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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 27, 2024

    If I could give this company zero stars I would. I purchased two items online, they shipped on February 23rd. I was injured and cannot go to the store or to a place to have the shipping label printed for a few weeks! I called to ask for an extension on the return due to my inability to get out at this moment. They refused! The items are brand new, tags still attached, I have the receipt and they would not even give me a 3 week extension!! I will never purchase another item from them!! This is disgusting customer service and they should be ashamed of themselves!! But in the long run Amazon will have them closed down pretty soon just like all the other stores.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 27, 2024

    Ordered a dog collar and bag but received hair extension for human being. Contacted CS but she did not know what to do. I asked who is the carrier such as USPS< UPS or FedEx. The CS told just via Amazon. The package was neither envelope nor box, just the Hair extension company's bag. The back side has somebody's address, MA state and it was erased somehow and the front side the shipping label with my address was there and please see the picture, somehow G22.3A Driver AID U80 was attached. Again, I've never ever ordered such hair extension.

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    CoverageRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed March 26, 2024

    I bought this pc 3 weeks ago from Amazon. It's supposed to be an i7 with an rtx 3060. It came in with a i5 I wrote a review and sent it back. Got accused of switching the cpu and denied my refund. They then removed the 831 reviews since November most of which pointing out power issues (they shut down n won't turn back on). I'm now being told by Amazon they will not honor their guarantee and have backed the seller claiming that I switched the cpu. I will be suing the company and looking into a lawsuit against Amazon as well for covering up the third parties' actions. The seller was pro refurbished. The model was from tech magnet and so is their support line. Do not buy from them. Also any suggestions for legal actions. I'm talking to a lawyer but since they deleted the reviews I'm not sure I have much of a case unless we could push for data on the reviews if there's a back up anywhere.

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    Reviewed March 25, 2024

    They offer free Prime, then charge you behind your back. I usually keep proof but once was offered 3 months free and thought I kept proof - still looking from nearly a year ago screenshots, but of course they didn’t send an email confirming the offer. Long story short, they charged me 3 months afterwards and denied it was ever free. Interesting since they lie like hell. I never came up with this offer myself. But they act Ike it. They made fake offers Iike this before for free prime, then charged me. I was hung up on me 3 different agents so this is why along with fake Chinese products that aren’t organic, and other fake vitamins from god knows where I’m not going to support them as I have for years, being lied to about the their counterfeit Chinese products that don’t arrive, wasting money spending $$ expensive vitamins that aren’t legitimate and being gaslit and lied to and now hung up upon. You are trash and going downhill. Don’t ever join subscribe - they send you off schedule deliveries, claim it’s an error.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed March 21, 2024

    Amazon customer service is of very limited help when the seller of an item is a third party. I have had two separate orders delayed and one completely lost, and never delivered. When I contacted the customer service they seemed ill-informed as to the whereabouts of my order. Again another delayed item I ordered and no help. Use Walmart!

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaff

    Reviewed March 17, 2024

    I don't know whether it is just an influence of general world degradation or Amazon became one of the worst services. Every time the delivery comes on weekend, a driver picks up my order in the morning, travels the whole day and returns the order back to the facility very late evening, usually around 10 pm. So, who is responsible for such an idiot? Does s/he know that every customer has the tracking history to read and knows every step of the upcoming delivery? The customer service is still good, but they can do nothing as it is a local issue here in Charlotte area, NC. I just cancelled my membership and will be looking for a better alternative. There are plenty of new companies that need customers and ready to provide an excellent service. Very sad. I was happy with them for 16 years. But the last 2 years were awful and I quit.

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    Customer ServiceTransparency

    Reviewed March 16, 2024

    The lack of Customer Service exhibited by eBay lead me to switch the majority of my purchases to Amazon. I had ordered a couple of things that I found it necessary to return. I dreaded the process from what I had experienced with Ebay. But to my surprise it was so much easier than I could have imagined. I didn't even have to pack the item. I was instructed to take the item to a UPS store and they would pack and ship the item back Free. It was a piece of cake. There was no big process to go through and no million questions or hours on the phone or message board. I was kept updated on the process and the credit went through without a hitch. I am now a amazon customer for life. It would do Ebay a great amount of good to take lessons from Amazon in Customer service. Amazon gets a A from me. Ebay gets a F minus.

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    Reviewed March 15, 2024

    Amazon.com does not appear capable of delivering to a downtown business address. They come at 7am or 10pm when the posted business hours are 8am - 5pm. Once they miss a delivery, they don't even attempt to redeliver for several days. The delivery driver admitted he rarely gets into downtown businesses -- no kidding when you deliver at 7 in the morning or 10 at night! Do yourself a favor and order from a company that is capable of delivering to businesses and understands business hours.

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    Customer ServiceContract & TermsPriceRefunds & PayoutsMaintenanceStaff

    Reviewed March 13, 2024

    I been customer for long time and even Amanzon "refunded" my money… I have to go through struggle, get charged and fixed charges for APR, lates fees. I am buying NEW products but most of the time I get USED, Refunded, Defective items. Their sellers… most times are not "available" when you want to try some kind of arrangement…. They only email saying that they don’t approve the return.! Amazon…. Doesn’t allow the Sellers BAD REVIEWS, supposedly is "against" their community Agh.!!! I even bought a Used as New…. Twice sends me a DEFECTIVE INOPERANTING squad machine…. This "Charly" bargain me on removing the bad review… and he was going to send me a NEW one, NEVER SEND IT. So I was tricked to remove the review and After I wasn’t allowed to get in this item reviews. This seller is still Active in Amazon. Buying from Amazon, Etsy is not big difference…. Many, Many items are Restocked, Resale and they don’t last more than a Month which is the only "warranty" which this company. I have proof of all this stated here.

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    Reviewed March 12, 2024

    I am so sick and tired of Amazon trying to force Amazon Prime down my throat. When they ask you if you want a "free" trial of Amazon Prime and you click no, the page then goes to checkout and guess what is included in your order? You guessed it, they are giving you a "free" trial to Amazon Prime. No easy way out. It's free for 30 days and then it is your responsibility to remember to cancel it. Today was the last straw, I was trying to order some micro SD cards and couldn't get away from Amazon Prime being shoved down my throat. I just got fed up and deleted the order. Hello Ebay, Goodbye Amazon.

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    Staff

    Reviewed March 9, 2024

    I received my item on the day specified by Amazon but I was not given a general time of day the delivery would come in. This causes a problem for me because I have to work during the day and had to inconvenience my Stepfather to stay home all day to meet the delivery driver because a code had to be given to the delivery driver before the item could be dropped off.

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    Punctuality & Speed

    Reviewed March 9, 2024

    When you order an item on Amazon they give you a delivery date at checkout. Then at the end of the day it is supposed to be delivered it is delayed again and now instead of their 24 to 48 hours it is 5 days later.

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    Reviewed March 9, 2024

    Issue with mega online retailer Amazon and their refusal to refund me for a camera that I purchased in November 2023. The camera was a Christmas gift for my daughter. Unfortunately, it was defective and had to return it. We followed the Amazon return instructions, taking it to a local UPS store. We have a receipt from the UPS store for the return of the camera to Amazon. Amazon has confirmed they show the item was returned at the UPS location. However, after almost two months I still have not been refunded.

    I've called and spoke to multiple Amazon reps. Each time I'm told that I will be refunded within 2-5 business days or my refund is still in process. My refund was denied and told to submit an appeal to the denial of refund. I submitted the appeal (as instructed by the Amazon Cust Service supervisor). Was told once I did that, I would receive a response within 72 hours. Never received any response. Two weeks later I contacted Amazon again and was told once again that I should receive a refund within 5 business days. I asked the rep to send me that in writing, which they emailed. It has been 5 business days and I still have not received a refund. I called again this evening and was basically given the same response.

    My "refund has been processed, but it is stuck in 'Billing and Payments". Told I should be refunded in a couple days and I will receive an email within 48 hours from today/this evening. The other issue is Amazon representatives have never told me why I was denied to begin with or what is causing this lengthy delay in refunding me. I also corresponded with a rep of Adorama, the 3rd party seller of the camera.

    Have an email from 3rd party rep, apologizing for my inconvenience and said he contacted their liaison to process the refund as soon as possible. Told me to allow 1-2 business days for an update. As of today, still no refund. It's been almost two months since we returned the camera. Bottom line, I am a consumer who bought a camera from Amazon in good faith. After determining it was defective/did not work, we returned the camera. I am stuck in 'refund limbo' due to either an issue with UPS and the 3rd party seller or issues between Amazon and their 3rd party seller.

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    Customer Service

    Reviewed March 5, 2024

    Amazon continues its move towards maximizing profits by doing things like shutting off your account, deleting any and all purchases and records, including book and video purchases if you do not buy something from them for more than 1 year. YES - if you do not buy something from them for 366 days you will lose everything! I just did. Called them and was told there is NOTHING that can be done. So, buying digital content, books, games. Videos and similar, from them is useless unless you plan to buy things every year forever. March 05, 2024

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    Reviewed March 5, 2024

    I received an item that I purchased that was clearly a manufacturer’s defect. I called right away and was told to use the QRC code and drop it off at UPS. Then I would get an immediate refund back to my account. I did what I was told - no refund. I called again and was told by another person that now I have to wait until the item reaches their warehouse to get the refund, when asked why, I was not given an explanation. Only that my refund was on hold. A week later the tracking placed the item back at the Amazon warehouse. I called again for my promised refund and now I was told that it would take another 30 days!!!! What is going on!? I am a Prime member, I keep getting promised refunds, now they have their item ($80 by the way) and my money. Now I have a dispute with my credit card company. Do not buy from Amazon. They steal from you.

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    Customer ServiceRefunds & PayoutsStaffTimelinessHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed March 5, 2024

    This is a honest review, we have been buying thousands of dollars from Amazon for many years. For years it was great, in the last 2 years nothing but problems and worst of all is if you try to return some junk non-working Chinese junk they sell you. They tell you a refund will be issue in 30 days, WRONG. If the item you return is over 1,000 dollars good luck. You have to call again and again to get your money and sometimes it can take 2 months. The other option is to file a chargeback. No longer buying from Amazon the way we use to, we buy only if we have no other options, if you shop around they are other retailers that are 100% better. And if you have a return you can take it to the store and get credit the same day. I will no longer recommend this company to anyone. Eventually this company is going belly up in the next 5 years, like many others have. They do not care about the customers or their employees, only care about Profit margins.

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    Reviewed March 1, 2024

    Amazon.com provides direct sales via its website for 3rd Party sellers. I purchased an item via Amazon website offered by a 3rd party seller. Amazon billed me directly for purchase. Seller responded days later item was no longer offered. However, Amazon never processed refund of purchase charge. Amazon website does not offer customer access to inquire for items purchased, then cancelled. No icons appear to inquire about refund in a non-refund received issue. Thus, 3rd party is not involved in spite of Amazon billing me for an item not provided by seller. Refund not forthcoming. Buyers should be aware Amazon like so many successful internet retailers share the same business model: For every customer lost, they get 5 new ones so they have no incentive to be an "honest" retailer.

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    Customer ServiceSales & MarketingPriceMaintenanceHonesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2024

    Amazon has, without warning or my actual permission, deleted ALL my reviews. Upon Googling the issue, I have seen dozens of sites where customers are reporting the EXACT SAME problem.

    *I have written 10 reviews of streaming movies and shows, ALL very honest, but only 3 were negative (poorly written, directed, or badly acted). I even suggested what what COULD HAVE been done to improve the quality. Foul language nor racism or sexist comments were ever made. THIS DOES NOT VIOLATE THEIR REVIEW POLICY, and is actually a violation of FREEDOM OF SPEECH by removing them.
    *I also wrote a very negative review of their CUSTOMER SERVICE after not being delivered a military tactical cap I ordered and reported as not received. I NEVER instructed the item be left on the front porch, but only in the mailbox.

    *After an hour of online chat and a phone call, the item should have been replaced NO CHARGE, especially since I gave explicit directions. Instead, they refused to.

    I wrote another negative review on social media as well, detailing I work directly in CUSTOMER SERVICE for a multi-billion dollar BIG BOX retail company, and would fire someone refusing to replace product not delivered. The simple truth is Amazon is deleting ALL negative reviews, especially customer service and defective products. That is defined as tampering. Swaying and/or influencing documented testimony (written review) and opinion of goods and services to render an outcome (sales) is ILLEGAL. Go on social media and state your case so it will be stopped.

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    Reviewed Feb. 28, 2024

    I ordered a product which arrived damaged. When I went to return it, I discovered that not only is the item non-returnable, but I can't even send it back and get a non-damaged replacement. It's impossible to get in touch with customer service, and it seems they have now changed their policy to screw over honest customers who received damaged products. I tried write a review about this on their site to warn other customers not to purchase that product from Amazon because of their new return policy, which makes it so you can't even send it back for a replacement if it arrives damaged. Nope, Amazon just sells you a damaged product, and now you have no recourse whatsoever.

    Naturally, Amazon declined to post my review - heaven forbid anyone be warned to take their business to literally any other store which sells the same product but at least has a reasonable return/exchange policy in the event of receiving a damaged product. Amazon used to be a good place to shop, but has gone so far downhill. So much of their inventory is low-quality crap you can buy on Temu at 1/3 of the price anyway, it's not really worth spending your hard-earned money here when they're just going to spit in your face and tell you to pound sand when they send you a damaged, useless product and won't accept a return or exchange.

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    Reviewed Feb. 26, 2024

    Amazon is carrying a brand in their website from a company called OGC COSMETIC, KERATIN TREATMENT. It does NOT have the keratin FORMALDEHYDE ,but they put this compound called ETHYL ALCOHOL, my hair keeps falling out in clumps, and I know it's this product because I had a full head of thick hair before I used this on my hair. Please research this compound. This is NOT HEALTHY FOR YOUR HAIR. I AM DEFINITELY SORRY I DID NOT.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 25, 2024

    Most items are not returnable, in the description for many items in Amazon.com not mentioning the items are not returnable, in the future I will not order from Amazon, I have to call amazon cutomer service which not helpful.

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    Reviewed Feb. 23, 2024

    I have spent $1000's at Amazon. Over the last 2 Months I have had to go to the UPS Store to pick them up. If I wanted to get in my car and go get the things I want, I would just go buy them. Since UPS is not delivering many of my packages to my home I will just stop ordering from them.

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    Refunds & PayoutsTransparency

    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2024

    I purchased a box of flameless candles. I paid with my debit card. I had forgot another item so I purchased it just after I paid for the first box of candles. I received a notice from Amazon they were holding my purchases as they deemed my card was suspicious. They wanted personal information from me that I refused to give them. Every explanation was denied by Amazon and my account closed. I have purchased all of my furniture plus other items and this is the treatment I received. They had no right to do this to a faithful customer and my rebuttal was denied. After years of good customer relations. I made my living giving evidence in the courts and I wonder how they would accept this.

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    Reviewed Feb. 20, 2024

    I asked for a return on this product after we decided we wanted a smaller one and it wasn't what we were looking for. I was sent a return label to my email. I printed that and took it packed up to UPS store. I was given a receipt. Usually the refund is in my account within a few hours (I always request a gift card rather than a credit back to my original form of payment, because I use Amazon a lot anyway!) My SUV got broken into and everything was stolen including all my paperwork, registration etc...

    I contacted Amazon in a frantic telling them I haven't received my refund after talking to 4 different agents telling me I'll get my money back of $198.96. Now they told me they didn't get it and without "proof" they will not be issuing a refund. What SCAMMERS! They stole my money and they probably will get the item eventually (or it was lost). I'm not sure. I have no way to show them I sent it. If they look on my account, everything I've ever requested for a return has always been sent to them and there's never been nothing missing and now the one item that cost the most money out of everything is the one that apparently has gotten lost. Ya right! They have me so mad about this that I had to come and post online about it. They need to give me my money back!

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    Reviewed Feb. 16, 2024

    This is the second time Amazon has rejected my reviews for stating that something was shipped to me broken and me getting it fixed was an absolute hassle. I see other reviews that say this all the time, so I do not understand why this is inconsistent. Amazon does not allow feedback about sellers to be public, which greatly reduces Amazon's credibility. For example, Etsy allows this which helps customers decide who they want to do business with. This matters.

    Amazon says they want feedback about packaging, but does not provide a way to leave that feedback. In other words, a product may be great, but if the seller and/or the delivery affect the quality of the product, people should know that. But, Amazon actually says that this information "won't be relevant to all customers". This policy reduces Amazon's credibility and continues to expose more and more their deceptive ways to allow reviews to be unreliable.

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    Customer ServiceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 13, 2024

    Ordered 2 items, one never showed up. Called CS only to get disconnected twice, then told to complete incident report, then told rep sent me wrong report, then told the date was entered incorrectly. Mind you all info requested on this report they already have on the invoice in my account but they rather inconvenience the customer instead of doing it themselves. The reps are difficult to understand so I had to keep calling until I got someone that could be clearly understood. They were impatient, rushed my calls & had lack of concern for my issue. Each rep told me something different. Took up more than 2 hours out of my day to deal with their faulty process.

    I don’t remember having issues with Amazon CS in prior years, perhaps they have changed their P&P but this felt very sketchy. It’s obvious their CS is being outsourced. You can tell how detached the reps are with less willingness to help. The seller only provided one tracking number for 2 separate boxes so I have no way to track the 2nd missing box but if Amazon will allow this they should have a way to negate issues. Just know this - if your package doesn’t show up they will not investigate until you submit an incident report that actually they should be completing themselves. I am done with this site, don’t care how good the deal is, my time is more valuable. Had I known they operate this way I would not have ordered. They have created an unreasonable time consuming process for customers to get issues resolved with zero respect for your time. I am highly disappointed. Absolutely will not be shopping this site again.

