Be Careful Who You Buy From on Amazon!
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Did you recently see an Ooni Pizza Oven on sale for 90% off?? I want to show you what happened when I tried to buy it. And I'll show you what to watch out for on other sketchy deals!
Always make sure you check out the 3rd party seller's reviews on Amazon before buying.
Check out www.fakespot.com to spot bad sellers. - Розваги
Hey Ben, basically you're right about them hoping some people forget about the refund option, but more importantly: since u have to adhere to THEIR third party refund policy, they can request whatever information they want to issue you the refund. And from there they can either sell ur info, keep it, and do whatever they want
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Remember those random packages people got while ago from China, where people have no idea what is inside of it since they didn't ordered. I am wondering if this is how they get people's address?
Amazon gets worse every single day 😵💫 - they even block you from reviewing if you point out obviously problems with an item, but the (big) seller disputes them. It’s insane.
Amazon is no more trustworthy than any random site online.
They once were, but now they're not
Yes this happened to me!!
@@richardjohnson8796 yet i buy items regularly that are more than perfect and trustworthy
@@richardjohnson8796Amazon doesn’t censor, if the product is bad it’s never shown to you. You have to actively look for the bad products that are rated low. They want to make money so any product that is not good is not shown or just axed completely. You never see a poorly rated item unless you search for it. Yu also have to consider the the seller, big sellers have a reputation to keep out so you will have better experience buying from big brands then the small ones.
Yes, banned me for writing a negative review of their amazon brand led dimmable light bulbs that wouldn't dim.
Sellers will often "accidentally" create a discount code that makes an item free or heavily discounted so that they can become a top seller, then some of them will send you a message asking you to cancel the order because if you don't they will get fired. They want you to cancel the order because that way they won't lose their top seller badge. It happened to me recently with a mini desktop PC.
Why would they lose the top seller badge though?
@@sammy_sand_utubeyt6901 because Amazon is shi*t for sellers too.i pray in these scams Amazon losing money not customers.
Lol i ordered pc parts and used a random promo code i found online that somehow worked which made it almost free, i just paid for shipping but then the seller contacted me and told me to cancel the order or pay extra, i waited first but then felt bad for them and just canceled the order :P
@@elizaevans2345 where did you find the promo code?
@@elizaevans2345 oh no…. Don’t ever do that… tell them that its not you that should pay for their mistakes…. They’re trying to scam you… never fall for it… it’s better to do an Uno reverse on them…😉
The reason they create the tracking number is to keep their account from getting auto flagged and taken down for not shipping the item. Amazon will also release the funds to the seller once the “item has shipped”.
Source: sold on eBay and Amazon since 2014
Yep, I was going to say the bit about the funds being released but you beat me to it. These sellers are terrible
That explanation is specious because most of these scammers don't care about the accounts, they are disposable; they make an account, scam as many as possible, then let the account burn and just make a new one. The reason they provide a fake tracking number is to BUY TIME. By waiting as long as possible to pretend to have shipped it, then giving a fake number and saying to wait for it to arrive, they can delay long enough to pass deadlines to file a dispute, request a refund, leave negative feedback/reviews, do a charge-back, etc. They'll usually apologize and offer to send it again to buy even more time, even if you asked for a refund. I've seen it _many_ times on eBay. 😒
@@I.____.....__...__ One of the main points TransistorBased and Brandon Nicholson made was that the scammers don't get paid until they ship the items: the fake tracking numbers are to "prove" they shipped the items (which they don't).
Yep. This 👆
I will not buy anything unless it is shipped or sold by Amazon. If Amazon ships it but someone else sells it I'll buy it but I will not buy anything if somebody else's ships it and someone else sells it. And it doesn't matter if it's a $15 Foundation or a $250 Bissell floor cleaner that I just bought. I was looking for an upholstery cleaner a few months ago and I saw one the price was really good and when I scroll down to see if Amazon warehouse was selling it it wasn't it was somebody else selling and shipping and I had read in there refund policy that if it isn't sold or shipped by Amazon they won't take responsibility for it and thank God I didn't buy it the one I bought was from Amazon and there was a problem with it and they took it right back. This is a good video for anybody who's looking to buy anything from Amazon especially during the holidays they won't get scammed.
