Amazon Marketplace

I find online prices to be lower than local retailers. It's interesting to see the large price differences, even online, for the exact same product. Shipping is prompt but can sometimes add considerably to the cost of an item.  I always check out free shipping options first.

Amamzon Marketplace (jewlery section) acts as a monolpoy and only allows a few companies to sell there. They have a LLC that aproves the jewelry Marketplace sellers and if you dont have 2,000+ products they deny you. Now if you want to sell in other sections they let anyone sell.

regular amazon is great amazon marketplace has issues. I agree with other just buy directly from the companies and avoid the marketplace.

We are ebay sellers, and sell also at half com and alibris, so we are not newbies. amazon's alliance department is foaming at the mouth insane. there are many instances of mis representation, non delivery, and altogether poor management. it's about time people start a boycott of this poorest of the poor e sellers. in our case amazon is responsible for monetary damage in excess of $200 and we are seriously thinking of taking them to court!

Another dissatisfied customer here. I too bought a cell phone from Amazon which came with a $150 rebate.

I never received my rebate. Instead I received a form letter informing me that I had canceled my cell phone service and was therefore not eligible to receive the rebate. There customer service was predatory, and (to me) designed to run a customer around the system with the full intent of not coming through with a rebate.

It was rather fascinating how many ways Amazon was able to duck and refuse granting me my rebate due. Talk about a waste of time. It was maddening, and just to think about all the folks in the chain of Amazon customer support I talked to that are in essence a part of the Amazon scam tactics makes my skin crawl.

In general, I've found Amazon to be just fine. However, I recently ordered from one of their partners UnbeatableSale and not had very good service.

The details are like many other stories: slow delivery, broken product, slow or no response to email, and no resolution. It often takes days to get a response via email ... often I get no response at all.

I'd also like to point out that this was sent as a gift and UnbeatableSale is requesting that recipient pay for return shipping. Their RMA does not cover shipping costs.

All in all ... something doesn't feel right about them. They have a good track record with other buyers ... but that's when things are working. Take care in doing business with them when things are not.

Amazon has various arrival times. However has excellent return policies. Amazon is an excellent option, as far as online stores go.

Pagoda CD / DVD Rack Cabinet Case is a bait and switch.  When you try to buy at the low price shown, it immediately switches to double that price.  Very lame!

They listed a price of $79.95. When I clicked on the link, and added it to my cart, the price suddenly went up to 99.95.

Bait and switch.

One of the great aspects of the Amazon marketplace is the variety of merchandise available; you can find albums, books, movies; all kinds of things you've never heard of. However, this can be a pitfall -- as you navigate the site you may lose track of what it was you originally were looking for. I've got about fifty items in my shopping cart that I "want," but don't have the money for or I'm not sure about. It's very tempting.

That said, I've been very satisfied with about 95% of my Amazon orders, with speedy deliveries, very accurate orders, and good customer service.

The negative reviews are detailed and sincere, while most of the positive reviews are downright generic and hollow, with subject lines like "simply the best place to shop ever!" - might as well have been written by Amazon marketing reps. And maybe they were. I haven't shopped on Amazon Marketplace and I never will, it stinks.

I've been shopping at Amazon for a long time. This is the only site that I could trust since they rate the sellers. I have never had problems with them. Once the order did not arrive so I called and they reshipped another package to me. Within 2 days I received it. The quality of the shipped products is in excellent new condition. I'm happy with their service.

I've lost money at two separate marketplace stores, caimon and wicked wolf press. Caimon backordered the item until my time ran out, then ignored my many emails requesting status.  Wicked Wolf Press put me on hold to "look into it" and I haven't heard back yet.  Additionally, you pay up front, instead of when the product ships, but it takes longer for processing and shipping, yet you are still paying for 3 to 5 day shipping.


UPDATE: Since I put this opinion in place, Wicked Wolf Press made good on my order, so I've only lost money on Caimon now.

I always trust Amazon! They stand by their products and merchants.

I've  had small problems in the past but their customer service people were always willing to help.

I buy almost everything at AMAZON!

I've sold a Canon S200 digital camera on Amazon marketplace. However, I received a claim, saying that the item is not as described on the main product page. It is actually exactly the same camera. Come on, a Canon S200 is a Canon S200, I used that camera for almost 4 years and I know it. Amazon.com, without doing any investigation, honored this claim. Charging so much listing fees, where is the service?

Vendors beware! If you want to associate your business with Amazon - think twice! The interface which registers customers on Amazon is horrible. A week after you dont receive what you ordered it forgets you ever existed. It happened to me twice: once with a laptop battery and once with the car part order. Shopping on Amazon has been my worst experience and I shall NEVER buy anything from them.