Amazon

Could not be more pleased with this shopping experience. I ordered a pair of Teva watersports shoes on 1/5/09. I was happy because I wear an 8 1/2, which is hard to find, and they actually came in an 8 1/2 and were in stock, so I ordered quickly!  I received an email that day to confirm my order; the next day another email came to tell me that my order had been processed by Teva and shipped; the email included UPS tracking info, which was very helpful.  My order was shipped on 1/7 and I received it on 1/12.  FIVE DAYS!  The shoes are top quality, they fit great, the color is just what I wanted and the cost?  They are $100 sandals, and I got them for $29.90 + 8.95 shipping = $38.85, and since it took less than a week to get them, it was well worth the wait.  I will definitely order from amazon.com again.  If my future shopping experiences are like my first one, I will be very happy. 

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I used to use Amazon frequently for books. Never had a complaint, until I discovered that they sell at least one book on raising fighting dogs. I think that is innappropriate, so I no longer buy from Amazon anymore.

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I am a frequent shopper on the Amazon web site. I have beenn suing this site for my internet shopping and gift buying for about 7 years or so. The Amazon web site is a well known site. They are also linked to many other on line stores that sell their   Read full review...

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PROS:  Availability + selection + price = Awesome!CONS:  Shipping time + paying for shipping + having to return it + where are the real people? = TerribleIf you want it now, and want to be sure you got the right thing, just   Read full review...

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Having read some of these negative reviews, I feel obligated to put in a good word for Amazon. I order everything from OTC meds, to dog pads, food, cookware, housewares, books, music and gift certificates from Amazon. I have a been a steady customer since its inception. Ordering is super easy and the site is very easy to to use. Their prices are low and the super saver shipping option and no tax make it even more of a bargain. The packaging is excellent and shipping is ridiculously fast. There are extensive records onsite of everything I have purchased and product reviews are very helpful. I have never had any problems whatsoever with ordering, delivery or returns. Amazon saves me time, money and gas. I recommend the site unequivocally.

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I was shopping for an Onkyo TX-SR606 receiver for Christmas. It was clearly marked as in-stock by Amazon, but when the order was put in and several days passed, I got a notice from Crutchfield saying the product is out of stock that they need to reorder and it will be 30 days before they know when the product will be in store. Outrageously unprofessional! I will never shop at Amazon and Crutchfield again!

In addtion to the stocking status problem, the model number was also mixed up. TX-SR606 is silver colored; and TX-SR606B is in black. Amazon is now publicizing the silver one will be delivered through 6ave, and if you go check the web site of 6ave, it is clearly that the price is for the black one, not the silver one. Another evidence of incompetence.

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Ok, let me try and tell you my experience while trying to purchase a GC through Amazon.com.  A few days after placing my order I started to question whether or not I asked for the GC to be mailed or emailed to me.  So, I wrote customer service   Read full review...

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I had never had a bad experience with amazon until I needed a book within a week for a class since I couldn't find the rare book anywhere else. The site said "order within the next 4 hours to receive this book by...). I followed these suggestions AND had it overnighted, but the book came a WEEK later, meaning I spent all the money to overnight it to have it come much later than I needed it. It came too late, so I couldn't even complete the assignment!

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I have been shopping at Amazon for some time - more than seven years - and I have to admit it is my favorite online store at this time. Over the course of the past several years I have purchased everything from computer equipment to DVDs to books and   Read full review...

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False advertisement, rude customer service, does not honor advertisement, Amazon.com is now just another cheesball online retailer. End result of many many hours dealing with this issue = I will refused delivery and dispute the return shipment charges.   Read full review...

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I shop all the time on Amazon. I've bought everything from shoes to CD's. I have always found their site to be easy to use and delivery has always been efficient. I have also found their prices to be competitive.

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We've been Amazon customers for years and have never had a problem.  In fact, they are 5 star compared with anyone else we've used via the net.  There have been very few problems and those were handled promptly.  Amazon staff has been professional and friendly.  The speed of delivery is amazing.  If there's a problem with the quality of the product, even those coming from off-site, they take care of the issue immediately.  We also appreciate their policy of contacting us if they have a problem filling our order on time. We're more than pleased with this company.

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They will never have my business again and I will tell everyone I know and love to boycott their site. I just got off the phone with an obnoxious sing-songed voice customer service supervisor named M*******. After wasting 15 minutes of my life, nothing   Read full review...

