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Amazon Reviews Summary

The company's reputation is marred by significant customer dissatisfaction, primarily stemming from frequent delivery delays, inadequate customer support, and challenges with returns. Many customers report frustration with unresponsive service representatives and convoluted processes for refunds and account issues. While some positive feedback highlights the convenience and product availability, the overarching sentiment reveals a decline in service quality and reliability. Customers express concerns about counterfeit products and a perceived lack of accountability, suggesting a pressing need for the company to enhance its customer service approach and improve operational efficiency to restore trust.

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service
1,741
value
1,629
shipping
1,623
returns
1,422
quality
1,539

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Bangladesh
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Converting other gift cards from Amazon to Google for my needs, this is an interesting site I thank Amazon.

Date of experience: December 29, 2020
Australia
72 reviews
29 helpful votes
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Amazon Review
December 29, 2020

I love shopping on Amazon! They have such a wide variety of products and affordable prices. Free shipping with amazon prime is also really handy!

Date of experience: December 28, 2020
New York
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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LOVEEEE!
December 29, 2020

This is by far my favorite site to shop on! All in one, great prices and such good service! I almost never didnt like what i got and even if i didnt the returns are so easy! Shipping is also amazing! Basically in short: I LOVE AMAZON

Date of experience: December 28, 2020
Egypt
4 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Best online shopping and great experiences and prices aren't the best but I only buy for the quality and premium items they offer 2 days shipping is the best and quality is awesome, just choose wisely when you buy items.

Date of experience: December 26, 2020
Missouri
5 reviews
7 helpful votes
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Order " 3 " Hamilton Beach can opener's, which were priced at $29.85 each, and showing free shipping, on buying even just one, although they usually have a shipping charge on orders under $50.00, my order was for $89.55 on the 3 can opener's, which they charged me $11.69 in shipping and handling

Date of experience: December 23, 2020
California
6 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Amazon has been around for a while and I've been a long time subscriber of Amazon Prime. Recently, I've noticed more Third-Party seller which are honestly crap.

Those third party seller makes it feel like i cant trust amazon anymore. Whenver I purchase anything now, I make sure its sold and shipped by Amazon. No need to deal with those third party which makes returning junk hard.

However, as much as the third party is absolute garbage, I can reliably rely on the support team to resolve any issue I have. I've been refunded when the third party has rejected the refund. Amazon Customer support is top notch with making sure that the customer is fairly treated.

Date of experience: December 23, 2020
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bait and switch operation
December 23, 2020

Lie, get the money, bogus reviews, poor declining customer service, rarely hitting delivery times, and I have helped ruin the retail market by purchasing from them, I will stop

Date of experience: December 22, 2020
North Carolina
4 reviews
11 helpful votes
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Love it!
December 22, 2020

I have used amazon for longer than 10 years and have had no problems. I ordered from amazon at least 15 times a week and everything arrives fast and in perfect shape, with good prices. I highly recommend shopping from amazon, you will be more than happy with your purchase.

Date of experience: December 22, 2020
Virginia
1 review
6 helpful votes
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Stay Away!
December 17, 2020

Since I started using Amazon Fresh in September 2020, I had nothing but problems. On three occasions without any notice, I didn't receive my delivery. Almost every order I had something and their customer service is flat out awful. Find a local delivery supermarket, because you receive better customer services and you are supporting your local community. Remember, you get what you paid for.

Date of experience: December 16, 2020
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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AMAZON SOLD US A WORTHLESS EXPENSIVE FISHING MAGNET WHOSE SPECS DO MATCH AMAZONS ADVERTISED SPECIFICATIONS! DONT BE A FOOL! AMAZON MUST THINK AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE REALLY STUPID TO TRUST AMAZON ANYMORE. AND I WAS A REGULAR ALMOST DAILY CUSTOMER. I ORDERED A LOT FROM AMAZON. N E V E R A G A I N! DONT BUY FROM AMAZON!

Date of experience: December 16, 2020
Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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You still can't beat Amazon Prime! For most items, I'll always look on Amazon first for pricing or availability. But I will say lately there's more junk brands. I don't even buy anything I ingest or put on my face/body due to horror stories about things being expired and their lackluster sorting of inventory - from who its from. But everything else, I still buy on Amazon. Stellar customer service.

