I recall a guy that got banned from Amazon for returning too much stuff. And he really loves and uses Amazon alot. After wks of begging Amazon in emails to let him back. They finally did after he promised to never return anything again..
Used to sell on Amazon but yes it got more and more difficult as a small seller. Also difficult dealing with customers who constantly tried to get things for free. Returns also affect the seller. Too many within a certain period would get strikes by Amazon. There are also some bad characters who are sellers. On forums I've heard sellers complaining about their competition who actively tried to sabotage. Near Christmas one seller bought all the competitions inventory and then returned it later. Thanks for sharing and you look handsome BTB!
On the items that you buy and intentionally choose NOT to have prime shipping bc you are not in a hurry, I wonder how you can max out the benefit. They offer digital credit or other incentives to offset the expense of prime shipping versus economy shipping.
And no minimum for shipping, without prime you have to spend $35 ? To get free shipping. I never paid for prime, but I have seen price differences while buying on amazon
I stopped using Amazon a while back, when they refused a refund on an honestly returned product. I hardly ever returned ANYTHING. I don't remember what it was but I do remember the experience.
You're not alone. It seems their deals are not as good as before. And really, if you subscribe to only keeping what you really use, buying something new is a rare event.
@@BeatTheBush you are missing the point .... either you are ignorant of the issue, or you forget that sellers can have their account suspended if this is done too often to them .... and when an FBA seller has their account suspended, they potentially can lose their entire inventory (Amazon holds onto it) and lose any money that Amazon hasn't paid out to them at that point, which can be literally thousands of dollars .... what you are suggesting for customers to do, can destroy someone else's life .... is this really okay with you?
Another secret : many many stores and businesses sell second hand/knock off electronics, perfumes and and other miscellaneous items (like water filters). These places seem to go unchecked except by the reviewers who make a point to vocalize a bad deal.
I always email when things are late. I’ve gotten soooo many credits that way. Also if you have any interruption in service for prime video or kids’ FreeTime, they will credit you as well.
And here I live in a country, where any commercial seller that sells products that you haven't physically seen before needs to over free returns no questions asked. I think the cheap items are now prime add on items. They will only be shipped for free if you add them to a larger order.
I ordered a board game as a Christmas gift. When I received the board game I realized that it had foul language and was not something I could gift to anyone I know. When I returned the game I was honest about my return reason and was charged a restocking fee! How crazy is that??? I now read the reviews carefully before ordering. I wonder if it would have been better to list the item as a seller.
Twice I attempted to return an item and they refunded my money but told me to keep the item. One was a phone case and the other was a book that I thought was hardcover but was paperback.
Ordered a case of diapers that was do to be delivered on Saturday. I was working in the yard at the time to postal carrier messaged saying undeliverable. It wouldn't be delivered until Monday. Called Amazon and told them what happened. They credited my account and gave me the diapers for free. But after that time the price went up almost 10.00 so I stopped getting them from there.
You said these are mostly gray area items, but complaining to Amazon about late shipments does not seem a gray area to me. They clearly define their policy about this in their shipment guarantee. (Which means it's fine to complain and not feel guilty.)
I buy things from Amazon 3 rd party.But I don't have any prime membership.I took a trial period one time and cancel it from the trial period ends.Thanks for sharing!
I need help, i ordered a new very expensive phone from China hoping to save 100$ +50$ using a coupon code, but now it's stuck at customs, if they make me pay VAT/taxes its gonna be like 300$, what should i do.
@@BeatTheBush I am not 100% sure what happened, but I do know he called in a lot then eventually he was banned. Any packages that went to our household also got put on some sort of waiting list as well for verification. I'll ask my buddy for details of what actually happened. But long story short they said he was abusing the system, he would call in and immediately ask for a 1 month extension for free. All I can say is its highly unlikely they will indefinitely extend your Amazon prime for free.
@@BeatTheBush It's hard to say its been a few years I may have to go back and check some facts, but I would say we did have quite a number of packages come late within a week. They were suffering from some sort of supply chain issue. I think the argument was each late package warranted a 1 month extension due to it's impact on the consumer (some were for commercial purposes). And they argued since it was one order they would only do 1 month extension for the entire order though it was maybe 8 separate packages coming from different locations. The majority was late. Regardless I think it was only a one month extension and it happened multiple times over the course of a few months. I know for fact he did eventually get banned, they said they had no obligation to serve have him as a customer, refunded a prorated version of his prime membership and was not allowed to order on Amazon. I believe he had to move, change his address and use multiple credit card aliases to make orders.