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    Price

    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2024

    For the past few months, Amazon Prime has been charging my personal account for $6.99. I cannot get them to stop it. I have all the information for them to see the charges are coming from my bank account, but they tell me the card number is associated with someone else's account. Now, I have to have my card cancelled and get a new one reissued as they will not stop the charges. This is ridiculous on their part. I will never shop at Amazon again nor will I recommend it to anyone. They don't take fraud seriously, they just give you the run around.

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    PriceStaff

    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2024

    Their streaming service has not been working for a month now and that doesn't seem like it's about to change. I even talked to a rep and she said it'd been out for only a week. SMH. So I reported them to the BBB. I kinda doubt It'll do anything but I'm pissed 'cause I have like $50 worth of movies on there.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2024

    This is a plea to Amazon - since you can't contact them directly. Please stop using UPS as a shipper. As a prime member I expect my shipments to be delivered when Amazon states they'll be delivered. USPS is 90% accurate but every time UPS is given my purchase they either give to the USPS to deliver (ridiculous) OR it doesn't come at all because somehow my address is incorrect. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE stop using UPS - they are incompetent.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2024

    Called Customer service to try to change my billing (credit card) information. C/S Rep. acted like he was lost and not interested in what I was trying to say. I ended up telling him I want to cancel my account, then he was interested. I will do business with another company. If I could give them a -10 stars that would be too nice.

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    Reviewed Feb. 9, 2024

    AMAZON.com is a scam, they take payments without authorization, how are they still in business. This is not okay, I have had to dispute charges, they are horrible. How can they charge cards and then tell you that they will refund in the form of an Amazon gift card, this way they STILL take your money. They need to be stopped!!!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 7, 2024

    I am angry, I feel cheated. I bought Soundcore headphones Jan 17, 2024, on Feb 3, 2024 I saw them on sale for $79.99. I was just inquiring about getting the difference; they gave me a real hard time. They pulled that scheme where it is in our "guidelines" they do not price match. You have to search specifically through their site. I explained that a consumer needs to see that in writing visible on their homepage, so consumers know that there is no price matching

    I purposed that for this time they do the price match, I know for the future. They would not budge, then I figured I could return the ones I have and get the ones on sale. All of a sudden it went back to regular price. I escalated; I was hung up on & ignored. I deleted my account and will now boycott Amazon; very poor experience. I sent emails to corporate and nothing was done. Am I in the wrong?? I feel I am. All the other places normally do price match. Regardless they lost a lot of revenue; I was a prime member and I was spending $110 per month.

    I closed my account; Amazon buyers beware; Amazon is becoming more of a "Scam" company; nickle and diming their customers. You know what that means they are hurting financially. We as consumers have the power; Amazon needs to be killed!!! Do yourself a favour shop elsewhere; otherwise if you have an issue, you will be treated rudely and not get anywhere; spending hours & hours. We the consumers, have the POWER!!! Choose wisely!!

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    Reviewed Feb. 6, 2024

    I've been having shipping issues with Amazon since last year. Amazon wants customers to update the delivery instructions, but their delivery drivers never read them. They delivered after the business hours stated on the delivery instructions, then they tried delivering again with another driver until they canceled the order after 3 attempts. I have to call them almost every time I place an order, so next day delivery usually takes a week or more. Amazon doesn't seem to have any interest in resolving their shipping issues as I have called multiple times and they still do the same thing over and over. I don't know what to expect from Amazon, I will try Walmart and see how it goes.

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    PriceBilling

    Reviewed Feb. 5, 2024

    Amazon has too many rules on leaving negative feedback. Reviews for the products they sell are not going to be accurate. I tried to cancel a subscription I purchased on Amazon. The only option available was to extend the subscription. I tried to leave negative feedback but it was not allowed. I will not buy any more subscriptions from Amazon. My only option is to dispute the charges when they show up on my credit card statement.

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    Reviewed Feb. 3, 2024

    I ordered a Submarine Hoodie to wear to the VFW on 02/03/2024, the product arrived in Phoenix on 02/01/2024. The product will not be delivered to my home in Phoenix until after 3 pm on 02/03/2024. Yes, I am a prime member.

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    Reviewed Jan. 31, 2024

    Two years ago I returned to the US and had to go through a process of updating my telephone number in their system because I couldn't receive the text for security to log-in. Now, all of a sudden, their system defaulted back to the old overseas telephone number. Here I am back on hold waiting for customer service to reset everything. Their systems suck! Clearly, the great Amazon has some serious problems. This company is destroying small business. It's time to kill Amazon's stock and drive it under! Join me and refuse to use it. Support small business. Pay a little more. Kill Amazon!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 29, 2024

    I spent 23 hrs. Trying to connect them. No answer. I can return their mistake to ups. Amazon stole from me. They all got paid from Amazon. I don't get paid for Amazon's mistake. Amazon's said I have to use my time, gas and more time to go UPS to get a fraction of what Amazon charged me.

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    Reviewed Jan. 28, 2024

    Amazon Prime is nothing but a fraudulent practice. I have had many items purchased in the past and they were good about their 2 day shipping. Now, they can't deliver packages on time and they have a million excuses. Here is one from the agent chat today, "We do our best to ensure that all of our customers' orders go as smoothly as possible. And 1 day or 2 days shipping will starts once the order ships out." Nowhere is this made aware to the customer. This is all after I ordered a dehumidifier that was guaranteed to arrive on Saturday January 27, 2024. Amazon didn't ship it out until 11:50 PM the night before and this was because the item was not in stock, or so that was their excuse, but the item was in stock when I ordered it. Then I was promised by 8 different agents that it would arrive by January 27, 2024.

    Now it is coming on Sunday January 28, 2024. It didn't matter to them if the product was needed for medical reasons or not. They don't care about the customer. I am tired of Amazon's lies and fraudulent practices. Time to say goodbye. Don't order anything from this company. I am going to stick with Walmart plus. They have way better customer service and they care about the customer. To Amazon you are nothing but a number and some more money in Bezos pocket. Stay away from Prime.

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    Reviewed Jan. 26, 2024

    I've been Prime Member, own Amazon visa card. I recently purchased an item on Amazon. Unfortunately, the delivery was over a week late. I canceled the order for a refund. Due to minor difficulty on Amazon's system, 30+ days to wait on Amazon to get back to me, they never did. I contacted via phone and Chat for over 10+ times as this issue been dragged out for almost 60 days now. I had a lot of patience and put on my best behavior for service team. As you get better service when you're being nice, nobody want to deal with rude customers. But each of the representatives would stated that they already "submitted the concerns" and incident reports to the specialty department. "They'd get back to me in 24-48 hours". But they NEVER did each time, they kept lying to me. For a trillion dollar company like Amazon, I get better service from a brain dead, crackhead in the back alley at 2 AM. Very disappointed. As I had really high praise for Amazon as a business.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2024

    Lately I have had a lot of problems with deliveries from Amazon.com. In the beginning we had no issues but lately it has been a hit and miss if they deliver to the front porch. Maybe it depends on the driver's mood. The latest delivery happened yesterday. The instructions say to deliver to the front porch. When the delivery happened, the message was, "Your package was left near the front door or porch." I have a picture of where the package was left in the driveway next to my car on the ground by the garage. The garage is about 75 feet from the front door. I had to walk out there in the rain to retrieve my package. Maybe the driver didn't want to get wet. I would think Amazon would provide rain gear. This is just one event of several incorrect deliveries that I have dealt with Amazon. I might add if the weather is bad or rainy then deliver it on another day if you don't want to get wet. I might add Customer service or Dispatch is no help with this problem.

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2024

    Amazon debited my account for $1.37, no purchase or service and declined to refund. Amazon Clerk did not want to refund the $1.37 but said I had to get a new bank card to correct the issue. Amazon is lower than 1 star.

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    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2024

    So I found out the only way to get a discount is if you're on government assistance. The retired customers on a fixed income, who have paid taxes for years can't get a discount! Insane! Why is that acceptable?

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedStaffTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 21, 2024

    I had ordered a Star of David necklace which was scheduled for delivery today. The update indicated it is in my city at an Amazon facility. Amazon's employees have been called out for showing antisemitism and here you go THEY HAVE DELAYED MY DELIVERY FOR 7 DAYS! Due to "severe weather" except there is no severe weather. It is completely clear and the warehouse is 20 minutes away! I will be returning my order. This is disgusting.

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    Reviewed Jan. 19, 2024

    When you subscribe and save at a certain price you think that's the price you will pay until you unsubscribe...nope if the price goes up you pay the higher price I think should be illegal and someone be looking into that like that at Amazon. The higher price in my opinion that is not subscribe. More like a rip-off is like bait and switch. In my opinion, that's very illegal. Many other stores have been fined for that scam And the delivery is another thing... They promise you a certain date but any more is later and later than that date because of issues. Some issues are that they sit at delivery locations for days before they are sent out to be delivered. It's a high price we pay for craptastic service.

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2024

    Customer service is deplorable. Amazon was once "the retailer" however they've gone from excellent to dismal with their gross misrepresentation of delivery dates and lying agents, for starters! My Goldendoodle could run their customer service better! What's even crazier is Temu, of all companies has a better grip on logistics than amazon and they're shipping from the far east!!!'

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2024

    Delivery instructions: Deliver to mailroom lockers...He followed the instructions literally. The carrier delivered the packet and left it on the floor instead of following instructions to open a locker up and place the package in it for me to get a code and pick it up later. AND, he even had the irony of leave it right under screen he is supposed to use to open a locker. Even when the instructions for carriers are right under the screen he just did as he pleased; and this is not the first time. I can just say, Amazon's carriers used to be great at following instructions, well, not anymore. Nowadays, if they could, they'd toss the packages like a newspaper boy in the mornings. They treat the packages like trash! Is Amazon skipping interviews and hiring just about anyone to be a carrier?!

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    Customer ServicePricePunctuality & SpeedBillingTimeliness

    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2024

    Amazon used to have top notch customer service and reliability but what happened?! The lack of reliability in delivery and packaging the last year or two drove me to cancel my Prime membership. What really infuriated me was they continued to bill me for several months after and promised to provide a credit which they did not do. Eventually I used my email proof to have my bank cancel the charges. Many items are not packed properly or at all and arrive damaged. Heavy ones in particular. Most frustrating are orders that are in stock two hours from my home that are scheduled to be next day delivery get shipped several states away and disappear or at best arrive incredibly late. I believe Amazon has become too large to manage what it is they promise to do well.

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    Reviewed Jan. 18, 2024

    I became an Amazon Prime member years ago to receive the benefits of fast shipping and easy returns...boy was I wrong. Shipping is average at best, and returns are never easy. Customer service is a nightmare, and if you think that talking to a supervisor is going to help you, you are grossly mistaken. Here's an example...I purchased a trampoline for my niece and nephew for the holidays. But after hearing from a friend that their daughter was injured on the same model, I decided to go with a safer option. I tried reaching out to the seller to find out how to return the item, but I never received a response. So I reached out to Amazon for guidance with the return.

    Ash, the supervisor, told me to print the label on my Amazon account page and attach it to the box. Then they said to take it to UPS and pay for the shipping out of pocket. I was told to take a picture of the receipt and attach it with my reply to their email. They said the refund would be processed with my original payment method at UPS. They also promised to call in the morning to confirm that all went well with the shipping. I paid $379.55 in shipping!!! Needless to say I have not received my refund, nor did I receive a phone call or any follow up email.

    Since then I have spoken to 16+ representatives, 8 of them Supervisors. Each one giving more empty promises of refunds and follow up customer service. One supervisor, Van P., promised that the refund would be processed 3-5 days from when we spoke...that was 16 days ago. And the last supervisor Dianne P. promised me this..."Hello James, As we discussed, I'll call or email you everyday 10:00 EST regarding our conversation about the update"...That was 3 days ago and I have received no calls or emails. They all keep acknowledging that the original supervisor (Ash) messed up, but no one is fixing the problem.

    The idea of calling Amazon again and spending another hour on each call is sickening. Amazon is still holding my $379.55 and I don't know what to do. The fact that I pay extra as a Prime member to receive horrible customer service and to have my money for lack of better terms "stolen"...is disgusting!!! Don't waste your hard earned money or your valuable time...Amazon Prime is not looking out for your best interest at all!!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 17, 2024

    This is not a review for the product per se. This a review on the horrible, frustrating, lack of competence from Amazon and their team. Also a review on how crap their Alexa service and ecosystem is. I invested into the ecosystem with speakers and smart devices that can be controlled through Alexa. I added a ton of speakers and smart devices with routines that help me run my household conveniently. Unfortunately I replaced my phone as it had broken. When I received my new phone, I signed into my account only to find that I had no devices on my account. No routines. Nothing. I checked my wife’s phone to see if she still had the routines and devices and she did. Here is where the incompetence comes in with Amazon. Amazon tried to convince me that the devices were registered with my wife’s account without checking anything on my account. I told the representative that my wife doesn’t have an account.

    My wife doesn’t even know how to email. She doesn’t even know her own email because I set everything up for. She is technically challenged lol. I then told the representative that she was a liar and was trying to get off the phone with me as to not deal with me and the issue because according to a bunch of sub reddits and internet articles, this is an ongoing problem for about 5-6 years now. I then proceeded to ask my echo which account she was connected to and she clearly said my first and last name and said that it was my account that she was connected to. The representative then had no choice but to check the serial numbers on my echos to see which account they were registered to. The greatest part was that the representative said that they are not connected to that account. She then asked me if I had another account that it can be connected to. I only have one account and my wife literally signs in with my credentials.

    Well I sign in for her because remember, she is not tech savvy. I then told the representative that having another account would be impossible as my iPhone stores passwords and emails. So I proceeded to checked my passwords in settings and lo and behold, one account, one username and one password. She then told me that I can simply setup my devices again and will return to normal. I told her that in order for that to happen, you would have to come to my house and do it for me because I refuse to. I did it once already and it was time consuming.

    I would have reset a ton of devices, spend about an hour setting up routines and devices all for a foul up that has been going for years by the not so great and powerful Amazon. I will be finding ways and will dedicate my time to write negative reviews and will use my influence to make sure people do not invest in such a crap, amateur, buggy excuse for a service. Google best and even apples home is much mor stable and a hell of a lot more reliable.

    P.S. I had a dinner party today and wanted to put some music with my guest and ended up spending literally an hour and ten minutes on the phone with them and an additional 45 minutes just trying to figure it out on my own. Stay away! Please believe me it will frustrate you if you accidentally sign out or delete the app. Just do a quick google search and see thousands of people experiencing the same problem. IT IS COMMON AND INFIXABLE!

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    Reviewed Jan. 15, 2024

    In July this year I purchased a set of Xcelite tools for my son. I ordered the tools on Amazon's website and had them shipped to my son home as a birthday gift. Xcelite are premier tools which come at a cost, ($90.00 for a set of nut drivers). Last evening my son told me they broke on first use and at close examination they turned out to be fake Xcelite brand tools. I contacted Amazon customer service, I was surprised that there was no reaction when I explained the Xcelite branded tools I purchased are fake. While I have used Amazon for many years as a supplier and cannot trust Amazon any longer to sell genuine brands. It seems this company has lost control over what it sells and the ability to police itself.

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    Customer ServicePriceRefunds & PayoutsBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2024

    In the past couple years, I have issues with Amazon's return and refund on multiple items which I have never experienced before. I am a long time customer of Amazon since they were selling books only. I kept getting email from Amazon's return dept. that Amazon has issue a refund and did not receive the returned items, then they charged my credit card again without my permission. I have never heard of any business in the world doing such a stupid careless practice in dealing with return and refund. How stupid whoever handles Amazon's return and refund that they refund customer's money without receiving the returned items.

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    Punctuality & SpeedBilling

    Reviewed Jan. 13, 2024

    I like Amazon but hate the check out. My orders always proceed at check out, then days later I'm asked to pay again!.. Then I'm waiting for my purchase but I should not have to buy more than once. Payments should go through when check out says it already went through!. So irritating!...

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    Contract & TermsSales & MarketingPriceRefunds & Payouts

    Reviewed Jan. 11, 2024

    Why can't you leave feedback on Amazon about Amazon services? Can't find that option on any URL - can leave feedback on everything else! No Prime Membership discount for Veterans and first responders. Pay for a service ie.. Prime Video - now have to pay an additional fee for no ads (will most likely be like Hulu = No ads (17.99) - except where they have ads. Prime Audio is still no ads, gaming no ads. Seems they know where to make the change to get more!!

    Pay for Prime delivery yet not all orders are supported - should get a discount if I can't use what I pay for. Amazon Prime used to be a good deal, now it's headed to the realm of how much can we charge for every little thing, if we can't get money in shipping we will get it somewhere else!! I keep seeing MSN articles about things that need to go away, top 2 are subscription services and online virtual products -- why pay for shows that I don't watch (need to go back to a per show/movie or per series purchase) and when did we start paying for imaginary products!!