I had a similar experience this summer when I purchased a special pillow and they did the same thing with creating a tracking number and saying my order was taking longer than expected. I contacted the seller and didn’t receive a response. I decided to file a dispute with my credit card company. I had to wait a couple months for the dispute to become finalized but my credit card company refunded my money. So glad I went that route be asking for the refund the other way. Thank you for helping us navigate these scams. Your are the best! Can’t wait to see you back in the SP call center again. 🎉
Ask amazon to refund you first. This gives amazon a chance to do the right thing. If amazon won't do it, then go through the credit card company. Amazon may lose an extra $20 (or more) for customer charge back.
I am so surprised that Amazon lets this happen. I’m giving Amazon the side eye now. Thank you so much Ben for exposing this you are amazing 😘
Amazon is notoriously known for fake reviews as well. I use Fakespot, too. It's super helpful in spotting shoddy products.
Or just be a smart buyer . That's it. Been shopping on Amazon for almost 7,8 years and rarely came across these issues.
You are surprised Amazon is nefarious? Capitalists
Do you really think Amazon cares about you no just the almighty dollar period
Amazon routinely uses 3rd parties. Mostly from China.
I actually bought the Xbox you showed. Similar seller situation, but mine was actually marked as “delivered” to an address in Virginia. I live in Michigan. I chatted with an Amazon rep and they took care of it immediately as if it is a regular occurrence. I was surprised that it said delivered in Virginia and Amazon, knowing I am in Michigan, didn’t catch on. Strange new scam we have going on how huh? 😳
Same thing happened to me back in the spring. Had a pair of headphones in my wish list and suddenly they were $50 cheaper from a 3rd party on the official listing. Seller name was identical. I bought knowing it could be fake but Amazon has pretty good support when it comes to this stuff. In the end, I got a refund pretty quickly.
same thing happened to me but for a shower appliance. It was in shipping for over a month. I got refunded as well though
they rely on the people who are too lazy to follow-up and get a refund
Refunds are a potential headache and a hassle. Buy smarter.
Work smart
Compare the market
Pay a decent price
STOP TRYING TO BE CHEAP.
@@mumrah73 And those that want something for almost nothing
I recently accidentally bought from a scalper on Amazon, selling an item for twice retail, and when I realized and asked for a full refund & return he told me I have to cover shipping both ways, essentially assuring he's still getting paid for scalping me and I'm losing money with nothing to show for it. Amazon just put me back in contact with the seller when I tried to escalate it
I bought a friend a hydroponics planter that had really high reviews and none of the accounts looked like bots. I have no idea who I actually bought it from because the item is no longer available for purchase, but the thing was completely broken in under a month. I'll definitely double and triple check next time I order something from Amazon.
You can go to your order history, find the order in question and click "View Invoice." In the top portion of the invoice page, beneath the "Items Ordered" section that shows the entire name of the item you purchased, you should see "Sold by" followed by the seller's name and a little blue link you can click on called "Seller Profile." From the seller profile page, you can look at their feedback history and contact them if you need to. I just checked on my own account and I can do this for orders dating all the way back to 2003.
Hey Ben,
The other part of this is that the A to Z guarantee is backed by Amazon, not the seller. The fake tracking number is because Amazon releases funds to the seller after the product is shipped. So they can keep the money and Amazon reimburses
amazon can be really confusing sometimes, even using it regularly i feel like i have to check everything 5 times for not receiving bad surprises
Hey! I encountered this same scam last year, with a terrace propane heater. It was on sale (through Prime too, funny enough) for $50 (they usually go for $300 or so). I ordered 2, knowing I would receive them… well, I actually received 2 heater covers! I contacted the seller, told him I understood his scam, and he gave me my full money back, plus let me keep the covers.
In your case, you’ll notice that there was an option for the pizza oven alone, or the oven with a digital infrared thermometer. They will likely send you a cheap $5 thermometer alone from China (pretty sure about that), and edit or delete their listing shortly after they completed the sale. If they get 1,000 clients to order (total $120,000 revenue), and only have 80% chargebacks (i.e. 20% not taking the time/energy to do so), they’ll still pocket $24,000 for a 1-time scam. So you see why they keep doing these!
If you want me to give you more details on these practices, I know quite a bit. Let me know, I’ll be more than happy to chat!
