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> Amazon is complicit in shady behavior on their platform Bought some wireless earbuds a while back, they sent me a horrible knock off. Contacted the store, he

by atum47 5y ago

> Amazon is complicit in shady behavior on their platform Bought some wireless earbuds a while back, they sent me a horrible knock off. Contacted the store, he said the delivery guy made the switch, took forever but sent me new ones. Left a review stating all of this and warning users not to buy from this sketchy store, my review never saw the light of day.

doyouevensunbro 5y ago
None of my negative reviews about scammers have ever been approved by Amazon. I have just started taking my business elsewhere.
ge96 5y ago
Man that annoys me so much, in my case it was a silent removal. You're not aware that your review was removed. The things I don't buy from Amazon Prime really anywhere are replacement batteries.
danpalmer 5y ago
At this point I only really buy things from Amazon that are essentially fungible. Cables, adapters, toiletries, tools, none of these matter enough to me to care about exactly what I get, as long as it’s roughly what’s in the picture, and to be honest they’re not even worth counterfeiting. For everything else there’s rarely a reason to not buy directly from brands or niche specialist retailers. Customer support is typically better, warranties are often better, repair processes are better, and that’s not to mention the issue of counterfeiting.
- ciabattabread 5y ago
  Toiletries? You trust Amazon to not swap out your lotion with a cut-rate adulterated copycat?
  - danpalmer 5y ago
    These are things that don't really matter to me, the point is that I don't really care if they get switched for "cut rate", I'm practically buying the cut-rate version already. That's what Amazon is good for.
hex4def6 5y ago
Amazon filter out those sort of reviews "because theyre not about the product but the supplier". Of course, they don't make it easy to report the supplier. I've bought ssr relays rated at 40A, with the actual picture of the real product shown. What I got was a fake that was literally an electrical fire waiting to happen. Maybe my complaint to support actually made it to the supplier, because they Photoshop blurred the product picture listing so the real brand name was obscured. Still had phony specs though.

by atum47 5y ago

doyouevensunbro 5y ago

None of my negative reviews about scammers have ever been approved by Amazon. I have just started taking my business elsewhere.

ge96 5y ago

Man that annoys me so much, in my case it was a silent removal. You're not aware that your review was removed. The things I don't buy from Amazon Prime really anywhere are replacement batteries.

danpalmer 5y ago

At this point I only really buy things from Amazon that are essentially fungible. Cables, adapters, toiletries, tools, none of these matter enough to me to care about exactly what I get, as long as it’s roughly what’s in the picture, and to be honest they’re not even worth counterfeiting. For everything else there’s rarely a reason to not buy directly from brands or niche specialist retailers. Customer support is typically better, warranties are often better, repair processes are better, and that’s not to mention the issue of counterfeiting.

ciabattabread 5y ago
Toiletries? You trust Amazon to not swap out your lotion with a cut-rate adulterated copycat?
- danpalmer 5y ago
  These are things that don't really matter to me, the point is that I don't really care if they get switched for "cut rate", I'm practically buying the cut-rate version already. That's what Amazon is good for.

hex4def6 5y ago

Amazon filter out those sort of reviews "because theyre not about the product but the supplier". Of course, they don't make it easy to report the supplier. I've bought ssr relays rated at 40A, with the actual picture of the real product shown. What I got was a fake that was literally an electrical fire waiting to happen. Maybe my complaint to support actually made it to the supplier, because they Photoshop blurred the product picture listing so the real brand name was obscured. Still had phony specs though.