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[reKon]

So I've been a pretty consistent Amazon Prime member since 2007. I've never had this happen before:

No wonder they are #1 in customer loyalty. Do you have any cool things to share that Amazon has done?

Also, I'll say this now, but I'm aware that they do have issues with the conditions that they put their employees through. Hopefully they are taking the steps to improve that. That should really be for another thread.

 

[2Smashed4U]

Hello Mr. Bezos.

 

[Barzul]

They're better than Walmart that's for sure which is apparently their only real competition.

 

[blame space]

You stole

 

[frontovik]

I'd take Amazon over Wal-Mart if it came down to those two.

 

[Luminaire]

It's not because you're special, it's because the cost of shipping it back and trying to resell it isn't worth the $7 you paid.

 

[reKon]

They're better than Walmart that's for sure which is apparently their only real competition.

I prefer Best Buy for gaming related items. Their reward program is legit.

 

[blame space]

Don't they treat their warehouse workers like shit

 

[SnakeXs]

To be fair they simply do the math and know when it costs more to inconvenience you vs biting the bullet.

Convenient and efficient sure, but not altruistic. But hey, the whole operation runs on that ethos.

 

[Trojita]

They fuck up packaging limited edition merch loosely in a box with other shit regularly.

 

[blame space]

Amazon isn't good

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Yeah that doesn't happen often. They must have seriously messed up or the item is worth less than them paying for shipping via ups

 

[Dusktildawn48]

It's not because you're special, it's because the cost of shipping it back and trying to resell it isn't worth the $7 you paid.

Uh I remember them doing the same thing for people when they sent them 2 ps4s on accident.

 

[Jailer of Hope]

Eh I've been down on them lately. It seems like 2 day shipping for me means 3 days now.

 

[reKon]

Amazon isn't good

compared to buying from a place that sends you a broken TV?

Eh I've been down on them lately. It seems like 2 day shipping for me means 3 days now.

I just moved and have ordered a bunch of items from there. I've noticed the slowdown too.

 

[blame space]

If you take amazon to its logical conclusion there is only one store and they come to your house every day. I don't want that.

 

[Barzul]

I prefer Best Buy for gaming related items. Their reward program is legit.

Me too actually but Best Buy doesn't offer everything else like Amazon and Walmart do.

 

[fireworkfan]

I prefer Best Buy for gaming related items. Their reward program is legit.

yeah for $30 for 2 years to walk in and pay ~$50 for a game day 1 or even less with the reward certificates, its really good for video games especially if buying physical copies. Although if i'm buying something else movies etc. amazon is the best place to go imo

 

[BeforeU]

I love their customer service. I know abiut a loophole but dont want to say it here, cz people will abuse it. But I agree OP, i have had nothing but great experience with them.

 

[bachikarn]

I used to thing the same thing, until the Switch pre-order fiasco. Customer service was awful to me.

 

[old manatee]

If you take amazon to its logical conclusion there is only one store and they come to your house every day. I don't want that.

What if they come to your house with bargains?

 

[blame space]

They'll come to your house with cameras

 

[ramuh]

Ya. Amazon is the shit. They definitely helped me out with a defective order before. Low value, "please keep it! We will send another now"

 

[Lastgengamer]

Don't they treat their warehouse workers like shit

They really do.

 

[Trojita]

I love their customer service. I know abiut a loophole but dont want to say it here, cz people will abuse it. But I agree OP, i have had nothing but great experience with them.

PM me

 

[cr0w]

I buy stuff I want from them, they ship it to me quickly and intact. That's about all I ask, and they've held up their end of the bargain. That's pretty cool in my book.

 

[Corran Horn]

It can be great. Tried to order a specific flavor of popcorn a few months ago, got the wrong flavor. They then reshipped it, got wrong one again, tried one more time, still wrong. Guy on chat was like Ill refund you the money and just keep the popcorn we shipped you.

Too bad it was like kettle corn which I dont like...but my family sure loves it lol.