I ordered Sailor Moon beanies from Amazon for winter and found out it was a scam. They advertised as high quality adult beanies instead of got really cheap quality beanies with a really bad blurry screen print that was off centered. They looked like toddler sized beanies. I did some investigating, and they came from China. Amazon ended up refunding me and told me I didn't need to send them back.
The only good thing Amazon does is they have a good refund policy.
@@mlong9475 Try returning a large heavy item like furntiure and it clearly states returnable with no mention that you have to haul it to UPS. What happened to disclosure
Moon Prism Power!
I'm just hoping my friend sees this. I recommended your channel for them to watch after their surgery
The plant with a solitary ornament made my day.
I see a lot of comments of people pinning this on Amazon to step up their game to clear out these 3rd party scam sellers. But we also have to take responsibility for our own actions and read who we are exactly buying it from if it's not directly coming from Amazon or Amazon fulfilled orders from 3rd party vendors. Do 10 seconds of research to avoid a week or more worth of headaches
Hey pleasant !! I’m your biggest fan! I come home from lunch everyday to watch you ! Only UA-camr I actually watch everyday. Please keep doing what you are doing and always keep uploading ❤
I appreciate that Zachary!
Hai sir, how are you?
Ben, I have a serious health issue that means that I must depend upon multivitamins for the rest of my years.
I thought that I was being clever buying them in large quantities from what seemed like directly from the manufacturer's store front, on Amazon. However, months later my gums receded, my nails snapped and cracked, my lips were permanently dry, my hair fell out and became sparce.
I started feeling weak and under the weather. So, I changed my supplier and bought directly from a UK famous pharmacy - Boots the Chemist. Within, days I was feeling better.
I believe that I was seriously scammed into buying FAKE multi-vitamins. I am so upset as I now have some teeth with receded gum lines which are wobbly. It will cost me thousands of pounds to dentally correct.
I do not like the word ' hate,' because to me it means the same as 'murder' and 'death' but in this situation I believe it aptly applies.
Ben - much blessings to you and yours.
The worst part about this is that there actually ARE insane price mistake deals like this (I literally got a $2,000 Laptop for $150 a few months ago) all the time on Amazon. This makes it so difficult to determine which ones are real or not.
Be careful who you buy from period on the internet. My husband ordered me an animal crossing mini amiibo card set on Walmarts app, package never delivered to correct address, and when the USPS got involved, it wasn't even what was ordered. Walmart could never get a hold of the "seller" and we're still waiting for our money back 😑. Hell, we thought we were buying from Walmart.
I am bad about reading the whole page of a listing. But I should. Listings tell you where the product is coming from, and other information that you might wish you had known. Private sellers are a mixed bunch. It can mean a horrific shipping charge if you otherwise are an Amazon Prime member and should be getting free shipping. Be sure to read your final order before pushing "place order." I have caught many shipping charges on items I wanted because I didn't notice it was not eligible for Prime. Luckily, you can delete any product that does not qualify for Prime if you want to. In our haste and focus to find certain products, the third party seller thing is easy to overlook. Not all third party listings are scams, but many are. Beware of extra low prices! Also, many will make up for low price by charging a ton for shipping!
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This happened to me once, when I was like 15. I was trying to buy a 3ds on Amazon. This was years and years ago right before Amazon was quite so big. The seller did ship an item, but it was shipped to the address it came from. It was an American address. When I contacted Amazon, I explained what had happened, and asked how Amazon was going to fix it. To my surprise, they not only refunded me the $80 I spent on the 3ds, but they sent me one from their warehouse for free. I was on the phone for like three hours with them. Doubtful such a thing would happen anymore, but I still have that 3ds and I still can't believe they did that.
You taught me so much things! Almost got scammed and I used your methods. Thank you so much!
Now you just have to learn correct grammar
@@lewiskelly14 No one cares about being proper unless its a requirement. Chill out.
They supplied a tracking number to cover their a$$. They get the money released by Amazon once they confirm it's shipped. Lastly, if the transaction ever gets charged back, some cards will take the hit because they confirm it's been "shipped". It no longer looks like the merchants fault. After posting this comment, I now see someone who said the exact same thing lol.
