Amazon Marketplace

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.

This company never shipped the dethatcher and never responded to the several emails I sent. They have terrible/no customer service. I am very unsatisfied.

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!!!

I've sold a Canon S200 digital camera on Amazon marketplace. However, I received a claim, saying that the item is not as described on the main product page. It is actually exactly the same camera. Come on, a Canon S200 is a Canon S200, I used that camera for almost 4 years and I know it. Amazon.com, without doing any investigation, honored this claim. Charging so much listing fees, where is the service?

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.

So I bought a Samsung A900 from Amazon. They had a great deal where the phone would be free after rebate, excellent. But when I tried to activate the phone, Sprint said the serial number is from that of a stolen phone!! It seems Amazon is doing shady deals behind the scenes. I walked into a Sprint store to activate the phone and they wanted to hold me there for further questioning!!! So embarassing! Amazon is the absolute worst place to shop. Do not shop there, please.

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.

I've bought three items through Amazon Marketplace, from 3 different sellers. I actually intended to buy another 3. Of the 3 I didn't buy, the items were out of stock, which I was only informed of after I paid for them. I got refunds, but having purchased from overseas, I lost twice on the exchange rates for the purchase and the refund.

Of the 3 I did buy through Amazon Marketplace, not one matched the description. CDs advertised as not being cutouts or review copies all had their covers punched, books advertised as new were library copies that were as old as the hills. One of the sellers was willing to offer a partial (but not full) refund. Others ignored my complaints.

These were six different merchants. Every one was a totally frustrating experience.

I only ever had one similar experience through eBay, and that was resolved quickly and to my satisfaction. I think sellers take the eBay rating system more seriously. it keeps them honest. Amazon Marketplace is a sleazy swap meet of bait-and-switch cheaters.

I ordered some items recently and compared them to dabs.com and found AMAZON to be cheaper including delivery - so I order the stuff from AMAZON.

Then I got the email showing my order was split into SEVEN orders, and each one had an individual shipping cost - taking the order to well over what I would have been charged from DABS.

This is outrageous! This individual shipping information was NOT clearly stated nor shown when I clicked on the OK to order.

DO NOT BUY FROM AMAZON - THEY may appear cheaper but you will be most UNpleasantly surprised.

The shopping experience turned out an expensive lesson too.

Then when I called AMAZON to discuss, I had a pretty lady from some poor eastern location (not Amazonian) trying desperately to speak American english and only succeeding in confusing herself.

Not a good experience.

DO NOT BUY FROM AMAZON !

My experience with Amazon was way less than satisfactory. It ended up being a big pain, because of differences between what was on the item description I called the customer service . That was a nightmare in itself The standard shipping cost on dealtime and on the Amazon site were different then what came up when I went to check out my item. The 2 day shipping was a lie,it said that if I ordered in the next 4 + hours that I would get my item on Friday ( I was ordering on a Weds) So I figured that it would be worth almost $18 shipping to get it that fast. I ordered right then And calling customer service was the terrible! I am not crazy about overseas call centers, but especially when they have little idea of what they are talking about. I will never use Amazon again
Also the merchant that was selling through Amazon had the same item twenty dollars cheaper on their website, which I had to go to because Amazon messed up my order and I had to change something before they sent it out.

Beware. The very cheap third-party offerings for expensive digital cameras on Amazon are are fraudulent. and epinions should not list them. The seller
cancels if you try to order through Amazon and if you contact the seller, as they sometimes suggest, they send you a fake email supposedly from Amazon
telling you they have deposited money with Amazon to make wiring the
money safe. It is not safe and is fraudulent. Obviously there are many
reputable offerings by third parties on Amazon. All of these fraudulent ones
are from new sellers.

We are ebay sellers, and sell also at half com and alibris, so we are not newbies. amazon's alliance department is foaming at the mouth insane. there are many instances of mis representation, non delivery, and altogether poor management. it's about time people start a boycott of this poorest of the poor e sellers. in our case amazon is responsible for monetary damage in excess of $200 and we are seriously thinking of taking them to court!

Found a great price on a board game, ordered and received confirmation. Credit card charged. Later that day, order cancelled, but the item is still in stock at Amazon, just a higher price. Several phone calls to customer service to no avail. One CS disconnected when I asked for a supervisor, the next CS flat out lied after giving me another number to call. Very disappointed and will not shop Amazon again

They listed a price of $79.95. When I clicked on the link, and added it to my cart, the price suddenly went up to 99.95.

Bait and switch.

NEVER SHOP AMAZON.com

I ordered a MX revolution mouse and the advertised price was $36.99 with free shipping compared to the normal price of $99.99 i thought it was a good deal even for black friday.
after I ordered it from amazon I was waiting for it to ship. a few days later I received an email saying the item will be delayed and will ship on a later date (1 week after the last estimated ship date) Then a few days later i receive another email saying my order was cancelled because the advertised price was wrong. I thought it was againts the law to not honor an advertised price.
because of this "runaround" and COMPLETE LIE from amazon I will never buy from them again EVER.

This was amazon NOT A Store through amazon!