Can you make a video on selling boxes? Heard you can make quite a bit of money from reselling Amazon Boxes and just boxes in genral. Alot of people selling stuff online, small suppliers and people that are moving buy them.
@@BeatTheBush Selling boxes would make a good video and fit with the theme of this channel. Also when you start to run out of items to sell selling boxes periotically might be something to look into. It's almost like cash back on items you buy online or getting money back for cans and water bottles but with boxes you'll make a lot more.
I was a prime member a couple of months ago and most of the time my orders from Amazon is late for almost a week or so. Called the representative few times but no one offered me any credit of $5. One of my order was even delivered to the wrong house. Do I have to mention to them to give me credit for late shipment?
Part of it is to ask nicely too I think. Ask if there is something they can do because Amazon prime is guaranteed 2 day shipping and they didn't deliver.
I don't think I've ever payed for return shipping, though I've only returned a few things....I didn't know they even charge return shipping. None of these seemed morally grey or "loopholes". They were all things that Amazon offers you as a customer. Amazon offers returns for any reason. If you don't want an item after seeing it and trying it, that's a perfectly valid reason for return. I think the only morally grey thing about returns would be if you bought an item specifically to use it once and then return it.
When I pay next or same day shipping on things and it doesn't arrive I just request a refund. And sometimes when it comes the next day or two amazon says keep it and they refund me the money. But I also am a prime member from the very beginning of prime and order about 500 things a year from them.
BeatTheBush, what about erroneous double dipping into a debit card account for double the price of an order placed then holding the funds for 10 business days? Fraud? Sue?
Hi. Thanks for this video, would you explain how sharing the prime amount with other households works? I just notice I have been paying $14.99 a month...... ! If I go to Amazon and set up my account to pay automatically for the year today, will they honor the old set up and let me share or will they say "it is not possible"? Do you know that?
Usually, when you change the payment terms you end up paying the current rates. So I would click around to see what they will charge. Paying a year at a time is cheaper.
Wish the have a different sort of account. "Basic Prime", for example, that is cheaper and doesnt inclue extra services such as Prime videos, music, books etc...
@@supperhey well it works out for more people. It costs them almost nothing to add that so there's really no way to have a cheaper shipping only service
Oh and I've NEVER done the lying thing where I say I didn't receive something. Karma is a real thing!! What you put out there comes back to you several times over!
@@BeatTheBush Cant imagine too much profit wise considering grocery stores historically have low margins and they still have to operate the Whole Foods it comes from. But in regards to less returns, yes for sure.
I've tried these suggestions and found them all to be true! I remember when Amazon started you could return for any reason but the first time I tried to return something because I changed my mind I was shocked lol! I don't blame them for that. As a reseller I can't take everything back just because someone changed their mind. But then I'm not a billion dollar company lol!
Typically, they do not offer free shipping returns for changing one's mind. BUT, for new services like clothing, they have services where they explicitly say you can return it for any reason just so you wont hesitate to bring it home to try it on.
When returning, I just use the 'item arrived late', no explanation necessary, even if it arrived on time. But be careful not to abuse it, could get you banned.
On the subject of fraud...I run a reselling business where we source most of our goods from a store that sells Amazon Returns liquidations for $5ea. I can't tell you how many hundreds of times I have found items where people have intentionally returned fake items/garbage to Amazon and kept the real item. People do that with PC RAM and SSDs all the time. Amazon can't afford to pay people to actually thoroughly inspect all the items that returned to their warehouses, and if the box is even slightly dented/opened they will almost always liquidate it. Buying these returns can really wear on your faith in humanity when you see how scummy people can be. DON'T DO THIS PEOPLE. Anyways, great video BTB, there are lots of good tips packed in there. I, too, hope Amazon plugs a lot of these holes.
@@BeatTheBush I would say if the item is technology, such as PC parts, I would say about 80% of what I find is a fake return. Usually with RAM, people swap out their old RAM for the new stuff and return it for a free RAM upgrade. I purchase these items at a $5 cost, so it's worth the risk on the 20% that isn't fake - most times. I've found about 6 good SSDs in the past year, and 8-10 sticks of good RAM, and 1 intel i7-8700 that works...so it works out, but you just have to have an eye for the fakes before you hand over the cash to buy them.
