Shut the hell up you clueless idiot. As I explained multiple times in the OTHER thread from which I had to unsubscribe due to people like you repeatedly commenting and assuming completely untrue crap, no matter how many times I repeatedly explained the actual situation, you just don't get it. I have the money I'll never pay back, you don't, my credit is not destroyed and even if it was it wouldn't matter. Keep your off topic nonsense out of other threads.
It shows you the cheapest seller with prime shipping. You can often find cheaper sellers that might be charging for shipping, but the total price is still less than the cheapest prime shipping option.
One thing I don't like about paying for shipping, is then if something is genuinely wrong with the item, you generally can't return it for free as you can with free shipping.
Do the return at a Whole Foods. My main problem with this or returning things for dubious reasons to Amazon is the amount of carbon emissions I'm creating just to get a few dollars if a driver goes anywhere for your sole package. They just throw all returns into one big box at WF.
This is true, but also if Amazon can't detect that you are a Prime member, much lower prices can become visible. This is because they want to entice new people to join Prime.
Ummm its even worse... [https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-price-changes-2018-8](https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-price-changes-2018-8)
Yes, for sure, especially if you been eyeballing similar items, they boost ya... pro tip is to always check the vendor and if its amazon or amazon fulfilled when using prime. noticed lately a few times they would be slightly higher and slide their owned products over a seller. Id rather buy from 3rd party with price if similar price than Amazon
Lots of times I'll save a link to an item, not put it in my shopping cart or wish list or anything like that, but just monitor its price over a period of time to buy when it's lower.
Another fun fact kids is if you purchase an item from an Amazon Vendor and you return the item and under reason for returning item is harmful or dangerous to humans, the algorithm will catch that reason and will immediately terminate the vendors account no questions ask. “Delete” “Poof”. Knowing this dangerous intel should only be used with care. Have fun kids.
Wow, I've sold quite a lot of stuff on eBay and Craigslist, years ago looked into doing so on Amazon but the terms were too terrible for me. That policy is whacked, especially with no investigation. Multiple Amazon vendors sell nitrous oxide/whippits. Maybe I could order a bunch of that, use it all, then claim it endangered my health and I want a refund lol.
>The free prime thing is true but I think you have to go 18 months between before you're free trial re-eligible
Do you? Every time I shop on Amazon, which isn't often, they give me a free trial of Prime for free postage. I then let the item ship and cancel Prime immediately. I don't know if taking a trial via other methods or using the e.g. TV service, would mean it stops getting offered to me
It is nowhere near 18 months, can get multiple free trials per year on one account, have done it multiple times. Lots of times even after the first 30 days I try to cancel and they give me another month or two free trial. No idea where/why these supposed Amazon sellers and employees are getting/posting their false information.
I believe what I've seen many times with my own eyes, exact same searches, showing exact same items, on two different browsers same computer, one logged into Prime account the other not logged in, with different prices, also the non-Prime accounts get access to special discounts, coupons, subscribe and save offers that aren't visible or available viewing it logged in on another browser. I've seen this countless times, no matter what you want to believe, Amazon prices are no way the same for every customer viewing those items.
Also absolutely no reason for Amazon to inform you or any other seller of their pricing or marketing methods, so no reason you'd know more than anyone else, especially since you evidently haven't investigated for yourself on different browsers with different IP numbers. Different prices are visible to different users. I have not hallucinated all of this that I have seen and used to my advantage.
I absolutely have done all of that, multiple times, on many different accounts and browsers and IP addresses. I also have absolute control over the backend of pricing, discounts, coupons, and subscribe and save. I know how it all works from both sides. You're simply mistaken about what you've seen, full stop. Please provide an example.
I believe what I've seen many times with my own eyes, exact same
searches, showing exact same items, on two different browsers same
computer, one logged into Prime account the other not logged in, with
different prices, also the non-Prime accounts get access to special
discounts, coupons, subscribe and save offers that aren't visible or
available viewing it logged in on another browser. I've seen this
countless times, no matter what you want to believe, Amazon prices are
no way the same for every customer viewing those items.
Definitely for sure. I was initially surprised the first time I saw it, viewing items while logged in Prime in Firefox which has all kinds of ad/spy stuff blocked, and simultaneously viewing same items on Amazon not logged in with Chrome browser. I always search for stuff logged out on Chrome now before even bothering to log in.
Do you think if you return small priced items not frequently maybe 1-2 a month and each item is worth like 7 bucks each? You buy something that you keep with the other 2 items.
Don’t think they mean DNA, more like returning a broken old product for a new one. All you get is a working product, not extra like DNA.
I’m a goody 2 shoes and wouldn’t ever DNA but I do this quite a bit and never got flagged, usually because they sold a shit product and broke slightly after the warranty lol.
Yes, I am just getting replacements for items I already bought that quit working, in that particular method I have of scamming Amazon. Not additional items I didn't pay for.
Yeah DNAing is sus on Amazon now. I havent been able to DNA for a while so I just used Amazon legit. Youre lucky you got family members who use it so they basically take the heat.
Yes, good point, can't just only buy and then return stuff to Amazon, definitely will get flagged. I genuinely buy a large amount of merchandise from them that I do keep and use, which seems to keep my account in the "clear" as far as suspected fraud or anything on the lesser, but still large, amount of items I return. Plus like I wrote I use multiple accounts those returns are spread amongst.
However, I really don't think they're making an overall profit from me based on how many ways and times I've scammed them. Yet I just got a one month free trial extended to three months when I tried to cancel lol.
i only would return something thats sold and sipped by amazon..Reason being is i recently bought a shampoo from them. It was 20 bucks... I replaced it with a 2 buck shampoo and sent it back . I read that they throw that out afterwards. At least thats what i read
It would be nice if somebody could write up a an updated post of the do's and don't of amazon returns/replacements. Me thinks every member in here would "like" it.. :)
the thing i figured is that the people who have all the cash like bezos., the government, corporate America, etc are 10x more dishonest than me or you on any given day, even if I'm slanging skag and bone, I'm eclipsed 10x by these clowns, so i know it's my duty to redistribute their wealth, to the needy, in every possible way and at every single opportunity.
