My audio recording will be posted later. An email problem/question I sent was replied with by a happy response to CANCEL my Kindle Unlimited subscription due to an apparent total lack of command of the English language as the words cancel & subscription were not even in the email. Two calls later, which I timed at a total of 57 minutes, and multiple refusals to transfer me to a customer service rep in the States with a less severe foreign accent and better understanding of the English language, I was hung up on by the Amazon Kindle rep in the US when I explained I had previously started recording the conversation at 30 minutes. Steven stated he would not help or talk to anyone recording the conversation and promptly hung up. Apparently that only goes one way where they say they can record you and a conversation for "training and quality". What have they got to hide? The entire customer service experience went from one issue to another, from bad to worse.
Reviewed July 23, 2014
I never ordered Amazon prime. I did try the trial out many months ago and did not think it was worth the extra money to continue. Their video content was pretty lame. I don't order that much from them so clearly was not worth the money. I was charged two times in the past two months for a prime membership I never wanted. They refunded the money but it’s annoying to have to worry about a glitch in their system that is charging me $100+.
I decided to remove myself from amazon completely as to avoid the charges because I did not feel assured by the so-called representatives that it wouldn't happen again. I used to really like amazon but now I think they are trying to sneak charges past people or something? It really makes no sense. I think there will be a class action suit about this since I have heard this from other amazon customers as well.
Reviewed July 22, 2014
On July 10th, I purchased a wedding band from Amazon (I WEDDING). Delivery, 07/16 - 07/21. I DO NOT HAVE MY RING. WEDDING is on Saturday. I spent 2 1/2 hours on the phone WITH NO SATISFACTION. Apparently it is not Amazon's problem because they are not the seller. Funny, I purchased it from their website. That in my opinion makes them the seller. SO NO RING - NO REFUND. UNHAPPY EXPERIENCE. I WILL NEVER SHOP THERE AGAIN AND I WAS A REPEAT CUSTOMER!!!
Reviewed July 21, 2014
I have placed Order with Amazon India for Blood Pressure monitoring system (Order no **) with commitment for delivery around 12-17 July '14. But today is 21-July 2014 and Amazon don't have any updates on delivery. Neither they are refunding my money back. Beware of Amazon India. Amazon India is one the fraudest e-commerce company in India and no-one should buy anything from them. Amazon have opened their Indian operation to cheat people with their money. Avoid purchasing things from Amazon.
Reviewed July 20, 2014
I bought a book and never received it. Seller JANISABELLA did not provide a tracking number either. When I complained, I got the automatic reply that my claim appeal is denied because the order was placed more than 90 days ago. Since I never got a notice of shipment I had completely forgotten about this order until now, when I returned from a long summer vacation. So, buyer beware.
Reviewed July 19, 2014
My Amazon account was hacked. I received an email thanking me for purchases I did not make. Two items were "purchased" from the same "Amazon seller". One was charged to my AmEx account, the other charged to my Visa account. After dealing with the credit cards, I contacted amazon customer service to straighten things out. At some point I could not log into my account because, "for my protection" Amazon put a hold on my account. We cleared that up, but a short while later there was another "hold" on my account. As time went by there were more and more holds on my account. I was in tears by the 4th and 5th holds. Yesterday I discovered a sixth "hold" on my account.
I have had it with Amazon, but cannot speak to an actual human being. I want to tell them that they have lost my business. The customer service people have been very good, but once I put in my complain I can only communicate with an Account Specialist via email. They even asked me to pay for merchandise that I did not purchase because "the bank was demanding payment"! What bank? The bank for the non-existent seller? It was FRAUD! I hope news of this complaint gets back to Amazon.
Reviewed July 18, 2014
Although I ordered what was represented as new, Nikon USA spoke with me and they did not believe I had a USA warrantied model, and I should contact Amazon. I did and was offered a replacement, but I said no thanks, just want to return. No problem until I posted about my experience in Amazon discussions. Then they closed my account, citing excessive returns. In the past year, I've received two defective cameras, at least five cameras that had obviously been used and returned (custom functions set up in camera, user installed focusing screens), excessive numbers of shutter clicks yet no problem, until I posted publicly. Now my account is closed. It's just as well, as I would never ever buy even a book from Amazon again. I have lost all confidence in them as a dealer.
Reviewed July 18, 2014
I never opted for prime membership; amazon.com decided to make me a prime member and slip in a charge of $99, which I paid and then took out just in time before my bank sent in the check to them. They apologized and reversed the charges, but it has left a sour taste in my mouth. A big company like amazon.com can slip in charges like a crooked identity thief. Unbelievable; let us hope they have a better explanation than a mere apology. I urge fellow shoppers to check the credit card statements before losing your hard earned $99 to trickery.
Reviewed July 18, 2014
I am reading the reviews of Amazon and I have to state that they have always stood by me when there is a problem with an order. Of course, I use the live chat when I have a problem and so far any issue has been satisfactorily resolved. I can speak only from a buyer's perspective, however. There was an issue with a battery for a cell phone - the seller had advertised that it was a genuine Samsung battery, but when I received it, it was not. Amazon immediately shipped me a replacement from another seller at no cost to me.
There was a microwave/convection oven which failed after a week of use - the manufacturer said I would have to cut the cord off it and send it back at my expense then dispose of the oven, but Amazon sent me a new oven and paid the shipping to return the defective one to them. There have been several such issues over the years, and Amazon has always taken care of them, whether the items were purchased directly from Amazon or through them from a marketplace seller. My only complaint with Amazon is that they do not accept PayPal (Likely because it is owned by a competitor, eBay).
Reviewed July 16, 2014
Did you know there is NO guarantee with the things Amazon sells on their website? If you get something defective, You will pay the shipping back to Camel F Egypt, and you better buy insurance for when the scammers say they never received the merchandise back. These things add up. I ordered a security camera from Amazon. When I received, it did not work. Amazon sent me a label (that was nice of them) to attach to the package I had to pay the shipping on. The item cost $62, the shipping was $15, insurance would of been another $14, so I didn't get the insurance. Seller said they never got it. Oh well, I learned a valuable $77 lesson. If Walmart, Home Depot or Bed Bath & Beyond don't sell it (those are co's who know how to treat a customer), it's probably no good.
Reviewed July 15, 2014
Bad, bad. Would have get them step aside. For no good reason after making all efforts and reaching a 1k feedback with 95% positive, Amazon just shut me off from their freezing over $20k inside till coming October. Now my bank is corrupted with negative 10k balance. Now I can't bring them to court as it is stated in their website. Can't talk to anyone. Can't get hold of seller performance. Can't do anything with them???? Is that in reality I need to spend an extra 5k bucks to get my FBA products returned. So total loss is now almost all my profit there but I need it just to pay debt and can't get it?
This is my work - no good reason for them to keep it. They are just accepting defamation from competitors that I am selling counterfeit products. Although they know my suppliers and have them as sellers as well and they know my buyers are satisfied with our products. And they know that all they have invoices for me. But they just won't hear me? Any way to get this resolved? Would appreciate help on that. Waiting for answer.
Reviewed July 14, 2014
I ordered a whole lot of stuff from Amazon; I elected to use the new pay-by-check option. Amazon processes checks through Telecheck, and those dumb Texans bounced the check. My bank didn't bounce the check; my bank never even saw the check. Customers should be cautious, and probably continue to use credit cards.
Reviewed July 13, 2014
I sold a book a few weeks ago. I have the settings on Amazon so I will receive an email whenever I get a message from a buyer. Well I hadn't gotten any emails until two days ago when I received one telling me a buyer filed an A-Z claim. Looking further into it, the buyer said the book arrived in worse condition that I listed it at, even though I very clearly read the options when listing it. They filed the claim because they had messaged me twice asking for a refund with no response from me. I checked my messages to find that Amazon was having trouble receiving them, which is why I was never informed of them.
I sent Amazon a message in response to the claim politely explaining what had happened, hoping they would at least consider my side of it. I also told them I would be happy to give a full refund to the buyer if they would send the book back. I was not about to give it to them for free. The next morning I wake up to see an email from Amazon saying they took the money directly from my bank account to give to the buyer and they do not have to send the book back. So not only did Amazon take money from my bank account without my permission but they also stole an item from me by letting the buyer keep it.
I have bought and sold on Amazon for years and am very disappointed in them. I have removed all of my bank information from my account and will continue to fight for the money back. I will then be deleting my account and warning anyone who will listen to stay away from Amazon.
Reviewed July 10, 2014
A customer placed an order through us on Amazon and we shipped it to the address they gave us. The tracking proves it was delivered. They contacted us saying they moved and to ship another product even though we already shipped it to the address they gave us. We refused and said to contact the current homeowner to refuse the package so it gets shipped back to us. They instead contacted Amazon and now Amazon is telling me to refund the customer without any return. Here is the email I received from Amazon:
Tracking shows delivered but customer did not receive her package because it was sent to an old address. It is inappropriate to go to that old address and ask for the package. Please process a full refund instead to compensate for the inconvenience and contact the customer. Your response is highly appreciated. Thank you.
Really!!?? They're asking me to just refund the customer because... oops... they forgot they moved. Don't worry about the product that I paid for and paid to get it shipped to the address they provided. Nope... just a simple line to refund the customer. I flipped out and responded accordingly. I'll be contacting Amazon personally tomorrow and asking for a supervisor. Nice to know they back the buyers even though they screwed up and don't give a ** about us the sellers.
Reviewed July 9, 2014
On May 25th, I ordered what was advertised as a NEW Kirby vacuum for $900.00, and shipping of $21.99. I ordered the vacuum and paid the $921.99 fee. I received said vacuum and while unpacking it I discovered a sales contract that had been drawn up in 2011, making this a 3-year-old vacuum. To top it off, everything in this package had been used. All the brushes had long curly black hair wound around them, and the shampoo bottle opened and used. Each piece had dirty residue on them. I then e-mailed the seller who was very angry and insisted on it being new. He left his number and my husband called him. He would only take it back if I paid $200.00 shipping fees. After complaining to Amazon, I filed a A-Z claim. Amazon told me to return the vacuum and they would pay the shipping, which they have. Now I have only been credited $700.00. I keep calling and am told they are reviewing my claim and to wait 1-2 days. I have had it with Amazon!!!!!
Reviewed July 9, 2014
Order #**. I had booked an order. At the time of delivery got a call from courier person asking me to collect the package from his office. This is not for what I had done online shopping. I was not well and had been admitted in hospital. DTDC courier person was rude to me. I had narrated the whole incident to customer care @ amazon. 7 days passed neither amazon had solved the issue nor redelivered nor returned the Money back nor any reply mail. All mails received are auto generated from amazon.
Reviewed July 8, 2014
I ordered Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM Telephoto Zoom Lens for Canon SLR Cameras from Amazon.com on July 4th 2014, and on July 8th, received the package. The package had the original Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM printed on the box, and the warranty cards also printed the serial number and mode of IS II USM. This is my first Canon telephoto lens, so I opened the package and found a brand new lens. Curious about the look and the feel of this lens (have not held one before), I inspected the lens in more detail.
Upon inspection, I found it strange that the model number printed on the lens (image attached) did not have the "IS II USM" on it; it only had "1:2.8 L." So I went online and checked some pictures about what an IS II USM would look like. The correct item had "IS II USM" printed on the lens ring! Why am I angry about this? The Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM costs $2,499.00 but the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM costs $1000 less at $1,449. I feel cheated. In States like Michigan, the state law automatically penalize the vendor 10 times the value difference in such a situation. And Amazon should be liable for such amount for each incidents like this.
Reviewed July 8, 2014
I ordered an iPad mini from Amazon. It was listed as Apple iPad mini with Retina Display 128GB for $365. I have a screen shot to prove it. When it arrived, it was only 16GB. Now they say they can only refund my money.
Reviewed July 4, 2014
Ordered a World Cup Soccer Jersey and paid prime price for the item and Priority shipping. Instead of the 3 days Amazon.com promised, it's now 10 days later and it still hasn't arrived!!! This is a common occurrence with this site. Amazon.com partners with a lot of "Shady" fly-by-night online Off-shore foreign based Storefront sellers, one of them being SOCCER KINGDOM UNLIMITED, INC., a company that has no address, no Corporate officers. Amazon.com does not offer any solution and passes the buck to these sellers who then pass the buck back to Amazon.com leaving us the Consumers holding the bag. Unacceptable.
Reviewed July 3, 2014
Amazon A-Z is bs. There is no protection from those that buy from 3rd party vendors. I bought equipment that was made in China, filed an a-z and returned the item. The return address was a bogus shipping distribution center, thus the USPS priority tracking info is incomplete. I lose $199 plus the return shipping fee. The vendor has my money and I am screwed. After 10 months trying to deal with them, I am done with Amazon. Amazon stated they cannot refund items from 3rd party sellers, I need to file a refund request which they deny within seconds of requesting it. Stating "technical support issue- resolved". DON'T BUY ON AMAZON!!!!!
Reviewed July 2, 2014
I purchased a laptop reasonable price at amazon.ca from a seller call TechDepot Canada or techdepotcanada. I even have my transaction # **. They had the item available when I purchased, otherwise Amazon won't allow you to buy and pay it with your credit card when the item is not available. So I bought this item on June 26, 2014. I called my credit card customer service. They said they see the pre-approved charge passed through. On July first, I received the email that my purchased Item was canceled cause seller don't have the item available.