80%! I think maybe amazon returns might aggregate all the dishonest people returning fake items. They really should at least check it's the same model number like most stores. The way they do it now encourages more moving of products for higher revenues.
@@BeatTheBush I would have thought by now that they would do the same...but there's been a solid year I've been buying returns like this and noticing the repeating pattern. I would think it would dramatically hurt Amazon's bottom line, but I think if they liquidate like this it counts as a tax write-off - so it may not hurt them much. It's just lame that people exist that take advantage of the system. What happens when Amazon just decides they don't want to deal with returns anymore? Yes, and as you mentioned, moving the product this way allows them to earn a lot more. Most businesses that have return policies just have to plan to eat losses and hope their profits of selling volume overcomes those losses (plus a return policy helps bolster their reputation by increasing customer satisfaction/trust)
I would say it can get you a few pennies on the dollar but it's almost an order of magnitude less than cash back on credit cards if you can get that at 10%
Being frugal and retire early, I am getting all of this. Your videos may have some surplus value for some people. What I dont`t like is the always negative spin you put on spending. Your way of living works in a wealthy society which provides you with an environment where you can be frugal by choice. The Western world is not the wealthy part of the world because the people there are living a frugal lifestyle.
I don't think the cause of the wealthy part of the world is a result of living frugal or not. The cause is by many factors you cannot put in a single sentence. Innovation? Capitalism? I too spend money but I just don't waste it.
Amazon is a horrible company. I had two Kindle accounts and Amazon shoved them together without telling me and Amazon deleted one of the e-books that I had bought and I call that theft.
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I really don't get you @BeatTheBush. What's the point of retiring so young if you aren't living a luxurious lifestyle? Surely it'd be better off to work for 5-10 more years, let compound interest do it's magic and then retire in style? Wouldn't that be truer 'financial freedom'?
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Amazon is a great company. We should not follow what this video recommends - doing those things will destroy the trust system that has been built over years and even decades. Be an honest customer and citizen.
Yeah! Amazon is the greatest company which makes millions and doesn't pay a dime in taxes, Jeff Bezos has never done any kind of donation /charity, amazon is the company that is philanthropic the least. Have you ever worked in amazon warehouse? They had a huge wall stacks of water bottles, but workers were not allowed to take one! People were so dehydrated pushing carts and lifting heavy boxes, so few took water bottles, and a manager started standing near the stack for watch! 15 min break would end up 5 min break after the time walking to and from the break room. This was before they raised the pay to 15 an hour, which was advertised on news and everywhere, but no one talks about how they treat their employees. My tough running shoes were destroyed in 2 weeks working at the amazon warehouse, my clothes were greasy and worn out (I am not exaggerating), I was so dehydrated standing all day and doing so much physical labor work, that it took me like a week to recover after I quit amazon. I worked for like 3 weeks, that was my first time working at Amazon, I am US Navy veteran mind you, I am not a princess type of woman who never worked with hands. I worked on Super hornets as technician, carried heavy equipments through several narrow stairs up and down on a rocky aircraft carrier
What trust system? I only provide the information, you make your own judgements. In fact, I advocate doing spreading this information so everyone knows so that Amazon will make a clear cut stance on this. It's pretty easy to require the same membership to ship to the same address even if you share it.
@@MsNeelamma Now I understand where you come from. I feel sorry to hear about that. Hope that was a special case. I do hear a lot of good words about this company, as well as from my own personal experience over the past several years. Probably your ex-manager was not a good individual but I hope (and am pretty sure) he is not representative of Amazon. Anyways, I understand your perspective now and I hope you are doing well.
there are some immoral things on this video taking advantage of honest good policies. As well as basically stealing money. who pays for that item and why would you take advantage of that person. id rather have my integrity than a little money.
Please do not steal money. Please do not take steal stuff off people's porches if that is what you are implying. Also, my hope is Amazon will clear up these policies because it is ambiguous.
Amazon is like a precursor to 'MEGACORP' you see in all of those dystopian cyberpunk universes. 😬 Stuff em. Pity this won't hurt the company at all basically. Never been much of an Amazon fan and glad they didn't open here in my country(yet, probably). Too much power for one company, and too many shady things going on consistently.