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Amazon customer service is a misnomer.  SERVICE???  Fugeduboudit!  They manipulate prices--an item will jump $70 in minutes.  Their so-called "service" is from some hapless soul in India that has no idea about anything you are trying to buy & no power to resolve your issues.  I cringe when I get India because I know I am wasting my time.  Amazon has NO RESPECT for their customers.   DO NOT SHOP HERE!!!

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I just ordered an HDTV.  They estimated delivery for Thurs 11/6 and I received the shipment 3 days earlier.  There was a minor communication issue with shipper but Amazon was able to resolve the problem quickly and resulted in the early delivery.  The shipper Pilot Freight Service also exceded my expectations with great service.

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About a quarter of the books I order seem to arrived damaged. It seems that whoever packs them doesn't have a clue.

The web now seems to force you to pay return shipping and gives you no way to complain.

As I am in Australia this gets expensive so I will only use them in future for hard to get stuff.

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I have been purchasing items from Amazon for years. I have to say this is the LAST time. I ordered a lens for over 100.00.. I received the item today,, and although it does not appear to be damaged (can't tell from looking at it),,, it was banging around   Read full review...

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It's amazing to me that Amazon is such a large customer of UPS yet will not intervene on their customer's behalf. I assume this is because Amazon itself isn't particularly concerned about their customers. Actually, I know that they aren't - they still   Read full review...

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Shopping for a Samsung LN52a650 on amazon I was attracted by 24 month interest free financing.

Applied and approved immediately, no credit limit was provided and no account number was emailed.

Purchased the TV for @2200 using the new amazon.com (GEMONEY) account. One hour later received email to review payment method.

After speaking with amazon cust svc., received 866-634-8379 number for my GEMONEY account. I told her I didn't know what my limit was, just that there seemed to be a problem with the payment method. She told me my limit was $1800 so I wasn't eligible for the interest free financing.

I asked if I could try to increase my limit $400 to purchase the TV? The agent encouraged me to log in to my GEMONEY account to increase my credit limit. Unfortunately my account number was required to log in and would not be provided for 3 days, when the interest free financing was no longer available!

Cancelled my $2200 order, cancelled my GEMONEY amazon.com account. What a circus.


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In summary: Amazon Customer support is HELPLESS - do not bother contacting them. NO HELP, NO ACCOUNTABILITY = WASTE OF TIME.I ordered a bicycle from the marketplace (Niagara Cycle), 5 days later - did not ship, after 3 e-mails to both Amazon and   Read full review...

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Amazon.com is very difficult to reach when there's a problem. You can email, but they're not very communicative. They can be EXTREMELY slow to ship as well.

Recently I put in an order and the portion coming from amazon did not even leave their warehouse for a full 4 days. (The portion coming from an independent store came before the amazon items even shipped.) When I saw how long it was taking and that it had not even shipped, I looked into cancelling the order, but wasn't able to. They said the order was in "process". Bad, bad customer service.
I purchased the items locally and will pay to return to amazon rather than give them the business.

In the future I will use the independent store names on amazon to order directly from the store or merchant. They're not paying amazon commission that way and the service is much better.

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I just recently bought a pair of Tourmaster Tour Master Cortech Response SC Waterproof Motorcycle boots from Amazon.com.These boots are wonderful. Great fit, Waterproofing is excellent. Comfortable. READ ON!However, save your   Read full review...

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I have been an Amazon customer for more than 7 years, with purchases of more than USD$8000 yearly (all purchases are recorded either via email or print-out Amazon account summary). The reason I am writing this review is to expose what Amazon   Read full review...

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Hellish call centres based in the Philippines where no-one understands English. My conversations with their representative were so tortuous I nearly lost my head. Even when the language barrier was surmounted after repeatedly asking the same question, I discovered the information was wrong. They told me a Customer service number was toll-free when it was chargeable; they also told me the Call Me facility would call me back when, in fact, they refused to make calls outside the US.

Why do companies think that cheap is best in the most important department in the whole company?

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I have shopped at Amazon since 2005. The best internet store in the World Wide Web. It is like an ocean. It has everything you can think about in it. Easy account creation, recommendations according to your searches or owned items. Ordering is very   Read full review...