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2024

    I was unable to access my Amazon account unless I was at home. When I tried, I would get sent a text to verify it was me that was never received. This went on for 2 years. I called customer service again & again who assured me it was corrected & it wouldn't be. I finally decided to delete the account & start over hoping to fix the problem, it didn't. I called the next day because I didn't realize it also deleted my Audible account as well. They refused to reactivate the account causing me to lose $1000s of dollars in books. Don't even go there, buy the actual books & don't fool with the crap they sell on Amazon.com. What a waste of money & time, I wish I had never done business with them. I'm now looking in to an attorney to help me with this as I have it all documented.

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    Customer ServicePunctuality & SpeedRefunds & PayoutsBillingTransparency

    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2024

    So, originally it started out they said my account was suspicious because I ordered gift cards for Christmas. No warning 4 weeks later they locked my account. I get it unlocked, think everything is fine until I realize (on Dec 29th) they stopped the gift cards, other purchases for Christmas. Took them several days to credit it the purchases too. Once I got my order history back I thought I was done. That only took me a dozen hours on chat/phone calls to get that resolved. Now I realize they removed my address & payment info. I couldn't resolve this, so I had to chat w/ Amazon again. 3 hours later with no explanations they call me & ask for verification (billing address). Really? You deleted that. They literally have no other way of verifying your account (I looked at an order & verified correct billing address prior to this incident). What a hassle. Be wary. If your account is locked for no reason, expect frustration on a new level.

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    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2024

    Upon trying to pay for this order Woot defaulted to an Amazon Pay card ending in ** - not wanting that - I entered my Mastercard ending in **. The order was confirmed then and again in an email. I received a note from my credit card asking if I had initiated that order - I confirmed. A short time later I received an email from Amazon/Woot stating that the payment had been issued from the Amazon Pay card even though my Mastercard was acknowledged in that email.

    A short time ago in a failed attempt to buy from Woot using funds in my Amazon account - I was told the companies are not connected in a payment way. It then became clear to me that Amazon is violating Maine's antitrust law by arranging to keep refunded moneys in an account at the same time as changing preferred payment to Amazon Pay - thus guaranteeing that all funds remain with Amazon and NO REFUNDS will be given. I was told at Amazon that I would have to resolve the issue with Woot. (The last supervisor was unaware that Woot is a subsidiary of Amazon). My last conversation with Woot I was told that Woot doesn't handle Amazon Payment problems.

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    Customer ServicePriceStaff

    Reviewed Jan. 7, 2024

    It seems Amazon has changed quite a bit in the last few years. I live in a very rural area, hours away from a UPS store and thirty minutes from the only drop off location around. I am a Prime member and purchase from Amazon frequently because shopping options are limited where I live. I suspect this is true for many rural Amazon customers. The cost of Prime has increased significantly, while benefits are being altered or restricted. I am constantly only given a return option that is free only if taking items to a UPS store. Also, some items are returned with a QR code that no one locally, not even the UPS driver, can read. I also feel that Amazon is manipulating customers into dropping returns off at affiliated businesses, such as Whole Foods Market or Kohl's.

    If "no longer wanted/needed" is selected for the reason for return, no free return shipping is available even for Prime members. Amazon hides information on how to contact a live customer service person as well. Prime has become almost useless for me. Amazon should value its rural customers and do more to ensure that Prime benefits apply to all members who pay the increasing membership fee.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2024

    Amazon has become a shady and scammy company. They kept pulling unauthorized charges for Amazon Prime that I never consented to and stealing out of my bank account. This is the third time that they do this to me so I closed my Amazon account and for the third time, I had to report them and reissue a new debit card. Never again will I use Amazon. I am switching to eBay. I trust eBay and I have been with eBay for many years and never once has my bank account been compromised when shopping with eBay.

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    Reviewed Jan. 6, 2024

    It has been since Nov 2023 I have been trying to get a refund from a membership that was canceled and I was told I would receive a refund the first time within a week then a week or so later I was told it had to go through investigation and I would be issued a check that could take up to six weeks. Fast forward to last week I called again, my check still had not been issued. Was told again that I would have to go through investigations again and it could take another six weeks to get my check. I was as well suppose to hear from them about receiving a gift card in place of check refund that never happened as well. I doubt very seriously I will ever see that refund.

    It is my understanding that the Federal Trade Commission has received several complaints regarding this same issue against Amazon Prime. It is insane they can just deduct money from your acct not even ask you if you want the subscription then when you contact them and tell them no, they do everything in their power to keep you from getting a refund and then have the nerve to try and get you to buy the subscription at a reduced rate. I did not want it to begin with, a reduced rate won't change that Amazon is a bully. They stomp all over the consumer. So as of now long story short, I will be invested in 14 to 16 weeks if not more in order to get back the 144.87 they took from my acct if I ever get it at all. Run people, don't buy into the hype, they can not be trusted. If you too have experienced the same issue I suggest you file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission against Amazon.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2024

    Purchased an Ugg blanket from them and the blanket had to be returned. They only offered an UPS return and you need a box for it to be returned. They never sent it in a box only white wrapping. I had to purchase a box for $25. Amazon won’t refund me the money for the box. They should have offered a different way to return like Kohl's which is much better than ups.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2024

    Amazon used to be a good company, but now are the worst on the planet!!! In fact, 1 star is way too good for them. I would rate them - (negative) 5. They hijacked a retailer-purchased gift card, that I uploaded into my Amazon account, by locking the card and locking my account. They wanted proof of purchase, which made no sense but I provided anyway with not only the card but the receipt for purchase. However, that was not good enough as they kept asking for proof with a different tender than was used. Serious red flags!!! And after several attempts were made through several customer service agents and management with no resolution, as nobody had the authority to help restore my account and gift card balance, I tried calling the corporate office.

    Unfortunately, their call corporate center staff have no authority or ability to escalate calls or transfer to executive leadership. Everything has to go through their customer service, which has no ability to provide effective customer service. The purchase was early 2023 and I have tried for all these months to get this resolved.

    Lesson learned!!! Amazon has lost all credibility and respect is zero!!! I do not suggest giving them your business!!! However, I do suggest voicing yourself to warn others of their horrible business practices. Like I and several others are doing. I also saw other customers voice a bad review of their practices mentioning a class action lawsuit. Sounds like this may be the best recourse.

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    Reviewed Jan. 5, 2024

    I've been an Amazon Prime member for years and have never had a problem with a company until now. The company, Umbuzo and name on Amazon is Buy Kind. I've had a horrible experience with this company with them first sending me the wrong table and the second time sending me a damaged table. I've been dealing with the seller and Amazon for over a month now waiting for the A to Z Claims Department to review everything and make a decision. After all of this waiting and speaking to 2 Amazon supervisors, spending so much time on the phone with Amazon, messaging back and forth to the seller, I receive an email from the A to Z Claims Dept telling me that they closed the case because I did not submit additional information asked within 2 days.

    They never asked me for additional information! I never received an email from them. So now needing to call once again and spend 30-60 mins on the phone with Amazon to reopen my case. This is a total disgrace! Amazon, can't you work better for your Prime membership customers? Are you just defending the sellers? A horrible experience with Amazon A to Z Claim Department. I would think that a company like Amazon could do much better!

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2024

    As other reviews have already expressed. The quality of customer service and delivery has declined in recent years. More times than not, my orders as a Amazon Prime member are late more than they are on time. I have even had orders that state 'out for delivery' and by the end of the day, I get a notice saying the order is delayed. Several times I have had items that could be delivered the next day, but if I order multiple items. If I wait an extra 2 days they will ship all items together. Then after those extra 2 days.

    The original item that I could have had delivered the next day, ends up being 2 or 3 days beyond the original 2-day extra wait. When contacting customer service all they basically say is if it doesn't arrive by a certain date then contact them to cancel the order and get a refund. So again, as others have also posted, why have a system that tells you if you order by a certain time you will have delivery by a certain date and hardly even stick by it. Why should we bother to continue paying for Prime service when we are not receiving Prime service.

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    After a positive interaction with Amazon.com, J increased their star rating.

    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2024

    I really hate to say this but Amazon has fake sellers—I believe! I ordered an electric bike/scooter for my sick child (for Xmas)in OCTOBER from AMAZON. I got a message next day that it shipped BUT a few weeks later it said it was going to be late-TWICE. Then they messaged me a week or so BEFORE XMAS stating that the bike was LOST IN TRANSIT!!! I tried to pull this same scooter/bike up on their website and it no longer exists—just weird!!! They told me there was nothing they could do but give me my money back! WHO does this RIGHT BEFORE XMAS???—I’m just so sad and disappointed in Amazon—there’s no words to describe…I also know they are not going to read this and nor do they really care but maybe people will. Who does this to people??? Bezos

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    Reviewed Jan. 3, 2024

    I have been shopping Amazon for years. Each year they get worse regarding service. I am disabled, and rely on delivery to home. When you have Prime, they promise you delivery by such and such date. When considering an item, they give you how much time you have to enter item into cart and complete checkout to guarantee delivery by the date they show you. This has been failing terribly. I have to have major surgery tomorrow. I ordered a charger and cable, it wasn't what I wanted, but if I ordered and checked out within 8 hour window they showed, it would be delivered today. Not now, nope. They didn't even SHIP it until today, Wednesday, and I won't receive it until Friday.

    When I called to speak with someone about this I get the runaround. Those are "estimates." I state, that's NOT what we are told when we pay for our prime dues, and that is NOT what that "delivery by" date before we place it in the cart says! The word "estimate" is not in there anywhere. Every year, their policies change. They want you to review the items one buys, BUT you cannot say anything about the seller, or mention other things pertinent to the item. It's like if you don't say what they want you to say, they will not post your review (all reviews have to go through their reviewers). They don't hold to their policies. The things I have been told they won't post my review however are in other recent posts by others, but not their "featured" reviews on products, which in my opinion seems to be when reviews are not posted if it is negative. They keep changing things. Like prime movie. Now, we have to pay not to see ads. Really?

    They snuck in new terms on the Kindle services as well a few years back. This is my last year. I'll not renew. I hope people stand together against this. Amazon needs to remember, they are where they are because of people buying from them. To me, they are more of a disservice, and to justify their greed so blatantly, is a disgrace! When is enough enough? They used the excuse of covid for delayed shipping for nearly 2 years. But did you see them refund anyone for the service they guaranteed for your prime dues? Nope.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2024

    Start to finish Amazon has probably the worst customer service and return policies lately. I returned a laptop and waited 5 months for refund. It also helped I had an attorney. Right now it’s been 25 days waiting on a refund for a coffee pot. It funny how it takes seconds to take your money but weeks to return it. I’m finished with Amazon and Prime.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2024

    Spoke to Amazon customer care who is extremely rude and all I called them for a return on two items - apple beats and apple care and they keep saying different excuses every time. I have tried chatting and I have tried customer service. I spoke to them on 22nd, 26th and (today) 2nd January and every time is a different excuse. I spoke to Anjali in a chat on December 22nd. Who did nothing to check the return status but said it would be processed and 1 to 2 hrs but did not do anything about it as I found out. So, I called, and I spoke with a rep on the phone on 26th who said he spoke to third party, and they said it will be processed in 3-4 hrs who also did not process anything as what I found out (Today) 2nd January from Carla in care. I got escalated and she transferred me to someone else who can help to some Spanish rep, and I did not request a Spanish rep, so I ask the rep to transfer the call to a supervisor (Bhagya) who gave me a completely wrong answer like what.

    I just want a refund so I can buy the correct item. That I can hear from. Is it that hard to do? I am handicapped with speech deficiency, but it is like all these people are making fun of in their tone and I can hear that on the call. I know my money is stuck on Amazon but really, they make it hard for people to get that back. Now I have no other way to get a correct answer from amazon, so I had to open this BBB case. And I told the supervisor I will escalate it but she did care. I paid for a headache from amazon.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2024

    Amazon Prime TV, starting February 2024, is no longer ad free. Amazon will be showing ads in streaming devices. To become ad free, it's additional 2.99 per month charge, or 36 dollars annually to your subscription fee. This is ridiculous, many pay for streaming, so they are not bombarded by ads. Other streaming platforms give their product for free, in place of ads..Completely understandable. But greedy Bezos wants both the advertising revenue and additional fees paid by users. With this additional fee, Amazon is now more costly than Netflix. Before you know it, Netflix will follow soon. Amazon is driving away users to other platforms. Amazon already charges for add-on channels, certain movies etc., etc. When an individual can jump over to TUBI and get it for free, but with ads. With Amazon showing ads but charging you at the same time. This is just corporate greed, nothing more. Time has come to move onto other streaming platforms or go back to regular cable, that has better programs watch.

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    Reviewed Jan. 2, 2024

    I have used Amazon Prime for many years and it seems like they keep changing their offerings and not delivering on service that was paid for with the prime subscription. It has been nice to have free delivery on a quick basis but recently their delivery times have been excessive. Over the years their high price for prime was offset by their movies and content but recently they have very little to offer and if you want to watch more movies you need to pay extra for other streaming services and now they are raising their prices to watch what little they offer for additional fee to get rid of advertising.

    For the annual amount they charge for prime, I can afford to pay for reasonable freight. I have found that Walmart offers the same service without a membership fee unless you go with their Walmart+ which is only necessary if you want quick shipment. They currently are shipping about the same a amazon with no shipping charges.

    I currently have a paid annual membership with Amazon and whenever I am purchasing I always double check their prices with walmart and they are very close or lower. Unless amazon gets their act together I will not renew my membership and keep shopping both amazon and walmart. I hope amazon get the message that they can't keep charging for Prime and not give the value or service.

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    Reviewed Jan. 1, 2024

    I had to shop at Amazon for Christmas 2023 because I live in Tennessee and my grandkids live in Florida. A box with only about 119$ worth of items DIDN'T show up in Palmetto Florida. We’ve had a lot of problems with the Palmetto post office so I called to let Amazon know the box didn’t show up. They told me to call the police and that was that they hung up the phone on me. When I called back they hung up again. Now keep in mind I paid over 1000.00 this holiday season with Amazon and they had still several orders not delivered yet. The items I purchased said sold by Amazon and delivered by Amazon but that was a lie even though the website said that they are allowed to use “partners” to deliver!!

    Knowing I had several delivery problems with Palmetto Florida post office I made sure the items I chose would be delivered by Amazon I thought!! But not the case and then when post office didn’t deliver again and couldn’t find the box I am out 119$ and Amazon hung up on me.. So I then canceled the last few items that had NOT SHIPPED yet and Amazon wouldn’t return my money again!! Another 85$!!! Unbelievable so I have cancelled my Amazon prime which I’ve had for over 6 years also I had paid thru PayPal and so pay pal took out 168.00$ and then amazon also took out the same amount so I was double charged for THAT so watch your accounts. They’ve probably been doing this a while and I just didn’t notice but because it was Christmas and I’d had problems with that post office I noticed and they got caught. NEVER again. I do not enjoy losing money to big corporations or being hung up on either.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2023

    They become one of the worst customer service ever. Never was that bad. They gave me a hard time to return an item after return period (which is a month) and after hours of talk they refund me a restocking fee as promotional credit which is useless because the only way to use it for is items which is sold and shipped by Amazon which is very few. Looks like they are marketing very well for walmart plus, I do not know what is the benefits of being a prime member.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2023

    They told me the drill press that I ordered would be here this Friday. I purchased it based on this. Now they're telling me I won't receive it till at least another week later. It was very important for me to receive this on time things. I run a small business and customers depend on my work. As far as Amazon being Dependable they are not. The products they sell are very poor. I should have known better and went and purchase it at Home Depot or Lowe's. I have since canceled my Prime membership and deleted all my list. It's more convenient for me to purchase it someplace else when I can pick it up in the store and not have to worry about receiving a package that has been damaged or the product that is broken inside due to shipping or just poor handling with Amazon. I'm absolutely positive if everybody reads all the reviews they'll find that they're having the same issue. I have regretted ever doing business with Amazon.

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    Reviewed Dec. 30, 2023

    Please keep in mind that I do not enjoy leaving bad reviews. I remember when Amazon actually had a great relationship with their customers being able to call them and speak to a live person right away. Lately I have come across multiple sellers who are deceivingly selling products on the Amazon website claiming that they are new and discovering something else. I purchased the phone which I was told was brand new according to the seller. When I got my package I discovered that the phone that I had bought was actually a phone that had been renewed.

    I know this because I have owned this phone three times in the past which was the LG V60 thin q. You could tell that the phone had been renewed because of the chips around the bezel that hold down the screen. Also functions would not work right mainly biometrics. When you bought this phone new the Biometrics worked perfectly. I called customer service to report the seller selling used items as new. They could care less they'll just keep doing it.

    I have had to send back so many items to Amazon because of faulty advertisement and sellers being greedy and deceiving and when you notify customer service they don't care. They figure they're so big that nobody would dare challenge them. I mean why else would you not correct the people that are doing deceiving things with Amazon. Money money. I really feel let down by Amazon they're just another business out to make a book and they don't care who they screw over. sorry to sound so negative but I have really had a horrible experience with them. I will be closing my Prime Membership never to buy anything from Amazon again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 26, 2023

    I bought a floral arrangement for a friend at a cost of 119.00. They said it arrived days before it was supposed to and claim it was placed in my friend's mailbox. That would be impossible due to size. Amazon said the order was to "an outside seller" which meant I can only leave a messages with them. Amazon will not refund me. Since a customer has no way of knowing they are "an outside seller" when placing an order this seem ilegal or at least morally wrong.

