Amazon Marketplace

I've ordered several used books through Amazon.com Marketplace, and have been happy with my purchases. I've been an eBay customer for several years, but am an infrequent bidder due to a recent credit card scare that may have originated at   Read full review...

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NEVER SHOP AMAZON.com

I ordered a MX revolution mouse and the advertised price was $36.99 with free shipping compared to the normal price of $99.99 i thought it was a good deal even for black friday.
after I ordered it from amazon I was waiting for it to ship. a few days later I received an email saying the item will be delayed and will ship on a later date (1 week after the last estimated ship date) Then a few days later i receive another email saying my order was cancelled because the advertised price was wrong. I thought it was againts the law to not honor an advertised price.
because of this "runaround" and COMPLETE LIE from amazon I will never buy from them again EVER.

This was amazon NOT A Store through amazon!

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They listed a price of $79.95. When I clicked on the link, and added it to my cart, the price suddenly went up to 99.95.

Bait and switch.

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Found a great price on a board game, ordered and received confirmation. Credit card charged. Later that day, order cancelled, but the item is still in stock at Amazon, just a higher price. Several phone calls to customer service to no avail. One CS disconnected when I asked for a supervisor, the next CS flat out lied after giving me another number to call. Very disappointed and will not shop Amazon again

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We are ebay sellers, and sell also at half com and alibris, so we are not newbies. amazon's alliance department is foaming at the mouth insane. there are many instances of mis representation, non delivery, and altogether poor management. it's about time people start a boycott of this poorest of the poor e sellers. in our case amazon is responsible for monetary damage in excess of $200 and we are seriously thinking of taking them to court!

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I have been a customer of Amazon for over ten years now; and I have yet to find any other online store with the broad product selection, consistent lowest prices, and OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. Amazon is by far one of the BEST online stores. I HIGHLY recommend AMAZON.

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Amazon Marketplace is a great place to go if you are looking for variety, or if you are looking to sell some things. It is a great alternative to eBay. I love to shop on Amazon because of the large variety of options I have to choose from. First   Read full review...

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My experience with Amazon was way less than satisfactory. It ended up being a big pain, because of differences between what was on the item description I called the customer service . That was a nightmare in itself The standard shipping cost on dealtime and on the Amazon site were different then what came up when I went to check out my item. The 2 day shipping was a lie,it said that if I ordered in the next 4 + hours that I would get my item on Friday ( I was ordering on a Weds) So I figured that it would be worth almost $18 shipping to get it that fast. I ordered right then And calling customer service was the terrible! I am not crazy about overseas call centers, but especially when they have little idea of what they are talking about. I will never use Amazon again
Also the merchant that was selling through Amazon had the same item twenty dollars cheaper on their website, which I had to go to because Amazon messed up my order and I had to change something before they sent it out.

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Checked some home office equipment and compared to dabs.com.

Found Amazon cheaper by 20 quid at least including delivery, so I ordered from Amazon - of course.

When I checked the confirmation email the next day, I saw my order had been split into 7, and also hat I was charged for EACH order. On investigating further I realised I was buying NOt from Amazon but other companies, which means I now have 7 reasons to complain !

If you are to order from Amazon, order it from ONE supplier only, or vbetter still DONT order anything from AMAZON. It was never clearly stated I would be charged for the additional shipping when I thought I was buying form one company - AMAZON.

When I called to coomplain, some pretty lady from the poor east tried desperately to communicate in American english and only ended confusing the issue as there was a communications gap (delay in the telephone call).

Be advised - DONT BUY FROM AMAZON - they are not as cheap as you may initially think.



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I ordered some items recently and compared them to dabs.com and found AMAZON to be cheaper including delivery - so I order the stuff from AMAZON.

Then I got the email showing my order was split into SEVEN orders, and each one had an individual shipping cost - taking the order to well over what I would have been charged from DABS.

This is outrageous! This individual shipping information was NOT clearly stated nor shown when I clicked on the OK to order.

DO NOT BUY FROM AMAZON - THEY may appear cheaper but you will be most UNpleasantly surprised.

The shopping experience turned out an expensive lesson too.

Then when I called AMAZON to discuss, I had a pretty lady from some poor eastern location (not Amazonian) trying desperately to speak American english and only succeeding in confusing herself.

Not a good experience.

DO NOT BUY FROM AMAZON !