I'm not happy about that. That is scam and false advertising. I did purchased the item when it was available. If it's not available now too bad, order it, I did not authorize cancellation. I'm not even able to leave the feedback and advise the buyers about this scam. Amazon sent me an email saying that is Amazon policy and they cannot do anything about it?!! I Cannot even leave this seller a Feedback or write a review on the seller amazon site and advise the buyers about that. That is disgusting and not acceptable. Has anyone had the same experience by telling me if that is right? Or can give me advise what I should do or how can I escalate that or if that is against the law or not?
Reviewed July 2, 2014
I ordered an ipad mini from Amazon. It was listed as Apple iPad mini with Retina Display 128GB for $375. I have a screen shot to prove it. When it arrived it was only 16GB. Now they say they can only refund my money. But if they said an 128GB iPad mini is $375, shouldn't they honor that price. It's their mistake not mine. I was so disappointed. Now if I want what I ordered I have to come up with $355 more. I thought the law required that you have to honor the price you advertised.
Reviewed July 1, 2014
Don't sell on Amazon, they will hold the seller at fault for the buyer's negligence. Buyers don't read the blatantly obvious description, it's somehow the Seller's fault. What BS.
Reviewed July 1, 2014
I have been a customer of amazon.com since 1998. In February 2014 I opened up a seller account. Shortly thereafter my 25 year old son passed away from a heroin overdose. Because of this tragedy I was late in responding to the customers who had questions about their purchases. Amazon.com suspended my account because of this despite the fact that I informed them of my situation. They are holding $382.00 my money even though my last auction was 4.13.14. I have four 5 star ratings on the items that I did sell. They have proof of delivery that all items were received. Despite repeated requests to release my money which I really need they have refused. I am asking everyone who reads this to boycott Amazon.com. If they don't have a heart for a parent who lost a child then they do not deserve your business.
Reviewed June 28, 2014
I purchased a Verizon phone through Amazon Wireless nearly six months, later became frustrated with Verizon. I switched carriers and expected to deal with the early termination fee from Verizon but I just received an email from Amazon notifying me that they too would be charging an early termination fee - for $400! I called Amazon's customer "service" and was told I missed the required time in service by 18 days. I tried to explain how I didn't see the fee in the fine print. The service rep responded, "well, you agreed to it". Throughout the entire 40 minutes I was on the phone with them, I was polite and calm, trying to simply explain my frustration with the double fees.
I asked to speak with a manager who came on and was very rude and condescending. She bluntly explained that the fact that I had been an Amazon Prime member for many years and had spent thousands of dollars with the company just did not matter to them. Then she abruptly ended the call. The bottom line is there is a new corporate culture over at Amazon, they feel they are so big, the customer has to put up with anything they do and they could not care less if you are upset.
Reviewed June 27, 2014
I ordered a new computer with two day delivery because mine was no longer operating and it looked like I was getting a good deal and would have the computer in time to do a project for work. Wednesday night rolls around and no computer. It's ok, I can wait one more day. I check the status on Thursday and contact Amazon to see when I can expect delivery. I'm told it's not even in the state yet, get slightly angrier and they try to appease me with a $10 credit a month of Amazon prime. They assure me the latest it will be here is Friday night.
They told me that it would be delivered until Monday, apologized but made certain to remind me of the generous $10 credit they had already given me the first time they messed up. Never going to order from them again, I was made to feel unreasonable and ungrateful that I not only expected timely delivery but was unappeased by their tiny credit.
Reviewed June 25, 2014
Recently, I ordered a book as a birthday present for a friend of mine. I noticed that there was an Amazon seller in Florida who had the book for a couple of bucks less than Amazon. This seller (aminoelle in Florida) had no feedback at all and appeared to be new to Amazon, but since they were in Florida, which is where my friend lives, I thought I'd go ahead and give them a chance. I figured this would be a "gimme" for the new seller, an easy chance to make a customer happy and get some good feedback to get their Amazon business off the ground. I was paying them to put a book in a box and transport it roughly 100 miles....how much easier can it POSSIBLY get? It's a BOOK....it isn't a Faberge egg or even a real egg, it is a BOOK....put it in a box, get some postage on it and hand it over to whoever is delivering their stuff and call it a day. No need for bubble wrap or insurance or anything beyond a little cardboard and perhaps a trip to the post office at most.
I hit the button to place the order and let my friend know to be watching his mailbox in about a week or 10 days (I really didn't think it could possibly take 10 days to ship a book maybe 100 miles but I thought it may not ship instantly and then what if it goes out on a Friday afternoon on a 3-day weekend, etc.) I didn't bother checking back for a tracking number because, again, it is a freaking book and it has less than 100 miles to go.
Three weeks later, I got a text from my friend asking me if I ordered his book from Outer Mongolia or what because he still hasn't received it. I check my email, see nothing from the seller, check my orders on Amazon, and find that the status of that order is "preparing to ship." What the hell? It's been 3 WEEKS!!! If it has been 3 weeks and the item still has not shipped, isn't an email explaining the situation in order? That's what most sellers (the good ones) would do. According to the seller's own estimates of shipping and receipt dates, my order was VERY late. I emailed the seller and ask them to either let me know when I might expect my order to ship, and let them know that if I did not hear back from them within 24 hours I would be contacting Amazon and filing a claim to get my money back, and let them know that if that seems harsh I'm sorry but as I have already waited for them to ship a freaking book to a recipient located in the same state as they are I was really quite done waiting around for them at that point.
I never heard back from the seller, not via email anyway. The next day the order was cancelled, my money refunded, and the reason given was that the item was out of stock and the price had changed. Pardon me, but what the hell??? The seller, aminoelle, never emailed me or responded to me in any way, just sat on my money for three weeks before finally getting a "where's my order???" email from me and then cancelling the order, then giving a totally 2nd grade reason as to why the order was cancelled. Seriously, they sounded like a little kid trying to ditch a spelling test. I understand that aminoelle is a newer seller on Amazon and that even with experience mistakes can still be made. Had I ever received an apology or (better yet) a coupon or (best of all) a freebie, I would not be writing this unfavorable review, but I never got ANY communication from the seller AT ALL. If this were the only instance in which something like this had ever happened I would not be writing this unfavorable review, but it isn't.
In November of 2013, I ordered a cell phone from an Amazon seller that appeared to have tons of great feedback and to have been in business for awhile. The phone itself also got great reviews. In between the seller shipping the wrong phone, then shipping the correct phone that was broken, then shipping the correct phone minus the cards and charger which were supposed to have been included to make up for the first two "oopsies" they made, long story short, it was freaking FEBRUARY of 2014 before I was able to use the phone. This seller was in California. I live in Washington. Again, not expecting a sculpture made of crystal and angel feathers shipped to Abu Dhabi, just trying to get a functional cell phone up the west coast.
HOW HARD COULD IT REALLY BE???? The seller did communicate with me, to the point at which I wanted to choke them, because they obviously did not communicate within their own organization worth a flip. I was getting emails and texts (on my crappy old phone) left and right and at all hours as well. That, and they would get pissy with me if I didn't respond IMMEDIATELY, whether I was at work or asleep or driving....it was as if they thought all in the world I had to do was hang around and wait for them to email me.
Then there were the gloves I ordered (black, fingerless, functional, awesome) and the ones I received (brown with red, yellow, orange and white stripes, "mitten" style with a button that allows the part covering the fingers to be folded down and secured on the back of the hand, not functional, nowhere near cute, and so not even remotely awesome). And the laptop cord I ordered but did not receive for 3 FREAKING MONTHS. And the dog toys that were supposed to have squeakers but did not, and the broken compact, and the crappy eyeliners (got awesome reviews but were total garbage). These sellers either did not communicate with me, wanted to charge exorbitant restocking and/or return shipping fees, or otherwise made returning the garbage they sent me so expensive or such a pain in the butt that it wasn't worth it.
ALL of these transactions occurred within the past 18 months. That really says something about the quality of Amazon sellers. It also says that whatever Amazon is doing to maintain its excellent reputation and effectively regulate its 3rd party sellers is NOT working. I have been a frequent Amazon customer for more than 10 years and I have NEVER had as many problems as I have had the past year and a half or so, and these problems seem to be the result of lazy, uninformed sellers who wouldn't know good customer service if it bit them. It seems like they just didn't bother to research and find out what it takes to be successful at selling things online, they just saw what they believed would be an easy way to make money and went for it without really investigating or educating themselves about what they were getting into.
Good customer service is not a mystery and it sure isn't rocket science. Imagine that you are the person who is ordering the book for a friend's birthday. Imagine how you would like that scenario to play out (friend receives book in about a week, book is correct book and in great condition, friend is delighted, customer is thrilled) and then DO WHAT IT TAKES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. And if you find that the book is out of stock or that you have priced it incorrectly, EMAIL THE CUSTOMER IMMEDIATELY AND TELL THEM THAT! Is it REALLY so hard to do ANY of these things????
Reviewed June 25, 2014
Amazon sold me a defective item and then refused to process my return. They closed my account without any explanation (unless you can accept that for a valid reason): "We have found your account is directly related to another account which has been closed for abuse of our policies. As such, your Amazon.com account has been closed."
I have tried to contact them and receive some explanation and access to my order history, my invoices and scheduled deliveries but received only vague semi-automated responses written by some foreign customer service reps. Amazon operations seems to be outsourced to some third world country, that would explained rude and vindictive attitude of the CSRs and lack of understanding of customers rights that are in place in the US. After disputes filled with third party arbiters, I've finally learned why my account was closed but still was unable to return the defective item - in Amazon's (red) eyes I tried to buy too many items from Amazon.com - yes, they cancelled my orders and then closed my account for placing too many orders (3)... surely enough Amazon's policies come from policy makers in one of the commie countries.
A quote from Amazon's letter that I received during dispute filled with my credit card company: "We want as many customers as possible to be able to enjoy the items we sell and so for some popular items we've limited the quantity that may be purchased from our store. We have put these limits in place for several reasons and to ensure a fair experience for all of our customers, we must enforce them. We've noticed that you have recently exceeded that limit with your orders on multiple accounts. Effective immediately, your Amazon.com account is closed and you will no longer be able to shop in our store." Yes, Marxists ruling Amazon.com have closed my account because I tried to buy too many items from them (nope, that was not bread, milk, or water (not even toilet paper). You have been warned - if you buy from Amazon.com you are buying from a business supervised and operated from a third world country. Stay away or one day Amazon decides that you tried to buy too many items from Amazon.
Reviewed June 22, 2014
First I kept noticing that my order was just sitting. I've been ordering from Amazon for 20 years. Usually it has shipped by now or I've been told something. While waiting some of what I ordered went "out of stock". So I checked my bank account and found 3 different charges. I ordered multiple items so I tried to match them up. Nothing matches. The total doesn't match. They charged it, then refunded it. So I contacted them through the chat customer service. He found one he claimed matched two of my items but if it does, the price has changed. No explanation for the other charged, then refunded amounts. Said he would check it out and email me. The email made more questions than answers. Most of what he wrote I don't understand. We speak English, or close to it, here in GA. Something about a painless debit card doesn't have authorizations like regular credit cards. You are charged immediately. (The authorizations part is complete folderol, I just ordered from them and 5 other places with the same card last month and this month. And what's wrong with charging immediately)?
He said the order was not cancelled but my money was refunded? What sense does that make? Then he said it all happened because there wasn't enough money in the bank to cover the order. Does he mean the money they took out, then put back? Or some other money? Either way there is plenty of money in the account to cover the bill and thousands more. I've never had a problem with Amazon. But they seem to be going down hill fast for some reason. Last month I ordered 2 cases of an item. Each item weighs 15 ounces. The shipping weight for each case is right on the page a over 12 pounds. There was no quantity specifically listed on the page so I called to make sure. They said it was $18 + for a case of 12. So I ordered it.
UPS dropped off a huge box on the porch. I picked it up and it was light, then everything shifted to one end. I opened it up and there were two 15 ounce cans rolling around in this HUGE box for a total around $28.00. They refunded it quickly but refused to just send what I had ordered. They said the web page had to be fixed first and it would take 3-4 days. A month later I called and now they say it's one can for $18. Just for perspective, I can buy this same can at my grocery store for $1.28.
At the beginning of the process they knew it was two cases. The person who picked out the box knew it had to fit two cases. But when it got to the end some doofus threw two cans in and taped it up.That one is taken care of and done except I can't order the item. Still waiting for a reply from my second "chat" with customer service for the credit card discombobulation and my order sitting there until it's not available anymore.
Reviewed June 22, 2014
Being a long time customer on amazon (over 12 years), I was shocked to receive an email telling me I had too many returns and my account would be closed if I had more. My returns were less than 5 percent and amounted to incorrect items received, damaged in transit or other problems not my fault. I even received products that were repackaged returns with obvious signs of usage and dirty soiled appearance. But amazon chose this method of tightening its belt rather than doing introspect review of their selling practices. There is no product on amazon I cannot get elsewhere and sometimes often for less money. It's true they clog the google searches but skipping over all their ads I can most always find what I want elsewhere. So I effectively pre-empted their attack on my account by moving ALL my business elsewhere. Perhaps Jeff Jergensen Bezos will see the light when his $28 B personal wealth begins to disappear.
Reviewed June 21, 2014
I have ordered ** but cancelled by amazon, but till date, no refund has been made.
Reviewed June 19, 2014
I ordered a Samsung Chromebook 2 (13 inch) from Amazon. The website said it was in stock, and the shipping and tracking information was accurate. After the product was delivered, the shipping box was carefully opened and it was immediately apparent that the product box seal was broken. Printing on the seal stated "not to accept the product if the seal was broken." I did not open the box, and I could hear something rattling inside. I contacted Amazon via Web Chat. The Amazon representative quickly offered me either a discount, if I wanted to keep the product, or a refund and no-cost return. I said that I wanted to return the original product and receive a new product in a sealed box.