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    Reviewed Dec. 25, 2023

    I went to purchase an item. I've never had a purchase anything on my account. I point to parts you tonight. I'm they automatically flagged my account. Put it on, hold 2 days before Christmas. Didn't you get the purchase anything yet? Because they said suspicious buying activity. Never even bought anything. So how do you know what my buying activity is? Number one then they told me 24 hours. It would be released. Was not. Oh I also put my gift card that was bought for me from my family member on my account to read to look at the balance. In order to receive the balance you have to redeem your gift card. So I put it on my account as soon as I put it on my account. I logged out to go do something else. I came back and it was on hold. Can't get in it.

    I've been hold. It's gonna be 24 hours for 3 days now. Christmas is tomorrow and now my kids don't get Christmas so that's stealing, if you ask me to just take my money and not be able to let me use the money that it was purchased for me. And I didn't even get to use my account. And I was going to help you to unlock it to do anything like that. This is ridiculous. I will never use Amazon again.

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    Tina increased rating by 4 stars.
    After a positive interaction with Amazon.com, Tina increased their star rating on Dec. 25, 2023.

    Updated review: Dec. 25, 2023

    UPS finally helped me resolve the delivery issue. UPS actually sent a rep to open a closed facility and she found my package. I was then able to go pick it up. I'm not sure if it was all my calls to UPS or if Amazon helped. I'm happy with the outcome. Amazon also went above and beyond and gave me a full refund for the item purchased. WTG Amazon!

    Original Review: Dec. 23, 2023

    I ordered 2 cross necklaces for my granddaughters for Christmas. I ordered and was told they would be here for Christmas. One arrived the other won't be delivered till 26th or maybe the 28th. I've had about 5 delivery dates ranging from the 20th, 21st, 22nd, 26th, and 28th and I saw the 29th at one point. Now I have 2 granddaughters. One has a gift because hers was delivered and the second has none.

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    Reviewed Dec. 20, 2023

    I think that Amazon has gotten so much business that they no longer care about their customers and whether or not their customers get their deliveries or not. I ordered a new Laptop on December 14th. It was due to be delivered Sunday December 17th by 10pm. So I took off work Sunday to make sure I was here for delivery. After I got off work I got a message that the delivery would be on Monday the 18th by 10pm. I had specific delivery instructions on where to place my delivery in my absence because I could not take off again. The delivery was made but my instructions were not followed and the package was placed in front of my front door visible to the street and sidewalk. I never received the packages which means they were likely stolen.

    Amazon refuses to replace the purchase or refund the purchase which means I am now out of $570.00 and with no new laptop. Had the driver followed my instructions this problem would exist. Why ask for delivery instructions if the driver is not going to follow them? This is highly unacceptable. Due to an Amazon Driver's error I have to eat $570.00? Why is that? How simple could it be to follow delivery instructions to avoid these kind of issues? What else can I do to address this injustice? I paid for the products, shouldn't I get them? I could almost understand if I did not have any delivery instructions included. But I did! I need help with this. Derrick **, Glenwood, Illinois.

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    Reviewed Dec. 19, 2023

    So I ordered some stuff on line for my business, and paid for it... But didn't get a confirmation email... But that has happened before. I've got 3 orders now on the way from different places. And this one still hasn't even been sent out, according to my records. As I log in and got closer and closer to the original transaction. When I got there. It turned red and said I need to update my payment. That it had not been paid for! As far as I can tell all that happened right when I clicked on it. I received no emails to that effect. Nothing went then to my spam file... And to make matters worse, It actually did charge me... And I can't get ahold of anybody to let them know. It's fifty bucks... Enough to make me mad, but not enough to charge the windmill city of denseness... I've had good luck before. I guess I was due?? What exactly are they doing?

    I have deadlines and things I need to do, and they can't even confirm whether I paid without my traversing the digital gauntlet, sneak into the lions' den just to see a little note saying "your business is important to us. So important you need to pay us again! Nice job finding the room. Most don't. You're ALMOST THERE! just one more time, and this time, we GUARANTEE! YOU’LL HEAR SOMETHING!"... The thing that bothers me is I've been waiting here for several days, now two business days in a row. When someone hits the BUT button, we need to KNOW if there are problems... Not have a pop-up when we navigate downtown Tokyo to the place we ordered it only to have a sign pop-up saying, "You didn't pay, and what if you did!?" There's literally no place I can write. I guess the bank will handle a chargeback. Abandon all hope... Etc.

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    Beth increased rating by 3 stars.
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    After a positive interaction with Amazon.com, Beth increased their star rating on July 1, 2024.

    Updated review: July 1, 2024

    After I posted this review I decided to write a letter to Amazon headquarters. Three days after I sent it I received a call from headquarters. The gentleman on the phone said he was with an executive review team and that he reviewed my experience and that the credit card charge for the mattress I did not order would be removed.

    It is unfortunate that I had to waste many hours on the situation; however, I sincerely appreciate that Amazon finally listened to me and I have resumed using Amazon again, albeit with more caution. In fairness, they ultimately did the right thing.

    Original Review: Dec. 18, 2023

    On September 25, 2023 I ordered a Queen Nectar Mattress for my daughter's NYC apartment. When she put it on the bed she realized it was a King Mattress. I called Amazon to arrange to return the King and have a Queen sent. The woman I spoke to at their customer service told me that they didn't have a way to pick it up because it was out of the box so it couldn't be shipped. I explained that getting it out of the apartment was going to be a huge hassle and that since it was Amazon's mistake they should figure it out. She apologized, told me there was nothing she could do & that maybe I could get a charity to pick it up and that she was sending me out the Queen that I ordered.

    Goodwill told my daughter that maybe they could take it but she would have to bring it in. When my daughter called Nectar to ask them if they could pick it up they said they would be happy to but when she said I bought it from Amazon they apologized and said they could't assist. There was no way that she could get that huge mattress around NYC. She eventually found someone to drag it down nine floors and get it out of there. Three months later Amazon is charging me for the King mattress that I did not order and they would not take back. I have been an Amazon Prime member since its inception but I am cancelling it. The customer service is non existent and I have now been ripped off for seven hundred dollars for their mistake.

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    Reviewed Dec. 18, 2023

    I have called customer service several times trying to get a reimbursement for points used for a cancelled order of December 4. The transaction page shows that $38.43 was reimbursed December 6. The amount has yet to actually be applied. After being assured by CS at least 4 times that yes, I am entitled to refund, I still do not have credit in my account. They verify the same info each contact. This is ridiculous. It certainly doesn’t take 12 days to take my points or to charge my credit card. I guess Amazon is just too big to care about their customers!!!

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    Reviewed Dec. 17, 2023

    Multiple times I’ve ordered something and asked it be delivered to the side porch. They put it on the front porch instead or on the steps of the side porch. They use packaging where you can see the items in it sometimes. Not good at all. I was supposed to receive my package today. Well they delivered it to Fountain Inn and not my house. Customer service by phone and chat don’t know anything and are rude including the supervisor. Items don’t arrive on time and most of the time are in horrible condition upon arrival. They don’t know where it is and gave me contradictory info.

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    Reviewed Dec. 13, 2023

    I have never experienced such terrible customer service in my life. Item got you sick? Seal broken? Good luck being able to return. Have to reach out to the company of the product, Amazon won't do anything for you. They will also claim to reach back out to you in 1-3 days and that is a lie.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2023

    I ordered some shoes for my son. I returned the shoes as noted to UPS (Nov. 5th). I was then notified by Amazon via email on (Nov. 28) that I had X amount of time to return shoes or I would be charged. I then called Amazon (Nov. 30) and was assured that they received the item and I WOULD NOT be charged. I was sent an email confirming this and it was an easy transaction with the representative. Today (Dec. 12th) I look on my bank account and saw that I was charged for the shoes?! I called and was given a, "Sorry. You will have to wait until the charge clears until it can be refunded." This individual was very very very rude. Told me if I didn't stop talking he would just end the call. Thank you Amazon. I have been a loyal customer with you for several years. Very disappointed in how this was handled or should I say wasn't handled.

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    Reviewed Dec. 12, 2023

    Amazon customer service has gotten so bad. Reps have become so rude anymore and they will do whatever to not help. I get that you can't always just return and run but the least thing they could do is not be rude to people. The one I dealt with today was just flat out hostile on the chat. It's time to find other options than Amazon. It's not worth the headache anymore.

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    Reviewed Dec. 11, 2023

    I have been shopping with Amazon since Amazon basically started. Never had any issues with them until the last year with returns. I have returned several products and had to wait over 30 days to get a refund for a product that Amazon had in their return center within days of initiating the refund. Not only are they doing this but they are doing this to consumers who have their credit card so that they can obtain interest on those products before they refund you. Another way that Amazon collects millions of dollars.

    In the last few recent months they are now refusing to refund for products that are returned, unopened, and just sent back due to change of mind but I have had to literally file Disputes with my credit card companies just to get my money back and a process that is lengthy and just plain ridiculous. When customer service explains why they aren't refunding you for a product you sent back and they have the answer is appalling. "We don't have to!" What kind of customer service is that?? It's now to the point where I have had to file so many Disputes with my credit card/bank that they will no longer process anything coming from Amazon. Which is a relief. Just be careful because Amazon is scamming a lot of innocent consumers this way.

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    Reviewed Dec. 10, 2023

    I would not recommend you buying from Amazon, customer service is so bad. I ordered an item and never arrived, never gave me back my money. Worst online order company that I have ever dealt with! There is no one to talk to.

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    Reviewed Dec. 9, 2023

    When reviewing an item that did not arrive as promised, along with the fact that they waited till 2 hrs before deadline to notify me it was delayed and then I didn’t receive it for 4 more days; Amazon would not post my review and claimed it violated their guidelines. I used no foul language and just stated the fact. We need to stop being lazy and buying the Chinese junk that they sell. I will never use Amazon again.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2023

    As Amazon has grown they’ve gone downhill significantly just like a lot. Only caring about money and how fast they can shove out products. They’ll hire anyone and it seems people who are lazy take jobs here because they get away with it. Repeatedly within the last couple of months I have paid an additional $2.99 for same-day shipping and I never get my item one time. I am probably owed at least $20 at this point for same-day deliveries not delivered within the specified timeframe if not more. I let customer service know, and their response was they are sorry it won’t happen again. Their response to everything is always that they are sorry it won’t happen again, and it always happens again. Which is another thing that repeatedly happens now that I live in a condo complex. We have a package room with a package locker inside which I paid for the package locker services.

    They are too lazy to deliver the packages to my door most of the time and instead take them to the package room, but they don’t put them in the locker as they are supposed to. They literally just throw them in the room for a complex of hundreds of people and I have to spend a half hour out of my day searching for packages when I paid for a service that I could easily type a code in and have a locker pop open and retrieve my packages immediately. Of course, as previously mentioned, I contacted them and their response was they are sorry it won’t happen again. Repeatedly happens. Literally, just throw the packages in there and the boxes are often broken open and products inside broken and disheveled.

    Last month I received an AutoShip box which was giant and had like 10 different products inside. The box was busted open and there was trash in it and a half empty Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee cup. Disgusting. Multiple of the products were also damaged. I’ve received literally an empty package of air, my friend ordered a card game and literally received a dildo. Today I ordered Jell-O shot cups on same day delivery because I needed them today and received with made in china suede cross body bag. SMH.

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2023

    I ordered $2,800 in gift cards to PRINT that were to be sent via email so that I could include them in Christmas cards to my employees. On the PREVIEW for the gift cards, it included the redeem code. When they arrived in my email (28 emails, one for each gift card) NO REDEEM CODES WERE THERE! It merely read to click the button to add to my Amazon account balance. NO! This is NOT what I ordered.

    So (after hunting forever for the chat option) I chatted for THIRTY MINUTES and at the end, they said they would have to transfer me to a "gift card specialist." After speaking with the specialist, they then said they had to call me so I gave them my number. After ANOTHER THIRTY MINUTES, the "gift card specialist" said she can't process that many codes for gift cards so she has to transfer me to a "gift card specialist." Uuummmmm aren't YOU a gift card specialist???? WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AMAZON! This is the worst experience I've ever had! I will NOT be buying gift cards for Amazon next year that's for sure! YOU JUST LOST OVER $3,000 IN ONE TRANSACTION PEOPLE!

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    Reviewed Dec. 8, 2023

    Amazon has the worst delivery drivers I've ever experienced. Not only do they do the bare minimum, but they have no consideration on making sure packages are being delivered properly and securely in the Amazon HUB lockers. This is not to bash the ones who actually go above and beyond for the company. These are the ones who are dressed in regular clothes who are trying to make a quick buck. This should be a huge concern for Amazon because eventually this billion-dollar company will see a financial loss due to the overwhelming demand on refunds or reshipment that never seems to make it due to the lack of work ethic due to these workers. Would really like to see a change in this company.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2023

    I purchased two wigs during a Black Friday special on Amazon from Yasgirl Nov 5th 2023. I never received the wigs. Amazon represented the seller. I was unable to contact them directly and Amazon said to not contact customer service until after Dec 1st for a full refund which is almost a month later. The sale was off and at time the wigs were at a deep discount. I contacted Amazon for replacements of which they said they had to contact the seller but they just wanted to give me a refund. During this time period Amazon started selling one of Yasgirl’s wigs on Amazon prime but I keep being told they cannot replace the wigs they have to contact the seller. Amazon refunded the money. How is Amazon unable to replace technically their own products? I feel like the sale was a bait and switch and Yasgirl never had any intentions on sending the wigs. And since Amazon handled the transaction they need to handle the replacement.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2023

    Order products and delivery date estimate was the 2 business days later, shipping was through Amazon. Amazon notified me on estimated delivery date that products were "delayed, not yet shipped" It is now 4 business later and products still not shipped. Tried Amazon Customer service and their "help" gave no information. I can find no way to track products and no information on when I can expect delivery. One item is time sensitive for delivery and I do not have any idea when to expect delivery.

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2023

    I was sent an item different from what I ordered (similar, but I ordered a single-flavor package of some organic snacks, and was sent a box with a mix/multiple flavors). I was told that due to "unusual return activity" - examples of which could not be provided to me - that I would need to submit, through some 3rd party, a copy of my official identification in order to be able to return/exchange/get a refund for that item.

    I have rarely REQUESTED a refund from Amazon, but I have had refunds OFFERED to me by Amazon Customer Service when I have made contact regarding a damaged or incorrect item. None of these previous incorrect or damaged products have been my fault. Sometimes they have asked for me to send a photo of the incorrect/damaged item, and I have done that (they did not ask this time). I do not want a copy of my ID out on some 3rd party's system, where months from now I find out they had a "breach" and personal data may have been exposed.

    I am disappointed, but more than that, actually disturbed, that Amazon thinks it is appropriate to respond to a customer who was sent an INCORRECT ITEM, with an accusation of "unusual refund activity" and a response that is essentially - 'sorry, if you aren't willing to provide more personal information, then we will not correct OUR mistake'. Really? Really. Such a shame. No longer a company I would recommend doing business with.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2023

    I was told I would get my Amazon order placed on 11/27/23 on 12/3/23, then I'm told it's delayed so now I'll get it 12/4/23? However I did get the order after 5 pm on 12/3/23 but the tape (not attached on one side top flap had been slide top flap opened) and on top looked like it had been rubbed against the ground (partially torn)? If this order was packaged for my shipment why does the tape look so beat up and old? I was able to remove all the items shipped by sliding the top flap open. Amazon DID NOT give me an option online to comment on this problem because they knew I would and didn't want to offer a resolution!

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2023

    I signed up for Prime. Almost immediately they assign someone else's account to my credit card. When I called them back eight times, they denied it. Now, they refuse to let me order anything because I'm a "high risk". They were also charging this couple's monthly prime to my credit card along with their purchases that were delivered to me and that were sent back.

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    Reviewed Dec. 4, 2023

    I purchased Alive Liquid Vitamin in October with free shipping. In November Amazon wanted $6.99 for shipping. In December, Amazon wants you to have Prime to purchase. Ditch Amazon and shop around! Don't allow Amazon to "Price Bully" you into a purchase! Amazon is just one site online! Shop Walmart for affordable products!

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2023

    I wish I could give 0 stars! I will never order from Amazon again. This is the second time they've said my items have been delivered and I've received nothing! Then when you call customer service you get people who definitely don't live in the United States and they speak broken English and are of no help at all. Amazon should be canceled.

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    Reviewed Dec. 3, 2023

    I am writing this review to share a recent experience with Amazon that has left me deeply disappointed and concerned. After purchasing a Panasonic camera, I discovered that it was missing an essential component - the battery charger. This led me to contact Amazon's customer service, where I expected a simple and straightforward resolution. However, what transpired was far from satisfactory.

    My interaction with a customer service manager named Cris, based in the Philippines, was not only unhelpful but also deeply troubling. Cris's approach to handling my concern was evasive and unprofessional. The situation escalated to a point where, following my expressed dissatisfaction, I received a notification about "abnormal activity" on my account, which I believe was a retaliatory action.

    This experience has raised serious concerns about the misuse of power within Amazon's customer service. The treatment I received was not just poor service; it bordered on tactics I would associate with organized crime - using intimidation and authority to suppress and control. As a customer of over 18 years, I am shocked and appalled.

