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Nexus said:
Because of the part about receiving a silver camera instead of a black one, which means somebody at Amazon had to open it. Perhaps they bought the camera in with them, and it would have been noted before in the morning, thus leaving with a camera wouldn't have been unusual.

It might not be the case, but as I said before, somebody at Amazon looked at the camera, not really sure how you could not see that it was incorrect.
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Surely it would have been easier/safer for the employee to put something of equal weight like a rock in rather than a camera? Why go to all that effort to bring in a camera if you know it's going to be clearly noticed it's the wrong one? Did the camera fit in the tailored/fitted internal packaging and did it weigh the same as the other model? Didn't your dad notice it had been opened when he was wrapping it and then have a look inside? Story sounds fishy to me.
 
I worked at a computer shop once and everyone who left the building had to have a metal detector poked at them, and again at a warehouse you had to walk through one. Its not that uncommon to have those kinds of security measures.
 
Em3bbs said:
Surely it would have been easier/safer for the employee to put something of equal weight like a rock in rather than a camera? Why go to all that effort to bring in a camera if you know it's going to be clearly noticed it's the wrong one? Did the camera fit in the tailored/fitted internal packaging and did it weigh the same as the other model? Didn't your dad notice it had been opened when he was wrapping it and then have a look inside? Story sounds fishy to me.
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It fit in the place in the box and was inside one of those little bags. Why would somebody try and do it? Perhaps because some consumers aren't savvy enough to even know, much like that issue just before Xmas where one of the lightning deals was the wrong item. Plus with lots of hired Xmas help, there may be less accountability.

I'm not really sure what you are inciting though. That's how it arrived and it was only because I knew it wasn't the correct camera when my Mum opened it that they even knew, so you can see how easily someone could be fooled. I helped my Father write a complaint to Amazon, not sure if they sent a proper response other than dispatching a replacement ASAP.
 
We have an Amazon warehouse less than five miles up the road from me - I can't comment on the working conditions having never worked there but I will say within a year they managed to pretty much saturate the local work force in the surrounding area before employing out with.

And by out with, I mean Eastern Europeans - and by Eastern Europeans I mean foreign (possibly illegal :rolleyes:) contract agency workers treating them like absolute slaves working for national minimum wage with no rights what so ever! I'm basing my judgement here on my experience of working within a warehouse environment and through word of mouth of friends who were unfortunate enough to be employed by said company!

In short - it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if the accusations made in the link posted by the OP turned out to be genuine. You tend to find with these huge companies they seem to think they can not only avoid paying the full tax but they can shirk they're responsibilities when it comes to the treatment of their employee's and there working environment!
 
when i went for an interview at a tesco warehouse, you have to push as button upon leaving and if the light goes red you have to be searched.. even when your comming out of an interview..
 
Jonnybmac said:
when i went for an interview at a tesco warehouse, you have to push as button upon leaving and if the light goes red you have to be searched.. even when your comming out of an interview..
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Well short of searching people every time (and the resources that would consume) randomisation is the best way of doing it in general.
 
Jonnybmac said:
when i went for an interview at a tesco warehouse, you have to push as button upon leaving and if the light goes red you have to be searched.. even when your comming out of an interview..
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Well it's not like they have any legal power to search you. Of course if you declined a search, you wouldn't get the job though.
 
Having worked at two companies with warehouses with valuable goods as a student, internal theft was apparent. We were always spot checked but not frisked (haven't seen the video) but I see no problems, within reason, of being checked.

Even peppering the warehouses with CCTV did not seem to make much of a difference, valuable items always went missing.

I saw one incident years ago similiar to the OP where the customer had received a box for the item but inside was a ream of paper.

I think the reality is many of the big companies will be paying people minimum etc in their supply chains...if you think Amazon is bad then you will get a heart attack looking at other firms...
 
seems amazon's stopped using the security firm in question, still doesnt mean the dodgy working conditions have been looked at though.
 
phil675 said:
I worked at a computer shop once and everyone who left the building had to have a metal detector poked at them, and again at a warehouse you had to walk through one. Its not that uncommon to have those kinds of security measures.
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Yup, had this too when i had apart-time job in Curry's. It's perfectly understandable so i was fine with it
 
Back when I worked at a company called T.H.E. they had a security office by the door that was manned by 2-3 security personal who patted down everyone leaving the building. If you had a bag then that was checked too. Didn't stop people nicking stuff though, it just made loads of people who didn't drive miss their buses.
 
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