Ben your right on this scam. I got scammed on a stuffed Toy that I always get for my dog and normally is sold on Amazon Direct. One time I saw a great deal from a seller ordered it. Then they said shipped and then delivered. Gave me a tracking number called fedex and they said yeah delivered to your town but the address on the order was different than mine. 2 Days later the sellers feedback all had the same negative comment saying seller posted fake tracking. Appealed with Amazon and they denied. But I called Amazon demanded to talk to supervisor and they finally refunded my money. So in many cases Amazon will just deny the claim. Never again will I buy direct from a company or new seller. Will only buy by Amazon Fullfilled.
I think the fake sellers give tracking numbers to make refunds more complicated and the fake sellers try to time out the refund policy.
I purchased some inexpensive stuff from chin and the tracking number that I received was for domestic tracking. It does not update travel from china to the US
@@twin2482 there probably timing out the refund option
@@cliftonmassey3143 I don't worry about refunds since I only purchase a couple dollar items from china. Obvious, I don't trust it enough for $100 purchases.
And if you call Amazon, you can’t understand them!
This reminds me of the time I order an $18 Bissell Crosswave lol. Also I miss the good old days where you could look at REAL reviews that weren't paid for.
They paid me to leave a review on a Bissell item once - I got the item for free for a review.
Do an episode on some of the TikTok ads that are doing a similar thing! From what I can tell, they advertise a product with stolen images and testimony and ship something out that *looks sort of like* the product but the actual product sent to people is a range of various cheap crappy different products (whatever is cheap at the time I assume) and hope that nobody asks for a refund. I know this because I myself got tricked by this (some 'bone conducting' headphones that were absolutely not that). Upon looking into the website, all the (glowing) reviews were for different headphones and the website, as shiny as it looked, was evidently a rush job because they hadn't even edited out the '[RETURN ADDRESS HERE]' and put a return address!
This is the reason I always buy from the real retail stores in real life and rarely online.
Or I will find the website for the actual maker, and buy it from them directly. Either in person or online, I agree with you. Buying direct from seller is easier and there are less traps to avoid. :)
I totally agree, especially if it’s medication, vitamins, make-up, basically anything you consume or put on your skin. I’ve read about a lot of fakes being sold on Amazon , causing allergies and rashes on people.
A couple weeks ago I was looking at Amazon for a Pelican laptop case, and the legit ones are over $200. There was a listing claiming to sell the exact same product number for like $100 and all of the reviews seemed really good. But I still passed because I had a bad feeling about it. This is probably exactly what was happening.
I bought a tongue drum that was supposedly D major, it came in and was actually very good quality really pretty sounding and thick metal, sadly it was in the wrong key C major so the seller gave me 30 bucks off if I would just keep it instead of sending it back. Its worth 100 bucks so I'm happy.
Amazon's customer support has always been pretty great with refunds for me. I once got scammed with the Pokemon TCG Sword/Shield UPC where I was sent the box but all of the cards were opened and all of the good cards and loot was already taken. Amazon's CS didn't even ask for proof, they just listened to my explanation and gave me a refund to buy another one from another seller.
Howdy from Manchester.
It's very difficult these days to drop ship. I've created two stores in the past with social media advertising, but the fact the there was no reviews on my store people though I was scamming them, and I've lost a lot of money in the advertising process. To the point of closing the businesses, having to deal with the debt. So the fact that there is a 3d party placing the product on Amazon doesn't mean is a scam. That one was but most if not all sellers on either Ebay and Amazon are drop shippers
In the case of a legitimate seller though, the shipping label is created by a shipping / logistics company.
What they do is group everything in a batch and send using their own bulk shipping to your local area and then it gets handed over to your local postal service / UPS for the last mile. It allows for much cheaper shipping rates across the country or overseas.
And yes you will not get any real time tracking until the package is in the hands of the last mile courier. Which can take weeks or sometimes months.
I kept seeing the ads. So I looked them up at Walmart. They were on sale normally $199 but the sale price was $59. I rushed down to my store because they only had two left. When I was checking out it rang up for $25. I thought it was wrong so I had a manager check. And yes it was. They were just trying to get rid of them. So this scam got me a real pizza oven.
It can take 30-45+ days for something like that to get shipped from China. I ordered a belt on Amazon that shipped from China, and it came from a musty water damaged wearhouse or something like that, smelled like a moldy mossy basement.. But, even ordering on Amazon, still took nearly a month.
