Any problems ordering from Amazon?

[murphy1244]

Here is an example. I ordered a new battery for my phone from a 3rd party seller. Came as described and works great inside, but it dies real fast when its someplace cold (like when outside at 20F). That doesn't work for me as I am frequently outside for work when its cold out. Contacted the seller and they sent me a refund right away. No hassles, no problems.
I have had similar issues on ebay and would have had to fight to get a refund there.

Aaron Z

I have had the weak battery syndrome too and tested voltage and found it above listed value. What is wrong with it???

 

[aczlan]

I have had the weak battery syndrome too and tested voltage and found it above listed value. What is wrong with it???

If I go outside with it on my belt when its 20F, it will go from 65% to dead (shutting the phone off) in 2 hours
If I stay inside, 65% will last for about 8 hours.

Aaron Z

 

[murphy1244]

If I go outside with it on my belt when its 20F, it will go from 65% to dead (shutting the phone off) in 2 hours
If I stay inside, 65% will last for about 8 hours.

Aaron Z

My guess weak battery?

 

[aczlan]

My guess weak battery?

That's my guess. I just got it in Dec, hence the refund. New battery (from a different seller) should be here on Monday.

Aaron Z

 

[Hilbilly]

I use Amazon a little and have had good experiences for the most part. One time I got the wrong parcel but returned it cost free and got the right stuff a little later.

The last experience was a little strange. Yesterday I got a call from Amazon.com (I use Amazon.ca) and asked to verify a purchase on my account for some kitchen wares that totaled $300. I said "No not me" and the lady said no problem they won't put the charge through but I should contact my credit card company and cancel my card. Which I immediately did. There were no other purchases attempted on my card so the credit card company thought that someone got access to my Amazon account. How? Anyways I now have to wait for a week to get a new credit card and I have changed my Amazon account too. What a crazy world we live in.

 

[300UGUY]

I like Amazon. I got pretty fed up with Ebay, I never sold there, but I always felt that the Paypal setup was crappy. We have prime, and buy a couple hundred a month there.

 

[sd455dan]

Yea usually if fulfilled by Amazon is a competitive choice it will most often be the one I will use. You really have to read between the lines sometimes. I bought a cordless power tool at what a looked to be a great price turned out be a reconditioned unit (they are marked and serialized) but that wasn't stated at all in the description. I got hex shank nut drivers too that only lock correctly into my hex drive screwdrivers but none of my impact drivers. :confused3:

I had a great experience buying a refurbished Yamaha home theater receiver from amazon - saved almost half off of the new price on the receiver that was still being offered new . When it arrived i could find no evidence of any kind that it was not brand new. i will say that it was a Factory refurb and do think that makes a difference.
I finally bit the bullet and became a Prime member and it has already paid for itself in shipping savings.


I also wholeheartedly agree that a person needs to read the descriptions very carefully

 

[aczlan]

I like Amazon. I got pretty fed up with Ebay, I never sold there, but I always felt that the Paypal setup was crappy. We have prime, and buy a couple hundred a month there.

I have paypal, but I refuse to link it to my bank account and their limits for people who don't link their accounts are silly.

Aaron Z

 

[DFB]

I had a great experience buying a refurbished Yamaha home theater receiver from amazon - saved almost half off of the new price on the receiver that was still being offered new . When it arrived i could find no evidence of any kind that it was not brand new. i will say that it was a Factory refurb and do think that makes a difference.

I also wholeheartedly agree that a person needs to read the descriptions very carefully

My recon tool was similar in nature there was not a scratch on it and the only reason I even knew its was a Recon besides having no factory box was the serialization code (the CPO Milwaukee website fully explains the markings)


Purchasing something that has been relisted as a Recon can be a seriously good deal these days. Most especially right after the Holidays there seems to be a huge influx in the available advertised inventory. Not to say there aren't factory failures that have been fixed and replaced but real lot of it seems are just refund returns for whatever reason a customer sent it back (most places are pretty lenient with their return policies) and not really a product failure. But then it can no longer be sold again as new. Even the big Orange box store is getting into that game online now I see. At a place like CPO that deal in factory recon tools and equipment all the time always has and moves a lot of manufacture's returns and does have many very satisfied customers from their feedback reviews.