@@BeatTheBush Ever looked into Amazons tactics much? Like how they use their AWS to basically mine data from other sites? Or how they undercut competition to squeeze them into a better deal for Amazon(see diapers\ event). They're way bigger , more brutal, and powerful than anybody realizes.
I recall a guy that got banned from Amazon for returning too much stuff. And he really loves and uses Amazon alot. After wks of begging Amazon in emails to let him back. They finally did after he promised to never return anything again..
Yes... there are obvious lines. If your return rate is very high all the time, there is some obvious abuse going on.
Lol . Had to promise never to return anything again.
I'm sure Amazon has seen many customers like this
Used to sell on Amazon but yes it got more and more difficult as a small seller. Also difficult dealing with customers who constantly tried to get things for free. Returns also affect the seller. Too many within a certain period would get strikes by Amazon. There are also some bad characters who are sellers. On forums I've heard sellers complaining about their competition who actively tried to sabotage. Near Christmas one seller bought all the competitions inventory and then returned it later. Thanks for sharing and you look handsome BTB!
Since we have prime, I only check out one item each time so not as confusing as the payment and easier to monitor the shipments.
I do the same when I have it!
On the items that you buy and intentionally choose NOT to have prime shipping bc you are not in a hurry, I wonder how you can max out the benefit. They offer digital credit or other incentives to offset the expense of prime shipping versus economy shipping.
Economy shipping can be a drag sometimes unless you really really do not need it immediately.
I have seen prices for some items for prime members are lower
And no minimum for shipping, without prime you have to spend $35 ? To get free shipping. I never paid for prime, but I have seen price differences while buying on amazon
I stopped using Amazon a while back, when they refused a refund on an honestly returned product. I hardly ever returned ANYTHING. I don't remember what it was but I do remember the experience.
You're not alone. It seems their deals are not as good as before. And really, if you subscribe to only keeping what you really use, buying something new is a rare event.
side note: you are looking extra fine today BTB 👌
oodleyboo omg ditto
Amazon never lose with the returns. Amazon sellers lose when you return items and lie about the reason of the return.
Very true. For resellers, they complain Amazon is very relaxed with returns but overall, you still make a good profit.
@@BeatTheBush you are missing the point .... either you are ignorant of the issue, or you forget that sellers can have their account suspended if this is done too often to them .... and when an FBA seller has their account suspended, they potentially can lose their entire inventory (Amazon holds onto it) and lose any money that Amazon hasn't paid out to them at that point, which can be literally thousands of dollars .... what you are suggesting for customers to do, can destroy someone else's life .... is this really okay with you?
They no longer extend your Prime membership for late shipments.
do they offer anything?
@@Apollo2112x1 a measly one time use $5 credit
@@scottyhaines4226 Bluh. thanks for sharing!
Confirmed. They only give you a $5 credit.
$5 is still good. I recall getting $10 if the item is higher priced.
Another secret : many many stores and businesses sell second hand/knock off electronics, perfumes and and other miscellaneous items (like water filters). These places seem to go unchecked except by the reviewers who make a point to vocalize a bad deal.
I always email when things are late. I’ve gotten soooo many credits that way. Also if you have any interruption in service for prime video or kids’ FreeTime, they will credit you as well.
What is Amazon's email address? Thanks!
@@peacefulmind1559 If you go under your account and order, you can report an issue. That's how I do it. I don't email a specific address.
@@ModernMinimalistMom Oh ok... thanks!
And here I live in a country, where any commercial seller that sells products that you haven't physically seen before needs to over free returns no questions asked.
I think the cheap items are now prime add on items. They will only be shipped for free if you add them to a larger order.
That’s it, he has finally gone Hollywood on us! Got that Sammo Hung Martial Law hair going on.
Just me or does his hair look better these days? 👍
Eh? I just cut it.
Amazon prime video CAN be shared also ( I think other benefits too) the main account holder has to enable this somewhere in their settings.
Do tell lol. Why do you think you can? Lol
Found instruction here: www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=201910370
Nice find! Applause!
T-Rex is ready for his safari and T-Bone's gonna be his food supply!
I ordered a board game as a Christmas gift. When I received the board game I realized that it had foul language and was not something I could gift to anyone I know. When I returned the game I was honest about my return reason and was charged a restocking fee! How crazy is that??? I now read the reviews carefully before ordering. I wonder if it would have been better to list the item as a seller.
