Amazon Customer Service Issues

Users discuss frustrations with Amazon's handling of returns, Marketplace scams, account suspensions, and strict policies punishing legitimate customers, often urging complaints to Amazon for resolution.

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Sample Comments

josh_fyi • Oct 5, 2020 • View on HN

Please tag this as 2012. It would be interesting to see a summary of this issue since then -- has Amazon made this into a regular problem for their customers?

mdoms • Dec 30, 2020 • View on HN

Presumably you've all stopped using Amazon because of this issue, so they're motivated to fix it..?

jonknee • Jan 28, 2017 • View on HN

Why? Do you have a history of Amazon ripping you off?

loco5niner • Sep 29, 2015 • View on HN

It's an amazon decision, not a google decision. I've complained to Amazon about this multiple times.

gwbas1c • Jan 4, 2014 • View on HN

Take up the problem with Amazon.

rvnx • Aug 9, 2020 • View on HN

It's the reason Amazon is getting more and more strict on such returns. Legitimate users are punished.

saulrh • Sep 29, 2015 • View on HN

It'd be valuable for you to complain to Amazon when that happens. They probably can't get feedback on a service like this except through complaints like that.

kevindeasis • May 19, 2020 • View on HN

what do you mean? isn't the logistics and conflict resolution of amazon, pretty much best-in-class?

notatoad • Nov 23, 2011 • View on HN

i feel like there's a part of this story that we're not hearing. given amazon's excellent customer service reputation (including my own experiences) it's hard for me to believe that this could happen without there being a reason.

PaulHoule • Oct 4, 2021 • View on HN

Reminds me of how Amazon would only accept complaints about fraudulent and scammy listings if you'd fallen for the scam.