The Amazon representative agreed, indicating that a new product would be shipped when the original product was received by Amazon, and also provided me with return shipping label. I delivered the original product to UPS the next day, and shortly after that received an email from Amazon, stating that my purchase price would be refunded in several days. I went on to the Amazon Customer Service site and initiated a web chat. I was informed that indeed I would receive a refund and that a new product would not be sent because Amazon was out of stock on the product.
My conclusion is that Amazon intentionally sought to deliver a potentially defective product where the box seal was previously broken, hoping I would not notice. Yes, my product cost is being reimbursed, but I'm still without the product that I wanted. In my opinion, Amazon's sales practice is shoddy at best, and criminally deceptive at worst.
Reviewed June 18, 2014
I changed my mind about a couple of downloads from www.amazon.com. Even though they have a return policy of 7 days. I still feel entitled to a refund in spite of not meeting their alleged 7 day refund policy.
Reviewed June 17, 2014
I have placed an order with Amazon, getting immediate order confirmation and the total amount was debited from my credit card. After this, they blocked my Amazon account. I started chatting with Customer Support to see what had happened, and sometimes they say they have cancelled the order and they are processing a return (with no reason), and others say it is just temporarily on hold and they need to verify with the bank first. After many calls and chats, they asked for my statements by fax (Come on, who uses fax machines in 2014?).
To date, I have sent everything they asked for but I have no idea if they will return the money or if they will ship the order. Also, we have no idea of the whereabouts of the item and surely I haven't got my money back. The whole process has been extremely slow and painful. Last time I will use Amazon.
Reviewed June 16, 2014
I ordered 2 tshirts for $23.12 from a vendor on Amazon not knowing they were in Korea or at least shipping from Korea. After waiting 3 weeks for the shirts to arrive, they were too small. I submitted a request for return, was given an RA number and mailing label. When I took the package to the post office, I discovered it would cost $18 to mail ships to seller that I paid $23.12 for. The postal clerk said this is a common occurrence and many people, like me, don't return the products because of the high cost to ship them back. I should have the right to know where my products are coming from, how much it will cost to ship/return them and know full details about the seller. This was a bad experience I hope others don't have to experience. Unfortunately, it's all too common.
Reviewed June 16, 2014
This is the worst thing I have ever done. None of the movies or shows I bought have played right. I will be sure to let everyone I know, know about how crappy their movie streams are and have them spread the word. I will never again buy anything from Amazon. So whoever reads this, please heed my warnings about Amazon Prime. DON'T DOWNLOAD ANYTHING TO WATCH FROM AMAZON PRIME. IT SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!
Reviewed June 15, 2014
On June 12, 2014, I ordered a mattress frame. I used the same payment method I always do, a prepaid card which had plenty of money on it. There was a hold for $97.16 put on the card by Amazon for the payment. June 14, 2014, I received notification that the credit card had been declined. Checked the card, funds still on hold. Called Amazon customer service and got the biggest run around that I have ever gotten. It was like talking to someone in the twilight zone. Refused to listen, blamed the bank etc etc etc. Called the bank, found that on June 14, 2014 Amazon had run the card again for the same transaction.
Credit Card company declined which they should have! Did a "CHAT" with Amazon Maria again with the run around. Amazon has no record of the original hold and are refusing to ship. They are taking no responsibility for anything. They don't even acknowledge the original transaction and now the rep is saying that the bank rescinded the original authorization. Really? I wouldn't be so angry if it weren't for the run around. And of course, this is for something that I need in a timely manner. Wonderful, now the chat rep wants to run the card yet again... Really?
Reviewed June 14, 2014
My partner and myself have both posted a bad review on items bought and both were rejected even though we had not used bad language. Just a straightforward review.
Reviewed June 10, 2014
They lie, Steal (whether it's your money, product ideas, or inventory). They will from time to time, hold your money and say your account is under review. Or they'll shut it down all together, as sellers on Amazon are a dime a dozen. In the meantime, they will hold and use your money. They also see what products are selling and then turn around and sell them themselves, way cheaper than you ever could. Don't sell on Amazon, save your money and set up your own online venture.
Reviewed June 10, 2014
I ordered some t-shirts that did not fit from Got Apparel on Amazon and have had to jump through hoops to try to return them. First, I called the number on the packing slip, which was not the company but a dental college in Wisconsin. The lady very nicely told me that they have called the company many times but to no avail. I should have known I was in for it. Then I emailed. No response.
Finally, weeks later I called Amazon and had to jump up and down to get them to connect me with the company so I can get the address to send these shirts back. Then I go through another rep and manager who want me to wait 48 hours for a Return Authorization number. Really? Finally, the guy could tell I was losing it and offered me a full refund and said I could donate the shirts. Can you believe it?
Reviewed June 9, 2014
I purchased on Amazon previously with great experience. My wife ordered jeans Silver Diva from Miami seller. The company was perfect and jeans are very stylish. She ordered some extra pairs. The shipping arrived within two days - that fast. I carefully ordered a few items for my kitchen. All items arrived just not with the speed of the Miami seller. So I decided to sell on Amazon to see if I could make a positive difference. Started slow the first week then as I added my products and started giving more details - orders started coming in. I was suspended by seller performance right after two orders came in. They were both pending (actually 3 one canceled/or a fake I guess).
So Amazon suspended me right as they were both clear for shipping. Amazon took all my listings off and stated my account was being reviewed. They did not tell why I was suspended for the first few days. Then requested information some typical some not like where do I receive or where I buy my products? I actually have a vast number of wholesalers since I was doing this before I tried at Amazon. If you create your own listings I found they will make an alert under category (So I just erased the entire listing a waste of time).
So all my listings were closed and money to be transferred held by Amazon (still being held). I was told by seller support I was reinstated only to find out I was not. I called and was told only seller performance team can lift the hold/suspension. They sent a message saying be patient still under review. I had asked seller support should I ship the items that came thru to my account. They said wait but maybe send the buyer a message stating the reason. I told Amazon I would not tell them Amazon has suspended me please wait for your items till after they fix my account they suspended seconds after your orders cleared their system.
So I have shipped their orders and uploaded their tracking information. I am still waiting for Amazon to take off a suspension that I was told was for velocity limits, supply information, my inventory, confirm shipment which I provided via tracking FedEx with signature (would recommend with dealings with any high $ items on any online site). Almost one week my listings are still closed. So there are some reasons why Amazon may not be the best options. I will say the fee is not much better than eBay.
EBay charges unfair money transfer upfront listing fees and support for me has never been fair. PayPal the same issues refund to buyer before package returned after customer changed their mind and refused to sign for the insured package with signature confirmation (I did receive back after 1 week/6 days). That’s why signature confirmation is important to me. My prices are always very fair toward the customer. I include free gifts as perks that increase value of items I sell for my customers. I Send only well packaged items with a trusted courier FedEx/DHL. My items are tested and sealed for 100% quality. That’s how I know which couriers to use. I tried USPS a while ago and they damaged over 10 items in 1 month (Never Again).
I would like to be a positive influence at Amazon. This has been a questionable start as I remain suspended. All packages shipped tracked and funds held by someone other than myself. I am saying at least I did not sell 40-50 items at once before my account was suspended. So I erased some listings to make it even easier of a review for Amazon. This may not be what to expect just be prepared if it happens when you start selling at Amazon. Be careful what you buy and where. The same as other online stores - it’s ok to send a message and see how your seller responds. If you feel the price is too steep, ask for a discount or make an offer. I enjoy shopping online and selling so I will leave Amazon with 5 Stars plus will to continue with them for now.
Reviewed June 7, 2014
I am literally cursing myself for the worst decision I have taken to order a product via AMAZON & giving their team a second chance (paying higher cost) when my first experience itself was too bad. 1st order was placed dated 3rd May 2014 for the same product & the appalling reply from Amazon India team (after good 8 days) that the item is OUT OF STOCK. The amount was paid in full at the time of ordering (Refund after 20 days). My basic query - does it takes 8 days for your team to realize that the item is OUT OF STOCK & then reply to customer. Kudos to their INEFFICIENCY.
Now the second episode, when I reordered the same item on May 27, the price of the same item goes up within the same month. OK, they must have good reasons to explain that. However, the most shocking part is that I gets a phone call from the POST OFFICE on 31st May saying that the item is in OPEN CONDITION & they can't deliver it. I am supposed to collect the same from POST OFFICE in person. Great!!!!!
When I reported this matter to Amazon India exec immediately, he assured me to call back in next 15 min. The call never came. When I called back on Sunday, 1st June to another Exec, she had a ready excuse that nothing can be done on Sunday. Worst, she was quite aggressive & unfriendly. Anyways, am sending mails & giving calls regularly & am still waiting to find a right solution after paying in FULL. They are a bunch of liars with no idea on finding solution (& claims to be the world's best customer-centric company - **). Will not advise anyone to go with them & trust these people.
Reviewed June 5, 2014
I ordered a navy striped shower curtain from Amazon.com online shopping several months ago, as I am moving into a condo. When it didn't arrive in mid-May, as expected, I contacted Amazon and asked them to cancel my order. Meanwhile, I bought another curtain, because I needed one. The navy striped curtain arrived finally on May 31st from China. The fabric texture, color, and design were unattractive, and I didn't need the curtain any longer, so I asked to return the item with a full refund. Amazon's STATED policy is that any item ordered can be returned, within 30 days, with a full refund.
Upon request, the Chinese seller sent me a label to print out. When I wrapped the package and brought it to the post office, I learned that the cost of mailing the package back to China ranged between $90 and $14. The postmaster told me that this was now a common practice - he told me of many postal customers who had bought items from China; the cost of return was so high that customers felt that they HAD to keep the products.
I went through Amazon's complaint process; first the seller agreed to pay me $8, and I could keep the item to sell on my own. When I refused, I submitted a complaint to Amazon which was denied. They said that it was not very late, and that there was nothing wrong with the curtain, so the cost of the return postage is the customer's problem. Apparently, Amazon feels that it is OK to expect a customer to return an item ordered from China at their own expense. If I send this shower curtain back to China, paying the minimum postage of $14, I will receive back $5.95. So much for the Amazon RETURN guarantee!
My choices are few and not good: I can go through the return process with the Chinese seller and perhaps eventually receive, at best, a quarter of the value I spent; I can keep the item and try to sell it. My 3rd choice is to refuse ever to be a customer of AMAZON again! That is what I would advise to others.
Reviewed June 5, 2014
Buyers Beware: Purchasing hygiene products on Amazon gives you no protection for your money. I recently bought an electronic toothbrush from Why Pay More, a third party vendor on Amazon, and was very disappointed with the performance of the product. I filed for a return through Amazon which directs it to the third party vendor. The vendor denied the return. I then followed up through the Amazon complaint center and Amazon stood behind the vendor. They have sold me an inferior product at a premium price. DO NOT PURCHASE HYGIENE PRODUCTS FROM AMAZON. Your hard earned money is better protected at a local pharmacy.
According to Why Pay More and Amazon If you open it, you own it. Regardless of the performance. This and all hygiene products should not be purchased from Amazon. You are not protected. To answer the question Why Pay More? Because you will have buyers protection. Pay the extra with a reputable company who stands behind what they sell, not Amazon. Amazon and its third party vendors claim protection against returns of hygiene products and will not accept returns for any reason once you open the package. How do you know it works without opening the package. You don't!
Reviewed June 5, 2014
My wife and I ordered a scooter from an Amazon store. Tracking said the scooter was sent from California. It took two weeks for us to get the scooter even though I paid for 3-5 day shipping. They never said anything about not receiving registration with scooter then lied and said it was against the law to send it (even though other companies do), and when we got, it he wants us to send something back so he doesn't have to pay taxes on a scooter that was never in Texas. TAX FRAUD anyone?
Reviewed June 4, 2014
I can get what I need in 2 days. Amazon Prime is one of the primary factors that allows me to live without a car (the other big one being living in a big city in a nice, walkable neighborhood that has good public transit).
Reviewed June 4, 2014
When I type a name of something in the search box get nothing. Or when I use a VIN number I get nothing.
Reviewed June 3, 2014
I use Amazon Prime weekly. I use the Subscribe and Save with Amazon Mom monthly (saves me 20%). I also use Amazon Smile which donates a portion of my purchase price to a charity that I selected. I've seen many bad reviews in regards to Amazon Prime, but personally I love it. I think you just need to understand it. The Prime items are not always cheaper. In fact, Amazon prices in general aren't always cheaper. Sometimes they are, but not always. I think you have to go into it knowing this.
Sometimes I do get great deals, but that isn't why I use Amazon Prime. It's the convenience. I work full time and drive 40 miles to and from work Monday through Friday. I have 2 kids at home, one who is still an infant. My life is busy. I don't have the time (or want to spend the free time I do have) shopping. If you have the time to shop, or to search online for the best deals, promotions and specials then don't bother with Amazon Prime. If you want fair deals and convenience, then Amazon Prime should be just as beneficial for you as it is for me.
My time is worth the slight extra I probably pay in the long run. I also take advantage of the free streaming movies, free book downloads and the one free new title I get every month. I even use the Amazon credit card which gives me triple points for Amazon purchases. I have had a situation where they did not meet the 2-day shipping guarantee. They were polite, apologized and gave me a $5 refund. Did that help me get my item on time? No. But what can you expect? They aren't magically going to make my item appear.
