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Been saying for a long time Amazon is a flee market. Many times it's my last choice now when shopping online.

bluedino 7y ago
We bought some Brother labeling tape last week. They came in what looks like Brother packaging but it's named 'Better', P-touch is swapped out with B-touch... The labels are inferior, the ink comes off, the labels unstick after a few days...how does Amazon even let this trash on their site?
- alunchbox 7y ago
  Because, money.
- ianai 7y ago
  That should really be something to take them to court over, bit it’s not worth it for the dollar price.
  - senderista 7y ago
    That’s why class-action suits exist...
marktangotango 7y ago
Not only that but they have the willful bait and switch when it comes to shippng method. Pay for 2 day, but it defaults to 7, you have to manually select 2 day. I got burned by that, never again. Edit this was a couple of weeks before Christmas, so I figured it was a "seasonal" "feature".
- MaupitiBlue 7y ago
  I had about 150 orders last year and never saw this happen.
  - NikolaNovak 7y ago
    Interesting; I have about ~50-70 prime orders a year, in Canada (Amazon.ca), and that's the norm for me - it'll show 2-3 options for shipping, and the slowest free option is usually picked by default. If I want same day / next day shipping, I need to click on that button. Still free, no worries, but needs that extra interaction.
    - MaupitiBlue 7y ago
      The only time it doesn’t default to the fastest possible shipping is when there is the option to ship items separately, or to combine the shipments with a delay. I think it will default to the delay in that situation. My guess is that occurs when the closest distribution center doesn’t have all the items in the order. For context, I’m in the US and about 20 minutes from a good-sized distribution center.
okmokmz 7y ago
>Many times it's my last choice now when shopping online. Same here. It's pretty incredible that Amazon was once one of my favorite, and relatively well trusted, retailers. I now feel it's one of the worst major online retailers, and try to use them as little as possible
stOneskull 7y ago
what's the amazon without piranhas

We bought some Brother labeling tape last week. They came in what looks like Brother packaging but it's named 'Better', P-touch is swapped out with B-touch... The labels are inferior, the ink comes off, the labels unstick after a few days...how does Amazon even let this trash on their site?

alunchbox 7y ago
Because, money.
ianai 7y ago
That should really be something to take them to court over, bit it’s not worth it for the dollar price.
- senderista 7y ago
  That’s why class-action suits exist...

marktangotango 7y ago

Not only that but they have the willful bait and switch when it comes to shippng method. Pay for 2 day, but it defaults to 7, you have to manually select 2 day. I got burned by that, never again. Edit this was a couple of weeks before Christmas, so I figured it was a "seasonal" "feature".

MaupitiBlue 7y ago
I had about 150 orders last year and never saw this happen.
- NikolaNovak 7y ago
  Interesting; I have about ~50-70 prime orders a year, in Canada (Amazon.ca), and that's the norm for me - it'll show 2-3 options for shipping, and the slowest free option is usually picked by default. If I want same day / next day shipping, I need to click on that button. Still free, no worries, but needs that extra interaction.
  - MaupitiBlue 7y ago
    The only time it doesn’t default to the fastest possible shipping is when there is the option to ship items separately, or to combine the shipments with a delay. I think it will default to the delay in that situation. My guess is that occurs when the closest distribution center doesn’t have all the items in the order. For context, I’m in the US and about 20 minutes from a good-sized distribution center.

okmokmz 7y ago

>Many times it's my last choice now when shopping online. Same here. It's pretty incredible that Amazon was once one of my favorite, and relatively well trusted, retailers. I now feel it's one of the worst major online retailers, and try to use them as little as possible

stOneskull 7y ago

what's the amazon without piranhas