Rant Amazon....WTF

[13Gigatons]

I went to write a review for something I purchased and was greeted with this:

 

[teejee]

Sounds like a good policy.

 

[UsandThem]

I personally can't believe that it's possible that someone could spend less than $50 a year on Amazon.

 

[13Gigatons]

I personally can't believe that it's possible that someone could spend less than $50 a year on Amazon.

I've spent over the $50 mark so I have no idea why this suddenly happened. I really don't like Amazon, they are killing local business.

 

[UsandThem]

I've spent over the $50 mark so I have no idea why this suddenly happened. I really don't like Amazon, they are killing local business.

I've left a few product reviews on products I've purchased on Amazon over the years that don't get approved for whatever reason. I think the last one they wouldn't let me do was for a Anker Bluetooth speaker. It's been a few years, but I think the reason they provided in the rejection notice was that they had detected suspicious activity with the product's recent reviews.

I just quit leaving reviews for products on there for while, and even now I rarely write one for anything on there (really only when I absolutely love or hate an item).

 

[highland145]

I've spent over the $50 mark so I have no idea why this suddenly happened. I really don't like Amazon, they are killing local business.

Agree but when I can waste hours locally and still have to use Amazon...and the pandemic has borked some supply chains. Needed new gears for the bike, local shop couldn't get them. Amazon, a few days.

 

[Exterous]

Sorry you don't look enough like a paid shill or a bot to post a review on Amazon

 

[Torn Mind]

I've spent over the $50 mark so I have no idea why this suddenly happened. I really don't like Amazon, they are killing local business.

Some local businesses deserve to be killed.

Others don't.

(Of course, it's always someone that does something personal that then makes you want to see everything else they have burn).

I don't like the governments or the people in the counties live in, so I'll gladly feed the Ebays and Amazons of this world so they don't get my money directly.

 

[pcgeek11]

I've spent over the $50 mark so I have no idea why this suddenly happened. I really don't like Amazon, they are killing local business.

Then quit giving them your business.

 

[Sonikku]

I personally can't believe that it's possible that someone could spend less than $50 a year on Amazon.

I've spent over $50 on Amazon in the last day.

 

[ultimatebob]

Then quit giving them your business.

That's becoming surprisingly harder to do nowadays. Amazon gift cards have basically become the reward currency of the Internet for filling out surveys and whatnot.

 

[Captante]

That's becoming surprisingly harder to do nowadays. Amazon gift cards have basically become the reward currency of the Internet for filling out surveys and whatnot.

Especially with Covid ... I actually am making an effort to buy as much stuff as possible locally these days but some stuff is really hard to find in stock, plus bigger stores are like a giant petri-dish!

 

[Torn Mind]

That's becoming surprisingly harder to do nowadays. Amazon gift cards have basically become the reward currency of the Internet for filling out surveys and whatnot.

Those gifts cards lose money for Amazon, no?

 

[FelixDeCat]

I've spent over $50 on Amazon in the last day.

I havent spent fifty dollars at Amazon in at least 2 or 3 years. I do all my shopping directly from retailers or Ebay.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I used to spend a lot on Amazon but I've slowed down. It's hard though, there are certain things I just don't really know where else to buy it. I wish more small vendors and local businesses would setup shopping cart websites. I don't get why they don't. I would shop local way more if I had an easy way to know what they have and for how much without physically having to go there. Or in the case of small online retailers, if they actually had a cart system...I see so many sites that boast about how great their products are, but have no way for you to buy. When I was trying to buy solar panels I was finding so many sites like that it was frustrating. If you want to sell your product, you need to actually provide a way for people to buy it.

 

[13Gigatons]

Then quit giving them your business.

I only use Amazon or eBay for items that cannot be purchased locally and almost always order through the 3rd party seller.

 

[bbhaag]

Hmm that's strange. I've never had an issue leaving a review on Amazon but I don't leave many so that could be why. We aren't huge Amazon customers either and a quick glance suggests we place around 110 orders a year on average over a 4 year span.

Maybe it's because of the holiday shopping season? It just kicked off in full force so maybe Amazon is getting inundated with reviews and a certain amount are getting kicked back for whatever reason.

 

[lxskllr]

I tried to leave a review for a phone case once, and it wasn't allowed due to the "detected suspicious activity with the product's recent reviews." issue.

 

[bbhaag]

Huh...yeah I've never had that happen. Perhaps you guys have stumbled upon a more seedy side of Amazon that you're not will to tell us plebs about?
Like maybe you thought you were buying a "Yoda t-shirt" that just so happened to weigh an 1/8 of a gram and for some reason this "t-shirt" was $64.99......plus shipping.
It kinda makes me wonder what some of you guys are up to on the internets.

 

[13Gigatons]

We aren't huge Amazon customers either and a quick glance suggests we place around 110 orders a year on average over a 4 year span.

I order 4 or 5 times per year. 110 orders is HUGE.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

I've spent over the $50 mark so I have no idea why this suddenly happened. I really don't like Amazon, they are killing local business.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you act like every place had 'a local business' that could sell you anything and everything when that just wasn't the case. If it were then mail order catalogs wouldn't have been so successful prior to the Internet and Amazon. Its how companies like Sears lasted so long because they offered stuff not even their local retail stores had for sale.

I would surely like to know what it was you were trying to write a review on and the zipcode you are in.

 

[sdifox]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, you act like every place had 'a local business' that could sell you anything and everything when that just wasn't the case. If it were then mail order catalogs wouldn't have been so successful prior to the Internet and Amazon. Its how companies like Sears lasted so long because they offered stuff not even their local retail stores had for sale.

I would surely like to know what it was you were trying to write a review on and the zipcode you are in.

50ga water based personal lubricant.

 

[pmv]

Given the sheer number of highly questionable reviews (e.g. for obviously fake memory cards) it seems reasonable that they should do _something_ to try and fix what appears to be a broken system. Not convinced that it's working though, whatever it is. Also, would be a shame if it kills off the art of comedic reviewing.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Given the sheer number of highly questionable reviews (e.g. for obviously fake memory cards) it seems reasonable that they should do _something_ to try and fix what appears to be a broken system. Not convinced that it's working though, whatever it is. Also, would be a shame if it kills off the art of comedic reviewing.

They should also do something about all the fake memory cards etc in general. I avoid Amazon for stuff like that for that reason, you don't know what you're getting. Same with electrical stuff. If it's just to tinker with it's one thing, but I would never buy something electrical on Amazon that I plan to plug in and leave unattended. With all the 3rd party crap from China you don't know what you're getting. Sellers from China also don't need to meet any safety approvals because the way it's setup, the liability falls on the buyer! Yet, if you wanted to start manufacturing things and selling it, then you do need to meet ULC etc and are responsible if something happens to a buyer. There's a big double standard that puts China in a big advantage to sell to us.

 

[sactoking]

I use Amazon all the time. Hard to find a local retailer for xiaoxing wine, Chinese black vinegar, szechuan peppercorns, etc. in a rural, Caucasian (read: redneck) community. Heck, I can't even find someone that carries my preferred mouthwash (Closys).