I have seriously limited my purchases on Amazon

[kimbutgar]

Only 3 times since the orange turd was installed. But I had an old nasal streamer that was at least 25 years old and it was falling apart. I went to several stores looking for a replacement and had no luck. And I wasn’t willing to pay $100 for a Naviage. Anyway, I ordered a nasal steamer from Amazon and it was a piece of shit. So I put in a request to send it back and went to the Whole Foods to drop it off. I was stunned by the number of people waiting in line to return things. The line to deal with an actual representative had 1 person working behind the desk and there were over 25 people in line! The self check had a line of over 10 people in front of me. I was so close 2 people ahead of and the machine shut down because it was full of returns. The two people ahead of me went to report it the desk person. I was so pissed because a young woman ahead of the two people ahead of me had over 10 items to return. Anyway I couldn’t get over why so many people were returning stuff its feels like an omen of people being angry at Amazon. And in the past I have never experienced a line for a return like that. And 30 minutes later I passed by there again on. way out of the mall and the two machines were still not working and the line to return things was even longer.

If I still played ghe stock market I’d be tempted to short the stock !

[bucolic_frolic]

1. People may yet wake up to what chronic consumerism is doing to them and their future

My guess would be they are choosing between trinkets and food, and food is currently winning. But anything that breaks them of overconsumption is a good thing. New habits begin in hard times.

[JI7]

2. People should buy what they need. The problem is people buying crap

so much crap that they won't really use.

[OC375]

3. Sammich

These days, every time I want to buy something questionable, I immediately remember that I may want a sammich some day when I’m 75, and save it instead. No confidence in the future. Gen X says trust no one, save every dime. It’s all a racket.

[BlueNProud]

4. Me too. Thank you. This is one of the only ways we have of fighting back.

[IbogaProject]

5. They had a prime day 2nd week of October

So that are impulse purchases getting returned most likely. They have a shoe program where you get 5 pairs and pick or return them.

[BigmanPigman]

6. I already told my family that I will NOT

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be buying anything from Amazon for Xmas gifts and forever so not to send me any "Amazon wish list" They are a scam company that has zero customer service and they get more things wrong than they get right. Not worth the effort. I'm too old to deal with shitty customer service (which is rampant).

[Polybius]

7. I think their customer service is prenominal

They side with the customer, and have never given me a problem when returning merchandise. What problems have you had with them?

[BigmanPigman]

8. You name it.

Too many to list here.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

10. Amazon customer service is awesome!

I have always been taken care of immediately, no problems whatsoever, including with their vendors. They've always made things right for me.

[fujiyamasan]

12. It used to be better

As much of an ass hole as he seems to be, the company felt more customer focused under Bezos as CEO.

Since then it seems they make you go through more hoops to return things and also have limited return locations.

[Ms. Toad]

9. They are paying $200,000/year for health care for my daughter -

and at barely above entry level, she is making as much money as I was when I retired from academia.

[Warpy]

11. If it breaks, I replace it

but that's about it iand it has little tp do with the Epstein Ballroom.