I would say I have ordered upwards of 400 items in the last year (remember I get all my baby supplies and some food items and household supplies and such so it really adds up) and they have missed their delivery date only twice. That's not bad. I have returned items for free on Prime and got my refund credited back with no hassle. I do have an item now that I want to return. It was an $80 item and they are trying to charge me a $20 restocking fee. Never had that happen before but I'm sure I can call Amazon customer service and get it ironed out. Well, there is my 2 cents on Amazon Prime.
Reviewed June 3, 2014
Don't buy any thing from Amazon India. A unspeakable worst experience with Amazon. Product and refund both not given by Amazon and finally refused for further services.
Reviewed June 1, 2014
Out of the last six orders, I have had one refund on a defective item, one denial of a refund on an item (it failed at about 40 days). Amazon is 30 days only, no matter what other lies they will tell you. And the third item never arrived, no refund, nothing. The thing I find most disturbing with Amazon is they immediately charge your card when you order, but yet don't ship the item for several days or even weeks thereby creating this huge interest for Amazon. Remember they are global, so we are talking huge amounts of money this company is making by this process of delaying shipping or simply charge the customer's card, then not send them anything. I have closed my Amazon account and am now shopping locally and am pleasantly surprised to find much cheaper prices, plus I can look at and touch what it is I am buying. A LOT of the pictures on Amazon are not very accurate.
Reviewed May 30, 2014
I purchase a iminipad case on May 26, 2014 from Amazon. They ship it out the next day and I will receive it on May 30, 2014. Well it never was delivered because they said it was damage. I'm pissed off because no one email me or told me they did not deliver it when I talk to them. They were like, "we refund your money back," but sometimes it's not about the money. It's how you do business. That was a birthday gift for my grandbaby. When I check the review on them, other people have had the same problem that I had.
Reviewed May 30, 2014
Tried to get order processed for 2 days without success. First, it took them a day to get the item online so I could order it. I have ordered from them a hundred times before with everything the same. This time they claimed the phone number they had on file did not match my credit cards phone number. I emailed them current phone although think this is invasion of privacy. I have lost 2 days of my time trying to get this ordered, emailing amazon 10 times and not getting responses. Have called a dozen times and all they would tell me was wait for the "account specialist" (I can think of a better name) to review it. 12 hours later they emailed claiming my bank declined the transaction. Contacted my credit card company who stated they did NOT decline the transaction, that amazon did not even TRY to process a charge. If this were not a very important order (my son's engagement ring) I would have told them what they could do with it. I did tell them this would be my last order. Did not phase them, they could care less. They still get paid no matter what kind of job they do. I wish they would put their name on the emails so we could rate their service, and they would get paid accordingly. And I paid $30 for ONE DAY SHIPPING!
Reviewed May 30, 2014
I shopping at Amazon.com by clean money but Amazon Hold account, and request a billing statement. I had fax to them all docs necessary but I receive only a automatic email: "We received your fax, however it did not contain the information required to process your order." I buy at amazon a lot, buy CLEAN Money but not representative sales call me. NEVER buy at Amazon. Super bad.
Reviewed May 29, 2014
Ordered many items the past year, very good communication. Also you can see very clear and detailed product reviews. You can ask any question about an item and they send your questions to the people who bought the same item and you are getting clear helpful answers direct by email. I asked in the last few days questions on items. I got my answers in less than a half hour from people who are actually using this item so I knew if this is meeting my needs.
Reviewed May 28, 2014
I was chosen to be a reviewer for Amazon TV series concepts. There was a small bonus for the first review but none afterward. The reviews were outsourced with identical questions for each review. About a month ago, I saw a plot line I liked and among the radio buttons chose "Probably interested". On the next page it asked me why I was "definitely not interested." The back button on my browser would not allow me to go back to the previous question. Aborting the interview didn't work either, it just started where you left off. I put in a complaint to Executive Customer Relations including my thoughts, as a retired IT Project Manager about how shoddy this programming was - something I never would have allowed to happen for any of the systems for which I was responsible and I told them this should be corrected before the next preview came out.
When the latest preview came out there was no back button on the poll and the browser back button still would not allow one to return to a prior question. I resubmitted my complaint to Executive Customer Relations and the answer I received was: "I've confirmed with our Amazon Studios team the survey is working as intended - the lack of back buttons is intentional. I'm sorry for any misunderstanding." I was amazed that such an obvious programming error, that completely ignores user ergonomics or even basic common sense would be allowed to continue. I replied as follows: "Intentional? This is hard to believe. They WANT to prevent people who make a mistake from going back to correct it. Is that right?
Please make sure Jeff knows about this because I, for one, will not be participating in these surveys while those who are running them show complete disregard for the people who are taking these surveys and at no cost to you. Personally, I find this answer OUTRAGEOUS and would like to make VERY SURE that this is escalated. Is it even possible that the same person who wants to get purchased items to customers by drone, to make them as happy as possible, could be OK with this kind of answer? Perhaps the person in the Amazon Studios Team is at your level or is Senior to you and you are reluctant to escalate the issue on your own. Be advised, you are NOT on your own. I want this escalated. If you choose not to do so I will take any other path necessary to see that it is."
This is the answer I got: "I realize you're upset and I regret we've been unable to address your concerns to your satisfaction. However, we'll not be able to offer any additional insight or action on these matters and any further inquiries on this matter will not receive a response." I think it is important that my experience be spread throughout the Amazon community so that other users who have been asked to participate know how little their satisfaction means to Amazon. Perhaps they will then have second thoughts about why they even bother to offer their time, free of charge, to Amazon and will either refrain from participating in future Amazon Previews if not be quite as honest in their answers.
Reviewed May 25, 2014
I sold my first item on Amazon as a new seller. When the buyer received the item, they requested a return for full refund. Amazon refunded the buyer but the buyer will not return the merchandise. Many attempts have been made via email to from seller to buyer requesting that the merchandise be returned. Amazon customer service tells the seller there is nothing that can do to retrieve the merchandise and they will not reverse the refund from the buyer. I feel as a seller that I am the victim of FRAUD. Is there anything that I can do to recover my merchandise? The buyer kept the item for FREE!
Reviewed May 22, 2014
I received the wrong item. Their website does not work to send a return, no phone number to contact anyone. I will never buy a thing from them again.
Reviewed May 20, 2014
Amazon UK failed me miserably when I needed it the most! Don’t rely on amazon if you need something urgently. Their delivery promises are lies and they have some lying drivers too!
I discovered an ant invasion in my house on a Saturday and quickly ordered ant bait on amazon. I paid £7.99 to get the £1.99 item delivered on Monday so I can use it ASAP. After the eager waiting during the weekend, it was finally Monday and my ordeal with amazon started. I waited whole day in office and nobody came. I then called amazon twice requesting the driver to let me know if it can be delivered by 5.30pm. No calls at all. I then waited at the office building front door for 3 hours after work and nobody showed up. Then I received an email from amazon saying they tried to deliver but there was nobody. I was totally shocked and couldn’t believe that someone could just tell blunt lie like that. It is unspeakably shameless. I assume that the driver knew this was a business address and assumed it was closed, so s/he just lied and took off.
After waiting for 3 hours while I was having a fever and got such a shocking result, I called amazon customer service. The agent refunded me the delivery fee (of course they should. They DID NOT deliver AT ALL!) and offered me £5. I felt extremely insulting and requested to speak to her manager. The manager was trying to help, but he said the most he was allowed to do was to offer £10. Seriously? This is how amazon treats their long-term customers? I am happy to offer 10 times of what they offered just to put their CEO through the ordeal I’ve been through!
But the ordeal caused by amazon was not over yet. It was already 10pm after 1.5h commute to go back to London from my office. I still need ant bait. Then I headed to a large Tesco, which is not close to my home. Luckily they have ant bait (thank you Tesco!). I finally got home around 11pm and when I opened the door, my house was totally infested by ants and they were everywhere!!!! I then went on another battle to kill ants and finally placed the bait on the ant trail. That night I went to bed at 2am and inevitably I was late for work the next day.
Lessons learnt from this amazon ordeal is that amazon is not trustworthy. I will remind myself and everyone I know for the rest of my life that always try Tesco and other stores before heading to amazon. They often have better or same good deals AND are much more reliable!
Reviewed May 19, 2014
Amazon's A-Z Guarantee is a serious issue. Customers frequently abuse it to take advantage of Sellers. Amazon automatically sides with the buyer. Even if there is ample evidence presented against the buyers claims and none to support them Amazon will side with the buyer.
This policy would be great if Amazon wasn't more concerned with it's reputation then justice. When a buyer can purchase a name brand item, claim it was a knockoff and provide not proof for that but still keep the product AND get a full refund there is something wrong. Especially when the seller has CERTIFIED PROOF that the product was made by the OEM and was not a knockoff.
In this case Sellers are Consumers because they are purchasing Amazon's services, quit often for a substantial fee of up to 25%, and Amazon cares not one whit when their decisions on A-Z claims results in small business or independent sellers going out of business or into significant debt.
Not only that but Amazon often takes products which are mildly popular, and the data for them supplied by the Sellers (which is sometimes painstakingly collected and formatted for Amazon's site [which can be absolutely nonsensical at times]) and begins selling the product themselves, for a profit margin no small seller could hope to match. They also do not follow their own formatting rules for data. They allow themselves to use HTML code within descriptions, they have item names that are longer then 100 characters and many other things which sellers are not allowed to do.
Amazon is abusive and I imagine that they break many laws, but who can afford to take them to court over it after Amazon steals all of their money for "infractions" of a policy that they made up themselves, for themselves...
Reviewed May 19, 2014
I do not have a credit account with Amazon, although I had applied for one year ago and been rejected. I purchase things fairly often, paying up-front with my debit card. Recently, I saw a charge on my bank from Amazon that I hadn't made. My bank said it was made using my routing number and bank account. The only way they could've had that was from the old application. I reported it as a fraudulent charge and Amazon said they couldn't trace it by the manner of payment and that they couldn't find a charge card in my name. Duh, I don't have one! I had to cancel my checking account and open a new account, which resulted in a lot of problems getting direct deposits and auto pays changed over.
Meanwhile, my married daughter had, who does have a charge account with them had a payment she made on her account reversed. It was the same amount I had that was going through on my account before I stopped it (it had already gone through her bank account). Somehow these idiots have gotten us connected when the only thing in common is the last name on our e-mails and the routing number of the bank. Everything else is different! In fact, her charge account with Amazon is set up in her husband's name, not hers! When she had checked her bank account, the charge had gone through, so when she checked her balance a couple of days later, thinking the charge had gone through, she used the current balance showing to go ahead and buy some other things.
Now, Amazon sent her a letter stating they had reversed the charge due to fraudulent activity reported (remember, the fraud report was on MY account not hers - totally different account numbers and names), so she now owes them again, but doesn't have the money due to their error. We're still fighting them to get this cleared up, with nothing but rudeness on their side and no help so far. We will never purchase anything from them again! Oh, and last month, they sent a wrong item and when we tried to print the return label, it said it needed "special processing" and to call customer service. It took forever to find the right number to call and the people we talked to were rude and we had to fight with them to get a return label sent to us by e-mail. It took 3 tries to get it sent correctly. Stay away from Amazon!
Reviewed May 19, 2014
I caught a child looking at adult sex toys on Amazon. They typed in a search in the search box on Amazon's site and it came up. That tells me that Amazon has no type of age verification to view these products. I talked to customer service and they couldn't give me an answer as to why they don't verify age, but in their own terms of use, it says anyone under 18 can't buy anything from them so I asked if they have no way of verifying age, how do they know how old someone is and again they couldn't answer. I talked to 2 separate customer service people and still didn't get an answer. I asked how to reach someone who could tell me and again I was told they don't know. Finally, I was told to email the CEO and they gave me his email address. I'm waiting to see if he answers me. I explained that any kid could get hold of a credit card and order anything they wanted from Amazon and the reply I got was, "I'll pass it on."
Reviewed May 18, 2014
Shipping Fraud. Beware of Amazon.com Free Shipping Promotion, May 18, 2014. BIC Mark-It Permanent Marker, Chisel Tip, Black, 12 Markers (Office Product). These marker were offered as part of the Amazon.com free shipping but when the markers arrived at my United States Post Office box - which is my validated PayPal delivery location, the markers arrived postage due and we had to pay $7 in postage to claim the markers or lose the purchase.
This problem appears to originate with Amazon.com's shipping policies and I have complained to the office of the President of Amazon about this problem but nothing was done about the problem. I also complained to the FBI Internet Fraud Division as this is clearly internet fraud - but they did not get back to me.
Here is the problem. Amazon.com uses a rotating method of picking a shipper to send packages within it's free shipping option. The United States Post Office, where I have my mail box will not sign for shipments from FedEx or UPS - because they are in competition with FedEx and UPS and usually return the packages. I have notified Amazon.com of this problem and posted a note on my account not to ship via FedEx or UPS signature as United States Postal Service will not accept the package. This time, the United States Postal Service used a different outcome when the package arrived via FedEx - The United States Postal Service now claims that because the package arrived at my post office box without any postage being paid - the postage dues is $7. The markers were sent free shipping, I paid $9.99 for them with free shipping included and then paid $7 in postage due.