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I've bought three items through Amazon Marketplace, from 3 different sellers. I actually intended to buy another 3. Of the 3 I didn't buy, the items were out of stock, which I was only informed of after I paid for them. I got refunds, but having purchased from overseas, I lost twice on the exchange rates for the purchase and the refund.

Of the 3 I did buy through Amazon Marketplace, not one matched the description. CDs advertised as not being cutouts or review copies all had their covers punched, books advertised as new were library copies that were as old as the hills. One of the sellers was willing to offer a partial (but not full) refund. Others ignored my complaints.

These were six different merchants. Every one was a totally frustrating experience.

I only ever had one similar experience through eBay, and that was resolved quickly and to my satisfaction. I think sellers take the eBay rating system more seriously. it keeps them honest. Amazon Marketplace is a sleazy swap meet of bait-and-switch cheaters.

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Amazon.co.uk has been around in the UK since 1998, (hard to believe it is only 7 years!!) and is one of the world's biggest online stores. In my regular dealings with them, Amazon are a company which consistently offers good customer service and good   Read full review...

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Another dissatisfied customer here. I too bought a cell phone from Amazon which came with a $150 rebate.

I never received my rebate. Instead I received a form letter informing me that I had canceled my cell phone service and was therefore not eligible to receive the rebate. There customer service was predatory, and (to me) designed to run a customer around the system with the full intent of not coming through with a rebate.

It was rather fascinating how many ways Amazon was able to duck and refuse granting me my rebate due. Talk about a waste of time. It was maddening, and just to think about all the folks in the chain of Amazon customer support I talked to that are in essence a part of the Amazon scam tactics makes my skin crawl.

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I have had nothing but good experiences with amazon. I paid up for amazon prime and I don't regret it.

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I've sold a Canon S200 digital camera on Amazon marketplace. However, I received a claim, saying that the item is not as described on the main product page. It is actually exactly the same camera. Come on, a Canon S200 is a Canon S200, I used that camera for almost 4 years and I know it. Amazon.com, without doing any investigation, honored this claim. Charging so much listing fees, where is the service?

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Hi....I really need to vent. I sold my Archos 604 media player via Amazon marketplace. Man,I should have read the terms and conditions extra extra carefully!

I sold it, the buyer received it.The product was opened, tried and then sold. It just seemed to be too much work for my husband to get videos on it. So without really using it we sold it. Hence, we know it was in perfect working condition.

The buyer received it, say it did not work the moment he switched it on and asked for a refund. Little did I realise I was forced to give him the refund as he described the product to be not 'as described'. Amazon even stated that the buyer is entitled to a refund, and also under no obligation to return the product.

Here goes my $270 Archos 604. I have no faith in such online marketplaces anymore. Really horrified by these terms since they favour fraud!!!

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This company never shipped the dethatcher and never responded to the several emails I sent. They have terrible/no customer service. I am very unsatisfied.

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I have shopped via Amazon for several years, both their online store and Marketplace and have never had a problem. Granted, my purchases were all books; however, even using Marketplace, I have not encountered any issues and have always had excellent service. As far as I am aware, the "free shipping" on orders over $25 were for qualifying items, which has always been stated on the item as, "this items qualifies for free shipping". Also it is good to remember, free shipping orders are low priority and may not be sent right away, and when they are shipped are usually sent USPS media mail, the cheapest and slowest form of shipping (sometimes up to 2 weeks). There were two times when the books I wanted were out of stock, both at Amazon and Marketplace, my credit card was not charged and they sent follow-up emails requesting if I still wanted the item. All in all, my experience has been excellent with Amazon. I have since joined their program and get my orders in 2 days via UPS.

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I have ordered a lot from amazon.com, and have recently been ordering from Amazon Marketplace sellers. My advice – DON’T! At least not from the 3rd party sellers. I have never had a problem ordering from amazon.com directly, but I recently received a defective product from a 3rd party seller and was told I had to pay for shipping to return it before I could get a replacement. I complained to amazon and they basically said too bad – "At this time, sellers do not have the ability to refund an Amazon Marketplace order for more than the original order total (cost of the item + the original shipping fee." If you don’t like to have to pay for defective merchandise, DO NOT order from an Amazon Marketplace seller.

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I've bought hundred of items from amazon.com since amazon.com was only an online book store.. I had good experience in the past. However, for the last 2 years... their customer service is pretty much non-existence. They have screw up many of my recent   Read full review...