Sharing prime membership with those not in the same household. Woah.
See... secrets.
I know the business account allows up to 5 users...
Thanks for the information! When sharing an Prime membership, does everyone’s accounts still stays private?
Twice I attempted to return an item and they refunded my money but told me to keep the item.
One was a phone case and the other was a book that I thought was hardcover but was paperback.
Ordered a case of diapers that was do to be delivered on Saturday. I was working in the yard at the time to postal carrier messaged saying undeliverable. It wouldn't be delivered until Monday. Called Amazon and told them what happened. They credited my account and gave me the diapers for free. But after that time the price went up almost 10.00 so I stopped getting them from there.
I have seem instances where it seems like the delivery person is lazy and just mark that they attempted delivery. In particular with UPS or Fedex.
You can usually dropoff the Amazon return at a Amazon Hub / Locker for free as well.
Yes you can. =D
You said these are mostly gray area items, but complaining to Amazon about late shipments does not seem a gray area to me. They clearly define their policy about this in their shipment guarantee. (Which means it's fine to complain and not feel guilty.)
I buy things from Amazon 3 rd party.But I don't have any prime membership.I took a trial period one time and cancel it from the trial period ends.Thanks for sharing!
Oh God shut up
This is the dope video, thanks for sharing it!
I need help, i ordered a new very expensive phone from China hoping to save 100$ +50$ using a coupon code, but now it's stuck at customs, if they make me pay VAT/taxes its gonna be like 300$, what should i do.
They will only extend i believe 3-4 months before red flagging account. I had a friend that got banned from this.
Naw... when they did not keep their part of the 2 day shipping agreement, they need to do something to make up for it.
@@BeatTheBush I am not 100% sure what happened, but I do know he called in a lot then eventually he was banned. Any packages that went to our household also got put on some sort of waiting list as well for verification. I'll ask my buddy for details of what actually happened. But long story short they said he was abusing the system, he would call in and immediately ask for a 1 month extension for free. All I can say is its highly unlikely they will indefinitely extend your Amazon prime for free.
If you call in to extend your membership when the package didn't arrive late, i.e. lying, then yes, you will get banned eventually.
@@BeatTheBush It's hard to say its been a few years I may have to go back and check some facts, but I would say we did have quite a number of packages come late within a week. They were suffering from some sort of supply chain issue. I think the argument was each late package warranted a 1 month extension due to it's impact on the consumer (some were for commercial purposes). And they argued since it was one order they would only do 1 month extension for the entire order though it was maybe 8 separate packages coming from different locations. The majority was late. Regardless I think it was only a one month extension and it happened multiple times over the course of a few months. I know for fact he did eventually get banned, they said they had no obligation to serve have him as a customer, refunded a prorated version of his prime membership and was not allowed to order on Amazon. I believe he had to move, change his address and use multiple credit card aliases to make orders.
Can you make a video on selling boxes? Heard you can make quite a bit of money from reselling Amazon Boxes and just boxes in genral. Alot of people selling stuff online, small suppliers and people that are moving buy them.
I don't think I can because I've never sold boxes. I just use the used ones up by selling things. Selling them you wont get much anyway.
@@BeatTheBush Selling boxes would make a good video and fit with the theme of this channel. Also when you start to run out of items to sell selling boxes periotically might be something to look into. It's almost like cash back on items you buy online or getting money back for cans and water bottles but with boxes you'll make a lot more.
I was a prime member a couple of months ago and most of the time my orders from Amazon is late for almost a week or so. Called the representative few times but no one offered me any credit of $5. One of my order was even delivered to the wrong house. Do I have to mention to them to give me credit for late shipment?
Part of it is to ask nicely too I think. Ask if there is something they can do because Amazon prime is guaranteed 2 day shipping and they didn't deliver.
I don't think I've ever payed for return shipping, though I've only returned a few things....I didn't know they even charge return shipping. None of these seemed morally grey or "loopholes". They were all things that Amazon offers you as a customer. Amazon offers returns for any reason. If you don't want an item after seeing it and trying it, that's a perfectly valid reason for return. I think the only morally grey thing about returns would be if you bought an item specifically to use it once and then return it.
No, they do not have free returns generally. No free returns if you found a lower price.
Pretty interesting, *Amazon probably factors some of these things in some way shape or for* 💪
Yep.