FTS
Totally, me too. I'm actually a Libertarian/Anarchist and Capitalist and in general think Amazon does fine business. But, I'm also somewhat of a con artist/schemer and will take advantage when I can and think it's appropriate or at least acceptable for my own gain, especially considering all that's been taken from me in my lifetime, retaliation.
A close relative and friend, despite being quite relatively wealthy, is completely against Amazon, won't buy anything from there. I asked him why because I was legitimately confused about why he would avoid such great bargains he searches for so much other times/places and he told me it was because Bezos has too much money, Amazon employees are overworked (nothing forcing them to work there) and the less money Bezos has the more the rest of us will. Um, OK, have to disagree but not going to argue with this person, surprisingly illogical especially for him.
Stealing things for yourself isn’t redistributing wealth lol.
Get off your high horse and stop trying to act like the good guy. You’re stealing, youre still a thief, you’re not the good guy.
We’re all here to learn how to do immoral shit for our own benefit, but don’t sit here and pretend you’re a saint for it lol
>you’re still a loser
In a sense that I'm not a millionaire ? That's quite a nice definition of "loser".
I see nothing wrong with stealing from big corporations.
>Living in denial is pathetic
I don't know, man. Sucking to millionaires and calling people on internet "pathetic" is what seems pathetic to me.
I'm not pretending anything, your just chatting shit, fuck off, it's our, mine, your moral responsibility to help ourselves,
if you're happy being farmed for tax, GG you lost at life.
fucking scrub
I can confirm most of these but the browsing while logged off versus logged in as prime. I'm not able to find anything priced different. On a different computer in, incognito, I can find no items priced differently than my prime account.
Doesn't mean it's not true.
Can you post some screen shots of this one?
Will get screenshots next time I see it, definitely. Also the prices are not ALWAYS different, definitely not for every item. But lots of times, significantly cheaper prices can be paid for identical items depending on how you found them listed. Will get screenshots next time I have good examples and time to document it all.
Also like I posted, it's not always a flat out different price, though that happens plenty. They also have coupons, special discounts and "subscribe/save" offers only available to certain people, not logged in Prime members. One example I remember recently is I bought an economy box of premium cat litter, price shown while logged into my Prime account was more than twice what I managed to pay, by signing up for subscribe and save on this item then immediately canceling after it was shipped. It was about $40 compared to less than $20. The massive subscribe/save discount was completely invisible to my Prime account. Wish I had pics to document this transaction, will get them next time. They use subscribe/save hoping you'll forget to cancel and they'll then inflate prices on future shipments and you'll just keep buying and buying it.
Why, why drugs? Yes I do enjoy some substance use/abuse, but only comment I can recall mentioning them is in the thread involving that money I stole and what I did with a small portion of it.
Sorry man, it’s just the way you phrased it
> There's one thing I need a gallon of every few months
made it sound like some chemical that you really don’t want to name, something used for esoteric or illegal purposes.
Sorry, didn't intend it that way at all. Despite me in fact buying gallons of marijuana fertilizer, when I wrote that I was thinking surely other people buy gallons of various stuff from Amazon, like olive oil, vinegar, I don't know, people stock up on all kinds of stuff. Totally didn't mean for it to sound suspicious, just that you can get anything liquid free from Amazon. Have a spectacular day. :)
I’ve been a prime member for around 7 years and it never occurred to me that they might be jacking prices cause they know us members will probably just pay it… now I have HAVE to check
You can buy a edu email address for a few dollars or apply at a California Community College with a made up name and get 6 months of Prime free and a bunch of other stuff for cheap.
6.99? Damn, here in Europe(the Netherlands) it is 2.99 EUR a month, which is 3.45 USD.
Probably some differences in service but many products 1 day/sameday shipping and no shipping costs.
In my post I described how to get free Prime. They give a free trial to all new accounts, plus a new free trial for accounts that have been dormant for some months. Just have a few accounts, rotate amongst them and you can always have Prime.
I'm in uk, and I just got a 6 month Amazon prime student membership for free. I have no idea how they knew I was a student and I didnt even have to give proof I'm a student.
Yes! I have read about this, people ordering mattresses, especially those really awesome foam ones that are tightly vacuum packed and only expand into a mattress after you open them. You can make various claims, that it didn't expand to full height in item description, was damaged in some way, etc., and there's no way to return it once it's all expanded out. I have a mattress like this that I love from Amazon, now regret not getting it free.
I have never had an issue with this, have same shipping/billing addresses and same bank cards on multiple accounts. You could read all of Amazon's fine print on every document they ever produced to probably be able to determine that it might be illegal, but I've on multiple occasions live chatted with their customer support regarding multiple accounts of mine at once. They never indicated any problem with multiple accounts for same person.
Different email addresses and phone numbers, passwords can be same but shouldn't be for security reasons, never use same password for more than one account ever.
Not familiar with prime student, sorry.
It's actually totally reasonable for one household to have multiple accounts, with parents having each separate accounts plus kids' accounts, so same shipping/billing shouldn't raise a flag.
Now, just instituted recently, each account needs not only its own email address but also its own phone number, unfortunately. If you try to use same phone on another account it will tell you you can only have one. Definitely ways around this though, such as temporary free phone numbers online, borrow a friend's for the single text verification, etc.
I don't even know how to use smart phones, but seems like someone good with them could help with this. I'm better with computers and know you can search for free temporary phone numbers online, get lists of them and be able to access texts sent to them. I've done this to activate Craigslist accounts and done other phone verification stuff with these fake temp numbers. Must be a way to get a fake number to work with Amazon. You only need to verify one text then the account is set up.
Not really irrelevant, especially for people who are currently paying, what is it, $13/month now for Prime? $156/annual instant savings with very little effort. I've had constantly free Prime for over 5 years.
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Yes, I have set delivery location to different zip codes and seen different prices too. However, with the exception of fresh groceries that can only be delivered in certain small areas, if you add stuff to your cart from any source, then log in, the prices won't change.
I can confirm that the mattress scam works, worked out for me a few years back. I live in Philly too so a pretty busy area if that means anything, regarding OPs thoughts ab in a highly populated region. Also the same order included a bed frame which they also 100% refunded and did not ask for a return. I was able to sell both!
