Thread: Worst. Amazon. Shipment. Ever.

Minty rare

As in "a unique and one of a kind ownership opportunity" :)

It's in UPS' hands now, back to Amazon. They better not accuse me of damaging the lens. Of course, I didn't take a video of the unboxing, because who would expect such a thing? All I have are these pictures from after I opened the box. I'm assuming, though, that because I put soooo much money through Amazon each year, they will not dream of putting up a fight.

Originally Posted by wt21

As in "a unique and one of a kind ownership opportunity" :)

It's in UPS' hands now, back to Amazon. They better not accuse me of damaging the lens. Of course, I didn't take a video of the unboxing, because who would expect such a thing? All I have are these pictures from after I opened the box. I'm assuming, though, that because I put soooo much money through Amazon each year, they will not dream of putting up a fight.

It's Amazon. Don't worry about it. Although if too many things are returned to Amazon they have a tendency to ban people.

Just to close the loop -- they did refund my money. Almost immediately (it usually takes longer), but oddly they applied the reason "Item shipped late" which was not the reason I gave! Sounds like someone messed up in the loop somewhere, and maybe this is a CYA move? Oh well. Everyone makes mistakes, and at least they corrected it. They also gave me the same discount for a replacement lens (even though the discount had ended), and that lens I already have and it's working flawlessly. I continue to love Amazon.

Good ending :-)

Originally Posted by BillN

Well, according to the UK HMRC, (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs), i.e. The Tax Man, Amazon make a loss in the UK as they do not pay UK Corporation Tax

"Amazon.co.uk, Britain's biggest online retailer, generated sales of more than £3.3bn in the country last year but paid no corporation tax on any of the profits from that income – and is under investigation by the UK tax authorities"

Amazon: £7bn sales, no UK corporation tax | Technology | The Guardian

I can now see why

Same in Australia, Bill. No tax. Nor does Apple, apparently, and the ATO is after them.

Originally Posted by wt21

This just has to be a mistake.
It just has to be an error. I can't see them thinking they can pass this off as "like new" or that they even really wanted to ship it to a customer at all!

Maybe not... watch this. Bet this is the scenario.

box.wmv - YouTube

Originally Posted by woof

Maybe not... watch this. Bet this is the scenario.

box.wmv - YouTube

Brings up journalism ethics. That person just WATCHED that box, and did nothing to help!