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I've been ordering with Amazon for over ten years now and overall am satisfied with things. Originally I used Amazon primarily to order textbooks and books. Generally I was happy and continued to order through Amazon. Recently I've gotten Amazon   Read full review...

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I consider myself something of a consumer advocate, and I have been a frequent and loyal Amazon customer precisely because of my concerns about quality customer service and a company that focuses on pleasing its customers. I'm surprised to read some of   Read full review...

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The mission statement of Amazon.com is to be the Earth’s most customer centric company and to build a place where people can come to find and discover anything they might want to buy online. I think they have adhered to this statement and have become   Read full review...

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I am a repeat customer of Amazon. It's so easy to browse their catalog or just search the item you need. Their selection is so huge. I haven't found anything yet that I need that I haven't found at Amazon. Checkout is such a breeze. Shipping is super   Read full review...

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The Amazon.com web site is a great way to get you shopping done. The best time that we ever shopped there was just before Christmas. It was amazing how much we ended up getting for such a small amount of money. I would say that the Amazon.com web site is   Read full review...

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I bought an eliptical around May and have yet to receive the actual product by the end of June because Amazon claims to be out of stock. Funny thing is, they're still selling the EXACT product online. Amazon's explanation is that because the product was on sale by Amazon, Amazon has to get the product in stock to give me the sale price. The issue here is that they're no longer keeping the product in stock and instead lets a third party merchant fulfill the order. So why can't they fulfill my order through a third party seller? Well, since the sale price listed by Amazon is $100 lower than the third party merchant's, Amazon says that the product must come from Amazon and not a third party seller. Huh. Couldn't they have told me that a month ago?



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Amazon provides shoppers with the ability to buy books, DVDs, electronics, etc. In all my Amazon shopping experiences, devlivery speed has been superb! When they say 1-2 business days, they mean it! Order accuracy is top prioirty at Amazin, with   Read full review...

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I have always had a great experience at Amazon.com. Every time I have ever placed an order, the shipping has been SUPER quick, they have never overcharged me for shipping (usually I get the super saver shipping so that it's free if I spend more than $25)   Read full review...

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I buy all the time from Amazon.com. Items such as food, diapers, toys, hardware, electronics, and more. Their service, website, and customer service are the best there is. Plus, they have a 30-day price match guarantee (for stuff sold by Amazon.com and not a 3rd party seller). Just send them an email within 30 days with your order info and new price and they will issue a refund for the difference.

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I have purchased quite a bit of things from Amazon.com, and have loved every purchase. However, they are a little bit higher in their prices compared to other online merchants selling the same items. Their shipping and handling charges are higher as   Read full review...

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Amazon is like a candy store to me. I've never had a problem, except I've noticed that if I start ordering online at work, and finish at home, sometimes I get duplicates. So I just order from home now.

In selling books, CDs and DVDs, Amazon.com performs beautifully. I've been shopping there since 1999 (at least). They started out great and they've just gotten better (I do miss the free Post-It notes, though!). Together with Apple, it's on my very short list of implicitly-trusted sites.

I don't currently use the MP3 downloading service; my DLs didn't download, but that is probably my fault. It wasn't a big deal in terms of money, so I haven't addressed it yet. But when I do I'm sure they'll get it working for me.

To sum: I have bought hundreds of items from Amazon.com between 1999 and 2008, and never had anything less than a good, hassle-free experience. I returned something only once, and it was a breeze. They know what they're doing, and they do it excellently.



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With a special needs child who hates crowds, it can be difficult to go shopping at the mall. Being a single parent, it can be impossible to Christmas shop in secret. But even before having a child, I disliked shopping for long periods of time in huge   Read full review...

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I've been buying and selling on Amazon for about two years now. I haven't had a problem with them or any of their sellers. I did have a customer who bought the wrong book from me and tried to blame me for her mistake. Amazon contacted me about the issue and I explained my side and she explained her side. They said that if they felt I was in the wrong they would refund her money but that never happened. But what if she did make it sound like I made the mistake? I would've given her a free book? and I would have to eat the shipping cost too.

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Have dealt with Amazon several times in the past; delivery was quick, products excellent and no trouble in the customer service department.

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Amazon almost always has the best price and I used to be a loyal customer. Recently though, with the introduction of Amazon Prime, the standard and free shipping is horribly slow. Amazon took a full week to move last 2 orders out the door. From now on, I'll shop somewhere else and spend a little more to get faster shipping.

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