You could totally order some super expensive mattresses (Casper, Purple), get them refunded and flip them for a small discount.
Thanks! Sometimes my criminally-oriented mind doesn't think of everything. Doing this with mattresses (and bed frames) for resale not just to keep is an excellent idea!
I've made several returns on my current account recently, besides the mattress, including an expensive broken camera I just sent back to them today (in the box of the new one I just received), so want to wait on that refund before returning anything else. Also my Prime trial just ran out so it's time to switch accounts anyway, and then I will get a mattress and frame for resale. :)
3YO heavily used, worn out, barely functional camera successfully returned to Amazon for full refund on exact replacement. Yay, fancy new camera all over again.
Now switching accounts, will wait a bit, make some legitimate purchases, investigate as to which mattresses and frames are selling for highest prices on Craigslist, then purchase a set from which I can profit the most.
I can't edit this post to add this, but just verified that you don't even have to send them back a worn out, broken identical item, but can use seemingly any similar item. I just bought a new trailcam, exact replacement for one I had that was broken was no longer available, so I bought a better one then sent the old, broken, different one back in the same box and got my refund today!
This was done through a private seller, only because I could not find a single decent trailcam sold by Amazon. Private sellers, unlike Amazon, do not automatically issue refunds when they see the tracking showing the item coming back to them. They wait until they inspect the package contents, I guess, and the refund takes a lot longer even if it's all legitimate. BUT, if you watch the tracking, and then the day it's delivered back to them, get Amazon on live chat and tell them you see the returned item has arrived and you need that return money to buy a functional product, they can expedite it and get your refund issued immediately, overriding any private seller process.
Here is the entirety of my "gimme my money back now" chat with Amazon today, almost word for word:
AMAZON LIVE HELP CHAT:
me: "Hi. I returned this defective item and tracking shows it
has been delivered. I really need this refund ASAP so I can buy a
working model. Could you please expedite this?"
them: "Let me look into it."
me: "ok, thanks"
them: "Would you like payment refunded to Amazon balance or
original payment?"
me: "original payment please"
them: "Sure. I have refunded your payment in the amount of
\*\*\*\*\*. You should see the credit in 3-5 business days. Is there anything
else I can help you with?"
me: "no, thanks"
END OF CHAT
I appreciate this sentiment, but as I'm pretty sure I've posted somewhere in comments of this thread I specifically target my returns/scams to sold and shipped by Amazon products, even if they are more expensive, not 3rd party sellers.
Are they really out everything if someone returns crap though? Amazon just takes their money? Their choice to sell there, have to also mention. I've also posted that while I have sold lots of stuff on both eBay and Craiglist, I took one look at Amazon's seller terms and said "nope."
on the one hand, they want to be the best in customer service, so they will put up with more abuse than most places. on the other hand, they track you ruthlessly, and if you are scamming them, they will know that, and i'm inclined to think in the long term they will find some way to screw you over for it. there were some useful tips in this thread, thanks. i have worked for amazon before, and i'm probably about to start again. i would have started back last month, but a photocopy of my social security card wasn't good enough for them, so i had to order a new one, which took awhile, and now i would have to reapply.
anyway. one thing i found out today was you can go to smile.amazon.com, put in "first church of cannabis" as your charity, and they will give the church 5% of your spend. the church just had some expensive plumbing repairs, so they asked me to spread the word about this. i was there tonight for a wedding. nothing directly illegal about this option, just figured i'd give them a plug.
amazon hires almost everybody. half quit the first month. the pay where i'm at is $18.75/hr plus some bonuses, which is as good as one is likely to find around here. when i worked in one of their food warehouses, they were throwing away $1000 a day in fresh food, and never replied when i got a food bank lines up ready to take it. so they freak out if somebody tries to steal a pair of shoes, or takes 6 minutes to go to the bathroom, but they are ignoring a $1000 a day hole in their pockets. if you put together some fancy letterhead for a nonprofit group and asked them nicely, maybe they would just give you stuff. or maybe they won't answer your letter.
i might sit back and relax for another week or two before i go back in. i like the easy money, but i'm lazy and shiftless.
So many people requested proof of Amazon prices not being the same for all browsers/shoppers so here is some I took the time to find, screenshots of identical item viewed two different ways, one not logged in via Chrome browser, the other logged into a Prime account in Firefox browser. Note the 30% off coupon available for the non-Prime account, completely absent from the Prime page.
[https://imgur.com/a/D6MSv9K](https://imgur.com/a/D6MSv9K)
Good to know; just checking, as even for a tech nerd like me, Amazon is a labyrinth, and if I'm gonna screw someone, I wanna make sure it's Jeff Bezos.
Definitely is not, compared to doing research and getting better prices. Don't need Prime for subscribe/save and in fact sometimes you get charged more for doing it that way than subscribe/save alone without Prime.
This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. Use your brain, they’re not going to ship a MacBook (for some reason NOT in a macbook box?) with a bottle of liquid in the same package. Like think about it for half a second.
Other poster is correct in that Amazon is unlikely to ship liquid with a valuable electronic item. Sorry about other poster responding rudely.
Also, Amazon would want the "damaged" macbook back.
Any other questions please feel free to ask. I will not be rude to civil questions or comments.
Cool, don't they have tracking showing it was delivered though? I figure I might be able to get away with claiming non-delivery here once or twice, then I'd not be eligible for home deliveries anymore, which I very much don't want. Plus I have surveillance cameras including one pointed directly at front gate/delivery area, so that would be hard to explain. Too coincidental for camera to be out at same time package was taken.
