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skunkwerx

CarpeDiem said:

I stopped using them a few years ago as I don't like their business ethics or how they treat their staff.

I agree. 

Though I can vouch that every brick and mortar store I've worked in is just as bad. 

BigMonka

A big part of their success is that they’ve convinced us that we need to see reviews of everything we buy and they do that very well. I needed clothes pegs recently and found myself looking at reviews for clothes pegs! 

Sassafras

Recenly I was in the unenviable position of needing a pencil. After weeks of research I was delighted to find this in-depth review that pointed me in the right direction and saved me from making a potentially disastrous impulsive decision:

Deadman

Well. The high street in Witney was pretty useless for generating the things on my list. This is going to be a challenge but I'm staying strong!

MattBanshee

boogieman said:

MattBanshee said:

Every time they ignore my preferred location and deliver somewhere stupid, I kick off and usually get a partial or full refund. Got a full refund on a £99 gaming headset because they "delivered" it (threw it through the open bathroom window of the maisonette behind mine, thinking it was my house) rather than use the preferred location. The headset turned up a few days later when the guy got back from holiday. Similarly, full refund (and told to keep/dispose) on aftershave that had been left behind a wheelie bin and a couple of slugs were on the cardboard box.

Amazon are great here, but we’ve had the same regular delivery guy for the last couple of years. The only time I’ve ever had problems was at Xmas when they take on drivers who are worse than trained chimps. 

The bathroom window comment reminded me of our new postie. I got to the door a bit late after he’d ring the bell and caught him about to lob my parcel through an open window. First he asked “is that window always open, I could use that instead of the letterbox” Err, yeah, what a great idea....and of course I’m going to tell you how to burgle my house mate. He went off the idea when I pointed out that it was the downstairs toilet. Pillock. 

That happened with a courier to a facebook friend. Parcel ended up in the bog.

Stavros

Strangefan said:

Lol stop shouting at clouds, Prime is 7.99 a month for free films music books, and usually next day delivery, netflix is the same for one service. 
Its christmas, so will be stretched, they're not magic, plus if they get something wrong they always partially refund or sort it.

Op your complaining about Amazon but its the drivers fault, if i go to see a band and the door staff are shit do i go directly to the band and blame them?

Im in no way a big corporation fan, but you should remember what it was like before amazon, infact use ebay solely for what you would use Amazon for and I bet you would come back crying within a week. 

I’m with this really, I completely see why people hate them but they are one of the big global four along with Google, Facebook and Apple so I can’t see how not using them will make any difference. 

I’m a Prime user, which is usually excellent (you do get the odd crap delivery experience but no different from any other online retailer). Also use Amazon Music for all my mobile listening and just discovered you can get Justin Guitar backing tracks as part of the subs, which is a really helpful learning resource.

Its hard to see the High Street and all those employed there suffering, but it was at saturation point - same shops in every town/ city, high parking costs etc., and it’s not like this has happened overnight. The world has changed!

Wazmeister

I use them for 99% of my purchases.

Superb service, next or same day delivery, cheaper than anyone else, unquestioned returns policy.

Stunning. The benchmark for modern shopping.