    I believe such behavior within Amazon's ranks is unacceptable and poses a significant risk to customer trust and loyalty. I urge Amazon to address this issue seriously and take necessary steps to ensure that no other customer experiences such treatment. Until then, my confidence in Amazon and my decision to continue as a customer remains uncertain.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2023

    I purchased a dining chair set from Amazon's platform which would be fulfilled by a third party vendor - 2xhome. Not only did the company not send the product but Amazon refuses to back their A-Z guarantee regarding their third party sellers. I have been calling, emailing and in constant contact with both Amazon and 2xhome since July of 2023. The third party seller is horrible, do not buy anything from them. They claimed my item was delivered and it never was. They refuse to return my funds and Amazon refuses to honor their buyer protection on the order. This is blatant theft by deception and I intend to continue to pursue this in those forums necessary. Do not trust Amazon or 2xhome.

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    Reviewed Dec. 2, 2023

    SO ordered car fluids for job I needed to do. Amazon proceeded to tell me my fluids were set to be delivered on a day then I would wait and they would not come. This happened for about 4 days in a row. I gave up and told them to refund me. I then got a message saying I have to return items that might come or might not. Not sure why I am responsible for your mishap Amazon. You have me deeply considering why do I use a service that is literally 50/50 success rate.

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    Reviewed Nov. 30, 2023

    Amazon has now become a black market site of counterfeit items. Most recently I bought what I thought was a Kate Spade bag where the item was linked to the Kate Spade Store itself. When I received my item, I realized it was a knock-off right away. I reported it to Amazon but no action has been taken. Many of their items are from KNJ Enterprises LLC and sold out of an apartment in Florida. We tried to get a refund for our item but KNJ and Amazon are unwilling to help us. I reported the suspicious activity and the fake storefront and items are still being sold on their site. Amazon just sells fake garbage now.

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    Reviewed Nov. 28, 2023

    I purchased several items and found out the pricing was inflated to let me believe I was getting a great deal on Black Friday and or Cyber Monday but in reality I did not. They priced a computer was 1099.00 with a 79 percent great sale 279.00? This computer after their great sale was 279.00 the same price. EVERYONE needs to be aware that if it's too good to be true it generally is. It's really sad they have to deceive prime members or the public with these fake discounts. I found several other items I purchased to have similar price inflations. Being a senior, this reminds me of the old bait and switch only on pricing.

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    Reviewed Nov. 27, 2023

    Amazon offers same day delivery free over $25 or $2.99. I placed my order, paid the $2.99 fee to get between 5-10pm. Never received order. This has happened to me so many times that I decided to never use same day again. Unfortunately I am disabled and need the delivery service but Amazon's greed offers a service that they can not provide. Customer service is rude to me often which is what is the most upsetting. I am a reasonable customer. Do Better! Thanks.

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    Reviewed Nov. 26, 2023

    Item never arrived, and 3 different people in customer service promised me a gift card. When ask for gift card, one was never provided. I will never purchase Amazon Prime again. The customer service agents barely speak english so amazon must be outsourcing customer service agents to another country who don't care about ** people.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2023

    They charged my credit card on file without my authorization, and the call center being complete useless. No way to escalate complaints and no one cares. No way to speak to someone in USA, very disappointed with Amazon for the poor customer service after being a Prime member for more than 10yrs, I'll go ahead and cancel my prime account.

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    Reviewed Nov. 24, 2023

    Once upon a time Prime Shipping used to mean you got 2 day shipping and priority, at this point I am consistently waiting at least a week for my shipments and I live in the midwest!!! While I watch the tracking and let Amazon wait 3 days after ordering to ship the package and then bounce it back and forth between facilities before a final transition to UPS for final delivery. Example I ordered cases for new phones last Friday, 11/17. They were originally scheduled to be delivered on Wednesday, 11/22. They were not packaged for shipping until Monday and then were at a facility about 2 hours away from all day Tuesday and Wednesday. Add thanksgiving and transition to UPS and I won't be seeing my phone cases until Monday now. Pathetic. If you know you can't deliver things remotely on time just be upfront about it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 23, 2023

    I have been an amazing customer for 7 years, can't say how many thousand of dollars spent. I ordered 15 to 20 times per year. I always complimented products, good quality brand name products, in stock, delivered quickly, and nicely. I was told over and over I was a valued customer. I went on app. 2 mo. ago and could not sign in. Called every day. Hours and hours each. All I'm told is account on hold. Not why or how to fix. No help. Not corrected. No way to correct.

    I don't get a company as large as Amazon this goofy. Make account unexcusable, no one to find out why or how to fix. This company is my opinion now a horrible co and should not be allowed to do business in the USA. Anymore. Not when they treat a valued customer this way and lock his account for no reason and don't allow you to talk to anyone that can answer why, when, who and how to take off hold. 2 months I tried. No more.

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    Reviewed Nov. 22, 2023

    Every single order I have placed through Amazon has either been damaged, late, misdelivered or missing. When you contact customer service, they either won't help or they promise to make concessions, but they never do. The last order I received was damaged, and when I contacted them for assistance, they said that they needed to verify my identity because there was suspicious activity on my account...like what, the over $500 in orders that I placed in less than 2 weeks? I sent them a photo of my driver's license and called again, only to be told that they never received my email with the id. Bunch of crap, they're just giving me the runaround. I will NEVER order from them again.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2023

    I need to know if anyone else has been shipped an item through their Amazon device that they didn't order. I was trying to pay a bill when I found out that my card had been charged for an item that my Echo Show has been trying to offer me for the past couple of weeks (despite my turning the offer feature off multiple times). Now Amazon is telling me that they can't do anything about it, but an Amazon supervisor (the 3rd person I talked to) told me I could file a dispute with my bank if I want. If there is anyone else out there that this has happened to, I want to file a lawsuit (and contact news authorities) because they are intentionally encouraging accidental orders without the ability to stop them. No Alexa device should be able to "force-request" orders and automatically charge you due to a misunderstanding by the device. Send me a message if you've had this problem. We need to stop this!

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    Reviewed Nov. 18, 2023

    Been a customer since 2006. Appalled by the deterioration of their Customer Service standards over the past 5-6 years. Disgusted with the misleading sales practices of sellers hiking up prices during Prime Days and the call Center being complete useless. No way to escalate complaints beyond the Supervisor level. No way to speak to someone in N. America. During the 19 years as customers, we’ve asked to return items outside the 30 day return window twice. 2 days outside the limit. 5 years ago it was a breeze.

    Second time they refused X4. Then Amazon calls apologizing and offering to accept the return. They didn’t say there would be a $40 restocking fee. When I called CS, they said there was a restocking fee. Well, not informing me was unethical and misleading. Shady to say the least. When I asked to speak to a supervisor the agent in the Philippines asked if there was anything else and then hung up. Cancelled my Prime membership and will never spend another penny on Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2023

    I purchased Fresh Step litter box bags for my cat from Amazon. After delivering them a full day later than promised, I called and was told I would receive a $10. Courtesy credit. However, on my next order a couple of days later, the courtesy credit was not there as promised. Even more troubling is that the litter bags state "free returns for any reason" on their website, on the item I ordered, however, when I called to return them for a refund, they asked me why I was returning them and I told them the truth: that my cat had died so I no longer need them. I returned the item which I paid $4.35 for with the tax, and they only credited me back .35 cents saying "it was not eligible for return since it was "buyer's remorse". Spoke with supervisor who said the same thing and hung up on me. They don't even deserve one star!

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2023

    I purchased a TV that was supposed to be for a birthday present.. It was already a week late from original delivery date with no tracking available.. So I called to see about because the birthday was the next day.. Was told it wouldn't be delivered for a few days.. So I then asked if I could get a refund so that I could just go and pick up a TV myself.. Was told no problem. They canceled it and told me I would get my refund in a couple weeks knowing I needed the refund in order to go get it myself.. Absolutely horrible.. Ruined a birthday and I'll never do business again with them.

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    Reviewed Nov. 16, 2023

    Yet again, an item I ordered from Amazon wasn't delivered on time. This has happened so many times over the last few years that I ended up cancelling my Prime Membership. Thankfully, I'd accepted a free month's trial of Prime so I didn't have to pay shipping on the item, but I also didn't receive it within the two-day delivery period either. This just confirms that I made the right decision in cancelling the Prime Membership because obviously nothing has changed with them. Every time I've had to contact their customer service dept., I'm always told that they're going to notify a "higher department" so it can be investigated and steps taken so it doesn't happen again. Obviously, someone somewhere isn't doing their job because yet again my order isn't being delivered on time.

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2023

    Amazon should give any resident within a 2 mile radius to the new construction $500 gift card to their company. They shut the main road down in front of the building in the middle of the day and interrupt everybody’s commute. Amazon has plenty of money to do this overnight rather than disrupt residence. Nobody cared. The building was going up, but nobody knew about Amazon’s ignorance.

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    Reviewed Nov. 11, 2023

    Amazon is refusing to issue a return label for items purchased from a third party seller (who was misleadingly called “Prime Sales”) in the amounts of $781 and $225. They say the order is “suppressed” due to “suspicious activity.” Sure wasn’t suspicious when they took my money three days ago. Two days of hell with their incompetent and rude customer service. They are abusing a senior citizen. I’m going to file complaints with the BBB, the FTC and Consumer Affairs regarding the refusal to issue return labels for products totaling $1000 when the seller has agreed to take them back.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2023

    I have been an Amazon Prime member for years. Lately there have been real problems with their delivery. My recent order was delivered to a green house, my house is not green. I called to get a replacement of my lost items. They said they can't deliver for 7 days. I went on the website and could have it delivered in 2 days. Why am I paying so much for Prime if they can't deliver the replacement for 7 days? I cancelled the replacement, was promised a refund in 3-5 days, and will order it with the shortest delivery. Amazon is turning into a ridiculous **show and I'm not continuing my Prime when it's up for renewal.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2023

    I have been a member of Amazon prime for many years and originally received free shipping just as Puerto Rico does but for the last few years shipping has been being charged even though if I ship to my Puerto Rico address no shipping charges are applied for prime members! We are in the same usps zone as Puerto Rico yet amazon discriminably accesses prime members' shipping fees, Why are we charged more than PR when it cost Amazon the same shipping cost? Also in the US Virgin Islands we wait weeks for our orders to ship and then when question, the reply is, "Well it takes a long time for the shipping," yet when I reply the order has not even been pulled yet so how can you blame shipping? I get no answers.

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    Reviewed Nov. 10, 2023

    After ordering a Jeremy Fisher plush toy for my grandchild and soon discovering the online company Ompoy Epy is a scam, using a fake phone number from a legitimate motorcycle parts supplier, my first stop to shop is Amazon. Amazon doesn't make fraudulent charges on my credit card, they don't hassle me when the beautiful flower advertised turns out to be a tiny old, mushy useless flower bulb which gets credited without return and the vendor soon disappears. The Customer Reviews on Amazon are trustworthy; one should always listen when off brand "post it" notes are reviewed as not very 'sticky'. Amazon protects us from the imposters. Amazon is not always the cheapest, but close. Thank you Amazon, for dumping fraudsters and no hassle returns while increasing unscrupulous con artists attempt to cheat us all.

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    Reviewed Nov. 9, 2023

    A Chinese seller on Amazon advertised a 12-pack of foam panels for $13.15. I need 256 to soundproof a room so I ordered 22 12- packs. They sent me 22 individual foam panels (less than two 12-packs), which is exactly what Temu did to me. After getting a refund approval from Amazon, I drove all four boxes to Kohl's and brought them in one at a time since their shopping carts are small and stood in line four times. Amazon refunded the money. Six weeks later they made 8 charges to my credit card at $21.74 each claiming they only received two of the four boxes. I had to file a dispute with my cc company and they issued me a new card. Amazon wasn't happy wasting my time once, so they did it again.

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    TechPriceRates

    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2023

    I have been an Amazon customer for at least 15 years and in the last 3 years I have seen the quality of their merchandise descend as their prices elevated. Many of their products are fake reproductions and faulty. Amazon used to be my "go to" place but now I go to the vendor themselves or to a more reliable source. Often I am able to get the product for less money and with the assurance that it is the genuine product. So sorry to see Amazon go in this direction. I am sure that I am not the only one who either has stopped using their company completely or is very cautious about what they purchase there. Buyer Beware!

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2023

    I've been an Amazon customer for years until recently when Amazon randomly closed my account after returning a defective item, and then kept both the item and over $100 in the refunded gift card balance. Amazon refuses to reopen my account or provide an explanation and the OFM email Account Specialist no longer responds to any emails. Horrible experience and I'm now out over $100 and the item itself which Amazon took back without refunding me, and then closing my account. The item was from a third-party seller and came in used condition instead of new, so I returned it. I barely ever do returns. I am now left to post here instead hoping to get resolution from Amazon.

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    Reviewed Nov. 8, 2023

    My husband is going to be so excited to know. I made my LAST PURCHASE ON AMAZON! I made a purchase on 10/05/23. Using AfterPay... With the Afterpay system it provide Amazon a "One-Payment" authorization that only be used one time. Amazon has been trying to keep going back and using the code to Re-Authorize the payment. I am by agreement required to pay Afterpay, because they have already paid Amazon. And so now, I have left 3 payments to Afterpay. AMAZON has been trying to Fraudulently trying to get me to provide them with another form of payment, by lying and saying that the payment declined.

    AFTERPAY, took the first Payment and I have left 3 payments. I had a similar and TeMU lost my packages. TEMU made good and gave me credit for my lost and discount on next Purchase....Amazon has gotten so BIG. They no longer care about the Consumer. I have been fighting for the past 3 days. And each Customer Service agent and their Supervisor has made it a point to lie to me to get me off the phone. And they have changed nothing. Yup! I'M DONE....

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    Reviewed Nov. 7, 2023

    Amazon continues to not deliver products after customers purchase them and then they do not allow customers to submit refund requests for over a week, taking their customer's money and not delivering the product. If this is not illegal it should be.

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    Reviewed Nov. 6, 2023

    I have been a Prime customer since 2010 before they actually did their own deliveries. They were great back then! I have recently continued to order from them and they have declined between never having a single person understand what you are trying to explain to them, very very rude customer service reps, deliveries never showing up, or the best one yet the delivery arrives and the product itself is not in the box. So I have been penalized where now I can only do digital orders and on top of that I can not get a refund for the item that was not in its box. Amazon after all these years of being a loyal customer I am finished with you. I have now deleted my Prime membership and will never order from you again!!!

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2023

    I wrote a review on Amazon regarding this product to inform consumers La Maison Valmont does not sell their product on Amazon and it is a knockoff product charging the same price as Valmont. I received a product as a gift with the same box, name and fragrance as Valmont. I have been using Valmont for years. When I tried this product I instantly knew something was different. I later found out it was purchased on Amazon. Naturally it was a knockoff as are many of the products sold on Amazon. When I wrote a review on Amazon revealing it was a knockoff as Valmont does not sell their product on Amazon they refused to post the the review. So much for an honest, democratic and trustworthy business. I never order from them personally and find it very deceitful they do not allow honest reviews and consumers should be aware Amazon is like buying designer products from street vendors in N.Y., they are mostly all fake products with name brands.

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    Reviewed Nov. 5, 2023

    Amazon will not reimburse bonus points for 7 days if you cancel an order or need to edit an order. This is highly inconvenient and frustrating. Amazon needs to do better. This is 2023!!! If I could give a zero star rating I would.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2023

    I purchased a new phone with a new number on the 28th of Oct 2023. I went to sign on to my Prime account when I realized I had the Two-Step Verification with old number. I called Amazon and they sent me the email to upload ID that day. I have uploaded my driver's license 5 times, called 3 times and still no one will fix this. PayPal let me verify my account by email to change my phone number. Amazon, who charges me monthly for prime has done nothing but let me sit. We are going on 5 days without my account. Why am I paying for a membership period when I have to wait weeks for a simple fix.

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    Reviewed Nov. 2, 2023

    This is my very first time ordering products from Amazon. I ordered 3 items - Gypsum joint compound, a wireless Bluetooth speaker with microphone, and a dual camera drone. I placed this order on October 7, 2023 with express shipping that was supposed to arrive in 2 days. The joint compound and the Bluetooth speaker arrived in 4 days, both of these items were wrong. The joint compound was supposed to been the 5 gallon bucket. Instead I was sent a 3.3 gallon bucket. The Bluetooth speaker was wrong and did not hold a charge past 10 mins.

    I called in to tell them that these are the wrong items and that the speaker doesn't work correctly and how I didn't get the items in 2 days and I paid for 2 day shipping. Ashley had a nasty attitude as if she didn't want to listen to me, because I said I just wanted my money back for the speaker. I didn't want another one or a replacement or to go back and forth with her on how I want my money back. So I hung up and called back the next day and this time Tomah (?) picked up. After telling her why I called she said, "Ok. I'll set you up with a refund kit and we'll get you your money right back to you once we get the product back."

    Needless to say, she did not, I waited 5 days and called back in and spoke with Trevor and found out she didn't even start the return let alone send me any info about where to return it to. So Trevor was nice enough to actually help me with processing a return so that I could get a refund. The drone was expressed shipped as well, because my nephew bday was the 25th of October. So I wanted it to come before then, if I had of used regular shipping it would have taken more than 30 days to be shipped out to me. So, I paid for the 7-15 day shipping (on October 7th). I was given dates of the 20-31 of October to receive the drone.

    On the October 20 I received a text message saying that the drone was delivered. But no pictures showing it was delivered so I left work to come home and get it. Needless to say it wasn't at my house. So I called in and spoke with a young lady (didn't get her name this time). She told me that the drone was on its way back to China. As I'm looking at the product tracking. It says the customer did not pick up package, tried to deliver (never did. That's a lie). I paid $20.+ the price of the drone for it to be delivered to my doorsteps, and now I have to be dora the explorer just to get this package. I explained to her. I asked her where do I go to get it and she couldn't even tell me!? She said "to China because that's where it's on its way to," I ask to speak to a supervisor because obviously she wasn't trying to help me locate it or anything to rectify the situation. Why I do that she hung up on me.