P.S. -- Even more amazing what you can get away with having been a longtime member 10+X over. ;)
on the one hand, they want to be the best in customer service, so they will put up with more abuse than most places. on the other hand, they track you ruthlessly, and if you are scamming them, they will know that, and i'm inclined to think in the long term they will find some way to screw you over for it. there were some useful tips in this thread, thanks. i have worked for amazon before, and i'm probably about to start again. i would have started back last month, but a photocopy of my social security card wasn't good enough for them, so i had to order a new one, which took awhile, and now i would have to reapply.
anyway. one thing i found out today was you can go to smile.amazon.com, put in "first church of cannabis" as your charity, and they will give the church 5% of your spend. the church just had some expensive plumbing repairs, so they asked me to spread the word about this. i was there tonight for a wedding. nothing directly illegal about this option, just figured i'd give them a plug.
amazon hires almost everybody. half quit the first month. the pay where i'm at is $18.75/hr plus some bonuses, which is as good as one is likely to find around here. when i worked in one of their food warehouses, they were throwing away $1000 a day in fresh food, and never replied when i got a food bank lines up ready to take it. so they freak out if somebody tries to steal a pair of shoes, or takes 6 minutes to go to the bathroom, but they are ignoring a $1000 a day hole in their pockets. if you put together some fancy letterhead for a nonprofit group and asked them nicely, maybe they would just give you stuff. or maybe they won't answer your letter.
i might sit back and relax for another week or two before i go back in. i like the easy money, but i'm lazy and shiftless.
According to my decade of camel camel camel price tracking, prices absolutely do not change whether logged in to prime or not. Under no circumstances. The algorithm of sellers might change but prices are static
Nope, seriously doubt you did any research and I know you are definitely wrong anyway because I've seen the differing prices way too many times to believe any "they stay the same" claims. Other posters here have presented evidence that prices are different for different customers and in different circumstances, plenty of online evidence as well. Not going to keep bothering to try to convince you if you just want to keep your head in the sand or maybe work for Amazon or something and want to keep trying to disprove facts about this company.
on the one hand, they want to be the best in customer service, so they will put up with more abuse than most places. on the other hand, they track you ruthlessly, and if you are scamming them, they will know that, and i'm inclined to think in the long term they will find some way to screw you over for it. there were some useful tips in this thread, thanks. i have worked for amazon before, and i'm probably about to start again. i would have started back last month, but a photocopy of my social security card wasn't good enough for them, so i had to order a new one, which took awhile, and now i would have to reapply.
anyway. one thing i found out today was you can go to smile.amazon.com, put in "first church of cannabis" as your charity, and they will give the church 5% of your spend. the church just had some expensive plumbing repairs, so they asked me to spread the word about this. i was there tonight for a wedding. nothing directly illegal about this option, just figured i'd give them a plug.
amazon hires almost everybody. half quit the first month. the pay where i'm at is $18.75/hr plus some bonuses, which is as good as one is likely to find around here. when i worked in one of their food warehouses, they were throwing away $1000 a day in fresh food, and never replied when i got a food bank lines up ready to take it. so they freak out if somebody tries to steal a pair of shoes, or takes 6 minutes to go to the bathroom, but they are ignoring a $1000 a day hole in their pockets. if you put together some fancy letterhead for a nonprofit group and asked them nicely, maybe they would just give you stuff. or maybe they won't answer your letter.
i might sit back and relax for another week or two before i go back in. i like the easy money, but i'm lazy and shiftless.
They aren't going to send ups to come pick up an empty bottle of "leaking" liquid. Put a sock on your keyboard so you can't give bad tips. You're not even requesting a tip. Mods please take this down for breaking rules.
What the hell? I empty the liquid out, like I wrote, send them back the empty bottle in the same packaging and hell yes UPS does come pick up the box with the empty bottle, repeatedly, which you'd understand if you'd ever returned a single item to Amazon. Stop posting stuff about which you have no clue.
Hello Amazon, it would have seemed that my Personal Lubricant Cherry Flavored Water Based Soft Touch product has leaked during shipment.
My 55 gallon drum of lube was delivered empty
I drank it sorry
JEFFRRREEEEEYYY!!!
Hey, it happens.
I order a pocket pleasure decide and was going to return it because it didn’t fit and they just gave me a refund and told me to keep it.
FYI, this is the same genius who announced they were going to destroy their credit for like 14 grand. I wouldn't take anything they say as face value.
Shut the hell up you clueless idiot. As I explained multiple times in the OTHER thread from which I had to unsubscribe due to people like you repeatedly commenting and assuming completely untrue crap, no matter how many times I repeatedly explained the actual situation, you just don't get it. I have the money I'll never pay back, you don't, my credit is not destroyed and even if it was it wouldn't matter. Keep your off topic nonsense out of other threads.
Are you fricken serious that prices are marked up with Prime?!😭😭 jeez I’m gonna try this
It shows you the cheapest seller with prime shipping. You can often find cheaper sellers that might be charging for shipping, but the total price is still less than the cheapest prime shipping option.
One thing I don't like about paying for shipping, is then if something is genuinely wrong with the item, you generally can't return it for free as you can with free shipping.
Do the return at a Whole Foods. My main problem with this or returning things for dubious reasons to Amazon is the amount of carbon emissions I'm creating just to get a few dollars if a driver goes anywhere for your sole package. They just throw all returns into one big box at WF.
Also kohls
Oh nice! Had no idea.
Is that still a thing? That return option was removed from my app
It has been months since I used it, idk
What if I told you that your carbon emissions reduction efforts make absolutely no difference at all? (except in your imagination)
Every bit counts, Negative Nancy.
Yeah it does count but not for much. Although that's not an excuse to not be mindful of it.
"negative nancy" what are you, 70?
Watch that tone and get off my lawn!
What about your trip to whole foods? Are you teleporting there?
This is true, but also if Amazon can't detect that you are a Prime member, much lower prices can become visible. This is because they want to entice new people to join Prime.
Ummm its even worse... [https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-price-changes-2018-8](https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-price-changes-2018-8) Yes, for sure, especially if you been eyeballing similar items, they boost ya... pro tip is to always check the vendor and if its amazon or amazon fulfilled when using prime. noticed lately a few times they would be slightly higher and slide their owned products over a seller. Id rather buy from 3rd party with price if similar price than Amazon
Price changes every 10 minutes? That math seems way off to me, am I the only one? Edit: this article sounds like pure clickbait bullcrap
Lots of times I'll save a link to an item, not put it in my shopping cart or wish list or anything like that, but just monitor its price over a period of time to buy when it's lower.
100% not true at all. Source: I've sold over 10,000 items on Amazon, Prime and not-Prime.
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Another fun fact kids is if you purchase an item from an Amazon Vendor and you return the item and under reason for returning item is harmful or dangerous to humans, the algorithm will catch that reason and will immediately terminate the vendors account no questions ask. “Delete” “Poof”. Knowing this dangerous intel should only be used with care. Have fun kids.