 

[Bird]

I haven't bought any refurbished items on Amazon yet, but I sure agree about the refurbished products in general being a good deal. I've bought a refurbished Mantis tiller, a Waring Pro food slicer, a KitchenAid mixer, and I don't know what else and have never had a complaint with a refurbished item.

 

[RickB]

I haven't bought any refurbished items on Amazon yet, but I sure agree about the refurbished products in general being a good deal. I've bought a refurbished Mantis tiller, a Waring Pro food slicer, a KitchenAid mixer, and I don't know what else and have never had a complaint with a refurbished item.

They probably get better scrutiny than new items.

Edit; refurbished goods absolutely get more scrutiny than new stuff. Most new stuff gets exactly zero before packaging.

 

[SPIKER]

On the TurboTax, I have had to use the Home/Business version for a long time due to the Farm and because of other half works out of the house. I also have a LOT of stocks thru Scottrade (now requires the premium or Home/Office-Business version where as stocks dividends used to be in the deluxe ver. For those of you who traded from TT to HR Block software how was the switch year.? Did you import from other software or off/on-line>>?? On TT I can import my taxes and info from Scottrade (on-line broker) with out much problems however I have found a good number of cost basis issues in doing so (MUST go thru and confirm ALL the costs to make sure your profit/loss revenue is correct.) On many cases you get account maintenance fees from offshore companies so I make sure those FEES are included in my cost basis so I'm not paying taxes on fees I had to pay.

On the refurbished side of stuff I have found the factory refurbished items usually preform better than stock out of the box new ones. Main reason is that things like mowers or weed eaters are built and shipped with most never being tested or ran. The factory refurbished stuff is tested, ran and adjusted by people doing it hundreds of times a day for a living so the chance of getting something that runs BETTER than stock non-tested device is pretty good. The same for electronic stuff the parts are fixed and fine tuned to preform better than the stick it together without a full system performance testing being done, just box and ship it off the line.

Mark

 

[Happy Gilmore]

Guess what came on a Sunday.......



I never order from Amazon, haha

 

[QRTRHRS]

I never had a problem with Amazon though I usually buy new not refurb. I never had a problem with Ebay until this summer when I bought a set of three blades for one of my mowers. The listing said something like two or three sets available. I paid the asking price rather than bid because I needed them. Then I get a message saying that they are back ordered from the manufacturer? I PM'd the seller expressing my displeasurer (but kept my cool). The blades came perhaps two or three weeks later. Get this, the seller posted that people usually provide feedback after a sale? If I don't have anything good to say, I tend not to say anything and I never did.

 

[Happy Gilmore]

In case anyone was wondering...

 

[xzcVAbc5]

I've always received what I ordered from amazon. Only a few times have I purchased 3rd party. I alwats group up enough stuff for free shippping for non-prime.

As far as ebay goes I've always done pretty well. I like to buy tools on ebay that are new but old stock. If the packaging is a little stained or isn't the current packaging the price is much better. Also sometimes the only place you can buy USA made tools is ebay or garage sales. Make sure to always submit an offer if the auction is set up that way. I always try to offer a low price and sometimes they take it. Other times they may send a counteroffer.

When I'm biilding toolsets over time I'm generally filling them from ebay.

 

[Timm250]

The seller wouldn't reply to my email so I called amazon & told them what was going on and they refunded my money the next day.

 

[Pilot]

Had a problem one time with a vendor. I complained to Amazon & they fixed the problem, made sure I got a refund.

First time I ordered from Amazon I placed the order at 10:30 at night and received the book the next day. I was impressed.

I've probably ordered 25 items from Amazon and had only that one problem.