    I called right back in and this time I spoke with Katie. Sounds like the same woman so I just hung up and gave it till the morning. Called back in because I received another text saying my package was ready for pickup (btw this is supposed to be delivered to my home address). I get to the front door. No package, no Amazon driver or nothing. So I called them again and spoke with Erika about it she said the package never left China (What a joke). I asked to speak with a manager. Why did I do that! So the next week (october 27) go by and I called in Because I wanted to know where the drone. Maria answered (nasty, rude attitude). At this point I was very disturbed because now I feel as though I'm being robbed so, I asked for a refund since it was being returned, I was told wait until October 31.

    It is now Nov 1. @ 8pm I called in (spoke with Kylie) to see about my money being sent back to my card and to deactivate my account with Amazon (as I done had enough from Amazon). As I being to explain she interrupts me and tells me to call back on November 3. Of course I said, no I'm not waiting and proceeded to ask for management.

    Now after waiting for 15 mins I was transferred to Jeff who is a supervisor and the only one for Amazon (the whole company, his words not mine). This man was so rude to me, it didn't make any sense. I told him the drone never arrived and I want my money back now, he tells me I need to wait until Nov 3, after going around in circles with him about this drone not even touching American soil because it says it hasn't been shipped out yet. I just told him I didn't care where it was, "Just send my money back. It's been 26 days. I paid for 7-15 day shipping. And it's a new month!!" Before I could finish that statement I was hung up on. For this to be my first experience with amazon this was a horrible one and I hope and pray no one ever makes another purchase with them.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2023

    I have only been an Amazon Prime member since the beginning of 2018. For the first 4 years everything was great. Delivery's always on time and I when they said. For the last 2 years every 2-3 orders say the item is out for delivery, right up to about 1 hour prior to when they said it would arrive. Then I get a message that says; "We're sorry, your item is running late. You should expect it in 3-4 days. If you do not receive it by then, you can cancel the order." This is so frustrating! Many times I pick what I am ordering, based on when it will be delivered. Amazon is great about canceling items, and also about returns. If I receive the item, and it was too late for when I needed it, the closest location where I can return it for free and do not need a label is over 6 miles away. May not seem far, but it is an inconvenience. So disappointed in this. I could understand once or twice, but this is literally every 2nd or 3rd order.

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    Reviewed Oct. 31, 2023

    Prime membership. Date ordered Oct. 17. Order page showed 500 in stock. Delivery posted as 1 day. Haven't received item as of this note. Sent review back to Amazon, wouldn't post it. Didn't meet their.

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    Reviewed Oct. 30, 2023

    On 10-27-2023 I ordered a model airplane kit that was delivered in the manufacturer's box even though I requested that it be delivered in a larger cover box to protect it. The delivery driver seems to have thought that this did not seem as the proper delivery method, so he took a photograph of the model kit box as it was leaning by my front door, where he placed it. Obviously, there is no way to complain to Amazon about this. Also, the box was dented on one side.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2023

    Amazon customer service is no longer a leader. For the second time in two months Amazon's new model has made shopping less convenient for me. It is now difficult to speak with someone at Amazon and they no longer are trained to resolve issues. In one instance, after receiving a damaged product, there was no replacement option and the return process was drawn out so that it took weeks for my refund. Phone calls to customer service were long and unhelpful with the rep putting me on hold for every question. Certainly, a first world problem for someone who enjoyed the ease of Amazon for many years. All good things come to an end.

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    Reviewed Oct. 29, 2023

    Amazon has become worse in 2023. Not only have they stopped promoting and honoring 2-day delivery with Prime, but orders arrive later than promised and we get incorrect items or notifications that deliveries were made, but they were not. Customer service is non-existent. The company leaders are so focused on building more warehouses that they cannot even focus on improved employee and customer service. If the point of Amazon Prime is no longer a "thing", I don't see a need to keep buying products here when the company is only a warehouse and abusing both customers and sellers. It makes more sense to go directly to the sellers and skip Amazon completely.

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    Reviewed Oct. 27, 2023

    I have been posting book reviews on Amazon for many years, always buying the books at the site to get the cachet of “Verified purchase”. My efforts resulted in more than thirty reviews appearing on Amazon, many rated as either “Top Positive Review” or “Top Critical Review”. But when I submitted a review of “The Last Politician” by Franklin Foer, I got a terse email from Amazon that it could not be posted “because it doesn’t meet our guidelines for one or more of these reasons: Profanity, Harassment, Hate Speech, Sexual Content, Illegal Activity, Private Information”.

    This had never happened before, and I was quite surprised. I went to the link that showed the “Community Guidelines” and read all six pages, scratching my head, trying to figure what I’d done wrong and then I realized the issue was politics. The person checking my review was apparently an extreme liberal so I made some changes that I thought might let my piece “pass” and I resubmitted it. But I soon realized this was a waste of time because I could make changes piecemeal again and again, but without knowing exactly what in my 850 word review was the ”problem”, my efforts would be fruitless.

    How could I get the nameless and faceless Amazon person behind the “wizard’s curtain” to tell me what to do? I remembered seeing on my “Author’s Page” a place where I could recommend books. I’d never used this feature before but now got the idea to cite Franklin Foer’s book as a “Recommendation”, writing in the comments, “I wrote a review of this book that did not pass the Amazon Moderator and I hope they will tell me what to change.” This was an act of desperation because I truly wanted to get my review posted and I was willing to make rewrites but had to have some guidance, sort of like we got from our high school English teacher who would take a red pencil and underline the problem.

    Apparently, my ploy with Amazon backfired because I soon got an email saying my post was “outside of our guidelines” and “consider this to be a first warning.” Amazon’s ire was about the book recommendation I’d put on my author’s page (specifically the comments showing Amazon in a bad light) since this was the only “post” I’d ever made other than book reviews.

    This was going nowhere, and I was not going to play Amazon’s games. I replied to the email, saying, “if you cannot tell me what I am doing wrong I will cancel my book advertising, Amazon Prime, and the Amazon prime credit card and quit making purchases from Amazon.” Six days later I got a reply email saying, “You have repeatedly posted content that violates our Community Guidelines . . . [and therefore] we’ve removed your ability to participate in Community features.” This was untrue because I’d only made one post, the one where I said, “I hope they [Amazon Moderator] will tell me what to change [in the review that had been rejected].”

    Unfortunately, all the book reviews I’d posted on Amazon over the years were deleted. This was quite disappointing because I’d spent hundreds of dollars on dozens of books, reading them closely over countless hours in order to write honest and informed book reviews and now my work had come to naught. I truly doubt that anyone has put more effort(both in the reading and the writing) into creating a book review than I have. Amazon’s actions have not only hurt me but are a disservice to millions of readers who rely on quality reviews to make wise decisions in their book purchases.

    As I said earlier, I’ve submitted critical assessments of other books to Amazon and never had a problem and I must conclude the current issue is over politics, simply having a different opinion. While I did say some positives about the author, I also faulted him for being almost sycophantic toward Biden. What he wrote was an uncritical fluff piece and I called it as such.

    The review, as written, would be passable to any reasonable person and there is nothing out of bounds in it. I read the book thoroughly and wrote an honest, critical review with no malice or evil intent. For anyone interested, a google search of “book reviews of ‘The Last Politician’” will take you to Goodreads where you’ll find my piece and you can decide for yourself.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2023

    Amazon has some good things and it's certainly ok when you are browsing-shopping, then the problems begin after you have paid them, when delivery is good it is good because some good earnest workers are at work, but when delivery is bad it is really bad, they have delivered to the wrong address, or rather delivery was not received, or was delivered and taken away by some suspicious looking persons who seem to be working along with the delivery guy.

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    Reviewed Oct. 24, 2023

    I’ve been a loyal Amazon customer for more than 10 years. Rarely I experienced any issues with returning an item or the quality. But this all changed since this past Prime day in Oct 2023. I ordered 12 items. 10 arrived on time and no issues at all. 2 items were a nightmare (on separate orders). One was a jacket and what delivered to me were 2 boxes of weights around 50lbs in a big broken box. It is just so bizarre and upsetting. I can’t lift it to return it. After chatting customer service online, I was told they’d have UPS come to pick it up. The box has been outside the door for 5 days and no one came.

    The 2nd item was 2 medication cream I ordered previously without any issue. I didn’t know it came from 3rd party. They came with expiration date 10/2022. The items are not eligible to return. So I have to go through layers of finding the seller and trying to solve the issue. If only I had known it’s 3rd party and not eligible to return, I’d never ordered it in the first place. Same as the other customer’s feedback, it’s very time consuming to deal with the customer service. From now on, I’ll have to be really careful about the seller before buying anything from Amazon. I go for the convenience but in doubt I will be going to Walmart or Target. If Amazon can’t be convenient and trustworthy, there is no point doing business.

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    Reviewed Oct. 23, 2023

    Everything pretty much checks out when checking for reviews and stars, but besides me not being able to comment on a review everything else is good. The reviews are full and looks real, the stars don't look fake either.

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    Reviewed Oct. 21, 2023

    Looked at the Singer sewing machine MX60 listed for $151 then looked at again 1 hour later, price changed to $199. I’ve seen Amazon play this horrible game many times before. The price on an Acme propeller puller changed 3 times each time I looked at it.

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2023

    I ordered 6 items...only 5 arrived, although I paid for two day delivery all of the 5 arrived after the two day delivery promise. When I click on the link provided in the Amazon email about my order...extremely conveniently it take you absolutely nowhere you can get assistance. In fact it says to contact the delivery company for that purchase...which how can I do when I do not know who that was. AND very suspiciously my amazon account suddenly has no listing of the purchases I made LAST WEEK. Crappy underhanded company- crappy service. Will not use again-can't rate the product since I didn't receive it. AND now they have taken my personal info. I am getting 500 scammer emails a day and texts.

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    Reviewed Oct. 19, 2023

    Your 2023 Gifted Catalog is a turn off. So much so that I will do all of my holiday shopping elsewhere. Tired of having the politically correct demographics shoved down my throat. I already threw the toy catalog away because of the lack of good deals on toys. Now, this with page after page of nothing that I associate with. Get a clue.

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    After a positive interaction with Amazon.com, Edward increased their star rating on Nov. 7, 2023.

    Updated review: Nov. 7, 2023

    Turns out Amazon was not the problem, it was the seller. For some reason the refund on this item had to come from them. Amazon did eventually make them refund the $300. My rating of Amazon is now 4 stars.

    Original Review: Oct. 19, 2023

    Purchased a Tinco vacuum. One week after receiving it returned under Prime membership return plan. It was $426. The purchase was made using a $300 Amazon gift card and 126 from my credit card. After two weeks received only $126 refund. Despite numerous emails to Tinco and talking to Amazon customer service multiple times still no refund of the $300 gift card amount.

    Amazon customer service says either it will post in 12-24 hours or sometimes they say 3-5 business days. One cs rep said 30 days. Not refund though, despite their claim it would happen. Worse than that, when I respond to Tinco's inquiry through Amazon about my disputed refund amount they seem to play dumb. Keep asking why the $126 was not correct amount...duhhhhh! And why in heck is Amazon having me deal with the manufacturer on a return which was correct under Prime procedures.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2023

    I would give ZERO stars if that was an option! I uploaded 2 gift cards totalling $30.00 to my Amazon account. When I went to make a purchase it said they were redeemed. Called customer service and was told by 2 different people, "Well the gift cards have been redeemed." I asked them to explain how were gift cards that I added less than an hour before were redeemed when the last purchase I made was in July. The lady then stated she would have to transfer it to a different department and I would receive an email in 48 hours as to what their decision is. I asked to speak to a person in that specific department and was told there is no direct number or email for them. So basically Amazon can steal money from hard working people. I will not support a company who steals from the American people and will never buy from Amazon again.

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    Reviewed Oct. 18, 2023

    Mind you, I have never or would never shop Amazon. However my wife shops there every single day. In fact she probably spends more than 1/2 of my paycheck there. Easy to buy all that cheap ** but when it comes to returns well that's a different story. Junk (Amazon packages) that come via USPS I have had to return to a UPS store, with the closest one being 80 miles from my house. Opened a UPS account for my business now it is much easier. Now the Amazon app won't work on my wife's phone. Which makes it even harder to get return labels printed.

    The only reason I know this is because my wife continues to buy crap that don't work from Amazon. And it's up to me to get it boxed and return labels made. Wonder why their app don't work?? Probably want her to upgrade to 5g, I have been with EBay since 1999 and not once has their app made me upgrade my device to use their site. Not to mention if I have a problem with something I buy off ebay. I resolve it by contacting a real person and not some computer or customer service who cannot speak the language. Well ** Amazon and Joe Biden too.

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    Reviewed Oct. 17, 2023

    2 day shipping is now a week or more. The last 1/2 dozen times I bought from Amazon Prime, my order was supposed to arrive in 2 days but took a week or longer. If it wasn't for the free shipping and shopping for the holidays I would close Prime. They raised the price and are doing worse.

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    Reviewed Oct. 16, 2023

    Beyond horrible customer service. No resolution ever offered now. They are trained to hang up the phone after some time even after taking hours of our time in call transfer. The Amazon prime should be shut down.

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    Reviewed Oct. 15, 2023

    At the recommendation of my post-graduate supervisor, I commanded "Marketing Accountability: A New Metrics Model to Measure Marketing Effectiveness" by Malcolm McDonald on Amazon on September 21, 2023. Since the delivery was expected between October 3 and October 16, I didn't pay too much attention as I was expecting an email on delivery.

    Today (October 14, 2023), I decided to check on my Amazon account what was happening with my delivery. It turns out that the focal item was supposedly delivered on September 27 - at least one week before the expected delivery range. Yet, as I look at my email, I never received any notification that the shipping was delivered...

    For God's sake, how is a normal customer supposed to do their due diligence with their shipping if the goods are delivered outside of the expected date range and the carrier doesn't even bother to notify the recipient that the delivery has been done? Naturally, being a post-graduate student living with less than $12,000 of yearly income, I try to request refunding. No way to chat with customer support and the chatbot says banality about it is the seller’s problem and not theirs. Then, I requested a phone call and yet another automatic voice-robot saying the exact same banality.

    With no other choice, I tried to contact the vendor via their system and didn’t even get an email proving that I contacted them so I could make a reclamation to my credit card provider under the “Consumer Protector Act”. Exasperated, I wrote a bad review on the product describing the exact same problem, which naturally was silenced by their moderation team. Good job Amazon on making it impossible for the poorest people in society to get a refund and doing such a good job managing your reputation on your own platform (owned media). It’s a shame that there are independent platforms on which exasperated customers can do negative eWOM without your interference, though…

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    Reviewed Oct. 14, 2023

    Hi. I've been a customer of Amazon and many of their add-on products for over 20 yrs. Honestly, the majority of my paycheck goes to them. I've been a Prime Member for at least 10-15 yrs. I really just wanted to reach out to them directly to express my disappointment on two concerns, but it feels like it takes a half day going through FAQs and drop downs, to find any place where you can write out a concern without talking to a chat bot and I eventually lost patience. At any rate, my first concern is their auto response regarding the so called A-Z Guarantee. I placed a large order, with one small dollar item. The majority of items arrived on 10/11/23, but the one item never arrived, yet I received a delivery status update as delivered 10/12/23.

    I waited until 10/14/23 and clicked on "Problem with item - item not delivered". The auto response I received is "you are not eligible to request a refund". I go back and look and the product page absolutely says I am, and even states eligible for returns and emphasizes FREE Returns FREE Prime delivery Saturday, October 21 - I had no problem waiting until the 21st, but they claimed it was delivered on the 12th.

    When I was initially searching for the item to purchase, I filtered by Prime-only and lo and behold, a dreaded 3rd party vendor sneaked its way into my life. 1st issue - don't auto respond that all is hopeless by telling me it's not eligible for a refund...that is unacceptable - be more positive, and at least say you are eligible after you jump through a bunch of hoops, or however you care to word smith that and at that point include a link to list of rules (which I did follow considering I didn't report issue until the status showed as delivered - and I did reach out to the vendor, and they likely won't give me a problem, but your auto response is what has me upset). This brings me to my 2nd concern.

    Please make it much simpler for your customers to weed out 3rd parties, as you clearly do not trust them with so many extra hoops...so why should we? As we know when we do attempt to filter by Prime we have to reset the parameter Every Single Time...so junk slips through, and now that there are bogus references to Prime in the description, the filter no longer works correctly. $6.00 item, really...My life won't be shattered if I never get the item or refund...I generally resist even pursuing resolution for small dollar problem but really just wanted my voice heard and acknowledged. I'm getting so tired of the growing list of what seem to be complicated sales practices and dismissive treatment of customers (oh, 3rd concern - please stop having Alexa try to sell me stuff, you get enough of my $$$). Thanks. Sincerely a customer who has shopped with Amazon since the time it was only books.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2023

    I wanted to return an item back to Amazon.com and have since learned they are charging $7.99!!! Wow! All in an effort to try and get customers to return fewer items. Well Amazon you are also going to get fewer customers using your business. “Smart” business move. Very petty Amazon.