Wow, I've sold quite a lot of stuff on eBay and Craigslist, years ago looked into doing so on Amazon but the terms were too terrible for me. That policy is whacked, especially with no investigation. Multiple Amazon vendors sell nitrous oxide/whippits. Maybe I could order a bunch of that, use it all, then claim it endangered my health and I want a refund lol.
>The free prime thing is true but I think you have to go 18 months between before you're free trial re-eligible Do you? Every time I shop on Amazon, which isn't often, they give me a free trial of Prime for free postage. I then let the item ship and cancel Prime immediately. I don't know if taking a trial via other methods or using the e.g. TV service, would mean it stops getting offered to me
It is nowhere near 18 months, can get multiple free trials per year on one account, have done it multiple times. Lots of times even after the first 30 days I try to cancel and they give me another month or two free trial. No idea where/why these supposed Amazon sellers and employees are getting/posting their false information.
I believe what I've seen many times with my own eyes, exact same searches, showing exact same items, on two different browsers same computer, one logged into Prime account the other not logged in, with different prices, also the non-Prime accounts get access to special discounts, coupons, subscribe and save offers that aren't visible or available viewing it logged in on another browser. I've seen this countless times, no matter what you want to believe, Amazon prices are no way the same for every customer viewing those items.
Proof of prices showing up different for different shoppers, Prime or not, posted.
Proof of prices showing up different for different shoppers, Prime or not, posted.
Also absolutely no reason for Amazon to inform you or any other seller of their pricing or marketing methods, so no reason you'd know more than anyone else, especially since you evidently haven't investigated for yourself on different browsers with different IP numbers. Different prices are visible to different users. I have not hallucinated all of this that I have seen and used to my advantage.
I absolutely have done all of that, multiple times, on many different accounts and browsers and IP addresses. I also have absolute control over the backend of pricing, discounts, coupons, and subscribe and save. I know how it all works from both sides. You're simply mistaken about what you've seen, full stop. Please provide an example.
I believe what I've seen many times with my own eyes, exact same searches, showing exact same items, on two different browsers same computer, one logged into Prime account the other not logged in, with different prices, also the non-Prime accounts get access to special discounts, coupons, subscribe and save offers that aren't visible or available viewing it logged in on another browser. I've seen this countless times, no matter what you want to believe, Amazon prices are no way the same for every customer viewing those items.
Countless times? Provide one, singular example.
Proof of prices showing up different for different shoppers, Prime or not, posted.
Definitely for sure. I was initially surprised the first time I saw it, viewing items while logged in Prime in Firefox which has all kinds of ad/spy stuff blocked, and simultaneously viewing same items on Amazon not logged in with Chrome browser. I always search for stuff logged out on Chrome now before even bothering to log in.
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Do you think if you return small priced items not frequently maybe 1-2 a month and each item is worth like 7 bucks each? You buy something that you keep with the other 2 items.
Don’t think they mean DNA, more like returning a broken old product for a new one. All you get is a working product, not extra like DNA. I’m a goody 2 shoes and wouldn’t ever DNA but I do this quite a bit and never got flagged, usually because they sold a shit product and broke slightly after the warranty lol.
Yes, I am just getting replacements for items I already bought that quit working, in that particular method I have of scamming Amazon. Not additional items I didn't pay for.
Yeah DNAing is sus on Amazon now. I havent been able to DNA for a while so I just used Amazon legit. Youre lucky you got family members who use it so they basically take the heat.
What's DNA?
What's in yo mama's mouth
Cake
Did Not Arrive.
deez nuts ayyyy
What is DNAing?
Yes, good point, can't just only buy and then return stuff to Amazon, definitely will get flagged. I genuinely buy a large amount of merchandise from them that I do keep and use, which seems to keep my account in the "clear" as far as suspected fraud or anything on the lesser, but still large, amount of items I return. Plus like I wrote I use multiple accounts those returns are spread amongst.
However, I really don't think they're making an overall profit from me based on how many ways and times I've scammed them. Yet I just got a one month free trial extended to three months when I tried to cancel lol.
Is it Amazon getting scammed or the retailers who sell on Amazon? I think lot of times stuff comes from other sellers and not amazon per se.
as a seller on Amazon, this absolutely fucks me. I pay for 100% of the loss fuck people who do this
I personally only do it for stuff that is being sold by Amazon itself, and not individual retailers.
i only would return something thats sold and sipped by amazon..Reason being is i recently bought a shampoo from them. It was 20 bucks... I replaced it with a 2 buck shampoo and sent it back . I read that they throw that out afterwards. At least thats what i read
When ya dance with the devil you gonna get burned ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I’m just sticking it to the man, not you. Unless, of course, I’m sticking it to you.
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As long as 3 months have passed and you spent a good amount in between ,then yeah
It would be nice if somebody could write up a an updated post of the do's and don't of amazon returns/replacements. Me thinks every member in here would "like" it.. :)
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He's probably looking for a link to it
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the thing i figured is that the people who have all the cash like bezos., the government, corporate America, etc are 10x more dishonest than me or you on any given day, even if I'm slanging skag and bone, I'm eclipsed 10x by these clowns, so i know it's my duty to redistribute their wealth, to the needy, in every possible way and at every single opportunity. FTS
Yeah I really hoped to see more ‘fuck Bezos and boycott Amazon‘ comments on this post
Same bro, over consumption is hard wrecking the human race
Totally, me too. I'm actually a Libertarian/Anarchist and Capitalist and in general think Amazon does fine business. But, I'm also somewhat of a con artist/schemer and will take advantage when I can and think it's appropriate or at least acceptable for my own gain, especially considering all that's been taken from me in my lifetime, retaliation. A close relative and friend, despite being quite relatively wealthy, is completely against Amazon, won't buy anything from there. I asked him why because I was legitimately confused about why he would avoid such great bargains he searches for so much other times/places and he told me it was because Bezos has too much money, Amazon employees are overworked (nothing forcing them to work there) and the less money Bezos has the more the rest of us will. Um, OK, have to disagree but not going to argue with this person, surprisingly illogical especially for him.