Thank you. I just purchased an item like this from Amazon just hours before. Then I saw this video and sure enough it was shipping from China with a long weird Chinese name. I was able to cancel my order before it shipped. Saved me $80.
I learned something interesting from your video. Thanks!!! I just had something similar happen. I bought something that had a really great price, about $20-30 less than the other listings for the same thing. It wasn't a prime item so I knew the shipping would take longer. and I was ok with that. Finally, I got the delivery notice. When I went to pick up the package the UPS store didn't have anything for me. I showed them the Amazon page for my orders and the delivery notice. My son thought to Google the tracking number and it showed up in the China Post tracking. It showed there as delivered as well. And at the exact same time as the Amazon notice showed. However... It also had a bit more information. It was saying that my package was delivered to the Post Office in Palmer, Alaska!!! And I live in the Southeast, nowhere near Alaska. I ended up talking to someone at Amazon and after being transferred through 4 different people/departments I was issued a refund to my account which showed up within about 30 minutes.
And when I asked the last person at Amazon I talked to if the seller was going to be allowed to continue selling she said that the seller had a record of doing this and she was going to send a recommendation to pull them from selling to the appropriate department. (I can't remember what she called it.)
Yeah, four or five years ago I ordered something from Amazon that ended up being a similar situation. The item was priced at about $75, which was the expected cost but the item was completely sold out at every other seller. I was ordering this in January as a birthday gift for an April birthday.
After about a week, I realized that the item had not shipped. I decided to just wait but keep an eye on it. After nearly a month, I contacted the seller to ask if my item would ever ship. I got a reply right away, apologizing and telling me that the item was on back order but would ship as soon as it was in stock. Another month passed, still nothing. Finally near the end of March, I contacted the seller again to say that if the item wasn’t shipping within a few days, I wanted a refund.
I heard nothing from the seller. I had to report a problem to Amazon in order to het the refund process to happen, since the seller had disappeared. I did get a full refund, but only because I put in the effort to make it happen. I’m certain the seller was just hoping people would forget about the order and never request a refund.
That's why you should always read what you're buying and always get it from the source or a reliable one
Thank you for this video!! I fell for this late one night last summer except it was from the actual company website that the Chinese scammers somehow spoofed. PayPal would not refund me saying it was legit 🙄 Had to make a claim through my credit card company linked to my PayPal...I have since cancelled PayPal over this ordeal and their lack of support. I got a tracking number as well that eventually said the stove was delivered INSIDE my parcel box. If this was the actual pizza oven it would never fit inside a tiny parcel box. I don't know how they managed that scam because nothing was actually ever delivered??? This was the scammiest scam I've ever been scammed by and a big lesson learned!
In my opinion Amazon is complicit and should be held responsible.
So just an Inside info (or a well known maybe for some).
You need only to put EAN to recognize the AMAZON as the product.
Its actually very well shown if its an amazon listing or a 3rd party seller.
So yeah.. items like that are on AMAZON.. but its easy to avoid actually if you just check for 5 secs on your right of the screen.
i got a package and basically they said they shipped it but when the delivery person came they said they had nothing so basically these people are scamming and telling amazon they shipped it out but really they didn’t hoping the person doesn’t make a claim for a refund
I've had this issue with other cheaper products on amazon. Had no issue getting full refund from seller after calling them out on product not matching.
However Amazon really needs to work on their review system to stop incidents like this.
That’s the problem with Amazon, they’ll let any crook sell on their site
Ordered something well below the retail price, never recieved it, but got a full refund from Amazon
Amazon is protecting these people. I tried reporting a milwaukee third party reseller who was selling a Milwaukee drill that was refurbished, as people who got the drill, got them in a plastic bag. I asked the seller, where they get the drills, they simply told me, homedepot. Which is a lie. Why would they buy them from homedepot, and sell them for less?
I got scammed before on Amazon and never got my money back but THEY DID terminated the person selling the fake items.
Thank you so much for getting scammed just for us 😂 Ben Dover is awesome 💪🏻
Hai
Amazon's webpage layout is confusing as hell. It's designed to show you the most expensive listing while hiding the least expensive listings. Finding seller information is also difficult.
I started using Amazon very late. It's just not used as much in my country.