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    Reviewed Oct. 11, 2023

    Twice now I have had a pending charge pop up after the original charge had already been processed. Amazon tells me to contact my bank because it's not showing on their records, my bank tells me to contact Amazon because the pending charge was placed by them. This is downright frustrating and just plain wrong.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2023

    Several times my delivered package said it was hand delivered to me and I signed for, this has never happened. They leave many of the packages by the road, so if they get stolen, then what. Every time they do this I file a complaint because if my package isn't there when I get home, I'm screwed because they lied and said they handed to me and signed by me. Very sketchy.

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    Reviewed Oct. 10, 2023

    On August 13, 2023, I returned a camera and requested a refund (over $2000). The website said due to the amount I would have to contact customer service by phone. I did and was told by customer service that due to the amount they get their supervisor on the phone. They did. the supervisor informed me that due to the amount it had to be escalated to her manager. She did, the manager said I will receive my refund in 3 to 5 business days. This happened (4) times. It is October 10 today and I just got off the phone with an agent and a supervisor who informed me there is no manager on the floor "they leave a little early". It is now 5:39 central time and I will have to wait for a return call tomorrow to get authorization for a refund of my money which was taken from my account in a matter of seconds with no authorization needed.

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2023

    The product I order was defective. I was told by Amazon to contact the e seller by email. After 2 weeks nothing was done. Amazon says to return the item for a full refund. After a couple days later Amazon tells me that there is a restocking fee associated and I’m ** out of luck their exact words and the worst part is my cobblestone has holes in the ground I had to pay a contractor to install the product and I had to get another contractor to remove the product

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    Reviewed Oct. 7, 2023

    I applied for a secure Amazon credit card and put a deposit down, which was taken out of my card immediately afterwards. However, an "error" message was shown on my screen that "something went wrong". Upon checking my bank account, the money was indeed taken out of my account for the exact amount I deposited onto the secure credit card I applied for. Now I do not have access to either the money sent and am being told I will have to wait 5-7 business days before I have access in any form to $100 from an incident that occurred due to no fault of my own. I spoke to a customer service rep. and was then transferred to Synchrony bank. I was just told there was nothing that could be done by both representatives. Now I am the wiser..

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2023

    Ok. So I am not one of the 160 million people who have Prime. I have been waiting over 3 weeks for a shipment. This is a long time when all items are in stock. Walmart, so far does a better job and is often cheaper. If the product is damaged or defective I only need take it to the local store. Now that's Prime!

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2023

    Every time I order multiple things two or three items are late or missing. I think I will just order from a better operated company! Amazon shouldn’t let companies that don’t fulfill their orders on time.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2023

    Everything about Amazon is awful now, from their incredibly bad customer service to drivers that can’t/won’t follow simple instructions. Customer Service employees, if you can even get them on the phone, can barely speak English and are clearly reading from a script. Their answers are always the same regardless of the problem. Deliveries are never on time and the drivers can’t follow the simplest of instructions. Having a Prime account serves no useful purpose anymore. Items that are supposed to be delivered in two days are taking far longer because Amazon is handing off packages to USPS instead of delivering them themselves. Complaining to Customer Service is a waste of time as Amazon clearly doesn’t give a damn about their customers anymore. Today’s failed delivery is the last as I’m canceling my account. The aggravation simply isn’t worth it. Does Amazon care? Of course not.

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    Reviewed Oct. 5, 2023

    Amazon have no support in USA, they are using people in **, with very poor English language skills. Nothing get resolved. Also many reviews are fake because Amazon allowed company to offer free products for good reviews. Amazon save money shipping mixing packages with counterfeit products and legitimate products. You pay for Prime account and you do not get the services that they promised. Amazon failure to delivery on time and it cost lots of $$$$ to our company for events cancelations.

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    Reviewed Oct. 4, 2023

    Be very careful when handing your credit card info over to Amazon. I called them after discovering charges for services I wasn't using like Prime and movies. The charges were on my card but not associated with my account. They said they would turn it in as fraud. When I checked the next month there were more charges and Amazon gave me the same response. By the third month I was over $100. into this. At this time Amazon decided it had to be a friend or relative using the card with my consent. When I assured them it was not they said I would have to take it up with my credit card company. Amazon knew who was using my card, even giving me the initials of the person, but would not identify them. Would not prosecute them for the theft or allow me to do so.

    When I told them I was not authorizing the use of my card for ANY account they told me they wouldn't accept that unless I could identify the account that was using it. The solution was the inconvenience of multiple chargebacks and canceling and reissuing my card. I still have no idea who was using my card or how they got the info. They were able to use my card for hundreds of dollars of services and they walked away without so much as a slap on the wrist. Please keep an eye on your statement because Amazon will absolutely protect the thief.

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    Reviewed Oct. 3, 2023

    Amazon is now using chatbots instead of people for customer service. The chatbots have very limited function. There is no way to get to an actual person if the issues is not something the limited chatbot can handle. Just another way that Amazon is part of the race to the bottom economically. I have sent info to the seller of my items twice. Once in September and again in October. Of course, no one at Amazon follows up on these issues if you don't get a response. You just get to spin your wheels and waste time with a limited function chatbot. As a general rule, I try to avoid ordering from Amazon because of terrible service if there is a problem.

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    Reviewed Oct. 2, 2023

    A delivery driver added “suite 1” to my address. I have no idea why. When ordering I am given the option to accept the incorrect address or edit it. Editing it does nothing. I am just brought back to “the driver fixed your address”. I chatted with support and they were unable to fix it, finally saying “I added a note to not use suite 1” to your delivery instruction. 1st of all that removed the helpful instruction I already had and 2nd THAT'S ABSURD! After several “escalations” in the chat, I was told that the issue is fixed and I will be see it in 24 hours. Okaaay. Chat was closed, no way to contact further. I asked for a complaint form and was told “no worries, I’m documenting it”, 2nd request for a way to file an actual complaint and I was given the product review guide.

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    Reviewed Sept. 29, 2023

    I have been a loyal customer of Amazon for years & there were times that something went wrong but they corrected it. Over the past 2-3 years, something has changed & things are getting worse. Yes, Covid hit & that created problems everywhere, but Covid isn’t a big issue anymore so they can’t blame that. I am a prime member & there has been a few times where I had ordered things same day or next day since their site offers it, but many times I have been told my delivery is running late.

    On a couple of deliveries, I got a notice that my package(s) were 10 stops away so I watched the tracker so my package wouldn’t sit on my porch. On the 1 stop away notice, I waited, and nothing was delivered and there wasn’t a notice sent. I had to go into my orders where they told me my packaged was running late & I would receive it within 2-3 days. SERIOUSLY? To talk to anyone at Amazon, you have the choice of having them call you which isn’t quick or doing a so-called live chat and the reps treat you like you are a criminal.

    If my package is late or not delivered that isn’t my fault. Love when they tell people to prove they didn’t receive, how are you supposed to prove that? Yes, there are people out there that say they didn’t get it when they did, but many people aren’t like that, and I am one of them. I pay for Prime; I order things and I expect to receive them within the range of time I am told when placing the order. It is frustrating & something needs to change.

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    Reviewed Sept. 28, 2023

    I am a senior and have been a loyal customer for a long time and raising my free shipping to $35.- from $25.- feels like a kick in the face. This company obviously cares little about me the little senior and would rather squeeze us than love our business and loyalty. So be it, me my family and everyone I can tell will start using other providers like eBay, etc. Thanks Amazon for destroying your customers and putting a sour taste in our mouths. No fun shopping with you after years of loyal patronage.

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    Reviewed Sept. 27, 2023

    I dropped my return off at the UPS store on 09/15/2023. As of today the site was still saying that my product was not received as of yet. I spoke with a customer service rep on the phone. She stated that she can see it was return. I would have to wait another two weeks before receiving my refund. I asked why I had to wait one month for my money to be refunded. She stated, "It's not a month. It's another two weeks." I stated, "I returned the items 2 weeks ago, you are telling me I have to wait another two weeks which is a month." At this time I was told it was because they haven't received the product yet. I stated that was impossible because she just told me it was received and I only live 1 hour from 6 warehouses and UPS doesn't take two weeks to deliver and she had just told me the system stated it was returned on the 15th of September.

    Was then informed that they will not give me my refund before the 15th of October and they couldn't just send me the items in a new size because they don't have that option and there was nothing they could do. I have been patiently waiting to reorder the shoes in a different size but am not going to pay again when am waiting for them to credit my account. I buy a huge amount of items from Amazon, but after dealing with this I am thinking I will find a new online retailer.

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    Reviewed Sept. 25, 2023

    I run a small cleaning company by myself. I decided to do an upgrade go to Amazon Business Prime. My very first business bulk purchase order... Ordering great, perfect...Delivery... Well tracking showed arrived/delivered. No package delivered/arrived at location or office. Contacted customer service chat. They had no proof of delivery and ended up with the conclusion of a missing package. Gave me a few options ...When I asked for a different option, they proceed to tell me ..."Oh we're sorry. We can't actually do any of these things. All we can do is refund your money." This ended up causing such an inconvenience in me being able to smoothly operate my company!

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    Reviewed Sept. 23, 2023

    I simply want buyers to be cautious. I have been shopping for a replacement kitchen appliance when I came across this: Vacuum Sealer Machine-New Upgraded One-Touch Full Automatic Vacuum Sealer with LED Touch Screen Indicator Lights, Air Sealing System for Food Storage Dry/Moist Modes with 15 Seal Bags and 1 Air Suction Hose. Brand: Akjbl. 5.0 5.0 out of 5 stars 243 ratings.

    When I looked at the reviews (all very favorable) made available to me, they had all been posted on either April 24 or April 25, 2023. When I tried to call this out in a Review on the amazon website, the Company sent me an email saying my Review didn't meet its Community Guidelines. Here's what my Review said: Something is very fishy. Every single review is dated either April 24 or April 25, 2023. That's a pretty strange coincidence, don't you think?

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2023

    10 days' worth of orders are missing from my orders page. A return is missing, and I think others from more than 10 days, customer service said they have passed details to another support group.. Customer service is not capable of servicing the customer. I kept the order numbers, and when I look by number, I see a message saying that they suspect my account is being used by someone else, and I received an email saying they would call within 10 minutes to verify the order was from me. Never received a call. Called customer service on that issue. Got the run around.

    Customer service cannot help, will forward details to someone else, but turnaround is 24 hours. The item was an e-card for a birthday for someone in hospital with a major issue. I am in Amazon Limbo. Amazon has no customer service. Bottom line, they will take the money, but if there is an issue, it's not their department. I tried Amazon Complaints, but all that gets you is a message to call customer service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 21, 2023

    Amazon products are not A1 anymore. They has dropped drastically especially when buying wigs and bundles. You waste so much money and time buying these items from them. The quality has dropped from A1 to a 2.

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    Reviewed Sept. 20, 2023

    I was told to pay return shipping fees in the amount of 409.17, and after I received the refund for the wrong size bed frame, I would be reimbursed for the shipping cost. That has never happened. Amazon is a billion-dollar company doing business around the world and has at least 6 different shipping sources but I am supposed to believe that there isn't a way to reimburse my 409.17 that I spent so retail business could turn a profit. I have nothing for that money that I spent, is this how Amazon makes money? Deplorable.

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2023

    I am a 73 year old male with moderate hearing loss. 12 years ago I purchased my first pair of hearing aids for a little over $5000.00. They definitely helped at first but a year or so later they didn't. So, I continued to wear them since I paid out all that money until I realized they were useless to me. So, I saved up some money and along with my insurance company I bought a new pair, these cost me $1850.00 out of pocket, plus what the insurance company paid. They were supposed to be top notch. From the beginning I noticed I heard things I usually heard much louder and still missed the things I couldn't hear before. The company was great to adjust them but I never could say they were a great help to me, but I wore them for several years. Then I read about the OTC hearing aids vs the hearing amplifiers.

    I checked on Amazon as I usually find most of their items good and they have a great return policy. I ordered a pair of LENTORGI (receiver in the ear) hearing aids. They offered a coupon and they were around $175.00. They are rechargeable and come with a great little case and full instructions. The hearing aids were the smallest I ever had, and fit perfectly in my ears. For the first time in well over 10 years I can hear everything and the sound quality and clarity is no less than amazing. So for me, the OTC hearing aids were far superior than the ones I paid thousands of dollars for. I am sure it depends on a person loss of hearing, but for me these are the best.

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    Reviewed Sept. 15, 2023

    Sadly, Amazon no longer provides the quality customer service they once did. I've had several orders never delivered and they always ask if I "checked neighbor's homes" etc. This is not my responsibility. My last missing order actually says the driver handed it to the resident. I live alone and was at work at the time of the delivery. They insisted that I need to wait another 24 hours to see if it mysteriously shows up. If it was still coming why do I have a tracking that says the delivery was handed to me? They are also very inconsistent with delivery times. When you call customer service they just don't care. This company is not standing behind its products or deliveries. It's time another company jumps in the game with good customer service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2023

    The card that gets charged for my Amazon Prime membership expired and I had unfortunately not updated it to the new card in time, so instead of amazon contacting me by phone or email, they charged a random card that I had used to purchase something a long time ago. That card is linked to a checking account I don't really use anymore so I was overdrafted and got a $30 overdraft fee from the bank. The bank wouldn't refund since the prime charge was legitimate so I went on to amazon's online customer service chat to see if they could help. One woman passed me to a supervisor named Fatima. Fatima apologized and said that she would refund August's charge to the card that shouldn't have been used and to make up for the $30 bank fee, she would refund me for June and July's charges as well.

    Obviously I was at that point a happy customer, until... Two weeks later and not one refund had been received. So I call this time, instead of using the online chat. I don't know the name of the man I talked to, but after placing me on hold twice, he lets me know that even though HE COULD SEE the convo I had with Fatima, he couldn't honor her promise because it was "against policy". I can't believe he was able to see the convo I had where a supervisor stated that she'd refund me and was still unwilling to resolve the issue. I was so disgusted I cancelled my account with them. Honestly, I hardly watch anything on prime video nor do I really order anything anymore, so my membership won't be missed. That company doesn't deserve a single dime from anyone if that's how it's going to operate.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2023

    I don’t like leave negative reviews but I’m tired of Amazon sending me the wrong product, this has happened more than three times. The packaging department and the delivery drivers need to do a better job. I’ve been a Prime member for many years if you pay for a service you should get what you pay for. My purchase was Balance Complex $47.95 instead I received Nature’s Way Red Clover Blossom $6.47 what a big difference! When ordering from Esty I don’t have this problem, when careless mistakes are made that makes the customer process even longer, something needs to be done and people need to be held accountable for their actions.

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    Reviewed Sept. 14, 2023

    I ordered a microwave stand and product was to be shipped with shipping date twice but never delivered. I asked for a refund but was denied because product was still on its way. Needless to say I cancelled my account and will go elsewhere since I am not a valued customer.

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    Reviewed Sept. 12, 2023

    Amazon are a bunch of thieves, my account was hacked and people ordered stuff to India and they got it resolved then locked my account for something use. It's been 6 months. I can't use any of my Amazon cameras, my Amazon echo, my Amazon firestick, none of the things I paid money for. I think it's time for a class-action lawsuit. I have called customer service 9 times, they keep saying I'll get a response in 24 hours or 72 hours and it's been over 6 months, can't get my money back for items I paid for and cannot use because of their scam. They are rude, they are bullies and they are thieves. Avoid this company like the plague.

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    Reviewed Sept. 8, 2023

    I paid my yearly Amazon membership fee and last month I had a Amazon Gift card for $400. loaded on the site when Amazon decided to lock me out of my account. No explanation or reason, when I tried to contact them about no one there seems to be able tell me why or how to fix the problem. They told me I have to email them and explain the situation to which I have done so multiple times and nothing happens. The Amazon lady on the phone said they would respond within 24 hours to which they have NOT done so to date. After many phone calls and emails I now know they are keeping my money which is over $500. and blowing me off. I will never use Amazon again or refer them to anyone!!!

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2023

    Purchased a warranty through them and the only way to get refunded is through a gift card and they will not let you pay your credit card with the gift card so you have the credit card bill and a refund and a gift card that just sits there which you will have to still shop with them to get your so-called warranty money. We should not tolerate this. They are very capable of refunding your money. Without forcing you to spend it through them. Just sad this big business wants to do this to people.

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2023

    Amazon allegedly use confuse Check Mark pattern to trick you into enrolling in its Prime program and trapping you by making it as difficult as possible to cancel the automatically renewing subscriptions

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    Reviewed Sept. 7, 2023

    I made a purchase with Amazon online on May 18, 2023 – order #**. The order included different shipments and were to be delivered at an Amazon locker located at Amazon Hub Locker - Sweater Map - 11599 W Colfax Ave - at 7-Eleven - Lakewood, CO 80215-3707. (1). The shipment was supposed to be delivered on May 23 (2) but was anticipated by Amazon to be delivered on May 20 (3), a date I was not in town to pick up the items. Indeed, the items arrived earlier than expected and were supposed to be picked up by May 23, with Amazon informing that it not picked up, they would be returned for a full refund (4). Noticing the delivery, I requested that the items be held for an extra couple of days (5) but was informed that the items had already entered the return process (6).

    That same day (May 24, 2023) I received an email from the associate Dylan saying that the package was marked as undeliverable and would be returned to Amazon Returns Center, asking me to wait up to 30 days to be processed (7 and 15). So I waited for 30 days and as no refund was provided I contacted Amazon once again and chatted with Shubham when I was assured a special department was tending the request and I would be contacted by email (8). On June 22 I received an email (9) and answered back with an incident report (10). The reply from Amazon (11) was I should wait again until the item are scanned by FC.

