Amazon Prime sucks massive donkey balls

SexyGreyFox · 23 Feb 2020 at 01:17

ChrisLX200 said:
They employ a lot of people to minimise their tax burden, it's up to the governement to close the loopholes, you can't blame Amazon.

EXACTLY.
It's like when I fill my tax returns in for my music and the Accountant says do you want to pay tax or buy a new guitar? - ooh I'm not sure.
If those are the loopholes then you can't blame Amazon or somebody like Gary Barlow for sending his money elsewhere.

dowie · 23 Feb 2020 at 16:20

SexyGreyFox said:
EXACTLY.
It's like when I fill my tax returns in for my music and the Accountant says do you want to pay tax or buy a new guitar? - ooh I'm not sure.
If those are the loopholes then you can't blame Amazon or somebody like Gary Barlow for sending his money elsewhere.

That isn't a loophole really.

umboma · 2 Mar 2020 at 21:35

I dont mind Amazon, I ordered a Glourious O mouse, it didnt come next day infact they told me it was lost in transit, so they gave me a full refund, then the very next day the mouse turned up, I did the right thing and phoned them, they told me to just keep it really.

ChrisLX200 · 4 Mar 2020 at 20:59

Well looks like Amazon have 'lost' the AE-7 soundcard I ordered. Last seen in Bardon, Leicestershire 2 days ago

Thing is, this was a 'used' example (open-box sold by Amazon) so if it doesn't turn up I wonder what they'll do?

tom_e · 4 Mar 2020 at 21:14

ChrisLX200 said:
Well looks like Amazon have 'lost' the AE-7 soundcard I ordered. Last seen in Bardon, Leicestershire 2 days ago Thing is, this was a 'used' example (open-box sold by Amazon) so if it doesn't turn up I wonder what they'll do?

Refund you.

ChrisLX200 · 4 Mar 2020 at 21:56

tom_e said:
Refund you.

Not before I've demanded they supply the soundcard I have paid and waited a week for

They may decide it's prudent to send me a new one as a gesture of good will lol.

Darkpassenger · 4 Mar 2020 at 22:02

Amazon Prime Rules period...

Curio · 4 Mar 2020 at 22:17

Curio said:
Amazon Prime member in the US here. New motherboard arrived yesterday. It wasn't in a cardboard box - they had just stuck the shipping label directly on the mobo box. And the box wasn't even sealed :O It looks fine and the box wasn't even scratched, but I'll find out tomorrow if it actually works. I suspect it was a returned one, but even so, I've never had anything arrive like that!

Update: despite the unsealed box and complete lack of packaging the mobo is working just fine! Think I got a lucky escape there.

Darkpassenger · 4 Mar 2020 at 22:49

Curio said:
Update: despite the unsealed box and complete lack of packaging the mobo is working just fine! Think I got a lucky escape there.

They did the same to me with a £300 gpu they shipped from Germany during the mining gpu boom 2 years ago it worked fine so I called CS and got £65 refund

ChrisLX200 · 5 Mar 2020 at 00:23

Rats. They found my soundcard, will be delivered tomorrow or Friday. Did get a £5 gift so can't complain I guess.

reecevxr · 5 Mar 2020 at 10:50

aside from the tax issues I like amazon, and to be fair their customer service in my experience has been fantastic even if not spending a lot of money

my amazon tv remote stopped working after my 1 year old son ran off with it and threw it down the toilet, rang them told them what had happened they sorted it within 10mins gave me £30 in store credit to buy a new one, and as it was on offer for £16 at the time i got £14 worth of extra bits for nothing. I also stood on my Daughters Fire HD tab smashing the screen, rang them about it and had a brand one on my doorstep the next morning.

whereas i spent thousands on Overclockers at xmas and the whole experience was nothing short of crap.

Darkpassenger · 5 Mar 2020 at 20:33

I live off Amazon prime now best way to shop

James82 · 5 Mar 2020 at 21:03

Never had a problem with Amazon in all the years I've used them.

BeelzebubUK · 6 Mar 2020 at 01:32

reecevxr said:
aside from the tax issues I like amazon, and to be fair their customer service in my experience has been fantastic even if not spending a lot of money

my amazon tv remote stopped working after my 1 year old son ran off with it and threw it down the toilet, rang them told them what had happened they sorted it within 10mins gave me £30 in store credit to buy a new one, and as it was on offer for £16 at the time i got £14 worth of extra bits for nothing. I also stood on my Daughters Fire HD tab smashing the screen, rang them about it and had a brand one on my doorstep the next morning.

So you told them "exactly" what stopped them working and they still replaced them for free........

Deleted member 77746 · 6 Mar 2020 at 08:02

reecevxr said:
aside from the tax issues I like amazon, and to be fair their customer service in my experience has been fantastic even if not spending a lot of money

my amazon tv remote stopped working after my 1 year old son ran off with it and threw it down the toilet, rang them told them what had happened they sorted it within 10mins gave me £30 in store credit to buy a new one, and as it was on offer for £16 at the time i got £14 worth of extra bits for nothing. I also stood on my Daughters Fire HD tab smashing the screen, rang them about it and had a brand one on my doorstep the next morning.

whereas i spent thousands on Overclockers at xmas and the whole experience was nothing short of crap.

No they didn’t. They wouldn’t replace something that was broken by someone and not a manufactures issue.

reecevxr · 6 Mar 2020 at 08:22

BeelzebubUK said:
So you told them "exactly" what stopped them working and they still replaced them for free........

Yes, the tablets are the kids editions and have a free 2 year worry free warranty and they will replace them regardless of how they were broken.

The remote i didnt expect to be replaced and i just rang to try my luck, told them exactly as they would be able to tell it was water damaged when i sent the broken one back, but they just said it was still under warranty and would replace it, although i have read somewhere the remotes have known reliability issues so they probably replace them regardless too

reecevxr · 6 Mar 2020 at 08:32

mrbell1984 said:
No they didn’t. They wouldn’t replace something that was broken by someone and not a manufactures issue.

you sure?
https://www.express.co.uk/life-styl...-Edition-Break-Damage-Replacement-Scheme-Case

https://www.amazon.co.uk/All-New-Ta...words=fire+kids+edition&qid=1583483235&sr=8-3

wnb · 6 Mar 2020 at 08:39

Curio said:
Update: despite the unsealed box and complete lack of packaging the mobo is working just fine! Think I got a lucky escape there.

Lol I ordered a crow bar and it came packaged like it was royal Dalton China doll the box was about 5 times bigger than it needed to be.

ChrisLX200 · 6 Mar 2020 at 08:51

wnb said:
Lol I ordered a crow bar and it came packaged like it was royal Dalton China doll the box was about 5 times bigger than it needed to be.

That's to stop your crowbar wrecking everything else in the delivery truck

BeelzebubUK · 6 Mar 2020 at 14:07

reecevxr said:
Yes, the tablets are the kids editions and have a free 2 year worry free warranty and they will replace them regardless of how they were broken.

The remote i didnt expect to be replaced and i just rang to try my luck, told them exactly as they would be able to tell it was water damaged when i sent the broken one back, but they just said it was still under warranty and would replace it, although i have read somewhere the remotes have known reliability issues so they probably replace them regardless too

Fair enough. Never heard of that before. That's a good way to get people buying a tablet for their kids.