I have been trying to resolve this ongoing issue of free shipping for months now. I have had about a 1/2 dozen shipments returned by the USPS because of Amazon.com's shipping practices. I have contacted the US Postal Service, the President of Amazon.com, UPS, FedEx and the FBI and cannot get a solution to the problem. Maybe by posting this message, the vendor of this shipment will contact Amazon.com and ask them why this shipping arrived with postage due on a free shipping sale. Otherwise beware of Amazon.com's free shipping policies. Meanwhile - I am making most of my purchases from Ebay. They offer free shipping as well, usually using carriers who can deliver to my USPS mail box.
Reviewed May 16, 2014
Lately several of the items I purchased from Amazon Prime have been received ridiculously late. What has happened to what was such a good shopping experience? I believe Amazon doesn't care about customer service anymore. The tracking is a joke and the outsourced staff, who sound like they are reading off a script. If Amazon keeps this up, they very soon will start to see members leave in droves. Their customer service is useless, a complete waste of your time. I will most likely cancel my membership, it's just not worth the aggravation. It has been 10 days since I ordered using Amazon Prime.
Reviewed May 16, 2014
I have been buying on Amazon since 2011. I spend quite a lot with them and have had some returns however, compared to the number of sales they make to me I believe it evens out. I am not sure if this has anything to do with it because they refuse to even discuss it with me. They even go so far as to get unreasonably rude. It realize it sounds strange but it almost appears that whoever is doing this is getting some type of perverse pleasure. I know it sound so odd but if you saw the things they have written to me I think you might agree.
I cannot buy from them or to a large extent use my Kindle keyboard or Kindle fire. I even had to fight to get some of the books that I purchased re-downloaded because they had disappeared! I also have lost access to my receipts so the warranties that I have from the manufacturer and also the ones I purchased from Squaretrade are now pretty much worthless. I feel so cheated especially since I know I have done NOTHING wrong. Thanks for listening. I just needed to tell someone.
Reviewed May 7, 2014
I ordered on 2nd May 2014 (for which I had paid instantly through online) and it was conveyed that it should reach with 5th May, 2014 to me. But after elapsing the next 48 hrs, I am still waiting for my stuff to come. Once contacted to the customer service operator I surprised to know that if the courier is unable to deliver the stuff and return back to Amazon, then only they can issue a refund only after getting their stuff back to them. So if the courier doesn't send it back to them in that case my refund will be all at sea!!!!!! So friends please think twice before making any order to Amazon as my experience was just too bad.
Reviewed May 6, 2014
Minka Aire fans emit a high frequency sound. Unable to use. Delivered in Jan but not installed until last week. Calls to Amazon customer service result in same company line: Will refund 50 per cent of cost. Two fans have the problem. Plan to call customer service supervisor. Was on hold for 40 minutes today with no satisfaction. I am a loyal and frequent Amazon Prime customer (at least I was one)!
Reviewed May 5, 2014
I purchased an item from Amazon that I now realize was really purchasing it from Mayfair. One reason I buy a lot from Amazon is their excellent guarantee and return policy - they send a mailing label electronically and have the item picked up, postage free, the next day. But when they are a "front" for another company, you have to go by the return policy of that company. In this case, a fairly heavy item was defective. In addition to the information that I had only a few days left for a return of a defect showing up in several weeks for an item with a "1-year guarantee", the return requires me to pack up the item, take it to a post office, pay the postage, and then pay for the return postage for the replacement! Instead, I will trash the item and figure out how to avoid ever purchasing an item through Amazon when the refund policy leaves you at the mercy of a company about which you know nothing. If there is no other online alternative, you are much better off purchasing from a store where you can return the item if it is defective.
Reviewed May 1, 2014
I admit I am a big fan of Amazon. They make it so easy to shop. I can hold onto items in my wish list indefinitely - gift ideas, vitamins I need to reorder, or some big ticket item I am pricing at other retailers. I always check the "free shipping" filter so that I only need to place an order $35 to get free shipping. This relationship has worked out well for years. However, there is definitely a change going on.... The shipping was delayed on my last 3 orders for no reason at all. It seems when you reach the free shipping quota of $35, they take 1-2 weeks just to place my "in stock" items in a box. Amazon used to ship out my orders immediately (1-2 day max). You expect the actual "in transit" time to be 5-7 days. But there should be no delay in placing the items in a box and preparing them to ship. I believe that Amazon is doing this to force everyone to sign up for Amazon Price. Try finding another retailer to provide the same broad shopping options and you will quickly discover none exist - so Amazon has a monopoly. How did this happen? How did Amazon get so big that now they can force us all to "pay" to shop on their site?
Reviewed April 30, 2014
I started shopping on Amazon a number of years ago and I recently started selling on eBay by first buying on Amazon then drop shipping to the customers. One of my first three orders to be sent to a customer ended up cancelled by the customer because Amazon.com put a hold on my account until I could 'complete payment for an item.' However, there was no actual problem in me paying. Also, when I attempted (several times) to access my account to see if I truly needed to try to have my payment processed, I could not access my account. I was supposed to hear from some kind of tech support person in 24-48 hrs. and two days later no such call has been made to me. Eventually, a customer support rep told me to e-mail the Amazon seller performance team. After doing so, I was e-mailed this:
Thank you for writing concerning your account. For privacy and security reasons, we can only send information to the e-mail address that is registered to your Amazon account. Please write from the e-mail address that is registered to your account and we will be happy to assist you. Thank you for your patience and we look forward to hearing from you.
Since it was a number of years ago when I first began using Amazon.com to make purchases, I tried e-mailing them from my other e-mail. I got the same response. As I e-mailed Amazon, it seems to me like Amazon would have contacted me one way or another since I was also told that because I used a different computer than I normally used, it may very well be the reason I was locked out of selling via Amazon.
To really sum up just how bad this whole thing is on Amazon's part, a lady ordered a bicycle with training wheels for her grandson. Amazon locked me out of purchasing from them. I spent hours looking online for the same bicycle at a decent price. The bicycle by then was going to arrive late. The lady cancelled her order, and all because I was being the nice guy by helping my dad move some items into storage and had to use his computer (he didn't have his password to allow me access to his Wifi). I ended up in a bad spot.
I hope Amazon's business gets driven into the ground. I wish I could sue them and be part of a class-action suit against them but my loss probably isn't considered enough even though I spent three days trying to get the lady her order. One day I will be a top seller on eBay, Yah willing, and I hope to take enough business from Amazon to make a large dent in their profits as they are corrupt. I would love to provide my order number but I'm locked out of my account... Believer in justice and hope and help for the oppressed.
Reviewed April 27, 2014
I purchased two items and it stated 6 items left, so it should have shipped next business day. I never got a response so after 7 days, I tried to cancel. It would not let me and then I got an email saying item was shipped. Since I hadn't heard from them I looked online at the manufacturing website and found both items half the price as well as shipping was cheaper.
Reviewed April 26, 2014
I have ordered a few things that said: "Order within 2 hours and you will get it in two days." Then I didn't get it in time!! When needing the order as a gift... this sucks.
Reviewed April 24, 2014
I listed an item for sale on Amazon and had four quick sales in less than eight hours!!! I was so excited, but my excitement was dashed the following morning because Amazon sent me an email explaining that my account had been suspended for poor selling performance, and policy violation. When I spoke to a customer service rep they could not give me one reason as to why my account was suspended... not one! Then they expect you to still ship the item and wait 30 to 90 days to receive payment.
How on earth could you mail someone an expensive iPhone 5s 32GB factory unlocked phone worth almost $1500 and not get paid for over THREE MONTHS!!! I was just astounded at the absolute stupidity and absurdness... Then I couldn't even get a straight answer for the suspension. Then Amazon denied they suspended my account and said it's just under review. My screen clearly showed a suspension status, and poor performance. It was just unbelievable what this company does to people.
I have canceled my Amazon accounts - merchant and seller, and canceled my prime membership. I will never go back and if you are thinking about selling on Amazon, please Don't! We spent over five hours trying to get help only to receive none. We will just stick to eBay! At least they care about small business and treating everyone fairly. JUST SAY NO TO AMAZON. I will be more than happy to provide proof. Just call... anytime.
Reviewed April 24, 2014
I purchases a radio (new) on Amazon for $400. The day I received it, I found the exact same radio on Overstock for $100. I returned the radio the next day (unused) and they kept $87 for "restocking" fee. Amazon said since it was sold by another company (Value-Warehouse) thru them, there was nothing they could do. Bottom line is it is buyer beware when you buy from Amazon. They are only as good as their vendors.
Reviewed April 22, 2014
For some reason, despite my seller account settings, Amazon suddenly stopped sending me any email notifications of a pending sale. After several weeks, I checked and they suspended my account for "late order shipment." In trying to resolve this, they took several weeks before a reply that essentially said it was my fault for shipping late and what was my plan to fix it. Duh??? If there was a better alternative, I would NEVER sell or buy on Amazon again.
Reviewed April 17, 2014
I had over 390 items of digital content with Amazon purchased over the years. Monday afternoon, I received a notice that my account was suspended for "dubious unauthorized account activity." (I *had* changed a credit card number that afternoon, and tried to re-access my account by changing my password.) Then I received another notice that my account was not closed and would not be reopened. I do not believe I was hacked; I believe they were over-reacting to actions I took from home regarding my own account.
I called customer service. No go. I placed over 10 calls and chats with customer service reps over the next two days. At no point was I ever put in touch with a person who can help me restore my account. I receive instructions that I must create a new account but no reassurances that they will do anything else to help me after I do this. A customer service rep convinces me to follow these instructions because they can't help me if I don't create a new account. The new account will, I read in the e-mail, wipe out all of my previous account information. I am very fearful to do this. But I do it.
Then, my Prime account is canceled. My subscription orders are canceled. A couple refunds were sent to me, but no one told me there would be any refunds! I am told that only Kindle eBooks can be transferred to the new account, not MP3s or Instant videos. I am told I will get a gift card for the purchase price of the hundreds of MP3s and dozens of movies I have purchased over the years. Thanks, now I have to go back and purchase my collection all over again?
A full day out and no word from anyone at Account services. I contact a rep and demand that Account Services call me .... Account Services never tells me what they are doing or when it will be done. A rep finally e-mailed me yesterday morning. Basically, she said, my old account is not ever going to be reopened. My order history (over 10 years) is not going to be transferred. My Kindle books were transferred. MP3s, Android apps, and Instant video purchases will not be transferred; I will have to repurchase. (I have not yet received credit for this). And she will take no further comments or questions from me in regard to this matter! (Thank you very much, but c'mon!) So, I get the brush off. My account remains in limbo. I am embittered and angry.
My best analogy: Someone walks into your house on a sunny afternoon and padlocks the cupboard where you keep your library, CD and DVD collections. They refuse to talk to you except by handwritten notes (many hours after you ask your questions). They will not talk with customer service agents, who are the only people who can write the e-mails that are sent to the account services people. In the meantime, you are shown a lovely new EMPTY cupboard and required to get that one; because the cupboard you had will remain locked forever.
I need to seriously reconsider whether I ever want to purchase ebooks, MP3s, videos or apps from Amazon in the future. This experience blows. I do not feel protected. I feel victimized. I was not supported through a difficult (if necessary) transition. Proactive customer support would have better explained what would happen, why, and when. They would have offered a case number and a phone number where I could talk to a person who could walk with me (hold my hand) through a process I did not believe I could trust.
Reviewed April 16, 2014
I placed an order with Amazon by entering all information as a new customer which included my credit card information. I received emails stating that the order was in process. Then on Sunday I called regarding the order after I received email indicating a problem. I spoke with customer service representative who stated that an account specialist would have to review the order and would get back with me. I provided my telephone number. Then one day later received email stating that the account was corrected and that the hold was taken off and that I would received email regarding shipment of my purchase. Wednesday called to inquire about order and was informed that the order was cancelled by the customer service representative that I spoke with on Sunday. At no time did I provide to the representative a statement to cancel order Amazon took upon themselves to cancel the order without even informing me. I had to find out by checking up on the order. This is not best business practice.
Reviewed April 16, 2014
I had been ordering from Amazon for over a decade and my experience in the past 4 and a half months have been nothing short of horrible. Merchandise received has been damaged - poor packaging & items cancelled for no apparent reason or explanation. The last straw was today - I had place an order about 11am New York time for a printer and a few ancillary items. I received an email after 10 pm stating the printer order was cancelled due to a "wrong address" which makes absolutely no sense considering that cleaning wipes were shipped but the printer was not.
When I've contacted Amazon in the last few months, I never know who I'll be speaking with - someone in Johannesburg, the Philippines or God knows where. In the rare event I actually am able to speak to someone in the United States, they are entirely clueless and can offer no explanation related to anything - be it password reset questions, shipping or items damaged in transit. When I've asked to speak to a supervisor, I get responses like "I don't have a supervisor" or "I'm not gonna put you through - they're not gonna tell you anything anyway".
Reviewed April 15, 2014
I order items through Amazon occasionally - and have never encountered an issue, until I was checking my bank account, and saw a charge for $69.00 for "Amazon Prime". I know that I have NEVER, EVER signed up for any kind of "Free trial video" and I am now incredibly angered and worried that if AMAZON is doing this to me, how many millions of others are they trying to pull this on??? They must be automatically enrolling you in this program if you click on something else innocuous. I called and talked to some moron and his supervisor, and they did credit my account, but I am posting this message to warn others.
It is HORRIFIC that without your knowledge or any sort of receipt sent, they can just go and debit someone's account for this fraud!! I am going to notify as many groups as I can about this, because I would like to know just how many people have been conned by Amazon.com just like this - and maybe they never even noticed. I am never going to buy another item through this company again on principle.