    Since that date, I chatted with associates innumerous times (12) – with more than 30 pages showing the chat history. After a while and with different answers, I started getting emails that my claim would not be considered as it was submitted more than 90 days after the promised delivery date (13). This started Aug 18, 2023, even before the claimed period. When checking the current tracking number of the order ** Amazon says the item was undeliverable (14-15-16). The situation is absurd as Amazon anticipated a delivery date, did not attend to my initial request of holding the items, arranged for the return from its own locker and using their own return service and is claiming my request was started after a supposed due complain date when it was not. The company has been acting wrongly since the start of the problem and has not held to its part of honesty and reasonability. The refund of USD531.76 is still pending.

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    Reviewed Sept. 6, 2023

    I am a Prime member, most of my products that actually show up go to my neighbor's house, most items that says delivered never actually show up or are broken when they do show up, terrible customer service.

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    Reviewed Sept. 3, 2023

    As an Amazon customer I can tell you that their Prime membership is a lie. The items I'm supposed to have delivered in two days are never on time. Many of the sellers go out and buy an item for cheap then jack up the price and sell it to you. For example, I've seen many dollar store specials being sold on Amazon for 10-15 dollars. You're being robbed! I have been a reviewer for Amazon for years. We are given an item for free, only if you leave a detailed five star review. You first buy the item out of pocket, then when you're five star review is verified, you will be reimbursed. I stopped reviewing for them when I got an electric razor for women. It actually pulled the hair so badly that I had multiple blood spots on my legs. I tried being honest with my review and Amazon deleted it.

    I wasn't willing to give this item a great review and lie when it was so dangerous. So I stopped giving reviews. Support the smaller businesses online please. Quit using this company that was built to manipulate and rob you. We're all way smarter than this. Check the prices next time you go to buy from Amazon, then check the reviews of your items elsewhere. Many places offer free shipping so that ridiculous prime membership fee is a joke.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2023

    I have returned three items totaling $177.35 on Order #: **, which I have waited over 20 days for my money. In calling customer service on the phone and waiting about 30 minutes, I got what was called a lead person, which could not help to resolve the issue and hung up on me. This lead person stated the refund was issued to an Amazon Gift card, which I see no balance. This is a terrible way to treat a PRIME Customer. I have called back a second time and am still waiting for 20 minutes, I had to speak with Carlo another lead person. Currently I am re-considering my membership as well as my business account which spends thousands a month.

    Carlo finally told me that I can expect a full refund within 3-5 days. I did receive the total refund, 26 days after I was told the refund was processed. Speaking with Carlo made it happen. Hats off to Carlo, but it is terrible customer service for a service rep. to hang up on me. This experience should not be acceptable to Amazon Management.

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    Reviewed Sept. 2, 2023

    I purchased a football mouth piece on August 23 and put in a Canceled Order all on the same day before it was shipped. I was told by Amazon representatives that they can’t cancel the order even though I put the cancel request in BEFORE it was even shipped. When the item came, I attempted to put in a return item but was told that I couldn’t return item. Again, I put the cancel request in BEFORE it was shipped.

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    Honesty & Transparency

    Reviewed Sept. 1, 2023

    Ladies and gentlemen beware of Amazon's Prime membership. They lie. Amazon will tell you can cancel the Prime membership at any time. The FTC has file a lawsuit on June 21st, 2023 for tricking people into buying the Prime membership, then not letting cancel. See for you. You can google up this lawsuit and see for yourselves.

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    Reviewed Aug. 30, 2023

    I bought a hair iron from Amazon. When I open the product there was hair on the brush and a dirty ear swab was also inside. Amazon ask me to write a review then they emailed me and said they can’t post it because of guidelines. I didn’t buy used product. Why would they send me one, it was so disgusting seeing the hair and the dirty swab.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2023

    Amazon was a one time fantastic but as of late has suffered a drastic decline in delivery services. Two out of six orders I have placed, for some time now, gets either lost, misdelivered, or just overlooked.

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    Reviewed Aug. 28, 2023

    Amazon is a VERY sorry Co.

    1. A lot of items we no longer get in 2 days - a service I pay for!
    2. They no longer deliver in my area.

    3. So sick of buying things online that are NOT to item description then I have to waste MY TIME & MONEY to return it to a place normally 15 miles away! 1 gallon of gas each way right at 6.50 in gas! When items are NOT correctly posted they should pick up at MY door for FREE ! Maybe then they would learn to change their item descriptions! Very sorry company sinking FAST!!! Walmart is 100% better, free returns! Free 2 days ship. NO haggle.

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2023

    Ordered a Sony tv which arrived today and when the guys unpacked it, it was cracked and bowed. They took it with them but the order has not updated so now I sit without a TV. Amazon says there is nothing they can do because their computer won't allow them to order a replacement or refund my money until tomorrow since the tracking has not updated. They said they will order me a "free replacement" tomorrow. Uhm it's not free, I paid for a tv that I do not have!! They will not refund me either so I can buy a tv for tonight. I will be without a tv for days now. Meanwhile my bank account has been debited for $1932 and I have NO TV!! Amazon could care less about their customers!! I will use Best Buy from now on!!! Lesson learned. Do not use Amazon for any important purchases!!

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    Reviewed Aug. 27, 2023

    I had ordered a kid's easel on August 21st to be delivered on Friday 25th by 1:30pm. The delivery truck arrived, I saw the driver searching his truck with a flashlight in his hand and then left after a while. I contacted Amazon twice later that day and was told that unfortunately my package was not on the delivery truck and they will deliver the next day which is a Saturday. Well, on Saturday morning I contacted Amazon again since the delivery update in my Amazon Prime account showed delivery on Monday 28th. The customer service representative assured me that he will update the delivery instructions and my item will get delivered on Saturday. Well, delivery never happened and that makes my Amazon Prime membership useless. Customer Service just brushes you off and makes false promises. I am going to cancel my membership.

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    Reviewed Aug. 25, 2023

    I shop on Amazon a lot and spends thousands of dollars. Now Amazon is so desperate to have anyone sell on their site including scammers. Now my purchases comes from China with bad qualities and impossible returns even some fulfill by Amazon itself. They will charge for shipping even as a Prime customer, they refuse for customers to leave honest reviews because they rather protect their scam artist sellers. After having so many bad experience with this company. I hope the government shut it down. Everything that you purchase now will say you cannot leave a honest review because it's not verified purchase when they clearly charge your acct. And seems like nobody wants to take responsibility for a POS corporation.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2023

    Two problems: paper bag shipping containers; subscription items. Three things auto-shipped from subscriptions: hair dye, vitamin C, antacid. Paper bag shipping container. Shipped from local Amazon warehouse in Amazon truck. When I opened the "bag", it was clear. The hair dye which comes in a tube, had been stepped on or dropped from great height and burst open through the box and all through the bag and other items.

    Attempts to get resolution failed. All I could get was AI info that the hair dye was not returnable. Same for the other items. Attempts to call or get a call back failed again and again due to the items Amazon sold me being unreturnable. The three were auto-shipped by Amazon but each with a separate order but in a common bag. I finally got two of the charges reversed by Chase, but the third--the hair dye--remains an open dispute. There is no image option here or I could show what the interior of the shipping bag looks like with the exploded hair dye.

    I've deleted everything from our subscription list. And now that I know the categories of items that are nonreturnable and nonrefundable (virtually all consumables, OTC drugs, and health and beauty aids), I'll not buy again. Further, since I have Prime, I have no minimum order, so I'll not order two items at the same time and Amazon can pay Chase a transaction charge for each item I buy. The Amazon truck can just come to my house every day. However, the big change will be reinstating my Costco account that I allowed to lapse during Covid.

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    Reviewed Aug. 21, 2023

    Be careful buying anything cpu or anything expensive off Amazon. I ordered 9 7950x3d off Amazon and got a kid's book. Contacted agent and he instructed me to return and reorder again which I did and got another book. Contacted them and they ordered me a the cpu this time and told me to return the second book. Third order came in as the cpu but still haven't received my refund for the first order and just received a email about returning the second cpu or I'll be charged full price. I wish I would of just ordered from Best Buy. Smh. Just received another email about suspicious activity on my account and I had to submit a photo ID. Luckily I have home cameras and captured everything on video if I eventually have to take them to court.

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    Reviewed Aug. 14, 2023

    Please be careful with Amazon and their MacBooks. I purchased a MacBook from them that was just opened by the person recently. The MacBook would only turn on when connected to the charger. We took the MacBook to Apple and they explained to us that the serial number on the MacBook had previously been registered and that the MacBook was out of warranty. They also indicated that the MacBook was refurbished and not brand new as indicated on Amazon's website.

    I contacted amazon with the information. The first rep agreed to return the MacBook and refund credit card. I explained that I no longer had the credit card and would like to just exchange the MacBook. The rep came back and explained that they couldn't return it because of the time that had passed after talking with a supervisor. I questioned this because at first it was ok and now it's not. I spoke with many different reps and now all of a sudden no one wanted to help. I am out of $899 with no working device. Apple is asking for $400 just to look at it. Amazon refuses to stand by its mistake and it's a shame. Please do not order laptops from amazon because unfortunately they will not stand behind their products nor will they be honest about the product being refurbished versus being new.

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    PriceRates

    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2023

    Definitely buy from Amazon.com! You cannot go wrong! I wanted an AirFryer. I searched 100 or more stores online and walk in stores. I compared many of those stores to Amazon for pricing! Bingo “Amazon” You did it again!

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    Reviewed Aug. 3, 2023

    I ordered a toy for my son, who is autistic. This is relevant as he expected it to come overnight and was very excited. It didn't come. I figured out how to contact customer service, which is a pain in and of itself. I complained that it didn't come, but they say they "escalated" it and it will arrive tomorrow by 8:00AM. All day my son is upset. All day he is waiting for the package. Anytime a package comes he gets excited and then is in tears.

    I wake up the next morning and look outside. It is not there. I call again. I ask them to be honest and tell me if they lost it. We could have cancelled and gone to the store or I could have even re-ordered as it was supposed to be available same day. The guy says it is on a truck and will be there by 8:00AM. He said the truck had mechanical issues yesterday. 8:00AM comes around. It is not there. My husband calls. Turns out they lost it yesterday. So, they lied to me. I called them up to complain because my husband was over it by the time he was through talking to the person. The lady asks if I asked my neighbors where it is? No. You guys told me it was on a truck and then said you lost it. For all I know, your third party delivery person stole it. No real solution offered. In the past, this would have been resolved yesterday.

    I buy a lot from Amazon. Like a lot. I don't normally contact customer service either. This experience was the straw that broke the camel's back. I am greatly going to reduce how much I buy from them in the future. We cancelled all our subscribe and save items. I will do in person shopping. I am not going to spend $10,000 plus a year with a company that doesn't value their customers at all.

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    Reviewed Aug. 2, 2023

    Amazon has gotten so big that they feel they can downgrade their customer service and customers won't mind. Now instead of offering their customers a printed label, they are requiring people to return items for them to a UPS store, etc. When an item is damaged, the customer should not have to go out of their way to return the item. A label should be able to be printed so the item can be picked up by UPS.

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    Reviewed July 31, 2023

    July 21st 2023. Ordered items online from Amazon. Have a account. Website software is from the dark ages. Tried to edit my former address. Amazon ship my order to the old address and bill me at my new address. Contact Amazon customer service support. Third world people working and horrible English. Tried to contact seller for help. "We have your money. Deal with Amazon." Contact USPS and FedEx to no help. As of July 31,2023 still trying to have the items delivered. I will never deal with Amazon again. Walmart is another multi corporation that needs to bring customer service support back to America. Mastercard is going to investigate. Have to wait till whenever. Need a drink. Double. One witch said to Dorothy in the wizard of Oz quote what a world. Done forever.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2023

    I ordered Jaorty Crossbody Wallet for Google Pixel 7 Case with Adjustable Lanyard Strap, but they shipped without 1" lanyard strap. I reported as soon as I received it to Amazon but they asked me to return it in order to send a complete set instead of sending me a missing strap. What a joke. Good luck with that type of business practices Amazon. Goodbye.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2023

    I tried to order for a charity. Bec my phone number changed I was told to contact an 800 #. I haven't ordered since 2021. I was told I have to open a new account and Bec my phone number changed. I asked about my $43.10 credit. The man tells me it will be put back on my cc. I tell him I no longer have that card. So I lose my credit and can't use my account all bec my phone number changed. Changing a phone number is not uncommon. I knew my email address, password, user name, everything he asked. This is ridiculous and I don't make a lot of money so I'm out my credit and the dog rescue I wanted to buy something for loses as well. This is ridiculous bec there are other ways to verify it was me.

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    Reviewed July 30, 2023

    I ordered this printer 4 days ago with a 2 days delivery from Amazon at a good price (-21% + 50$ added discount). I am a loyal prime customer since 8 years, at least, with a lot of purchases. As I was supposed to provide the 1-time pin code to the driver for delivery of this amazing printer, and the tracking was showing delivery between 2 pm and 4 pm initially, I had organized my day to stay home. At 4pm, I was "next stop" on the map and the driver was 2 blocks away from my house. At 4.30 pm, not seeing anybody, I checked again, the driver was still at the same place and the delivery moved to 7 pm, while he was still 2 blocks away….

    At 5.30 pm, I see now the driver is in Simi Valley, CA at an Amazon center location, 30 miles away from my house. I phone the customer service, who literally just says what I can read on my screen…. So not useful at all.

    The day after I go to this center in Simi Valley, CA where they tell me to go complain in Chatsworth, CA as they cannot help locally. Well ….the driver obviously stopped here and had the printer loaded in the van there. So why cannot they help? Being now in Chatsworth, we check, and printer is tagged as "missing" in the system. We phone together Amazon customer service over the phone, same thing again, not useful at all, we are even told it is not missing and it will be delivered this same day for sure.

    Now today Saturday 07/29/23, same status as 3 days ago. The information are not even updated on the tracking. I phone the customer service where I am being told to wait until the 11th of August (in 15 days) to ask for a solution if I have not been delivered in the meantime. After saying I didn’t agree, I did ask to speak to a supervisor, who finally told me literally "I cannot do anything else and I will hang up", that he did while I was continuing speaking.

    I phoned again 2 hours ago, after having selected "cancel this delivery", and spoke to another lady to whom I explained the whole story. This lady, this time, was courteous but told me she cannot tell me anything about this sad situation and will escalate the issue….and I cannot even order another 1 at the same price that I ordered! Now if I check the delivery status, informations have magically changed: I can read that I refused the delivery because the order was canceled before. What??!!? So now Amazon is changing the storyline?

    To summarize, basically my printer was loaded in the van, the driver stopped 2 blocks away for a while and for any reason it did last, then he decides not to deliver me and goes back to the Amazon center 30 miles away. The van stays overnight and suddenly the printer is missing, but in the end, it is me refusing delivery because the order was canceled!?!? Something is definitely wrong but it is being cover-up obviously. Leaving aside the fact I was hang-up by an Amazon associate representing the management, and all other associates telling me what I could read!

    As it is not an isolated case, aside from huge money losses (and in this case how is it handled with Epson…), it says a lot about the "Customer experience" or "Customer centricity" mindset being practiced at Amazon:

    - customer being held hostage if the ordered item has suddenly disappeared
    - customer being hung-up if not satisfied
    - customer unsatisfied left unsatisfied
    - customer is not a priority, Amazon decides to hang-up as they don’t have any solution, and decides that you have to wait the period of time they decide

    - customer is being handled by low-cost countries personnel, just repeating what they learned and not customizing their answer to your own concern. In the end, the service is more expensive, being paid for…..nothing except providing informations you already have on your screen.

    Obviously, Amazon is not set to handle expensive orders/ items that can suddenly disappear, and for which you can be held hostage for a while. I know now that I will prioritize Amazon for cheap items but not for pricier ones where I will go in a store, or order straight from more serious companies (Best Buy….). It was not like this in the past, so Amazon has taken definitely a wrong turn, probably being the result of short-term cash-only oriented decisions. But this is another story….

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    Reviewed July 30, 2023

    I was a prime member to Amazon for years. I ordered almost everything off of Amazon. After years of ordering and thousands of dollars spent, I no longer support Amazon. My first negative experience was an order I place and never received. Contacted customer service and requested a refund, as I needed the item for a party. It didn't arrive and a replacement wouldn't get to me in time. They said they would open up a claim. I was annoyed to not receive my refund right away but continued ordering as usual, thinking this was a one time issue. Made another few orders and UPS had me sign for one of the boxes. The box contained an item I didn't order. Confused, I went to my orders and realized an item I did order, said it was delivered and I had not received it. That tracking matched the box of the item I did not order.

    Get to customer service again and this time I beyond annoyed, as this is the second order within 2 weeks that I did not receive in time, for my needs. I call to complain and get a refund. Amazon required me to waste my time and gas money to return this item I did not order, to get my money back. I did and supplied the tracking number and they still would not refund. Then I also get an email that my claim was denied for the first item. When on the phone with customer service over this, they hung up on me, more than once! I was told something different from almost each representative.

    Amazon customer service used to be great. I never had a problem before this, that wasn't solved quickly and kindly. I am very brand loyal. I will never be using this company again, urge others to save their money and time by avoiding them as well. Amazon is not the same as it was. I will be taking my business elsewhere, where I won't get my money stolen and then hung up on!

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