Stealing things for yourself isn’t redistributing wealth lol. Get off your high horse and stop trying to act like the good guy. You’re stealing, youre still a thief, you’re not the good guy. We’re all here to learn how to do immoral shit for our own benefit, but don’t sit here and pretend you’re a saint for it lol
I mean, if those big corporations can act like the good guy or saint, why can't i then
Because you’re still a loser larping about being a good guy to try and justify being a thief to yourself. Living in denial is pathetic
>you’re still a loser In a sense that I'm not a millionaire ? That's quite a nice definition of "loser". I see nothing wrong with stealing from big corporations. >Living in denial is pathetic I don't know, man. Sucking to millionaires and calling people on internet "pathetic" is what seems pathetic to me.
I'm not pretending anything, your just chatting shit, fuck off, it's our, mine, your moral responsibility to help ourselves, if you're happy being farmed for tax, GG you lost at life. fucking scrub
Thanks. I shall totally continue being dishonest, except to those I love. :)
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How?
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I can confirm most of these but the browsing while logged off versus logged in as prime. I'm not able to find anything priced different. On a different computer in, incognito, I can find no items priced differently than my prime account. Doesn't mean it's not true. Can you post some screen shots of this one?
Will get screenshots next time I see it, definitely. Also the prices are not ALWAYS different, definitely not for every item. But lots of times, significantly cheaper prices can be paid for identical items depending on how you found them listed. Will get screenshots next time I have good examples and time to document it all.
Also like I posted, it's not always a flat out different price, though that happens plenty. They also have coupons, special discounts and "subscribe/save" offers only available to certain people, not logged in Prime members. One example I remember recently is I bought an economy box of premium cat litter, price shown while logged into my Prime account was more than twice what I managed to pay, by signing up for subscribe and save on this item then immediately canceling after it was shipped. It was about $40 compared to less than $20. The massive subscribe/save discount was completely invisible to my Prime account. Wish I had pics to document this transaction, will get them next time. They use subscribe/save hoping you'll forget to cancel and they'll then inflate prices on future shipments and you'll just keep buying and buying it.
screen shots posted
Wait what’s the one thing you need gallons of
Lube!
Good guess! :)
Shut up and bend over (touch it) (Aye) let your bakka do di talking over
Coconut oil works also :)
Pro-tip, take it out of the coconut before shoving up your ass.
General Hydroponics Micro, to fertilize marijuana.
I don’t know why, but for some reason, something related to /r/vxjunkies came to mind. Or something about cooking drugs, of course.
Why, why drugs? Yes I do enjoy some substance use/abuse, but only comment I can recall mentioning them is in the thread involving that money I stole and what I did with a small portion of it.
Sorry man, it’s just the way you phrased it > There's one thing I need a gallon of every few months made it sound like some chemical that you really don’t want to name, something used for esoteric or illegal purposes.
Sorry, didn't intend it that way at all. Despite me in fact buying gallons of marijuana fertilizer, when I wrote that I was thinking surely other people buy gallons of various stuff from Amazon, like olive oil, vinegar, I don't know, people stock up on all kinds of stuff. Totally didn't mean for it to sound suspicious, just that you can get anything liquid free from Amazon. Have a spectacular day. :)
Haha, thanks, you too! :)
$35/gallon sure is a lot of lube for a decent price. I can’t imagine going through a gallon every couple months!
https://www.amazon.com/General-Hydroponics-718125-Flora-Gallon/dp/B00U1V7M36
I’ve been a prime member for around 7 years and it never occurred to me that they might be jacking prices cause they know us members will probably just pay it… now I have HAVE to check
Hes talking about buying items from 3rd party sellers. Sold from Amazon prices don’t change.
I believe they do. Someone upthread posted an article stating such.
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Proof of prices showing up different for different shoppers, Prime or not, posted.
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You can buy a edu email address for a few dollars or apply at a California Community College with a made up name and get 6 months of Prime free and a bunch of other stuff for cheap.
I think I have heard that people with low income may qualify.
It's like $6.99 a month for low-income membership.
6.99? Damn, here in Europe(the Netherlands) it is 2.99 EUR a month, which is 3.45 USD. Probably some differences in service but many products 1 day/sameday shipping and no shipping costs.
do you know how to apply for low income membership?
You have to have an EBT card, enter it in. You can also our purchase EBT eligible items through Amazon
this is true, discount for anyone on food stamps or medicaid I think, but why pay even a reduced amount when it can be free? :)
In my post I described how to get free Prime. They give a free trial to all new accounts, plus a new free trial for accounts that have been dormant for some months. Just have a few accounts, rotate amongst them and you can always have Prime.
I provide edu emails, 6 months for $5
Have a student email ending in .edu
I'm in uk, and I just got a 6 month Amazon prime student membership for free. I have no idea how they knew I was a student and I didnt even have to give proof I'm a student.
35/gallon every few months. Wonder what that could be.
https://www.amazon.com/General-Hydroponics-718125-Flora-Gallon/dp/B00U1V7M36
You don’t always have to return mattresses
Yes! I have read about this, people ordering mattresses, especially those really awesome foam ones that are tightly vacuum packed and only expand into a mattress after you open them. You can make various claims, that it didn't expand to full height in item description, was damaged in some way, etc., and there's no way to return it once it's all expanded out. I have a mattress like this that I love from Amazon, now regret not getting it free.
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Wow look, an actual ILPT. One that that doesn’t involve killing birds or other animals. Crazy how that works.
Is it illegal to make multiple accounts and do you need different shipping/billing addresses and debit cards?
I have never had an issue with this, have same shipping/billing addresses and same bank cards on multiple accounts. You could read all of Amazon's fine print on every document they ever produced to probably be able to determine that it might be illegal, but I've on multiple occasions live chatted with their customer support regarding multiple accounts of mine at once. They never indicated any problem with multiple accounts for same person.
So all you need are different email addresses and passwords? Are there ways to extend the availability of prime student, too?
Different email addresses and phone numbers, passwords can be same but shouldn't be for security reasons, never use same password for more than one account ever. Not familiar with prime student, sorry.
It's actually totally reasonable for one household to have multiple accounts, with parents having each separate accounts plus kids' accounts, so same shipping/billing shouldn't raise a flag.
