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I have never and likely will never register for an Amazon account. When parcels show up mistakenly (and they do!) with that 'Prime' label I know right away I di

I have never and likely will never register for an Amazon account. When parcels show up mistakenly (and they do!) with that 'Prime' label I know right away I didn't have anything to do with me. :3 There's a lot of reasons I will never register for an Amazon account; the majority of which are directly related to the treatment of their employees, and if it wasn't that, it would be Amazon's complete unwillingness to do something about the litany of fake products filling it's virtual shelves, or the fake reviews that make it so we can't differentiate between the real product and fake. I hardly believe I am the only person on Hacker News to have also held out. Seeing Bezo's net value vs. what employees are paid is enough to make it worth going down the road and paying a couple dollars extra. I remember when COVID first broke out and Amazon refused to cover even sanitizer or masks for their employees, much less any extra compensation for volunteering to help keep the world together in a massive disaster. Amazon epitomizes the 'slavery with extra steps' phrase from Rick and Morty, and additionally epitomizes the truly horrific nature of inequality of wealth.

jfk13 6y ago
> When parcels show up [...] with that 'Prime' label Alternatively, it could be that you ordered the product from another seller, e.g. on eBay, who is then using their Amazon Prime subscription as a fulfilment mechanism. (A form of drop-shipping.)
jameshart 6y ago
You might want to reconsider your approach to those amazon boxes... 1) Amazon puts 'Prime' labelling on all their parcels, not just ones shipped to Prime members 2) People use Amazon as a way to send people gifts! If I know your address, I could order you something I think you might like from Amazon. They'll even giftwrap it and put in a thoughtful note from me! You don't need an account for that to happen. 3) Because of the ubiquity of Amazon, the world is full of reused Amazon Prime labelled boxes. Maybe your ebay seller is shipping you something in a previously-bought-from-Amazon box.
Fjolsvith 6y ago
> the litany of fake products filling it's virtual shelves Have only had one purchase not be what I expected (over 10 years) and that was quickly returned for a refund. Amazon employees are not slaves. They can find employment elsewhere. For you to equate them to slaves is so racist that it doesn't belong on HN.
inglor_cz 6y ago
Here in the Czech Republic the wages at Amazon aren't so bad. Unlike many other unqualified jobs, they still attract Czech employees and do not have to import cheaper workforce from abroad (Ukraine, Mongolia, Balkan states). What people find hard to adjust to is the company culture, basically you are a human robot.
- lostgame 6y ago
  Rick and Morty has another one for that, just YouTube 'you pass butter'.

jfk13 6y ago

> When parcels show up [...] with that 'Prime' label Alternatively, it could be that you ordered the product from another seller, e.g. on eBay, who is then using their Amazon Prime subscription as a fulfilment mechanism. (A form of drop-shipping.)

jameshart 6y ago

You might want to reconsider your approach to those amazon boxes... 1) Amazon puts 'Prime' labelling on all their parcels, not just ones shipped to Prime members 2) People use Amazon as a way to send people gifts! If I know your address, I could order you something I think you might like from Amazon. They'll even giftwrap it and put in a thoughtful note from me! You don't need an account for that to happen. 3) Because of the ubiquity of Amazon, the world is full of reused Amazon Prime labelled boxes. Maybe your ebay seller is shipping you something in a previously-bought-from-Amazon box.

Fjolsvith 6y ago

> the litany of fake products filling it's virtual shelves Have only had one purchase not be what I expected (over 10 years) and that was quickly returned for a refund. Amazon employees are not slaves. They can find employment elsewhere. For you to equate them to slaves is so racist that it doesn't belong on HN.

inglor_cz 6y ago

Here in the Czech Republic the wages at Amazon aren't so bad. Unlike many other unqualified jobs, they still attract Czech employees and do not have to import cheaper workforce from abroad (Ukraine, Mongolia, Balkan states). What people find hard to adjust to is the company culture, basically you are a human robot.

lostgame 6y ago
Rick and Morty has another one for that, just YouTube 'you pass butter'.