Amazon..Im not using them any more..Been reading

[Filliam H. Muffman]

Acer wrote:
On several occasions over the years I've gone into walmart for something pretty routine and found the peg for the one thing I need empty. I've seen that same peg stay empty for months.

That's the other side of Raiders of the Lost Walmart (where they have 10 year old electronics at the original price).

[Winston]

Acer wrote:
On several occasions over the years I've gone into walmart for something pretty routine and found the peg for the one thing I need empty. I've seen that same peg stay empty for months. That never happens at Amazon.

Righteous boycotts will go nowhere. Catalog, stock and price are king.

Agreed. Walmart's ability to keep things in stock, without having huge warehouses crammed with stuff, was their original genius. Given that Walmart built its business on high-tech inventory control, it feels like they are slipping.

And Walmart regularly drives me crazy with web links which give the name of what I'm looking for - but then take me to something else, or say it's discontinued. Target does the same thing. This behavior is driving me away from these stores online. Amazon does it some, but not nearly as boldly, or badly. Had this happen with Walmart today, shopping for a specific brand and model of car cabin air filter - the Walmart link had the name and part number, but then Walmart only had another brand. That's deceptive. Used to be called "bait and switch", and I thought was illegal.


And on a related topic, I miss decent price comparison sites. PriceGrabber used to be able to find comparison prices for most anything. Now I waste time just trying to find out if a site actually carries the product I'm looking for. The reverse of progress.


Good luck.

- Winston

[Winston]

M A V I C wrote:
I have yet to hear anything bad about Amazon that:
-Is true
-Is not true of other places
-Is not something other places wish they could do and often eventually start doing
-Isn't due to a third party and often ends up being fixed down the road

Two examples:

1. I tried (and tried, and tried, and tried) to get Amazon to give me an honest answer to what is backed up on a Kindle Fire. I was told incomplete information, and repeatedly told that I was given a full answer, even when I pointed out examples of where it was incomplete. I took this to the Amazon president's office, twice. I'm charitable, and simply say I was being misled, but most people would say Amazon was lying.

Given that backups are fairly important to most people, I don't consider this to be a trivial failing. Nor is it the type of thing I experience with any frequency with well-run companies. I run into lots of incompetence elsewhere, but this was conscious misleading of customers. That I don't tend to find elsewhere.

After this I swore I'd never buy another Amazon device.


2. I wrote a review on Amazon which was rejected. I was told by Amazon that it was because the review did not meet their guidelines, which mainly say that you need to be a verified buyer. I bought the item on Amazon on my normal (only) account, have written a number of other reviews, and bought a bunch of stuff from Amazon over the years. Amazon knows who I am.

Not only would Amazon not give me an adequate answer, they would not forward a copy of what I wrote, or allow me to write another review for that item. As far as I can tell, I met all of Amazon's requirements for a review. Meeting requirements, then telling me I did not meet them, without explaining why, is not an honest answer. While I've found this sort of attitude elsewhere, it was usually at a store which was headed down the drain.

Now I no longer write reviews on Amazon (which I tended to put a lot of effort into to make them useful), and have curtailed my purchases there.


These two incidents have shaken my faith that Amazon is operating in an honest way. People may not like Walmart for how it has affected mom & pop stores in small towns, but I've never had these kinds of issues with Walmart, Target, Meijer, or most other big retailers.


Good luck.

- Winston

[NewtonMP2100]

.....they also blacklist people who in their opinion 'return too much stuff'.....without notice sometimes......google for it.............