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I'll never buy from them again !! After researching available cellphone plans and the phones that I wanted, i decided to purchase from Amazon.com. Their deal was if I purchased two phones and a two year plan, I would receive a $150.00 mail-in rebate. I complied with every condition of their rebate requirements. After waiting 8 weeks and not receiving my rebate, I contacted them and was told that the rebates were taking longer than usual and not to worry and that I would receive the $150.00. After another 6 weeks, I called again and was told that I didn't meet the requirements. I asked what requirement didn't I meet. They said they didn't have that information available and that was all they could do. I often wonder how much money annually they cheat customers out of. 150.00 to one customer times the number of customers they have should make for a dandy profit. If I had the time, I would take this to the Attorney Generals fraud division.

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I ordered a Seattle Seahawks rug for my son is Sept. Finally showed up in October, opened it, it sez New York Jets. The order went thru Coast to Coast Hardware-Home and Beyond. There was no contact or return information in the package, only the wrong rug. I emailed both Coast to Coast and Amazon 8 times, with no response. Hunted thru the website to find a phone number, waited on hold forever, the guy sez why did I wait so long to make contact!!! Didnt you listen to what I have been saying!! Ok he will send a return slip and info. It never arrived. He lied to me. Amazon has done nothing to help. Never use the Marketplace Online Store. I paid outrageous shipping, because it never showed when I placed the order, only when I was charged. So 6 months later I still have an expensive wrong item.

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...RUN! Amazon is such a rip off! First, I tried the site as a buyer and the high end item I ordered was never delivered nor did I get delivery confirmation. It took one day for my payment to Amazon to be processed and two weeks passed before I received my refund! During this two week wait, I decided to sell a few DVDs that I no longer wanted. Sure, it's free to place your merchandise on the site for sale, but after their commission was taken from my sale, it was hardly worth the effort!! What a horrible way to do business!! I'm sticking with Ebay:)

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I have never sold anything at the marketplace at Amazon.com, but I have bought several things with little or no problem. With the exception of the time that I bought a cd-rom for my son, and for some reason, either it did not go through or something, but   Read full review...

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I do sell and have ordered From Amazon and there defiantly have a outstanding customer service. They always email me immediately for me and my customers, Here what customers tell Me! Excellent buying experience. Seller immediately shipped my purchase   Read full review...

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I've spend thousands at Amazon over the years and have never had a problem. However, in the past year, it seems their distribution network has become less organized and efficient. I often wait weeks now for an order to ship out that states "In Stock". Perhaps customers who use free shipping aren't as important as the ones who pay shipping charges, so we get to wait. I do like that I can on into my account and get an idea of when the order will ship, and for the most past, that information has been accurate. So, for me, Amazon works well. It saves me lots of money in gas (I live an hour from a Barnes & Noble or any other good sized bookstore)and sales tax. Gives me more to spend on books!

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AMAZON.COM If there were 100 stars I would give them all to Amazon! Over the years have ordered over 50 books in the USA, Brazil, and Mexico. Always got the books within the estimated time, always well before the time spectrum, beautifully packaged. Only thing that hurts now is the cost of shipping out of USA..Ouch!
The info about the books, book reviews, search features
are priceless! Amazon is the ultimate kind of website. It continually gets better and better.Also the links to sellers of used and new books,link to Half.com.

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I've ordered a number of things from Amazon and have had mixed experiences. The great thing about Amazon is that they have everything. There's one stop shopping for you! However, I find that many of my items that I ship with the free shipping take a very long time 2-3 weeks (and yes these are amazon items that are brand new). Recently I just ordered something as a gift, and used the free shipping, and since it was sent by usps, it took a while. Once I ordered a knife set from them (that was directly from them, new, and the only vice was that they were one of the friday specials), however, when I received them they were somewhat rusted. Just to clarify, none of the items that I had bought were used, and all where new amazon items, shipped directly from amazon.

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Bought brand new. Got 2 DVDs & free ship on orders $25 or more. Wide selection. Love Amazon's products. Shipped quickly. Was well satisfied.

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A WORD OF WARNING!! DO NOT USE THIS SERVICE IF YOU ARE A FREQUENT PURCHASER.