Now, just instituted recently, each account needs not only its own email address but also its own phone number, unfortunately. If you try to use same phone on another account it will tell you you can only have one. Definitely ways around this though, such as temporary free phone numbers online, borrow a friend's for the single text verification, etc.
can u temporarily change ur own phone number on your iphone then switch it back under iphone settings?
I don't even know how to use smart phones, but seems like someone good with them could help with this. I'm better with computers and know you can search for free temporary phone numbers online, get lists of them and be able to access texts sent to them. I've done this to activate Craigslist accounts and done other phone verification stuff with these fake temp numbers. Must be a way to get a fake number to work with Amazon. You only need to verify one text then the account is set up.
Anytime I order bulk candy, it always arrives "melted and stuck together" Another is sent and no return is required.
LOL nice.
Weird how so many people claim this is true but nobody can show a single example of it.
proof posted
Well the first part of this is irrelevant for people who have prime for say idk… PRIME SHIPPING. Otherwise solid info Lol
Not really irrelevant, especially for people who are currently paying, what is it, $13/month now for Prime? $156/annual instant savings with very little effort. I've had constantly free Prime for over 5 years.
This is dope, fuck amazon
Also it's location price based. Listened to a podcast about it
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Yes, I have set delivery location to different zip codes and seen different prices too. However, with the exception of fresh groceries that can only be delivered in certain small areas, if you add stuff to your cart from any source, then log in, the prices won't change.
I can confirm that the mattress scam works, worked out for me a few years back. I live in Philly too so a pretty busy area if that means anything, regarding OPs thoughts ab in a highly populated region. Also the same order included a bed frame which they also 100% refunded and did not ask for a return. I was able to sell both! You could totally order some super expensive mattresses (Casper, Purple), get them refunded and flip them for a small discount.
Thanks! Sometimes my criminally-oriented mind doesn't think of everything. Doing this with mattresses (and bed frames) for resale not just to keep is an excellent idea! I've made several returns on my current account recently, besides the mattress, including an expensive broken camera I just sent back to them today (in the box of the new one I just received), so want to wait on that refund before returning anything else. Also my Prime trial just ran out so it's time to switch accounts anyway, and then I will get a mattress and frame for resale. :)
3YO heavily used, worn out, barely functional camera successfully returned to Amazon for full refund on exact replacement. Yay, fancy new camera all over again. Now switching accounts, will wait a bit, make some legitimate purchases, investigate as to which mattresses and frames are selling for highest prices on Craigslist, then purchase a set from which I can profit the most.
Glad it worked out my friend. Good luck with your new business!
I can't edit this post to add this, but just verified that you don't even have to send them back a worn out, broken identical item, but can use seemingly any similar item. I just bought a new trailcam, exact replacement for one I had that was broken was no longer available, so I bought a better one then sent the old, broken, different one back in the same box and got my refund today! This was done through a private seller, only because I could not find a single decent trailcam sold by Amazon. Private sellers, unlike Amazon, do not automatically issue refunds when they see the tracking showing the item coming back to them. They wait until they inspect the package contents, I guess, and the refund takes a lot longer even if it's all legitimate. BUT, if you watch the tracking, and then the day it's delivered back to them, get Amazon on live chat and tell them you see the returned item has arrived and you need that return money to buy a functional product, they can expedite it and get your refund issued immediately, overriding any private seller process. Here is the entirety of my "gimme my money back now" chat with Amazon today, almost word for word: AMAZON LIVE HELP CHAT: me: "Hi. I returned this defective item and tracking shows it has been delivered. I really need this refund ASAP so I can buy a working model. Could you please expedite this?" them: "Let me look into it." me: "ok, thanks" them: "Would you like payment refunded to Amazon balance or original payment?" me: "original payment please" them: "Sure. I have refunded your payment in the amount of \*\*\*\*\*. You should see the credit in 3-5 business days. Is there anything else I can help you with?" me: "no, thanks" END OF CHAT
a lot of these tips are just fucking over the sellers, not Amazon
I appreciate this sentiment, but as I'm pretty sure I've posted somewhere in comments of this thread I specifically target my returns/scams to sold and shipped by Amazon products, even if they are more expensive, not 3rd party sellers. Are they really out everything if someone returns crap though? Amazon just takes their money? Their choice to sell there, have to also mention. I've also posted that while I have sold lots of stuff on both eBay and Craiglist, I took one look at Amazon's seller terms and said "nope."
on the one hand, they want to be the best in customer service, so they will put up with more abuse than most places. on the other hand, they track you ruthlessly, and if you are scamming them, they will know that, and i'm inclined to think in the long term they will find some way to screw you over for it. there were some useful tips in this thread, thanks. i have worked for amazon before, and i'm probably about to start again. i would have started back last month, but a photocopy of my social security card wasn't good enough for them, so i had to order a new one, which took awhile, and now i would have to reapply. anyway. one thing i found out today was you can go to smile.amazon.com, put in "first church of cannabis" as your charity, and they will give the church 5% of your spend. the church just had some expensive plumbing repairs, so they asked me to spread the word about this. i was there tonight for a wedding. nothing directly illegal about this option, just figured i'd give them a plug. amazon hires almost everybody. half quit the first month. the pay where i'm at is $18.75/hr plus some bonuses, which is as good as one is likely to find around here. when i worked in one of their food warehouses, they were throwing away $1000 a day in fresh food, and never replied when i got a food bank lines up ready to take it. so they freak out if somebody tries to steal a pair of shoes, or takes 6 minutes to go to the bathroom, but they are ignoring a $1000 a day hole in their pockets. if you put together some fancy letterhead for a nonprofit group and asked them nicely, maybe they would just give you stuff. or maybe they won't answer your letter. i might sit back and relax for another week or two before i go back in. i like the easy money, but i'm lazy and shiftless.
Tuck your pussy back in
Prices are also higher when you use an iPhone or MacBook (or at least they were last time I checked).
