Freebies from Amazon ('Brushing' scam)

wolfie138 said:
not sure what my neighbours would think of me if i turned up and offered them batter-powered eyelash curlers. :-\
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My neighbour, who ends up collecting a lot of the parcels for us during the daytime, thought we were ordering ''sex stuff' under a different name to conceal it. I opened the last box in front of them to prove it was random bits. :D
 
PapaLazaru said:
My neighbour, who ends up collecting a lot of the parcels for us during the daytime, thought we were ordering ''sex stuff' under a different name to conceal it. I opened the last box in front of them to prove it was random bits. :D
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So what if you were, is it any of their business?
 
PapaLazaru said:
My neighbour, who ends up collecting a lot of the parcels for us during the daytime, thought we were ordering ''sex stuff' under a different name to conceal it. I opened the last box in front of them to prove it was random bits. :D
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i got a model kit off ebay a few years back, i was out so a neighbour took it in ~ the sender had packed it in a box for Sexy Robots trading cards w/ logos all over it :-D
 
PapaLazaru said:
My neighbour, who ends up collecting a lot of the parcels for us during the daytime, thought we were ordering ''sex stuff' under a different name to conceal it. I opened the last box in front of them to prove it was random bits. :D
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It would have been indescribably hilarious if that package contained a sex toy of some description :D
 
Amazon shoppers misled by 'bundled' star-ratings and reviews. Guardian study finds inferior items appear highly praised, making ratings worthless. (LINK)

Reviews on Amazon are often complete nonsense - e.g. bad / late delivery, "Dead on arrival", etc..
 
I once received an "egg cup". I put "egg cup" in quotes because it would be useless as an egg cup.

It's plastic and consists of a base with 3 hybrid wwII Japanese / German uniform soldiers with swords held high. The egg somehow is supposed to balance on the swords.

I still have it somewhere. It's incredible.
 
I bought some test wire and an IC flash tool from an Amazon seller once and they offered to send me free stuff to review... a day later the vanished from Amazon :(
 
Not really much of a "scam", and clickbait, sensationalist article much?

Second, and even more insidiously, what happens if a phantom seller ships contraband to your home? You could find yourself charged with possession of illegal drugs or banned weapons — not the phantom seller.
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Just no, because it's easily traceable, and secondly anyone can pick any random address on google maps to ship drugs to. Utter drivel.
 
wellsy said:
Your address being the operative word.
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Your address is not something you tend to worry about, unless there is other stuff related to it that is more personal.

You can get an address to send something to (remembering that Amazon and the delivery companies don't care about who, just the address), by walking down a street, looking on street view, guessing that number 21 HHighstreet, Anytown, Devon will be a legitimate address, or if they want to be a certain it's a real address they can look it up on the Royal Mail site or similar, or any sat nav software/device, various listings of addresses:)

It really isn't anything to be worried about unless the goods are illegal, in which case you contact the police.
 
Werewolf said:
Your address is not something you tend to worry about, unless there is other stuff related to it that is more personal.

You can get an address to send something to (remembering that Amazon and the delivery companies don't care about who, just the address), by walking down a street, looking on street view, guessing that number 21 HHighstreet, Anytown, Devon will be a legitimate address, or if they want to be a certain it's a real address they can look it up on the Royal Mail site or similar, or any sat nav software/device, various listings of addresses:)

It really isn't anything to be worried about unless the goods are illegal, in which case you contact the police.
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I get this but I would still be concerned if it was me, especially if there are 10 parcels.
 
inogen said:
I once received an "egg cup". I put "egg cup" in quotes because it would be useless as an egg cup.

It's plastic and consists of a base with 3 hybrid wwII Japanese / German uniform soldiers with swords held high. The egg somehow is supposed to balance on the swords.

I still have it somewhere. It's incredible.
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Pics plz ww2 buff here.
 
Thread necro but this has been happening to me for a few months now. I suspect it's after I ordered some stuff that was shipped from China.

So far I've had:

- Desk Fan
- Manicure kit (gave to my sister)
- Mini "air con" unit
- Pest repeller thingy
- Wireless headphones
- Weightlifting gloves
- Mini disco lights
- Sewing kit
- Essential oil diffuser
- Several other bits of tat I forget the details of now

I keep complaining and it finally looks like Amazon are investigating properly. I asked for my address to be blacklisted for delivery for anyone except myself because while it was funny at first, it's now becoming irritating.

I'm giving them a couple of weeks to stop it and if they don't, I'll probably seek advice about getting some sort of injunction.
 
This is how Amazon has become a cesspit of Chinese tat. I rarely order anything from there any more which isn't from a well known brand as you can be almost certain that the reviews have been compromised.
 
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