First I have to locate where the seller is, because import tax is a thing :/ and usually those sellers in China are shit...
After, I have to read reviews that give 5 stars but are negative or just reviews that doesn't state enough info 😐 OR IT'S FOR ANOTHER PRODUCT???
Too much effort for thigh high socks.
I don't understand why anyone would use this website if not for my reasons: couldn't find product elsewhere.
At least in a country where it's not widely used. I see Americans and Germans getting benefits that matter from having Amazon Prime!
For a company being international... It's really not. It's worth it for my reason or if you live somewhere where you can benefit from their perks.
(Very rarely I see this opinion. Mostly it's painted as "generally good but shit at times")
Amazon just did that to me. Ordered a $780 Automotive diagnostic scanner and received a set of curtains. Amazon rejected my review because I mentioned I didn't know if it was the seller or fulfillment center screwed up.
I changed my review to just note the curtains did not meet my expectations of running a diagnostic on my vehicle.
I learned a lesson from Facebook, I ordered this thing called RAD-VCR , where are you can record your VHS tapes to DVD, $299 gone, total scam, I felt like an idiot. Oh yeah, it still hasn’t gotten here in 18 months.
Thats why i wish i could set to not show any third party seller and not having to filter it each time i search.
The explanation as I did this:
First, a tracker is always needed to avoid flags. Also, no matter what happens they will collect your data just to sell it.
1) Yes in most cases rich people will not bother with it and you take their money.
2) Sometimes they will intentionally send the wrong item, collect the money, & the seller will vanish. After that Amazon, is responsible for the refund....not the seller.
Let me help you, I have found pizza to be commercially available on nearly every other city block, the burbs, villages, townships, bedroom communities and even rural areas at times, and of course, Italy, Chicago, and even, Winona Minnesota.
I agree with all of the commenters, but also: if they can keep you on the hook for over 60 days; you can't go back to your bank and dispute it if it's on a debit card.
I love products I can't find anywhere else with reviews that are super generic and don't include how the product itself rates.
I thought I'd bought a name-brand tool set for about the same discount. The tracking number was for a real package that arrived. When I opened it, it was an inflatable bladder used to pry open car windows to insert a lock-out tool and open the door. It was junk. But, it satisfied all the requirements for Amazon to release the seller and allow them to decide on a refund. What I got next was an offer of a partial refund of about 30%. I said no, I want it all back. They countered with a 50% refund and "you resell item to friend for difference". I said, give me back all my money. Finally, Amazon issued a full refund. I wonder how many people take the partial refund and go on?
Hi Ben love your videos and you are a true hero even after people try to scam you your still willing to help them
I'm in Amazon Vine, and this happens with some of the free items we're supposed to be sent for our reviews. It's crazy how often sellers will voluntarily submit items for the Vine program but then never send the items. They're donating the product for free so we can review it on the product page, but if the product never gets to us, we can't review it. When that happens I just send a quick e-mail to Amazon Vine and let them know that a product's tracking says it isn't going to arrive, and they remove it from my list of products waiting for me to review them. I guess the sellers think that some Vine members might write the review anyway, without getting the product, since it's "free". However, we have to pay income tax on those "free" items, so we're not going to review something we never received, and we're not going to keep the item on our list where it'll end up costing us income tax.
As Prime user, first flag would be the slow shipping time if more than a couple days. Reviews for different items not shown.
Amazon's only save is it's return policy.
I have Fakespot but found it's not 100% reliable since it relies on feedback from previous buyers.
I purchase same items on Amazon but see a D rating despite being repeatedly satisfied with the product.
Thank you for making this, I just called into Amazon to report a similar scam with a elf on the shelf kit that I’ve been having similar red flags with especially the mystery tracking number and never heard of the tracking service that they’re using so I just canceled the item, it’s scary this is happening on there but then again I’m not very surprised. But thank you for making everyone aware👍👍
Ohhh they said I can’t get a refund until the magical delivery date on December 13 because they want you to forget like you said in video how interesting 😅what a joy this is lol
I once went for some led ambient lights in this fashion, and they really did send something. But when it arrived it was a pillow case, not the lights. When I asked about it they requested picture of the item and then asked me to send it back, which of course I didn't do, but the whole thing was quite funny. I only spent a couple of dollarydoos tho, so technically I got the pillow case's worth back :D
I bought a jacket from an Instagram ad once. I also go a tracking #. I noticed after a month went by that I kept seeing that same ad but it was now under a diff company name and website. I seen it change at least 3 times. Luckily was only $40. Scams galore out there.