Date of experience: December 14, 2020
New York
13 reviews
60 helpful votes
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What Amazon has done to me and my grandson is disgusting. My grandson asked me for something for Christmas. I immediately went to Amazon to purchase it. Being 65 it's better I buy online then visit stores during Covid19. I received emails from Amazon 1.) on Dec 1st, order confirmation. 2.) on Dec 7th, my item has shipped and I should expect it by Dec 8th. After a few days waiting for item to arrive I started contacting Amazon. From one customer service (CS) rep to another rep, then supposedly one cs team leader to another cs team leader, I got the same answer they don't know what happened to my grandson's Christmas gift. They kept telling me that they can no longer give me my item I payed for and was told I would receive it proof of emails received by Amazon. I tried all over the web to find Amazon's Executive contact information. I called the executive office's where they would not give me any executive to talk to about my problem. I sent emails to a few executives but no answer as of yet, jeff at amazon being one of them. The only thing I can see is that when I purchased my item on Dec 1st it was selling for $129.99, now it up to $400.00. They must have seized my item to make more money selling it to someone else. How much more money does Jeff Bezos and Amazon want to make? So beware when Amazon screws you no one will help you.

Date of experience: December 14, 2020
Illinois
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Wrong item shipped again
December 14, 2020

It seems that Amazon keeps getting worse all the time. Too many times now that I've recieved the wrong item from them. Their prices are easily beat on most items also. They used to be competitive but like many businesses will do is get a customer base going by offering competitive pricing, then start raising prices. It's too bad how far downhill they've gone.

Date of experience: December 14, 2020
California
7 reviews
9 helpful votes
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Ice Cream ALWAYS Melted
December 13, 2020

It's now the fourth time in a row, no joke, that they deliver my ice cream completely melted. I've complained and escalated it every time and nothing... have tried different times and different days and same results

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Twice, that I've caught it, I've been charged shipping on orders over $100. You look at it when you order it & shipping goes away. BUT if you look after the delivery the shipping IS charged. They've refunded it both times, it's just the hassle to get it back & I wonder how many I missed before. 17.95 one time & 34 the other...

Date of experience: December 13, 2020
Louisiana
1 review
16 helpful votes
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My last 3 deliveries were either missing half of my order or I just received someone else's groceries. What irritates me to no end is Amazon's customer service! All they will do is issue a refund (which takes 3-5 buiness days) and blurt out the same old, "this won't happen again". There's no way to complain to the local warehouse or even the driver. So this crap keeps happening over and over. I'm done! How they keep screwing up this badly is beyond me.

Date of experience: December 12, 2020
California
13 reviews
13 helpful votes
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TWO BAD EXPERIENCES IN ONE WEEK FIRST A RETURN WAS RECEIVED BY AMAZON BUT THEY DID NOT CREDIT MY ACCOUNT AND IT TOOK A LOT OF MY TIME TO GET SOMETHING STARTED AND NOW THEY WANT A TWO WEEK DELAY TO DO THE CREDIT NOT THEIR PUBLISHED POLICY 7 DAYS IS THEIR POLICY AND AN ORDER THAT CAME TODAY WAS FOR 10 SHEETS OF FOAM BUT ONLY ONE IN THE BOX AND IT WAS DAMAGED SO NOW I HAVE TO GO TO UPS. WHO CHECKS THESE ORDERS? BOZO SUCKS BUT HE SPELLS HIS NAME DIFFERENTLY.

Date of experience: December 11, 2020
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Satisfied
December 8, 2020

Great as always. Recently I bought a waterproof mattress protector cover on amazon.com. This cover will easily be usable in all seasons. I love the zipper on it.

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Date of experience: December 7, 2020
Wisconsin
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Gone downhill fast
December 6, 2020

I keep Prime for the music (although the music app is very glitchy, but the access to music is why I keep it) and video streaming, but the shipping included is horrible. Now that they've switched from USPS and UPS to 'Amazon Logistics' I've had many orders (mostly food which I need the most!) get delivered to the wrong address and subsequently go missing (so probably were stolen). The only way customer service deals with these problems when I bring to their attention is issue refunds. I was buying food from Amazon exclusively due to the pandemic but they seem unable to deliver successfully anymore. I think it's absolutely unacceptable! In fact the last 3 food orders I placed with Amazon (prime pantry, Whole Foods) were misdelivered and then lost or stolen. My apartment address is not difficult to access or confusing; other shipping entities have had no issues with it in the 10 years I've lived here - only Amazon.

Date of experience: December 6, 2020
Sri Lanka
3 reviews
14 helpful votes
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Always fast delivery but mostly Americans still buying at amazon I think. It's good but prices are slightly high I think

Date of experience: December 6, 2020