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Since Amazons sales, profits continue to grow. They've shown time and again that they don't bother and, apparently, are incompetent enough to fix this shitshow
by moepstar 4y ago
Since Amazons sales, profits continue to grow.
They've shown time and again that they don't bother and, apparently, are incompetent enough to fix this shitshow of a bait-and-switch wrt their reviews
If you really want to read some comedy, i'd recommend their seller forums - various sellers report fraudulent listings - Amazons response? crickets
Only way to fix it: vote with your wallet, give your money someone else. It's easier than it seems at first, especially if you notice that the days of Amazon having the lowest prices by default are long gone, next-day delivery is hit or miss (don't even get me started on videogame preorders...) and absolutely useless search results (seriously, when was the last time someone has found what they've been looking for?).
I've even gone as far (sigh) as canceling my Prime membership as of January - biggest use i got out of it was free shipping.... well, i guess, i've to think again and pile up orders until i'm over minimum for free shipping - guess i'll be saving the planet in the process...
- ISL 4y agoThere is a good chance that Amazon does care and the fraudsters are able to occasionally get past the countermeasures. Amazon ships a remarkable number of products. If only 10^-4 of them are fraudulent, there will still be quite a few bad products . We'll generally hear about the bad ones with outsized volume.
- dntrkv 4y agoSeriously, this situation is so rare that it was posted on HN. If this was a common experience, nobody would give a shit. This posting is obviously fake and anybody that orders this device kinda deserves to be scammed (not really, nobody deserves that, but still... c'mon).
- Fatnino 4y agoThis situation is very common to the extent it usually goes uncommented. I don't know why this particular post made it to the top of the page today.