Reviewed April 15, 2014
I've written 7 books and most were published on Amazon. Were. Yet again 2 of my books were removed with an email telling me that I had to prove I wrote them. Leaving most of MY books up, it’s as if they randomly choose books to remove with nothing but an email that gives me no insight as to HOW to remedy the situation. With ZERO reply or return emails, I'm still forced to try and find a way to prove I have publishing rights because sending them an original doc did not work nor did directing them to my personal website where all my original works are uploaded for my viewers for free. They continue to both acknowledge that I wrote the stories while denying me ANY info on what it is they want or need. I'm so frustrated with Amazon and their incompetence to the point of legitimate anger but my self-publishing options are limited. I plan on filing with the BBB next. Beware of investing your promotions to this company who has a rep for this sort of personal attack to authors. Beware.
Reviewed April 14, 2014
Well I placed my order on March 21st for my couches. The order showed pending on my account and after everything went through I just figured that transaction went through as well. Well about a week after I placed the order the shipper contacted me to let me know there was an issue with my order and that they wouldn't get here till the middle of April. During this phone call they asked me if I wanted a refund, I said no because I wanted the couches so why does someone offer a refund when there wasn't any money taken out in the first place? But then 20 days after I placed the order and they never told me that they wouldn't take the money till the items shipped so I had just put every dollar I had on to my prepaid card.
The next morning I went to process my electric bill and it was declined and why? Because they took the money way after I processed the order. So I call them to see why and what happens with the first representative. Of course they hang up on me. The next time I asked for the supervisor and they said it was the shipper I needed to talk to. So I wait hours for them to call me just for them to tell me this is Amazon's policy to hold your order for however long it takes to ship it. I don't know about you but when I order something I expect the money to be taken very quickly not sandbag it till whenever you feel like taking the money. I spent a good 4 to 5,000 in less than a month and planned on purchasing much much more from Amazon but due to their lack in communication and that they just take money whenever they want, I can't count on them to hold up their end of the deal.
So I write this hoping and praying that everyone that reads this doesn't take a risk with Amazon and I will cancel my account with them and never shop with them again.... I was Amazon's biggest shopper. I know I was always praising them and telling everyone I know to go shop there but all that will change to don't ever shop with Amazon again. They didn't take the money when they should and now they put me almost $700 in the hole and all they can do is make me cancel my order. Well I needed those couches but screw you, Amazon. It will be my life's goal to make sure anyone I meet and everyone I know doesn't ever use your site. Your customer service sucks.
Reviewed April 6, 2014
I made a purchase back on 1/10/2014 and the merchandise needed to be returned. I learned at the point of returning that I had to pay the return shipping costs up front and would be later refunded once proven the amount spent. I followed the procedures when the refund was processed, it was separated by the price of the merchandise and the shipping costs making the refund 2 transactions on January 31st (?). I received one but not the other.
I have been contacting Amazon for 4 months. I have had my bank on conference explaining to them that one of the refunds never made it to my account and all Amazon does is constantly send emails from their billing department stating that they already processed it. There is no way to speak to this department nor can you reply their emails. I am totally outraged and above all this no one is compensating me for my time and frustration caused by this. I think that this looks bad on their part the merchant in China sent the refund plus the shipping back to Amazon and they (Amazon) shorted me $29.70. How bad of a statement is that for Amazon to make? I just want my refund as promised.
Reviewed April 5, 2014
Amazon closed my account for some arbitrary reason. I was still within 30 days to return merchandise. I was told that I could receive a refund if I paid to mail back the package at my expense. I spent $30 to return a package containing $700 of merchandise and Amazon is insisting that they never received the package. This is because they need a justification to withhold my refund because they closed my account. I keep e-mailing them with the tracking number to show that the package was delivered and they keep e-mailing back that it wasn't. It's impossible to speak to anyone who speaks English, let alone actually speak to anyone on the phone who isn't a programmed Amazon drone, spitting out canned lines.
Reviewed April 3, 2014
I currently live in Spain and was interested in purchasing a Kindle Fire. I contacted Amazon and asked about language because of my location and not being fluent in Spanish, I was told that I could choose my language so I went ahead and ordered, only to find that the only website that I could use was the Spanish one (which is useless) and the user guides are all in Spanish. I feel that the information I was given before purchasing was misleading. I contacted them and was told that I could register on the .com site - which I did - only to find that I cannot purchase any apps as I don't have an American address or bank account. The end result is that I was sold an item which is basically useless to me as I am forced to use a website in a language I am not happy with. I would say in closing, that I can still purchase books for me Kindle e-reader from .com (purchased before .es was set up) so the mechanism is in place to accommodate their customers.
Reviewed March 28, 2014
I can honestly say I use an Amazon service at least once per day - so the company has definitely has a positive impact on my life. I use a Kindle Fire, my kids watch Prime video, and I read reviews and purchase products frequently. We also use Subscribe & Save to get products coming to us consistently - diapers for the baby, makeup for my wife, and other household things like dish detergent. Amazon has made my life a lot easier, and the 1 and 2 day shipping options are great.
The only downsides to Amazon right now are:
- Product descriptions. This is hit or miss on a lot of products. Some have great ones, others don't have any at all.- Product videos. A lot of e-commerce shops are doing video for all products. It would be great if Amazon did more of this.
- Kindle Fire interface. I don't love coverflow - I like a more traditional app listing interface.
Overall, though, I'm a big time Amazon fan.
Reviewed March 27, 2014
I have been ordering from Amazon for quite a while, never once did I get a voucher, code, discount. Then today I place an order and the date of arrival was different that when I place order, so I cancel. Then to top it off, I was disrespected by a rude email. I will seek elsewhere to place my orders.
Reviewed March 26, 2014
I ordered a nail gun from Amazon on Feb 5... They quoted a delivery date between March 5 and March 27. Although I don't recall seeing any 'out of stock' notifications on their web site, I was a bit puzzled about the long delivery date, but the price was good and I was not in a big hurry at the time I placed the order. Okay. So since I haven't heard anything from Amazon about this order in 5 weeks, I called to ask when I could expect shipment. I was told the item was out of stock, they had no idea when it would be in stock, but that they could offer me a 'used' item from one of their third-party sellers for $3.00 more than what I paid for the original 'new' item! Seems to me that if they offer the item for a posted price, then they should deliver the goods at that price. The CSR at Amazon told me, "We haven't yet charged you for the item", which is not really true, as I used a gift card as partial payment (I doubt that card shows any available balance at this point in time). Amazon customer service was no help at all. Order is in limbo. I'm aggravated to say the least.
Reviewed March 26, 2014
I have been selling high quality jewelry on many marketplaces since 1998. We take great pride in ensuring consistent quality control and honesty for our products. On eBay, our feedback rating is 100%, as well as on other marketplaces, including AMAZON. We had an account on AMAZON and were selling occasionally. In August of 2013, an order came in under the name of Mr. ** at ** in Enfield, CT. The order was for over 10 items totaling $16,806. Four of the items were returned to us for refund without all the contents in the box such as certificates, etc.
We tried to contact the customer via phone, through Amazon messages, and other way we could think of in order to discuss his problem. No response was ever recorded and we were concerned that it was a possible fraudulent order so we called Amazon and notified them of the issue. The customer never reached out to us for the credit and we were waiting to hear back from Amazon as to what to do. They told us that if the customer did not return all the contents and a certain amount of time passed without his responding to the case, then we did not need to return the money. So that is what we did.
Right around this time, we received an email from AMAZON that we need to participate in a Jewelry Quality Assurance Program if we wanted to continue selling. A response was needed from us within 48 hours which I did. Apparently, they used the wrong email address and never got our response. So we sent it in to the new email. Here is our emails with them:
"Good day. I am very confused as to what is happening here. Firstly, you sent this email to us under a different address which we responded to already. Nobody sent us back an email after I followed the instructions. I then called AMAZON customer service and was told there was no one to talk to in this department. Then we received another email under a different email address from AMAZON saying there is some problem. Regardless, I am concerned with 2 things: 1) Communication with the department is unavailable on your end via telephone. 2) You state that you want to take apart our jewelry and may conduct other testing which might impact our jewelry. That is unacceptable and will serve as loss to our company in the items, or quite possible even breaking of the stones. This is without reassurances on your end.
We are reputable jewelry manufacturing company selling on the internet for over 10 years. All our items come with a guarantee to the quality stated. We abide by all laws in the United States Metal Act which requires the proper stamping on each individual metal. Our diamond are accurate graded and certified appraisals are included. With this in mind, I welcome the opportunity to discuss this matter more at length with a representative from your department so I can understand exactly what is going on. Thank you for your patience regarding this matter."
On 12/16/13 to me: "We apologize for the communications issues you have experienced to participate in our jewelry quality assurance program. During verification, the lab may need to perform destructive testing on your items. This may include dremeling, removal of gemstones, fire assay, or other methods of testing. The lab will only use destructive testing methods as needed. They will strive to complete the verification process without destructive testing, but it may be necessary in some particular cases."
From me sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 1:21 PM to jewelry-qa-program: "What if I choose not to participate in this program?"
On 12/18/13 to me - "Thank you for the response! Should you choose to not participate in the jewelry quality assurance program, you will be required to remove all fine jewelry in your catalog within 7 calendar days. If fine jewelry is found to be sold under your account after that time period, your jewelry selling privileges will be automatically revoked."
12/18/13 to jewelry-qa-pro: "Is there a contact telephone number for you guys? If I do send the items, how do I know the diamonds will not be damaged? If they are damaged, who will be responsible for paying us the value of the item? I am not as worried for the silver items as those items are not highly valued items. But the gold and diamond merchandise I am concerned. What assurances can you provide me? Again, is there a contact telephone number and person in charge so I have some follow-up information? If I decide to participate, am I able to have more time to gather the products needed? As you know, there was a miscommunication with your departments initial email to us. I am grateful that we are getting timely responses now."
12/23/13 to me: "Can you please let me know your question or concern. That way, I know the correct person to direct you to for help. During verification, the lab may need to perform destructive testing and we do not provide compensation for those items. This may include dremeling, removal of gemstones, fire assay, or other methods of testing. The lab will only use destructive testing methods as needed. They will strive to complete the verification process without destructive testing, but it may be necessary in some particular cases.
We are asking all of our sellers to provide the merchandise within 7 days after request. I see that we are currently past this date and would like to receive the ASINs requested as soon as possible.You can certainly decline to participate in the jewelry quality assurance program, but please be aware that you will no longer be allowed to sell fine jewelry on Amazon. You must review your catalog to ensure that you have no fine jewelry listings within 7 days. If fine jewelry is found to be sold under your account after that time period, your jewelry selling privileges will be automatically revoked."
THE FRAUD THAT I AM COMPLAINING ABOUT IS SIMPLE. WHEN WE FINALLY WERE READY TO SEND OUR ITEMS TO THE PROGRAM, WE SAW THE ADDRESS AS ** IN ENFIELD, CT. WE WERE SHOCKED THAT THIS WAS THE SAME ADDRESS AS MR. ** WHO BOUGHT FROM US IN AUGUST. We called Amazon for an explanation and opened up a case regarding Case **, Case ID **, Possible fraudulent activity. Case ID **.
I JUST RECEIVED NOTICE THAT AMAZON IS SUSPENDING MY SELLING ACCOUNT. I tried calling them and they took away my right to call them, only online complaints. I requested to close my account as a result and threatened Amazon with legal action. I AM LOOKING FOR A CLASS ACTION SUIT AS I KNOW THAT OTHER SELLERS ARE BEING FACED WITH THE SAME ISSUE.
Reviewed March 26, 2014
I have ordered many items from Amazon over the years and usually had no problems. Then recently, 1 item did not arrive, refund given reluctantly and no apology whatsoever after 4 weeks. Another item still pending delivery after 3 weeks. No info, no tracking, no refund possible because the vendor, who did not disclose being in China, did set a delivery time-frame of 30 working days! And so is technically within the advised delivery date. No help from customer service. Have now closed my account and for good. Amazon is not to be recommended.
Reviewed March 20, 2014
I have placed several orders with Amazon over the years. Earlier this year, I was scammed into a purchase of Amazon Prime. While I was irritated with their approach, I figured I would use the Prime features... Several weeks ago I ordered several books. These books were sent to different addresses and were mailed in 3 separate shipments. One shipment was mailed to my son who is incarcerated and has specifications that must be met when receiving packages. An invoice must be sent with each shipment. His last shipment did not have an invoice enclosed, therefore the institution will not allow him to have the item that they have documented as contraband (it is a book - self help). I thought this should be easy to resolve and contacted AMAZON who essentially refuses to help. They will not send a duplicate invoice and will not intervene. I am so DONE with this company. Their customer service sucks!
Reviewed March 20, 2014
I wanted 3 items, what was in my cart, sent to me in two days but when the 2nd day came, only one item was delivered with the invoice showing that I paid 38.98 for an 8.99 item. At the onset I clicked on 2-Day Shipping for my entire cart, what happened? Amazon split up my order into 3 separate orders and gave it 3 separate order numbers. I am thoroughly disappointed. And this is the 2nd time this has happened to me though there will not be a third time.
Reviewed March 19, 2014
I have attempted to place 3 orders with the same 3rd party seller on Amazon.com in the last 2 weeks. My first order was cancelled by the seller; as I received an email stating that "customer canceled" the order; which was not the case!? I was encouraged to replace the same order that same day from a Amazon CS rep; which I did and that order was cancelled on the seller's end with the same email sent to me stating "customer canceled" 2 days later?! I was so angry as by that point; as I had 2 pre-authorization charges on my method of payment; plus I had to call Amazon CS several times on my TracFone and was told by Amazon managers they were investigating the matter.