When I pay next or same day shipping on things and it doesn't arrive I just request a refund. And sometimes when it comes the next day or two amazon says keep it and they refund me the money. But I also am a prime member from the very beginning of prime and order about 500 things a year from them.
Sometimes it's late. When it happens you get something for it only if you ask.
BeatTheBush, what about erroneous double dipping into a debit card account for double
the price of an order placed then holding the funds for 10 business days? Fraud? Sue?
I work for Amazon and I don't give a fuck. I'll make sure they don't mess with my favorite UA-cam guy :-)
T-Rex is heading off to Australia 🇦🇺 😎
How'd he get that!?
What do you do for a living?
I think Amazon may have a group of people just watching videos like this one to come up withe counter strikes :)
That's my intention actually. To have all of these loopholes plugged up immediately.
Hi. Thanks for this video, would you explain how sharing the prime amount with other households works? I just notice I have been paying $14.99 a month...... ! If I go to Amazon and set up my account to pay automatically for the year today, will they honor the old set up and let me share or will they say "it is not possible"? Do you know that?
Usually, when you change the payment terms you end up paying the current rates. So I would click around to see what they will charge. Paying a year at a time is cheaper.
@@BeatTheBush Are you sharing your annual amazon prime amount privately or through Amazon?
Most fun thing with Amazon prime...ordered a king sized tempurpedic type mattress and had it delivered for free to my new house :)
Lol... was it really free? Did they pad the original price?
@@BeatTheBush It was on sale for $300 so I feel pretty good about it, lol!
Wish the have a different sort of account. "Basic Prime", for example, that is cheaper and doesnt inclue extra services such as Prime videos, music, books etc...
It doesn't really cost them anything to add those, so it's just a loss leader essentially
@@MK-ex4pb It costs them a customer like me who laments at the high cost and the extra services I dont need.
@@supperhey well it works out for more people. It costs them almost nothing to add that so there's really no way to have a cheaper shipping only service
This is why I’m subbed
=D
which Lav model do you use for audio
Oh and I've NEVER done the lying thing where I say I didn't receive something. Karma is a real thing!! What you put out there comes back to you several times over!
It's against the law and it's fraud. Jail sentence etc. Not just karma, it's theft.
@@BeatTheBush Even if It weren't, I wouldn't do it. It's a very low class thing to do.
I don’t think I’ve made an Amazon return in over a year
Things Amazon does not want anyone to know, but BTB knows.
Now i will know it with you.
Thanks Sir.
=D I wonder who will use these tricks.
Thanks Beat The Bush!
You're welcome!
I abuse their return policy, but also buy almost everything including my groceries from them. So, that and how they avoid taxes evens out imo.
I am sure!
Lol
Groceries is where they make a lot off of you.
@@BeatTheBush Cant imagine too much profit wise considering grocery stores historically have low margins and they still have to operate the Whole Foods it comes from. But in regards to less returns, yes for sure.
I've tried these suggestions and found them all to be true! I remember when Amazon started you could return for any reason but the first time I tried to return something because I changed my mind I was shocked lol! I don't blame them for that. As a reseller I can't take everything back just because someone changed their mind. But then I'm not a billion dollar company lol!
Typically, they do not offer free shipping returns for changing one's mind. BUT, for new services like clothing, they have services where they explicitly say you can return it for any reason just so you wont hesitate to bring it home to try it on.
@@BeatTheBush Good to know. I've never bought clothes off Amazon. Get all I need and more at yard sales lol!
When returning, I just use the 'item arrived late', no explanation necessary, even if it arrived on time. But be careful not to abuse it, could get you banned.
On the subject of fraud...I run a reselling business where we source most of our goods from a store that sells Amazon Returns liquidations for $5ea. I can't tell you how many hundreds of times I have found items where people have intentionally returned fake items/garbage to Amazon and kept the real item. People do that with PC RAM and SSDs all the time. Amazon can't afford to pay people to actually thoroughly inspect all the items that returned to their warehouses, and if the box is even slightly dented/opened they will almost always liquidate it. Buying these returns can really wear on your faith in humanity when you see how scummy people can be. DON'T DO THIS PEOPLE. Anyways, great video BTB, there are lots of good tips packed in there. I, too, hope Amazon plugs a lot of these holes.
Interesting, what would you say the rate of fake item returns? 5%? 10%? What ever it is, you might just look at it and shake your head.
