Amazon Marketplace

Hi....I really need to vent. I sold my Archos 604 media player via Amazon marketplace. Man,I should have read the terms and conditions extra extra carefully!

I sold it, the buyer received it.The product was opened, tried and then sold. It just seemed to be too much work for my husband to get videos on it. So without really using it we sold it. Hence, we know it was in perfect working condition.

The buyer received it, say it did not work the moment he switched it on and asked for a refund. Little did I realise I was forced to give him the refund as he described the product to be not 'as described'. Amazon even stated that the buyer is entitled to a refund, and also under no obligation to return the product.

Here goes my $270 Archos 604. I have no faith in such online marketplaces anymore. Really horrified by these terms since they favour fraud!!!

Terrible service, very slow to ship orders. For some reason they seem to think a month from order to delivery is acceptable. I will never buy from them again.

Amazon Marketplace USED to be a great place to buy and sell third party items. You could usually get a much better price than the auction sites and it was nearly hassle-free. However, it looks like their "big" sellers of electronics are squealing too much, so Amazon has forbidden sales of electronics by anyone except "pre-approved" sellers, i.e., the big guys like J&R. Obviously, they think competition isn't good for their bottom line, so they're cutting us out. Too bad, nobody's going to buy overpriced stuff, so they'll lose in the long run.

I will never shop here again. They advertise things at one price and try to charge you a higher price when you place it in the shopping cart. Sent email requesting them to honor price several times. They just made excuses but never answered my direct questions.

Whenever I go look for a good deal online, Amazon Marketplace is the first place I visit. The selections are huge and they sell them for a really good deal. Most of their items qualifies for free shipping when you make a purchase of $25 or above. This saved me even more money.

The best thing about Amazon Marketplace are choices. They have other sellers on site who can offer you a better deal if you don't want to buy from Amazon. Each seller has ratings to see which sellers are more reliable then others.

I bought a couple of items from them before, and the items usually reached my place within 2 weeks using their free shipping option. That includes the time they need to pack it, and 5 - 9 business days for the shipping itself. Please note that the free shipping option only applies to items bought from Amazon, and NOT from other sellers.

Overall, I highly recommend this site for online shopping.

If you are wise, you will not buy anything through the 3rd party sellers listed on Amazon. I did, and I was scammed out of $650. This was through a buyer approved by Amazon. When I notified Amazon about the fraud, they wrote me back saying that it was unfortunate, but they had no responsibility in the matter. I would avoid buying from any of these people like poison.

If you decide to do it and any of them ask you to send money by Western Union, notify Amazon immediately.

Great place to both buy and sell! I buy all my school books here, and sold all my old books that the university wouldn't buy back! You make a lot more money selling on Amazon then selling books to a university. I have both saved a ton of money on school books and then sold them for good money. I recommend it to everyone!

I order things from amazon marketplace all the time. It's just like ebay, regular people selling their stuff. However, amazon decides how much shipping to charge so you dont get ripped off by the seller. They do it based on weight. So its like $2.49 for a movie/book/video game. And you can do expedited shipping and international shipping. And sometimes you come across a seller that ships late or sends you a bad product. But the same stuff happens on ebay. And amazon has a marketplace guarantee. So if something like this does happen, you get all your money back (even shipping!). Amazon marketplace is so easy to use and reliable. I feel you dont get as ripped off with amazon as you do with ebay. Great place to shop!! And cheap!!

I ordered just 2 audio cds from Amazon, which were in stock. They gave me a shipment estimate of 1 1/2 months. And arrival for 3 month (4 and a half for 2 cds!). The last day of shipment estimate, i wrote an e-mail. They told me that the products were not in stock, however on site there were more than 15 available. They lost 60$.

Marketplace is a superb place to buy new(and used) DVDs.Good sellers are rated highly and can be trusted.All sellers are closely policed by Amazon themselves.
Paul Teal.4/8/06

I would not ever shop there again. There is no protection against fraudulent sellers sending you messages that look as if they were coming from Amazon and claiming to have an escrow account.
My son fell for such a ploy.

We ordered a microwave oven from Amazon.com. It arrived damaged. Fortunately the delivery man took it back. I notified Amazon of the problem and a replacement was promptly sent. However, it took two more communications from me for Amazon to remove the charge for the first oven from my account. Generally Amazon gives excellent service except when returns are involved and everything in this review applies only to this particular instance.

I had started a small business selling on-line. I found that Amazon worked best for me and had sold over 100 items. After purchasing a lot of merchandise a few weeks ago I went to Amazon to list these items at retail. I was informed that I could no longer sell because I was not a "pre-approved seller", and that I could not apply to be seller. I have a BS in Economics, and live in a country that supports free trade. I could offer a better price on the these items, yet THE CUSTOMER IS NOT ALLOWED TO SEE THE BEST PRICE!!! Why?? The big sellers are protecting their profits through Amazon with no concern for the customer. What kind of business is this?? If you can sell at a better price then me, great for the customer! If I have a better price, great for the customer!! Making the customer pay more then they need for an item, the customer gets screwed. Their name should be changed from Amazon.com to Paymore.com!

Found an item at Shopping.com that listed Amazon as a possible source. The cost listed was $10. Good deal - I want one. When I clicked on the link to buy and was transferred to Amazon, the price magically changed to $90!! Still waiting for a response why the item in question is priced so differently on the 2 sites.

I've bought and listed things on Amazon and I enjoy it better than Ebay. I trust the merchants more and the products have always been as good as described. Very easy system too, since the shipping and payment are all done and verified through Amazon.com.