I finally received an email from the 3rd party seller with the excuse that they were sorry for the inconvenience, but what I had ordered (twice, mind you!!??) was not available for sale; even though it was listed on the Amazon.com web site!? This seller also stated that they had submitted edits to Amazon to update the item that I had tried to purchase and they could not fulfill that transaction; as it was not available as listed. It made me wonder why this seller didn't make mention of this information in their first email to me; except to state that reason was "customer canceled" the order; which I did not authorize either time!?
Amazon.com attempted to tried to make it up to me by giving me a $20 account credit and a $10 credit to my method of payment for all the inconvenience that I went through! I ended up having to order what I needed from another online merchant. I placed another order through Amazon the first part of this week from the same seller and they have already went past their estimated shipping dates posted on the invoice page on Amazon!? I sent the seller an email last night requesting the shipping tracking information and to please let me know when the item was going to ship or if it was being delayed and if so why!?
At this point in time I have not heard from the seller! You might be wondering why I would place another order from the same seller that I had these previous ordering issues with; well I could not find anyone else online that sold the item I was needing!? I don't understand why Amazon does make their 3rd party sellers more accountable to them and especially to the customer!? I am hoping that there is just a delay or maybe a technical error in the messaging system on Amazon regarding the 3rd party seller!? I am sure time will tell; but as of this point in time I have not received a response from the seller; even though Amazon.com sent me an email stating that they also emailed the seller on my behalf today! I do a lot of ordering online and I have never encountered this kind of treatment as a customer! Very poor fraudulent customer service!! Beware Buyers!!
Reviewed March 13, 2014
I never use credit, so when Amazon informed me they were charging me almost $80. I knew I was being phished by the company. They have a policy of automatically enrolling customers in a credit scam when we click on 2-day service. The money isn't returned for several days and meanwhile they profit from stealing our (my) money!!!!!!
Reviewed March 13, 2014
I bought two Samsung Micro SD cards on Amazon and found them defective and verified them as counterfeit through Samsung's customer service. After claiming about this counterfeit cards and seller, I got a response from Amazon saying that an investigation has been launched. While I am watching for how Amazon is dealing with this illegal seller, I found not a few buyers have posted their review disclosing or warning the dirty act of this seller since 6 months ago. I wonder how long you will let this illegal seller selling on Amazon and how many (percentage) of this kind of counterfeit product selling seller there are on Amazon. The trust I have had on Amazon for a long time has been totally shattered from this event.
And even Amazon didn't allow me to post some comments on the product review to warn other customers. But customer might benefit from this dirty selling act because besides getting a refund from the seller, remember to report this counterfeit product-selling seller to Amazon and you will get $10. Since Amazon have not yet taken the action to protect the right and interest of their customers more than 6 months, let customers by themself warn others from being cheated by the seller(s) on Amazon. I never doubted such thing can happen on Amazon before. But now I doubt how many or percentage of the sellers on Amazon are selling counterfeit product illegally. The warning should be spread as wide as possible to protect other customers.
Reviewed March 11, 2014
I have had 3 occasions for a refund. The customer service is very poor. They give you the run around, keep you on hold and lie about issued refunds. It's take me 3 weeks in most cases to get my money back. I'm cancelling my account as soon as I get my money on two orders.
Reviewed March 10, 2014
I have recently encountered a situation that brought to my attention the lack of protection for those who sell products on Amazon. I recently sold a product on Amazon where the buyer claims it was not the appropriate product. I authorized a return and refund, but the buyer opened up an A to Z claim against me anyway. The buyer was very rude and aggressive. It has been a nightmare of a few days dealing with this buyer.
The claim has just been closed, and Amazon has given the buyer his money back and stated Amazon is not responsible for the buyer returning the product to me. That means the buyer is 100% protected and the seller is 0% protected. I am now out the money I received from the buyer, the shipping cost of sending the product and most importantly the product itself. This seems like it could become a very easy fraud scheme since you have no proof that the product you shipped was or was not the product you posted it under, and it appears the buyer does not need to provide any solid proof of the merchandise they received. In addition, the buyer does not have to return the product to you even after receiving a full refund. This experience has made me want to let others know of Amazon's policies, and I know I will not be supporting Amazon any longer.
Reviewed March 8, 2014
I purchased a book by Amazon and the wording was completely changed and edited. I asked Amazon if it's possible for a Kindle book to be hacked into and they said that it could not because it is protected by Digital Rights Management. I asked them if DRM is a computer software is that not susceptible to hacking? And they had no information on that. I asked what my rights were as a consumer of printed material that has been edited and they said that I could return the book. I said that I want the book which is why I purchased it and they said they didn't know. They could just return the book. So I cannot even purchase the book. I don't even have access to the words that were written.
Reviewed March 8, 2014
Contacted Amazon about a fraudulent seller who filed a tracking number but never delivered the item to the shipper. I was promised by Amazon chat rep that the sale was canceled and refunded. 6 weeks later my card is still charged over $500. Amazon re-opened the case that they dropped the ball on but this was already done 6 weeks earlier. Had to dispute the charge with my credit card company. Got this in my e-mail from Amazon:
"If the issuing bank of your credit or debit card initiates a charge dispute, you are not eligible for coverage under the Amazon A-to-Z Guarantee. To learn more about A-to-Z Guarantee eligibility, visit our A-to-Z Guarantee."
Reviewed March 6, 2014
Amazon fees are outrageous. I sold a book on Amazon for $5.00 and they took $3.09 in fees - over 60%! Time to find an alternative.
Reviewed March 3, 2014
I ordered a book on January 27, 2014. Now March 3, 2014, I get notice the order was canceled. I tried emailing etc. prior putting in claim ticket, no answer. I'm two months behind my readings for class and I feel I should just bought book brand new at my school store. Amazon seems to not care, just blew me off. Now to expedited shipping, I got drop another 20 bucks. School store book is sold out now.
Reviewed Feb. 28, 2014
On February 10th, I ordered a LG 50" Plasma TV on their website which happened to be sold by a third party, a terrible one, Adorama Camera. In knowing Amazon's goal to get you to the purchase faster, and in doing so with this purchase I never was asked to affirm my acceptance of a different company's return policy and felt crystal clear that through Amazon, I was bound by your usually friendly policy. When the TV arrived, it was defective. I went down the path of returning it to only find out Adorama does not accept TVs back over 50" inches, which alone is shocking, but furthermore, how unhelpful they were about the situation.
I immediately called in to their customer service team and spoke with Debbie ** on February 18th. Debbie was confident my A-Z claim which she helped me file would be accepted and also told me to send in UPS receipts so I could get a refund on the shipping charges back to Adorama. I also received a follow up email well stating I would get at least a promotional certificate for the $187.10 I was owed alone for the shipping. My A-Z claim was denied, and I immediately called and spoke with Grace ** on the phone on Tuesday.
It was agreed (and they can find the recorded calls) that the return policy was not posted properly for me to see. Furthermore, it was understood that in purchasing this TV, I went through your purchase flow, there was no clarity that I would be bound by another company's policy. We went to do a second A-Z claim and Grace kept pushing with more customer service folks but we still got denied. The A-Z was denied twice, and the second denial came with an incredibly hostile email. In this denial, the representative did not see the prior communications that the TV was already sent off to Adorama and clearly does not understand how to provide excellent customer service. Today, Adorama agreed to refund 80% of the TV, according to Abigail, another representative, but only $385.50 was issued to me, which is not 80%. I should not be charged a restocking fee, and claims that Adorama made that the TV was "shattered," are not true in my opinion. Secondly, I am still out of $187.10, the cost of the shipping.
Reviewed Feb. 27, 2014
I purchased a new Kindle Fire HDX from Amazon.com at the end of December 2013. By the end of February 2014 barely two months after I purchased it. I started to experience problems such as the internet browser freezing and the device shutting off while I was using it. After contacting Amazon customer service they agreed to send me a replacement. What they sent me was a refurbished model. I called customer service back and explained to them I had only had my other device for two months. I paid full price for a new device and now they want to keep my money and replace it with a refurbished one. Anyway to make a long story short after many calls and emails they refused to budge on this matter. I sent the refurbished one back and kept my original. When I get tired of dealing with the freezing and shutting down I will just go buy an Ipad or Galaxy tablet. I will never buy another Kindle device again.
Reviewed Feb. 26, 2014
I pre-ordered two DVDs with Amazon Prime. They sent it through UPS Surepost, a lovely partnership with USPS. I was guaranteed release day delivery. Release day came and went and they did not arrive. USPS says they attempted delivery. They managed to deliver junk mail, ads for various politicians and bills but no package. And NO delivery ticket. Amazon doesn't seem to care. Oh, they're so sorry, but give it two or three days (Sure with a Prime membership discount to $40.00 for coach class service). They can do nothing, not even send out replacements with next day delivery. I cancelled every last pending order with them. I hope they saved more than $760.00 on my deliveries. Prime has recently proved to be worthless, certainly not worth $80.00 or $120.00. It used to be excellent.
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2014
While I have had problems with products I have ordered, I have never had a problem with Amazon.com's customer service. Here's the story: I bought four Silverstone Tek computer power supplies. One of them died three months later (outside the standard Amazon.com return/refund policy). So, I entered into a chat with Amazon.com customer service, expecting to go through a bit of a hassle to get a replacement of the item. If they denied my request, I planned on explaining to them the warranty of the item. Instead of a hassle, it was easy as pie. The Amazon.com customer service rep offered to send me a prepaid return label and immediately shipped a replacement at the same time - now that's service!
On top of that, I had to go through this same process three more times (Silverstone Tek's PSU's are junk) and each were as equally easy. Since then, I had two more PSU's die. So, I was completely fed up and done with these junk PSU's (5 out of 8 have died within a 4 month window of purchase). I went into to chat, explained my problem to the Amazon.com rep and requested a refund for the items. No questions asked, no hassle, nothing. The representative submitted a full refund for my purchase made around 5 months ago, and sent me prepaid labels to mail the PSU's back.
When I first went into chat to request this refund, I have to admit that I was pretty angry and frustrated. After having spoken with the Amazon.com rep (while I still hate the product), the Amazon.com rep took what was originally a stressful and frustrating process for me and turned it into one where I am very satisfied and "walked away" happier than before. In fact, I was SO impressed by this continuous exceptional service that I sought out site just laud how great my experiences have been. Keep up the great customer service Amazon!
Reviewed Feb. 20, 2014
My kindle HD which is barely a year old is no longer working.. I called, emailed amazon.. Their offer was for me to buy a new one, and they would throw in a 20.00 coupon. When I expressed my dissatisfaction they just blew me off.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2014
Amazon Prime costs $80. And after seeing that amount of a deficit in my bank account, I also received an overdraft fee of $35. Amazon customer service took care of BOTH charges immediately, with no question. Will take 5-7 days to go through, but I am very grateful for the goodwill refund of $35.
Reviewed Feb. 18, 2014
I have been an Amazon customer for over 7 years, and have always been a very happy camper up until this past week, that is. The most recent issue I had occurred today regarding their refund policy and customer service reps. I had an issue with some orders that were placed quite some time ago, and was pleased to hear that Amazon was going to help resolve it by issuing my money back by means of refund. I had specifically made the rep I previously spoke with aware of the fact my original payment method for the orders we're no longer valid as the cards were now expired and I haven't banked with the financial institution in over a year and am no longer a member with them either.
I was rest assured that the refund issue would be taken care of and I would have nothing to worry about. Today I received an email that stated Amazon refunded my old expired credit card to an account that is not even valid and has been closed! I contacted them within 30 min of their email being sent to me and told them his and after 4 hours of chatting and 3 emails sent, the only thing that came out of any of it was, "Sorry. Please call your bank to have them transfer the money or issue you a check." This is despite me repeating over and over that I have no idea what bank they are even referring to since any banks and credit cards I had when the orders were placed have been closed due to my divorce, so I wouldn't have the slightest idea who to call. Especially since I had around 9 banks/credit cards at that time.
I even asked where they expected a bank to "transfer money to" since I do not have accounts with anyone I used to bank with, especially since most have been sold off to creditors and are collections. And all I was told was, "Sorry, call your bank." it was as if Amazon chat reps were just bots repeating the same thing over and over. I even contacted two previous places I banked with and was told they had no info for me because my account was closed and restricted. In short, Amazon stole my money and/or gave my money away and they do not even know who to and refuse to help! I am out of $250 and a lot of time. Thanks for ruining my online shopping experience, Amazon. You have wasted my time and money. Be ashamed of yourselves.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2014
I tried to order an iPhone 4 and some cases on Amazon. I had $500 in my account and only spent $324 overall. The next day I received an E-mail saying all of my items were shipped out. What Amazon didn't tell me was they never took the money off and I spent about $100 later that day, needless to say I only had enough for the cases so they took my iPhone off my cart and cancelled my shipment. About 2 days later I had the money in my account so reordered the iPhone, the money was taken out of my account but when I went to go Track the shipment it put it away in my "Save for later" column. Also every time I go to log into Amazon it says my password is wrong and I follow the instructions to change it and it allows me to log in once after that before it tells me my password is incorrect again. By far the worst experience with Amazon so far.
Reviewed Feb. 13, 2014
I contacted Amazon because my new Kindle was frozen. As the troubleshooting did not fix it, they agreed to send a replacement out straight away and that the returns section would be in touch. Despite me contacting them 9 times about this, none of this has happened. Every time I make contact with 'customer services' I have to start from the beginning. There is obviously no trail for them to look at, no one is following up my issues and no one is taking responsibility. Though very polite, everyone seems very keen to pass me onto someone else, you can't even reply to the emails as they bounce them!!
