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My parents had the exact same issue. They kept getting packages meant for a random person they didn't know, but addressed to their home. Lots of cheap, random p

My parents had the exact same issue. They kept getting packages meant for a random person they didn't know, but addressed to their home. Lots of cheap, random products like $20 massage guns. They contacted Amazon and they said "nothing we can do, enjoy the stuff." Pretty odd that they can't even message the person and tell them what's happening. It all ended up in the trash or given away.

pavel_lishin 3y ago
"Nothing we can do, enjoy disposing of mountains of garbage at your own expense!"
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- hedora 3y ago
  You could always just wait till you have a vanload full of amazon leavings, and then dump it at the customer service desk of your local whole foods on a Saturday afternoon...
- ASalazarMX 3y ago
  I'm sure Amazon (or the scummy vendor) could open a waitlist for people who want to receive free random stuff for a week, and they could find plenty of volunteers. I'm also sure this also would be against some Amazon policy that supposedly prevents fraud, but just produces waste as a sideproduct of fraud.
  - pavel_lishin 3y ago
    Yes, they could, and they'd have people lined up around the block to sign up. But that's vastly different from just dumping a bunch of garbage on someone's porch.
  - dawidpotocki 3y ago
    Isn't it was Amazon Vine pretty much is?
    - ASalazarMX 3y ago
      You jest, but this would actually solve the problem. Sellers get rid of junk, and other users get reviews about that junk. Something like a lower tier Amazon Vine.
- switch007 3y ago
  Find the nearest Amazon depot, scribble “To: Amazon” on the boxes and throw over the fence.
ke88y 3y ago
> enjoy the stuf This is abandoned property. In some states you can charge storage fees for abandoned property.
ww520 3y ago
What happened is that Amazon charges sellers storage fees for their products not selling. Some sellers have no ability to take the products back to store them themselves, e.g. the products were sent directly from the factories to Amazon warehouse. When the storage fees become excessive, sellers just start to ship the products to random people to get rid of them.
- jamiek88 3y ago
  They also need an address for fake reviews that are left by ‘people who bought this product’.
- drewmol 3y ago
  If sellers are shipping to random people, are then registering a sale through Amazon? Seems like Amazon wouldn’t want to be warehousing products for that don’t sell for free, an I missing something?
astura 3y ago
This is a different scam, called brushing, as mentioned in TFA. https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/brushing-scam https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/brushing-scam
abawany 3y ago
The core difference in this story is that the victim was then contacted by UPS Canada to pay the duties for all of the stuff she was sent.

pavel_lishin 3y ago

"Nothing we can do, enjoy disposing of mountains of garbage at your own expense!"

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hedora 3y ago
You could always just wait till you have a vanload full of amazon leavings, and then dump it at the customer service desk of your local whole foods on a Saturday afternoon...
ASalazarMX 3y ago
I'm sure Amazon (or the scummy vendor) could open a waitlist for people who want to receive free random stuff for a week, and they could find plenty of volunteers. I'm also sure this also would be against some Amazon policy that supposedly prevents fraud, but just produces waste as a sideproduct of fraud.
- pavel_lishin 3y ago
  Yes, they could, and they'd have people lined up around the block to sign up. But that's vastly different from just dumping a bunch of garbage on someone's porch.
- dawidpotocki 3y ago
  Isn't it was Amazon Vine pretty much is?
  - ASalazarMX 3y ago
    You jest, but this would actually solve the problem. Sellers get rid of junk, and other users get reviews about that junk. Something like a lower tier Amazon Vine.
switch007 3y ago
Find the nearest Amazon depot, scribble “To: Amazon” on the boxes and throw over the fence.

ke88y 3y ago

> enjoy the stuf This is abandoned property. In some states you can charge storage fees for abandoned property.

ww520 3y ago

What happened is that Amazon charges sellers storage fees for their products not selling. Some sellers have no ability to take the products back to store them themselves, e.g. the products were sent directly from the factories to Amazon warehouse. When the storage fees become excessive, sellers just start to ship the products to random people to get rid of them.

jamiek88 3y ago
They also need an address for fake reviews that are left by ‘people who bought this product’.
drewmol 3y ago
If sellers are shipping to random people, are then registering a sale through Amazon? Seems like Amazon wouldn’t want to be warehousing products for that don’t sell for free, an I missing something?

astura 3y ago

This is a different scam, called brushing, as mentioned in TFA. https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/brushing-scam https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/brushing-scam

abawany 3y ago

The core difference in this story is that the victim was then contacted by UPS Canada to pay the duties for all of the stuff she was sent.