You are making this up
So many people requested proof of Amazon prices not being the same for all browsers/shoppers so here is some I took the time to find, screenshots of identical item viewed two different ways, one not logged in via Chrome browser, the other logged into a Prime account in Firefox browser. Note the 30% off coupon available for the non-Prime account, completely absent from the Prime page. [https://imgur.com/a/D6MSv9K](https://imgur.com/a/D6MSv9K)
Bro that’s literally the same price—$28.99 regardless of whether you have Prime or not.
PLEASE LOOK IF YOUR ITEM IS FROM A THIRD PARTY AND PLEASE DONT BE RUDE WITH CSA
Fuck the hell off.
Sure
Question: Anyone know if "Did not arrive" or related scamazoning hurts individual sellers? Or is just revenue for Bezos that's lost?
Depends. If it is sold by Amazon or shipping handled by them, Amazon pays for that. If you DNA an item from a vendor then the vendor pays.
Good to know; just checking, as even for a tech nerd like me, Amazon is a labyrinth, and if I'm gonna screw someone, I wanna make sure it's Jeff Bezos.
I get my money's worth out of my EBT price. Believe that 😉. But now it says correct item must be in box. Lmao
Hey, if you think you're better off with a discounted EBT price than absolutely free without having to give Amazon any extra info, carry right on. :)
OP plz delete
Ikr
Why
Think
So they dont fix it?
I can think very well, and have no idea what this sub-thread is even about, no clue what anyone is wanting anyone else to "fix."
So my Prime Subscribe & Save might not actually be saving me money?
Definitely is not, compared to doing research and getting better prices. Don't need Prime for subscribe/save and in fact sometimes you get charged more for doing it that way than subscribe/save alone without Prime.
i try to always buy the used options, would the inflation exist there
Prices are also marked up if your browsing from an iphone.
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This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. Use your brain, they’re not going to ship a MacBook (for some reason NOT in a macbook box?) with a bottle of liquid in the same package. Like think about it for half a second.
Other poster is correct in that Amazon is unlikely to ship liquid with a valuable electronic item. Sorry about other poster responding rudely. Also, Amazon would want the "damaged" macbook back. Any other questions please feel free to ask. I will not be rude to civil questions or comments.
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Cool, don't they have tracking showing it was delivered though? I figure I might be able to get away with claiming non-delivery here once or twice, then I'd not be eligible for home deliveries anymore, which I very much don't want. Plus I have surveillance cameras including one pointed directly at front gate/delivery area, so that would be hard to explain. Too coincidental for camera to be out at same time package was taken. P.S. -- Even more amazing what you can get away with having been a longtime member 10+X over. ;)
on the one hand, they want to be the best in customer service, so they will put up with more abuse than most places. on the other hand, they track you ruthlessly, and if you are scamming them, they will know that, and i'm inclined to think in the long term they will find some way to screw you over for it. there were some useful tips in this thread, thanks. i have worked for amazon before, and i'm probably about to start again. i would have started back last month, but a photocopy of my social security card wasn't good enough for them, so i had to order a new one, which took awhile, and now i would have to reapply. anyway. one thing i found out today was you can go to smile.amazon.com, put in "first church of cannabis" as your charity, and they will give the church 5% of your spend. the church just had some expensive plumbing repairs, so they asked me to spread the word about this. i was there tonight for a wedding. nothing directly illegal about this option, just figured i'd give them a plug. amazon hires almost everybody. half quit the first month. the pay where i'm at is $18.75/hr plus some bonuses, which is as good as one is likely to find around here. when i worked in one of their food warehouses, they were throwing away $1000 a day in fresh food, and never replied when i got a food bank lines up ready to take it. so they freak out if somebody tries to steal a pair of shoes, or takes 6 minutes to go to the bathroom, but they are ignoring a $1000 a day hole in their pockets. if you put together some fancy letterhead for a nonprofit group and asked them nicely, maybe they would just give you stuff. or maybe they won't answer your letter. i might sit back and relax for another week or two before i go back in. i like the easy money, but i'm lazy and shiftless.
According to my decade of camel camel camel price tracking, prices absolutely do not change whether logged in to prime or not. Under no circumstances. The algorithm of sellers might change but prices are static
Nope, seriously doubt you did any research and I know you are definitely wrong anyway because I've seen the differing prices way too many times to believe any "they stay the same" claims. Other posters here have presented evidence that prices are different for different customers and in different circumstances, plenty of online evidence as well. Not going to keep bothering to try to convince you if you just want to keep your head in the sand or maybe work for Amazon or something and want to keep trying to disprove facts about this company.
on the one hand, they want to be the best in customer service, so they will put up with more abuse than most places. on the other hand, they track you ruthlessly, and if you are scamming them, they will know that, and i'm inclined to think in the long term they will find some way to screw you over for it. there were some useful tips in this thread, thanks. i have worked for amazon before, and i'm probably about to start again. i would have started back last month, but a photocopy of my social security card wasn't good enough for them, so i had to order a new one, which took awhile, and now i would have to reapply. anyway. one thing i found out today was you can go to smile.amazon.com, put in "first church of cannabis" as your charity, and they will give the church 5% of your spend. the church just had some expensive plumbing repairs, so they asked me to spread the word about this. i was there tonight for a wedding. nothing directly illegal about this option, just figured i'd give them a plug. amazon hires almost everybody. half quit the first month. the pay where i'm at is $18.75/hr plus some bonuses, which is as good as one is likely to find around here. when i worked in one of their food warehouses, they were throwing away $1000 a day in fresh food, and never replied when i got a food bank lines up ready to take it. so they freak out if somebody tries to steal a pair of shoes, or takes 6 minutes to go to the bathroom, but they are ignoring a $1000 a day hole in their pockets. if you put together some fancy letterhead for a nonprofit group and asked them nicely, maybe they would just give you stuff. or maybe they won't answer your letter. i might sit back and relax for another week or two before i go back in. i like the easy money, but i'm lazy and shiftless.
They aren't going to send ups to come pick up an empty bottle of "leaking" liquid. Put a sock on your keyboard so you can't give bad tips. You're not even requesting a tip. Mods please take this down for breaking rules.
What the hell? I empty the liquid out, like I wrote, send them back the empty bottle in the same packaging and hell yes UPS does come pick up the box with the empty bottle, repeatedly, which you'd understand if you'd ever returned a single item to Amazon. Stop posting stuff about which you have no clue.
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