 

[Windam]

If you take amazon to its logical conclusion there is only one store and they come to your house every day. I don't want that.

What if they come to your house with a working TV?

 

[SiteSeer]

bought a $14 item. they send the product but the vendor packaged the wrong product in the right box. got a replacement, sent back the wrong item. decided i didn't like the item, sent back the second item. they charged me $7 to return. amazon is good but these awesome experiences are not across the board.

 

[blame space]

You guys think these prices are gonna continue to be good after they're the only store??

 

[Piggus]

This has happened to me a couple times. It's sometimes just not worth it for them to restock the item, especially if they have to pay for the return shipping.

bought a $14 item. they send the product but the vendor packaged the wrong product in the right box. got a replacement, sent back the wrong item. decided i didn't like the item, sent back the second item. they charged me $7 to return. amazon is good but these awesome experiences are not across the board.

If Amazon paid for return shipping every time someone didn't "like" what they ordered, people would abuse the hell out of it.

 

[Forerunner]

Yup, I love Amazon. I pretty much order everything except groceries through them.

 

[blame space]

Is Amazon even profitable

 

[therealist]

I'd take Amazon over Wal-Mart if it came down to those two.

Amazon is one of the worst companies in America though.

 

[Earthbound64]

So I've been a pretty consistent Amazon Prime member since 2007. I've never had this happen before:

No wonder they are #1 in customer loyalty. Do you have any cool things to share that Amazon has done?

I've been an Amazon member since 1999.
I can't really think of any times when I've had much of an issue with them.

I used to be kind of annoyed at them killing small/local businesses back when I lived around a bunch of small/local businesses.
But that was bound to happen with the rise of internet shopping in general regardless. And then living in an area without any meaningful local businesses kind of removed any care I had left anyway.

 

[2Smashed4U]

You guys think these prices are gonna continue to be good after they're the only store??

shhhh no concerns, only corporate bootlicking now.

 

[blame space]

We are quickly headed toward a future in which buying things from Walmart is the moral choice.

 

[_Nemo]

Amazon owns. It makes you bank as a seller and kills your bank as a buyer lol.

 

[Piggus]

You guys think these prices are gonna continue to be good after they're the only store??

Look at this fuckin dinosaur. Circuit City is gone. GET OVER IT.

 

[Zantetsuken]

So this happens once in 10 years. I'm not a fan anymore because they closed my Prime account and refuse to do anything about it. For no reason at all.

 

[DMONKUMA]

Me too actually but Best Buy doesn't offer everything else like Amazon and Walmart do.

Yeah thats the downside for Best Buy.

 

[Laekon]

You mean things like letting go warehouse workers if they take 3 sick days in a 3 month period?

 

[Draper]

So this happens once in 10 years. I'm not a fan anymore because they closed my Prime account and refuse to do anything about it. For no reason at all.

Uh huh...

 

[soundahfekz]

So I've been a pretty consistent Amazon Prime member since 2007. I've never had this happen before:




No wonder they are #1 in customer loyalty. Do you have any cool things to share that Amazon has done?

Also, I'll say this now, but I'm aware that they do have issues with the conditions that they put their employees through. Hopefully they are taking the steps to improve that. That should really be for another thread.

Understand that some small business is usually suffering when shit like this happens. Even with FBA

By all means tho keep fucking that automated sandbox metrics based chicken

 

[Booker Dewitt]

Is Amazon even profitable

Yeah, but they invest a lot.

 

[Windam]

We are quickly headed toward a future in which buying things from Walmart is the moral choice.

It always has been. Small businesses are just parasites, trying to suck the blood out of businesses that made it big through hard work.

 

[blame space]

I don't know what that means

 

[ramuh]

Yeah, but they invest a lot.

It has worked out for them, especially in the beginning.

 

[Windam]

I don't know what that means

Eat McDonald's not Arby's.

 

[Draper]

New companies are endlessly sprouting. All this doom and gloom regarding the convenience of Amazon is akin to 'man yelling at cloud'.