Still shopping at Amazon?

neilmcl

I see a pattern emerging, unfortunately not the way the OP was probably hoping for

JReacher1

Amazon is great. I returned something yesterday, dropped it off at the post office and twenty minutes later they sent me an email confirming they had refunded me.

Fantastic company

seashore22

I would like to add myself to the list of happy Amazon customers.

I order from them several times a month using Amazon prime and have only had to return 2 things in many years of using Amazon. One was when they sent the wrong DVD and once had a fairly cheap piece of tech that didn't work well. The returns and refund process was incredibly easy and quick. No issues at all.

I've never had something arrive late and never had a used item sent to me.

I also use Amazon Prime for my TV viewing and the Amazon fire stick was a life saver on our recent holiday when the wifi signal was considerably better than the tv signal.

I have a kindle and love the ease of downloading a book whenever I feel the urge.

In short, Amazon is a major part of my everyday life and that's down to them providing an excellent service which makes things so much easier.

I would be willing to pay more to make sure the delivery drivers are paid a decent wage and have better conditions, but I'm not sure how we can tell which delivery drivers are treated well and which ones aren't. Any suggestions for alternatives op?

Edit - of course people who abuse the returns system should be banned. I have no problems with that at all.

seashore22

OP, I've just noticed that you had a thread going about this 2 years ago.

If you don't miss or need Amazon, as you said in your post, then why give Amazon any more head space. Shop elsewhere and ignore them. I don't suppose Amazon will care much.

soul1

Hi, thanks for all your replies so far. Personally I don't really shop at Amazon anymore unless I really can't find what I'm looking for anywhere else. Only as a last resort will I purchase from Amazon. The replies so far however seem to be very one sided and it would be great to hear from people who have either been warned or banned, or have a different viewpoint. Everyone is entitled to shop where they want

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soul1 wrote: »

Hi, thanks for all your replies so far. Personally I don't really shop at Amazon anymore unless I really can't find what I'm looking for anywhere else. Only as a last resort will I purchase from Amazon. The replies so far however seem to be very one sided and it would be great to hear from people who have either been warned or banned, or have a different viewpoint. Everyone is entitled to shop where they want

So you still shop at Amazon?

seashore22

soul1 wrote: »

Hi, thanks for all your replies so far. Personally I don't really shop at Amazon anymore unless I really can't find what I'm looking for anywhere else. Only as a last resort will I purchase from Amazon. The replies so far however seem to be very one sided and it would be great to hear from people who have either been warned or banned, or have a different viewpoint. Everyone is entitled to shop where they want

Of course they aren't. Bricks and mortar shops, bars and restaurants can ban you if they see fit, particularly if they think that you are doing something dodgy. The same goes for online shops.

I don't think you are going to get many banned ex Amazon customers sharing their stories. I suspect that most probably were abusing the system and got banned as a result. Quite right too.

Once again, why do you care? You said in 2014 and 2016 and now that you don't want to shop there, so don't.

parkrunner

soul1 wrote: »

Hi, thanks for all your replies so far. Personally I don't really shop at Amazon anymore unless I really can't find what I'm looking for anywhere else. Only as a last resort will I purchase from Amazon. The replies so far however seem to be very one sided and it would be great to hear from people who have either been warned or banned, or have a different viewpoint. Everyone is entitled to shop where they want

That's because the vast majority have no problem with Amazon. They are in general cheaper than elsewhwere, they accept returns without any problem, they deliver very quickly even without prime, all my goods have been unused. As for treating their employees as robots, I watched the fly on the wall documentary and to me it looked like some workers don't like the idea of actually doing a hard days work.

soul1

Hi, no I don't shop with Amazon personally unless on the very rare occasion I can only find the item at Amazon and not anywhere else. Just to add though it is true that Amazon have got very strict with their US customers with regards to banning for returns without any warning and it's just a matter of time before that policy comes here.

parkrunner

soul1 wrote: »

Hi everyone a few years back I posted a thread on here with regards to Amazon banning customers for life with regards to returns after they were on Watchdog. Since then I personally have not shopped at Amazon. I don't need Amazon in my life and don't miss using Amazon at all.

soul1 wrote: »

Hi, thanks for all your replies so far. Personally I don't really shop at Amazon anymore unless I really can't find what I'm looking for anywhere else. Only as a last resort will I purchase from Amazon.

Make up your mind.