@@BeatTheBush I would say if the item is technology, such as PC parts, I would say about 80% of what I find is a fake return. Usually with RAM, people swap out their old RAM for the new stuff and return it for a free RAM upgrade. I purchase these items at a $5 cost, so it's worth the risk on the 20% that isn't fake - most times. I've found about 6 good SSDs in the past year, and 8-10 sticks of good RAM, and 1 intel i7-8700 that works...so it works out, but you just have to have an eye for the fakes before you hand over the cash to buy them.
80%! I think maybe amazon returns might aggregate all the dishonest people returning fake items. They really should at least check it's the same model number like most stores. The way they do it now encourages more moving of products for higher revenues.
@@BeatTheBush I would have thought by now that they would do the same...but there's been a solid year I've been buying returns like this and noticing the repeating pattern. I would think it would dramatically hurt Amazon's bottom line, but I think if they liquidate like this it counts as a tax write-off - so it may not hurt them much. It's just lame that people exist that take advantage of the system. What happens when Amazon just decides they don't want to deal with returns anymore? Yes, and as you mentioned, moving the product this way allows them to earn a lot more. Most businesses that have return policies just have to plan to eat losses and hope their profits of selling volume overcomes those losses (plus a return policy helps bolster their reputation by increasing customer satisfaction/trust)
*Love how you respond to comments :)*
Thanks!
Ya, he actually spends his time in responding to his viewers, though he doesn't make any money by doing so. I appreciate that
@@MsNeelamma Because BTB rocks!
More secret of amazon: amazon has arrow that points to A and Z. So, that means that is from "A to Z" on the Alphabets
Nice one!
You forget add swagbucks cash back if you buy something from amazon. You will get cash back from swagbucks since you buy something from amazon
I would say it can get you a few pennies on the dollar but it's almost an order of magnitude less than cash back on credit cards if you can get that at 10%
@@BeatTheBush You can get cashback from swagbucks and credit cash back? You just double your cash back.
They take pictures when they drop the package to prove that they have delivered it.
Yes I just got a photo from them today of the package at my front door. First time this has happened
Being frugal and retire early, I am getting all of this. Your videos may have some surplus value for some people. What I dont`t like is the always negative spin you put on spending. Your way of living works in a wealthy society which provides you with an environment where you can be frugal by choice. The Western world is not the wealthy part of the world because the people there are living a frugal lifestyle.
I don't think the cause of the wealthy part of the world is a result of living frugal or not. The cause is by many factors you cannot put in a single sentence. Innovation? Capitalism? I too spend money but I just don't waste it.
Amazon is a horrible company. I had two Kindle accounts and Amazon shoved them together without telling me and Amazon deleted one of the e-books that I had bought and I call that theft.
Hmmm... I feel you can message them and get this added back.
Thank you!!!
=D
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Good one.
this comment section is already full of amazon shills lmao
I really don't get you @BeatTheBush. What's the point of retiring so young if you aren't living a luxurious lifestyle? Surely it'd be better off to work for 5-10 more years, let compound interest do it's magic and then retire in style? Wouldn't that be truer 'financial freedom'?
I was thinking the same thing...why r u looking so good in this vid...? The cut and color of ur t-shirt. I would kill for ur skin. Seriously.
Uhhh... thanks! Ha ha ha.
You know all the tricks, Francis.
Tell us your property tax hack
doomtomb3 don’t own property haha
Amazon Hates this him!!!!
*The last one does not fit...*
Nope other than it's Amazon related.
@@BeatTheBush lol true that
I see the green peas again.
They're usually there.
Buy what you need man lol
Yup, I do that.
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I looked over it. I wonder why this is the second time someone referenced it. Was it you?
They gave me 40 dollars credits last time they are late.
Wow, didn't know it goes up that high.
still great content
Amazon is a great company. We should not follow what this video recommends - doing those things will destroy the trust system that has been built over years and even decades. Be an honest customer and citizen.
He isn't saying to lie cheat or steal. He said to have moral values. Watch it again, seems like you didn't understand.