I am a longstanding frequent customer of Amazon purchasing new and secondhand books from its inception in the UK and during the last 5 years I have placed roughly 900 orders for books and other items. Many of the books were through Amazon Marketplace i.e. out of print items. I placed these orders on the basis that Amazon act as guarantor and will refund my money if the goods do not arrive and,overall,have made a total of FIVE claims for books which have never arrived. I would emphasise I have only made a claim after querying the non-delivery with the seller and receiving no response. I am now advised by Amazon I can make no further claims in my lifetime.

I accept that amazon must protect itself against fraud by buyers but a limit of five claims in a lifetime for frequent purchasers is simply not reasonable. If Amazon allows sellers to offer books via their site then equally they should guarantee refunds for non-delivery on a more proportionate basis.



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If you want an iconic example of corporate greed, look no further. This is the kind of mega-loser that makes folks like Newegg, LL Bean and Crutchfield look so good by comparison. These chumps have gotten *way* too big for their panties. Every   Read full review...

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Twice in the last year, the Amazon web site stated the item was “in stock”. After purchasing, a day or more went by and then informed by email that the items were not in stock and shipping date was unknown. On the first occasion, this issue created a problem since I had a dead line to meet and the turn around time to contacting Amazon and canceling the order exceeded my dead line ( complicated by the Amazon web site down for 1 day). How many of us have the time to repeatedly check a web site to see if it is up? So, I took a chance and ordered through another company and canceled the Amazon order at the next available date. Shipping delays met not just days but weeks and uncertain or “estimated”. The second item was not time sensitive, so I waited. No problems with item received. Order accuracy - fine. Customer service - OK, if the web site is up and running. Overall satisfaction - now leery of ordering from Amazon if I need to receive an item on a deadline.

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Item was advertises at a sale price and ordered, but tracking showed it in UTAH for an entire week, I did not receive the item, but back at Amazon the item price increased by 33%. They told me the item was probable lost in transit.
Two weeks earlier an item was ordered as a Christmas gift for a child, the order was held up for a week (mid-December) before I was told it would not ship until February.
I will never buy from Amazon again. Buy.com seem to deliver what you order, at the price you see online, within the time frame promised.

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While my husband has happily ordered tools from amazon, I have had a terrible time purchasing used and out of print books. First, the filters are so poor that it is difficult to tell whether a book is used, new, hard or soft cover; there are many in the wrong section. You basically need to email the seller (and it's not easy to find their contact info) to make sure you're getting what you want! Furthermore, the listings are by title, not isbn, so you can't even be sure you're going to get the correct item. E.G. I bought the music to Lady & the Tramp, and got the book of the same title. It's a terrible organizational system, and very frustrating to shop there.

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This was my first time ordering from Amazon, but I am a frequent online shopper at other stores. I must say that so far, I am extremely disappointed. The reason I purchased my items from Amazon was because they had a cheaper price for a 3-way cable   Read full review...

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Just placed an order with amazon.com for 2 items totaling $89.94 and was charged $18.23 for STANDARD shipping. They used to give Free Shipping if the order was over a certain amount - automatically. Now you have to go out of your way to select "Super Saver Shipping" or some such thing. On top of that I was presented with a "summary" of my order which DID NOT show the shipping charges. They showed up on the confirmation e-mails indicating my order had shipped. I will not buy from them again. Buyer Beware.

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I love Amazon.com. I have both ordered and sold from there.There delivery speed is very good.They were very accurate. The customer service is outstanding. They always email me back immediately.This is definately a great website to both order from and to sell from.

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What a waste of time. When I placed my order yesterday Timeslips 2005 software was in stock at a great price and being shipped by Thursday. Today I get an e-mail from someone not even Amazon (their authorized supplier?) saying, so sorry, but we cannot fill your order. Now I will have to buy elsewhere (at a higher price that I was promised) and pay higher shipping to get the software I needed here this week. Never again!

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Looking for particular books used to be a problem for me I could never find what I wanted in the shops. Now I generally only use Amazon to purchase books. It is the most convenient and easy way to shop for books.

They have an excellent search facility that allows me to find even the most obscure titles at a reasonable price quickly and easily. They sell both first hand and second hand books but even the second hand books I received were always in excellent condition. They have a very prompt delivery service and I have never had any problems with my orders.

Overall I would definitely recommend Amazon as being a highly competent and efficient company.

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I saw that a Canon 135mm 2L lens was in stock on Tuesday, October 3 for the Amazon store, not the other dealers you can buy from there. I ordered it on Tuesday morning from the Amazon store because it said it was in stock and shipped it overnight as I   Read full review...

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