I would normally agree but Amazon has dropped the ball on fraudulent sellers in the past year. Give me 5 minutes and I can locate at least one right now as I now know how to spot them. ( anyone just launched will not get my money) . In my first 5 years with Amazon I never got burned once.
I purchase from 3rd party sellers for the deals or else I would just go to the store and pay list like on Prime.
I made over 300 purchases on Amazon in 2016 and if just 3% of them are bogus I will have used my 50 returns in 5 years!!! I got burned twice on Anker products alone and true I should have known better because the price was stupid cheap but since then I have been burned 3 more times on deals that were under 15% off list price and two more in the past month from sellers that open an account and then take the money and run. I am forced to make a claim and then it goes on my record or I take the loss of $. If I want to get deals without protection I would buy them off of Ebay for less money and wait the painful 2 months for shipping.
Amazon has created a monopoly with the Vine program and now they will force you to buy via Prime and exclude all third party sellers. It’s already happening.
It is only a matter of time before someone steps in to look after the small time sellers and buyers and creates a better buying experience
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I am tired of Amazon not giving explanations for their actions.
How many returns does the average person make? look at the line at costco and wallmart return counter, it is longer than the checkout.
No, If buying for 50 years, I would not think 1 return a year should be considered excessive