If amazon has been allowing to share the membership, then how you think it doesn't know?. Btb is telling to people who don't know
Yeah! Amazon is the greatest company which makes millions and doesn't pay a dime in taxes, Jeff Bezos has never done any kind of donation /charity, amazon is the company that is philanthropic the least. Have you ever worked in amazon warehouse? They had a huge wall stacks of water bottles, but workers were not allowed to take one! People were so dehydrated pushing carts and lifting heavy boxes, so few took water bottles, and a manager started standing near the stack for watch! 15 min break would end up 5 min break after the time walking to and from the break room. This was before they raised the pay to 15 an hour, which was advertised on news and everywhere, but no one talks about how they treat their employees. My tough running shoes were destroyed in 2 weeks working at the amazon warehouse, my clothes were greasy and worn out (I am not exaggerating), I was so dehydrated standing all day and doing so much physical labor work, that it took me like a week to recover after I quit amazon. I worked for like 3 weeks, that was my first time working at Amazon, I am US Navy veteran mind you, I am not a princess type of woman who never worked with hands. I worked on Super hornets as technician, carried heavy equipments through several narrow stairs up and down on a rocky aircraft carrier
What trust system? I only provide the information, you make your own judgements. In fact, I advocate doing spreading this information so everyone knows so that Amazon will make a clear cut stance on this. It's pretty easy to require the same membership to ship to the same address even if you share it.
@@MsNeelamma Now I understand where you come from. I feel sorry to hear about that. Hope that was a special case. I do hear a lot of good words about this company, as well as from my own personal experience over the past several years. Probably your ex-manager was not a good individual but I hope (and am pretty sure) he is not representative of Amazon. Anyways, I understand your perspective now and I hope you are doing well.
there are some immoral things on this video taking advantage of honest good policies. As well as basically stealing money. who pays for that item and why would you take advantage of that person. id rather have my integrity than a little money.
Please do not steal money. Please do not take steal stuff off people's porches if that is what you are implying. Also, my hope is Amazon will clear up these policies because it is ambiguous.
Man, I don’t know how to feel about this video. Is BTB going to the dark side???? 👿👿👿
Lol... do what you are comfortable with.
You are so clever
=D
Cool ..I buy in Amazon like once a year 🙄
I still buy more than once a year even after my sudden halt.
Honestly if you email amazon everytime something is 1 day late you’re an entitled little baby
Lol... naw, it is getting what is promised.
Lol. You tryna get people's Amazon account banned.
Nope, what motivation will I have for doing that?
Just got 5$ from a item being late a day lol
Or you could channel some of that effort towards doing something good and legitimate in the world.
agreeeeeeeeeeeeed
Lol. Please do tell what you do that is good.
Ox good comment
You should of bought BTC LTC ETH the last 6 months I've been telling you... tsk tsk tsk
Lol I've gotten free months every now and then
Today's topic: How to steal from Amazon.
I order way too many things from Amazon and I used to have like a pile of empty boxes up to the ceiling!
I know the feeling. It's like an addiction. You can use up those boxes by selling some things you do not use anymore.
BeatTheBush My box to sales, ratio was like 4 to 1 so I just had to start throwing them out which was sad but yeah.
@@BeatTheBush Can you explain what people mean when they say "sell the boxes"? Are they talking about the used paper amazon boxes????!!!
@@michelel4346 It sounds like they are collecting a bunch of them and selling them. Not sure if that is all that profitable since it's heavy to ship.
@@BeatTheBush TY for the answer- it just seemed like a strange thing- who would PAY for old amazon boxes?!?
Amazon is like a precursor to 'MEGACORP' you see in all of those dystopian cyberpunk universes. 😬
Stuff em. Pity this won't hurt the company at all basically. Never been much of an Amazon fan and glad they didn't open here in my country(yet, probably). Too much power for one company, and too many shady things going on consistently.
In a way, if you look at the items sold, much of it are disposable and ends up in the landfill at some point in the future.
@@BeatTheBush Ever looked into Amazons tactics much? Like how they use their AWS to basically mine data from other sites? Or how they undercut competition to squeeze them into a better deal for Amazon(see diapers\ event). They're way bigger , more brutal, and powerful than anybody realizes.
The last one 👎🏽 I guess you’re running out of content.
Lol, you didn't like the first 5?
Hello husband 👋🏻😍
When did this happen??
BeatTheBush 😱 you forgot? 😓
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What’s your opinion on Facebook making cryptocurrency? Bitcoin just hit 10k. Maybe a video?
Having a currency is a thread to the US economy. So in order to work, the US has to take a cut in all this action.