I don't know if anyone has pointed this out, the string of letters Pleasant Green tried to pronounce can literally be translated as: "this business from this place has redundant crap"
I had an issue when buying a blu-ray CD of Jurrasic Park Dominion. I bought it for about 6 bucks cheaper than everyone else. When I got it, it had been opened and the digital copy code was removed (Thats what I actually was looking forward to) So basically they were turning 1 Blu-Ray into 2 movies.
Last year I bought a whole run of spiderman for like 8 bucks in bad condition. I thought, man that's an amazing deal.
After a day or so it was canceled by the seller. I then noticed they had always had the same product for hundreds of dollars.
I realized they were trying to bait and switch so i would try to buy the better quality version. I however didn't buy it and did something else.
my work is being harassed by scammers. our IT can't stay on top of it. and they know it.
I fell for a similar scam with a coffee pot. HOWEVER, they actually had a US tracking number that showed as DELIVERED... to my city. No address, just the city and zip. Because it showed as delivered, it took me about 4 calls to Amazon to convince them it was a scam and get my money back. Check the seller page when purchasing! Look for About Us and follow up with checking the address. Mine did not have a phone number, which I only found out after the fact.
I love your Charlie Brown Christmas tree....but you need the tiny blue blankie around the bottom😊
You pinned the wrong comment. as a former Amazon seller with over 25 million in sales I can tell you exactly why they're doing it and how they're doing it. Amazon pays out every two weeks to the day for all sales that have occurred over the previous 14 days, as long as that order has a tracking number associated with it. This means that if a dispersal is scheduled to happen on the 14th and they sell half a million dollars worth of product on the 10th, as long as they show a tracking number by the 14th they will get paid all of that money directly to their bank account in China. Then when people start filing claims that seller is gone with the wind. If a refund is issued it's Amazon paying it and not the seller. The seller has already moved to a new account and starts the process over with a new bank and rips off more hardworking Americans.
I bought some Happy New Year cardboard glasses for 2022 from Amazon for a grand sum of 5 British pounds. Ended up coming from some random Chinese seller with a company name of "shenzhenshi qijiaming dianzi youxiangognsi" (good luck pronouncing that!). To be fair - they actually arrived after a few weeks in time via "Yun Express" for the bells as advertised.
Hai
I always check if I buy from Amazon or 3rd party ! And I told that to everyone in my family and now of them knew
Hard time finding an article to complain on. In general I'm ticked off that an item I recently bought on the amazon site is actually coming from overseas as opposed to coming directly from one of their warehouses. The item infomation has no mention that the item would come from that location.
I wouldn't say deals like this never exist .. but I'd approach any such offer with a lot of skepticism and yeah, you *definitely* need to check where the item is actually coming from before ordering. These "third party stores" are all over various online markets and try their best often, to make it seem like they are the actual company.
I want to purchase a light projector called Astro Allen from a UA-cam ad for Xmas for the kiddo. The same thing happened to me purchase an item and only got the shipping label created in China at never shipped. Never will buy from a ad ever again. I assumed a big corporation like UA-cam wouldn't put scams in their ads but guess they do
As long as Jeff Basos gets a percentage he doesn’t gaf
Having worked for a 3rd party Amazon seller I know Amazon sellers have to adhere to very strict metrics (0% “A-Z claims” for example) so if the scammers are hoping to get away with any sort of money they won’t want to raise any suspicions with Amazon Seller Central. Amazon only pays out to sellers every 30 days or so and they can withhold payouts to sellers for any reasons whatsoever. When a 3rd party wants to sell an item they have to “piggyback” onto the same product listing as everyone else. Especially if the product is a brand name product. Amazon don’t like multiple product listings like you find on eBay. They want all sellers to say how much they are selling their stock of a certain product on ONE product listing. Seen as how this brand is established and ‘brand registered’ on Amazon (the pizza oven manufacturer I mean, via the Amazon Brand Registry Program) Amazon will have a decent control over sellers creating their own listings for the same product via using EAN numbers etc. Problem is by the scam accounts charging so cheap compared to the legit sellers then Amazon allows them to “Win The Buy Box”. Cheapest price auto defaults the scam sellers to be the ones who are auto chosen if you don’t look twice. Amazon ALWAYS drives the price as low as they can make so essentially they facilitate this scam to happen. I am not sure why/how the scammers go through the massive hassle of becoming an approved Amazon seller as a smash and grab operation like this wouldn’t last long enough for Amazon to give them any sort of payout.
