AmazonReviews 11,108

My hobby is building AK-47s. They are immaculate but sometimes when looking for parts I try and find a reasonable bargain. I usually add scopes to them and almost always buy from a military supplier in Belarus... a small country just west of Russia. I sometimes find good scopes on Ebay but I never knew that Amazon sold the Belarus scopes until recently. Amazon had a model scope I like and usually buy but I had never bought one from Amazon. These were cheaper than normal but since the wording was incorrect and some of the specifications displayed incorrectly I at first thought that who ever listed the article just was ill-informed and perhaps mismatched the prices. After all there were some of the correct scopes with the normal prices listed next to the scope I was interested in. Over the next hour I looked closely and the item had the Belarus markings in Ukrainian. The title had Russian terms. The scope was exactly the same as the ones shown on the Belarus site in every detail. I thought to myself that surely Amazon would not allow imitations and knock-offs to be sold on their site? So I bought the scope. The next morning I got an "Your item has shipped" with a Chinese post tracking number. The delivery date spanned two weeks which was a good indicator it was coming from China. I found out that indeed the scope I bought was a Chinese imitation. I tried to write a review of my experience but Amazon rejected it saying I could not say it was an imitation and of poor quality. The next morning I noticed the price went up $40. I noticed these scopes were intermingled among authentic scopes but there is no indicator that these scopes are mailed from China which would be the one key warning that all was not right. I have a whole new opinion of Amazon and their business practices.

I DID NOT RECEIVE MY AMAZON ORDER AND AMAZON REFUSES TO REPLACE MY ITEM OR REFUND. I SPENT CLOSE TO $1000 AND ONLY RECEIVED $300 WORTH OF GOODS I PURCHASED. I AM LOSING OUT OF CLOSE TO $700 WORTH OF ITEMS AND NOW I HAVE TO PAY DOUBLE TO RECEIVE WHAT I ORIGINALLY ORDERED. AMAZON IS A BIG CORPORATE BULLY. DO NOT USE THEIR AMAZON PRIME CREDIT CARD IF THIS HAPPENS TO YOU THEY WILL PROBABLY SIDE WITH AMAZON. I'VE BEEN A LOYAL CUSTOMER AND ME AND MY FAMILY SPENT 10S OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AND THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS. DO NOT TRUST AMAZON. THEY WILL TELL YOU THAT IT IS OUT OF THEIR HANDS ONCE DELIVERED EVEN IF CARRIER DELIVERS TO THE WRONG LOCATION. APPARENTLY IT IS MY FAULT

When we had Prime we were supposed to get free 1-2 day shipping and we did at first, but then it went to 3-4 days and so we ended up cancelling prime and today I tried to order something (without Prime) and there was a $4.00 coupon under the price, which it said would be applied at checkout, plus it said "this item qualifies for free shipping", BUT when I was trying to checkout, the coupon wasn't deducted from the price and it was going to charge me $7.95 shipping, so I canceled the order and I NEVER want to use AMAZON again! One time I put an item in my cart and left the site to check on something and it automatically charged my credit card and shipped it anyway! IF THIS is the way Jeff Basos want to do business, I'm out of there!

Tried to order tires from Amazon as none of my local retailers had the size I needed and I had a bad tire that needed replacing on my vehicle. Wait a week for the tires to arrive, they finally get here and I was sent not only the wrong type of tire but the completely wrong size! I ordered a 17" tire and was sent 16"! I call Amazon to address the issues and their excuse was they were out of the tire I ordered. So maybe try calling your customer and making them aware of that instead of charging them $400 for a completely wrong tire that I can't even use! Now I am still stuck without a vehicle, short $400, and waiting for a driver to be "in my area" again to pick up the tires before I can even begin to get my money back! Talk about horrible customer service! Oh and the tires I ordered retail for almost $100 a tire, the tires I was sent retail for half of that yet I was still charged the full $400!