I am constantly told to get in touch with someone else, who tells me to get in touch with someone else/another department/country yet not one of them has actually resolved the issue. Part of the problem seems to be that they are reading from a (somewhat condescending) script which is clearly insufficient to deal with problems. Moreover there seems to be no way of getting hold of someone who will deal with this and no formal complaints procedure and I still have a broken Kindle. I have always considered Amazon to be trustworthy and easy to deal with and now I think it's a company to be wary of which is a shame. There is obviously no link between customer service and customer satisfaction at the moment.
Reviewed Feb. 10, 2014
Same complaint as user below. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FILE COMPLAINTS WITH AMAZON TO HAVE THIS SELLER REMOVED FROM AMAZON. I purchased a video capture card through Amazon.com and ANTOnline.com was the seller for the item in their marketplace. Item was ordered on the 17th of January but didn't get the item till the end of January. I have had problems with the card and have been going back and forth with Avermedia's support since that time trying to resolve the issue. Finally Avermedia told me to return the defective card to ANTOnline.com. I filled out their return form on February 15th and got an email back telling me I was PAST the 30 day "return policy" window - WHICH IT WAS NOT, DO THESE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO COUNT?
So now it WILL be past the 30 day window while I end up arguing with them over accepting the return which they rightfully should. They had a ridiculous form with an absurd amount of questions about the packaging to fill out before they'd issue the RMA. I dutifully filled it out which took a good 20 minutes and they won't even follow their own return policy! This is ridiculous! DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM ANTOnline.com FROM THEIR WEBSITE OR THROUGH AMAZON.COM!! !
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2014
Horrible selling experience & fund problems. Hidden legal issues. Buyers can destroy or ruin your property. Amazon is unsafe & useless.
Reviewed Feb. 9, 2014
I bought a two volume book (Neuromuscular Disorders in Clinical Practice) in January 2014. Until now I have received only volume number two! After many complaints Amazon said it would " verify" if the book really had two volumes. I received no returns after I e-mailed them explaining that it was written on the website it was a two volume book and that no book could begin at page 825! It is shocking that such a big company could lack knowledge about their products and respect with the consumers.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2014
On Dec 28, 2013 Amazon entered my personal account and charged me $79.00 for Amazon PRIME without advising me beforehand that they would do so (for instance by email). It transpired that I had unwittingly enrolled myself in a Prime account without being aware of it. All I had bought beforehand were 3 small digital books - approx $10 and certainly didn't need a Prime account
I have made many attempts to get information and to cancel my account with this company (and also to have the $79 returned to me as I never used it). However, there is no valid email address to allow me to sever this useless and frustrating relationship. The main reason is that every time I go to Amazon's "settings" or any other info I am bounced back to my basic account with no explanation. Possibly this is happening because I an not a USA customer? In conclusion, there is no valid email address allowing me to sever this useless and frustrating relationship. This is causing me a lot of grief and frustration.
Reviewed Feb. 6, 2014
Hello Jeff Bezos (CEO, OWNER, SHARE HOLDER, ON BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AMAZON.COM). You have done a good job setting up amazon.com. Guess you are not at the experiencing end of how your so called "seller accounts specialists" deal with sellers merchandise. Your smartly programmed A-Z claim feedback which is totally abused by buyers who by now are blissfully experienced in cheating sellers out of free merchandise. How?
a) Buyers place orders, b) Sellers ship by registered mail, c) Merchandise reaches buyers, buyers claim product not same/wrong merchandise/damage merchandise, d) Seller asks buyers for pictures of merchandise to prove where was the incorrect side of the item received, e) Buyer does not reply. Does not co-operate with seller and instead straight away buyer files for A-Z claim under for refund, e) 101.9999% buyer always wins. And you the rest because you have devised this system. Anyway since you might have been busy counting money made from ripping off sellers, let me remind you further how your system works, f) Then your A-Z claim dept. threatens sellers to "full-refund" buyer even though the seller asks buyers to prove where the product is incorrect by emailing pictures. No response from buyers because by now they are so experienced with abusing and misusing your A-Z claim function, which has put so many sellers into jeopardy that many have gone out of business.
Jeff, have you even taken time to read feedbacks about Amazon by searching on Google? You might say its competitors posting them online. Yes, you may be right, but not all 100% is by competitors.They are sellers who are ripped of by your A-Z faulty and so one-sided function that, these sellers truly take time to write about their sad stories and take time to make up petitions. They are striving to have justice served against merchandise shipped, but never paid for.
At this time you might say you are not affiliated with the amazon.com or its day to day running. Then possibly, you know what all sellers crying out there would ask? Where is your money coming from? Can you prove your bank books to say amazon.com is not your baby? You know what? Sorry that I just got carried away and went off into your personal bank balances. What I was possibly trying to say is that, there is someone out there, a seller, who is watching out for those who put the seller out of business because of your A-Z claims that sellers never can win even if they have 100% proof they are right.
Before it's too late, it would be better you personally look into it and help those needy sellers out there that have been complaining about your system you devised (or people in your team programmed it and you approved it finally). Sellers out there are complaining and you ain't giving them your ears. You ought to make sure you will soon.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2014
In June of 2013, I ordered a $78 tire online through Amazon.com from Chaparral Motorsports in California. The tire was shipped via US mail, but to the wrong distribution point so was returned to sender by US postal service. I was contacted by Chaparral & I notified them I wanted the tire re-shipped when returned. After waiting another month I contacted Chaparral & was told the tire never returned, the order was canceled & the monies returned to Amazon for refund to my account. I have sent sent several e-mails to Amazon the past 7 months about my refund & they keep sending the same reply "Tire is be re-shipped". I contacted the "accounts" office of Chaparral Motorsports & was told they returned the monies to Amazon June of 2013. They also stated Amazon had no means to be contacted by Chaparral. In other words, you can not talk to a live person from Amazon. I am seeking avenues of legal action, but don't know how to deal with such a large company.
Reviewed Feb. 5, 2014
Over Christmas I ordered several items including 4 books, a remote control and an SD card. I used a $10 gift card. These were all part of the same order. Shipping was free. I was also charged $4.70 in tax. I sent back all of the books consistent with the Amazon policy and should have received a total refund because my $10 gift card was paid for via the other items. The books were returned together. I received two separate emails of the refund but the refund was totally inaccurate and it appears that Amazon purposely tried to hide that by the method of documenting the refund in separate emails (in that they broke up the invoice) and using different amounts and put $1.85 on a gift card. Each item had shipping shown as being charged and then a different amount refunded as promotion deduction.
In the end, they failed to refund $5.00 in charges as they played games with the amounts to hide what they were doing. The also did not give me another gift card. Beware, people. I am sure this is happening to millions as a way to steal from people. There is nothing in their policies which show any deduction or reduction of refund should have applied. This is nothing but theft with a briefcase! I also learned in two other cases that they take used books that are in really good condition and sell them to people as NEW. I received used books from them on two occasions after paying for new. I thought the first was a mistake but it wasn't. This company is making big profits via unethical methods. BEWARE.
Reviewed Feb. 4, 2014
I have been a customer of Amazon for years and have always been satisfied with their service. I spend between $500 and $1000 per year at their site (or did previous to this incident). Recently I purchased a pair of Carhartt bibs as a gift from their site. Unfortunately, these were the wrong style. I thought I exchanged them for a different style, since there was no credit to the card I used to purchase them and there was no charge for the second pair. I then had to exchange that pair for a different size, and unfortunately, ended up returning the final pair due to a color issue. When I returned the third pair, I was issued an Amazon gift card for my return.
I contacted Amazon through email various times trying to explain that the first purchase was on a credit card, and the two following were exchanges, so I wanted my return to be credited to that card. After multiple emails and two phone conversations, it was discovered that they had returned the first purchase instead of exchange it. I said that was fine, but then why had it not been given to me in the form of credit on my card, versus a gift card. Since they had told me multiple times their policy was that any return be given in the form of the payment. Their explanation was, it was a mistake on their part. The first return should have been a credit to my account.
Okay, I figure things have been figured out. Not so much. Today I get an email letting me know that because their system is automated, they cannot fix the issue and I am stuck with a gift card to Amazon for $116. So more or less, I am stuck with an unacceptable situation because someone on their end screwed up and I did not catch it right away because I was being a repeat customer and ordering something else from their site. And to say it can't be fixed because the system is automated is a bunch of bull. I am sure it would be more difficult, but someone has the authority to override that automation and fix this. What they should have said is "Your repeat business is not important enough to us to fix this! " My advice to anyone reading this is to avoid Amazon in general. Any company so large (or with not enough ethics) to not correct an issue they admit is their creation, is not worth purchasing from.
Reviewed Feb. 1, 2014
As a long-time Amazon customer, I began noticing the quality of some merchandise was not up to the expected standard of Amazon. At the same time, they began exerting tight controls over the review process, telling me what ratings were allowed and demanding lengthy descriptions of goods, etc. Basically, making it very difficult to relate to other customers truthfully. Thinking Mr. ** might not be aware, I sent an email which was answered by an assistant. She focused on a recent purchase rather than the history of my experience with review process. Rather than feeling heard or even understood, the interaction left me feeling further disrespected and ignored. It also dispelled any illusion that customers concerns matter. As a result, I opted out of the review process. Now vendors are sending me individual requests. It is too much trouble to jump through Amazon's hoops.
Reviewed Jan. 29, 2014
I recently tried to make a purchase from Amazon. When it came time to check out , I forgot my Amazon Password. I followed Amazon's instructions to change my password. I received an email saying my password was successfully changed, please sign in and continue shopping. When I tried to sign back in I received a message that my account was put on hold. Amazon has since closed my account and sent me this email:
"Hello from Amazon.com. We are writing to inform you that we have closed your Amazon.com account and cancelled all open orders. Any new accounts you open will be closed. We took these actions because our records indicate that this account is related to another account that was closed by Amazon. Due to the proprietary nature of our business, we are unable to discuss other accounts with you."
I have since contacted the customer service dept. at Amazon over 30 times and they promise to help, saying an account specialist will call me and resolve this. Within 24 hours, I get the same email again. The end result; I am forever banned from shopping at Amazon... because I forgot my password.
Reviewed Jan. 28, 2014
So I have been a customer of Amazon.com for about a year now. I just recently placed a pretty big order and right before I checked out I noticed that my account balance was missing $10.00 Well this same thing happened to me on the previous order I placed, I was missing $10.00 too. So I contacted Amazon.com CS and the lady said yes, I can see where you are suppose to have an extra $10.00 in your account, but the last agent wasn't successful at adding it to your account. I received a confirmation email of that agent putting it in my account!!! So needless to say the CS agent gave it back to me without hassle I should say!!! So I lost $20.00 mysteriously from my Amazon.com account, and there was no trace of it ever being in my account.
I think Amazon.com will try and sneakily rip you off, and sometimes if you're not careful you never notice, or think about it. Amazon.com also tried to swindle me into paying shipping charges TWICE, one of which was last night. The first time I had to request a refund to my card, and last night I had to spend 30 minutes talking to some foreigner before I actually got them to understand that I wasn't suppose to be paying shipping and handling because I had an order over $35.00 Be careful with Amazon.com!!!
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2014
Back in September 2013, I ordered a book for one of my undergraduate courses. Unfortunately, I was reluctant to send the book I rented back in time and Amazon.com repeatedly charged my account for extended use. They failed to notify me on the charges and managed to charge me for the full price of the book. Their customer service representative was extremely rude and continued to laugh at me over the phone when I said I was very dissatisfied with their service and said she would refer me over to her supervisor Nigel. Nigel never called me back or sent a follow up email regarding my complaint. Amazon has no ethics and only cares about becoming the biggest online seller on the eCommerce system. I have been an Amazon customer for many years along with my parents and I expected better service. I will no longer be ordering books or anything of value from Amazon.com because their customer service sucks and it's impossible to find a number on their webs item. Amazon thinks they can overcharge you $236 from your bank account without any form of notification. They set their website up as a on purpose to screw the customer over when it comes to returns. I want my money back after sending the book and they won't allow a return even though the book is in perfect condition. Amazon is the worst.
Reviewed Jan. 27, 2014
You remove any negative feedback you may have posted. Feedback should be honest, and not manipulated by the retailer. I purchased an item that was listed as new, but was obviously well used and worn out. The retailer contacted me and said he would do an exchange for me as long as I retracted my feedback. I relied SOLELY on all the positive feedback this retailer had, and now I find it that the retailer simply refuses to exchange or refund for anybody that has a problem and is unwilling to leave a five star rating. Beware of the ratings. Some people may have simply given five stars because the junk they received from Kwality Mart would not be exchanged or refunded if they gave poor feedback. A ratings system is compromised the minute the retailer exerts any pressure on the consumer to leave good feedback.
Reviewed Jan. 22, 2014
I have been an Amazon customer for many years. Recently I have had occasion to return a few items, but it is extremely and unacceptably difficult. Their pages put one in an endless loop. One constant error is "Enter an acceptable number of items," but there is no way to do that. The next endless loop is when you try to contact customer service, a screen says retrieving order history and it just spins endlessly, and without completing that step you cannot move down to choose a contact method. The pages never offer any other options to get a refund or replacement. I have only been successful getting a refund or replacement by finding who the seller is and contacting them.
Amazon.com Company Information
- Company Name:
- Amazon.com
- Website:
- www.amazon.com