something similiar happened to me. I wanted to buy the Sonos Arc Soundbar, but it was prized at 1k Euro by Sonos. On Amazon a random seller sold it for 450... never came and i got my money back. Had to order it for 850 in a local store here.
Why doesn’t Amazon shut these sites down
There is cheap a 1:1 replica of the ooni being sold in China, don't know the performance but the look is exactly the same and even comes with the logo, not going to give the link but it sells for around $85USD, could be they were trying to pass a fake as real but it exploded on social media and they backed off.
the rule in my house is not to buy anything on Amazon that's shipped from outside the US for this exact reason. lesson learned.
Yes, becareful. I bought 4 wall heaters. They don't work on the United States power grid and I have yet to receive a refund or response from Amazon
Thanks for the informative video!!! I installed the fakespot link. I'm a frequent buyer on Amazon, so these tips will help me. I do check where a product is made, and if it's from China, I don't buy it. I will now check the seller, too. 😊
I bought something from a 3rd party in MARCH 2022 and amazon REFUSED to give me my money back when the exact same thing happened. Disgraceful customer service from amazon. The item cost £200 but I haven't got a penny back. And obviously no item either...
Great Info. I will share this with my family and friends. Thanks for letting your subscribers know about this scam.
They are collecting data, it happened to me with an electric bike that was selling for $90 when it normally sells for $500, they just canceled the order a few minutes after it was placed, they take your name, address, phone number and email and sell it to scammers.
I am pretty internet savy myself and still to this day think that amazon's website is too scattered and distracting. I have learned the important stuff but it is just too busy... not intuitive at all. They don't do a great job of making it clear who the seller is... and often times the seller may even contain the actual product/brand name in the store name (which may or may not be the actual authorized seller/distributor)
I have to make a concious effort to make sure the product is if at all possible coming from amazon and not a shady seller. Not that all are bad or anything it just is an increased likelihood of a scam. It honestly makes sense that I call it "scamazon" lol
They get a few of these ovens normally used and then send them out to get social media attention then pull the plug and run with the money
Don't trust business ads on Facebook either. Myself and a few friends got scammed and couldn't get a refund because we received something. Not what was promised though.
I think it's messed up that Facebook is making money from scammers for advertising.
If it's too good to be true, it is.
Thank you for pointing this out because this just might save a few people that don't realize that they could get scammed on Amazon as well.... I used to not like your. CHannel but lately I have really enjoyed it,I used to think you were a scammer as well playing all of us for a fool and I now hope I was wrong.
I ordered seresto flea collars for my mother from a third party seller on Amazon. The price was good, not incredible, so I thought it was fine. While waiting for the order to arrive, the seller started racking up bad reviews for orders that weren’t received and for product being counterfeit. They also only sold one other unrelated item. I started asking for a refund, Amazon wouldn’t help because item showed as shipped. So, I started messaging the seller. Took a few tries, but they finally seemed exhausted by my tenacity and gave me a refund. The collars did arrive, were clearly counterfeit. Told my mother to throw them out and wash her hands very well after she touched them.
Sellers will now create scam websites and buy ad space to advertise their fake website. It happened to me with a 25 foot blow up Santa lol. It's been a year and it's never arrived.
My sister in law sent me a link to a tower propane heater and it was advertised for $11 on Amazon. I figured it was a scam but I have bought a few things on Amazon at about 95% off so I said to my self what the heck. If it's a scam Amazon will give me my money back. So I ordered 10 of them. Today I checked the status of the items and it said that they were delivered on Tuesday. Nothing was delivered. It was a scam. I called Amazon and they gave me a full refund
Have lost ALL faith in Amazon. They are complicit in allowing this to be continued BOYCOTT AMAZON.
This is one of the reasons why I use eBay. I can see exactly their feedback rating without having to do too much digging.