ULPT Cancelling Amazon Prime

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schism666@reddit

You can’t hurt Amazon. Just do whatever benefits yourself the most.

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macroslax@reddit

guys im planning on draining the ocean, so far i have one large bucket. any tips on how i can drain the most water before i drive back inland?

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Fitchywanklebottom@reddit

Take a bucket out of the ocean, spit in it, and throw it back in. You've just hurt Amazon as much as this guy

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ilovethissheet@reddit

If you don't give them any money you can

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BoardofEducation@reddit

You’d like to think, but what about when your elected officials buy their stock/lobby for them. What about when you shop at Whole Foods, etc etc etc.

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ilovethissheet@reddit

Shopping at whole foods would be giving money to them

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God dude idk wtf it is but I’ve seen a lot of people asking how to hurt Amazon and it’s like. You can’t ? Short of being a hacker like that rockstar hacker dude, you aren’t really going to be able to real damage to them. Shipping back a Christmas tree is just sort of inconvenient for the driver. Not defending Amazon or their silly pay more for no ads on prime but dang like …. Get a grip Protest by not buying the explicit service, although it’s unavoidable to not use Amazon cuz they are involved in so much with web service stuff Idk like go out and vote for people who might limit its power.

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Enough-Industry3560@reddit

Yeah you wont hurt amazon but consider the seller a bit... It might be a small family run business selling that tree and they will most likely throw away the tree you return. Keep in mind that amazon keeps its fee even if the item is returned and the seller will still have to pay the shipping fees. Please be mindful when you return items

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ParticularClean9568@reddit

Does that apply to sold by amazon shipped by amazon products?

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mongo_man@reddit

I think it's just Amazon that takes the hit here.

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Devilish292@reddit

Nah they still pass the cost on to the vendor for returns. Usually it's a percentage of sales they take and they'll just adjust it if their estimated amount was off for the prior year. The more you rely on Amazon as your seller the more they'll pressure for larger percentages on everything.

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mongo_man@reddit

That's true for FBA and other sellers. But for items that are sourced and sold by Amazon which, granted, gets smaller and smaller each year, returns are just ate by them.

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Devilish292@reddit

Not true, at least not always. Worked with them before and they collected money for returns and would adjust the percentage if you had too many returns.

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mongo_man@reddit

But that would be if you were the seller, not Amazon.

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Devilish292@reddit

I guess it depends what you mean. Since Amazon buys inventory and it's not shipped by us at the time it shows as shipped and sold by Amazon but they'd still hit us with returns

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mongo_man@reddit

You're right. I was thinking strictly third-party FBA sellers, which I did for awhile. But, yeah, I'm guessing vendors who sell directly to Amazon for resell would get hit up by them for returns too.

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phatlynx@reddit

Ex-FBA(fulfilled by amazon) seller here. Amazon never takes the hit. They pass all costs incurred to the seller. Me and my partner was brutally murdered by shipping and return shipping rates amazon forced on us and had to close shop. Hard lesson learned.

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mongo_man@reddit

FBA sellers do take the hit. I was talking about the sold and shipped by Amazon items.

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phatlynx@reddit

SBA(Sold by Amazon) has the same return policy as FBA, so you still get hit with return fees even though your product is now labeled as Sold By Amazon. SBA is just a subset of FBA where Amazon sets your prices and you can’t control it.

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New-Combination-9092@reddit

Do you have any more anecdotes

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tim_locky@reddit

I did a ‘thing’ with an Amazon store, their name was ‘Shipped with Prime’ or something, definitely a 3rd party trying to pretend to be Prime. They deleted lots of legit bad reviews tho, so I don’t feel really bad

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69StinkFingaz420@reddit

Yeah but i dont speak mandarin so i would have no way of finding out

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Quiladrek@reddit

Nah fuck em, that tree came from some sweatshop probably Frzzpt brand or some shit

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thisisnotreallifetho@reddit

Sleep with dogs, wake up with fleas 🤷🏻‍♂️

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LuLouProper@reddit

My grandmother used to say, "Lie down in the pigpen, don't complain when you wake up covered in pig s hit."

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Snoo-48637@reddit (OP)

Good point! Thank you for the reminder, honestly.

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VizVizerson@reddit

Most of what you buy from amazon is listed by small businesses sometimes they fulfill from their own warehouse, sometimes they do fba, fulfilled by amazon. If you try and F over Amazon, you are more likely to cause grief or loss for a small business, like myself.

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imanadultok@reddit

Buy a mattress on Amazon. It comes in a box and inflates pretty quickly. Take a picture of it before it's fully inflated. Wait 72 hours and tell him that your magic still is inflated in your picture to prove it. It's not possible to send it back so they just refund your money you get a free mattress out of it

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benmarvin@reddit

But some liquid ass and ship it to Jeff

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imnotsafeatwork@reddit

Don't forget to throw in some dry ice and a piss disk.

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jeffs2bp@reddit

What did I do? I don't want a liquid ass covered tree.

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Snoo-48637@reddit (OP)

Too bad, Jeff!

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Ndtphoto@reddit

Someone else said order something big, claim it didn't show or was porch pirated, then either request a refund or you're cancelling Prime. If they give you a refund, cancel anyway. Or if they send you a replacement, sell one, just make sure the product doesn't have a unique serial number or have to be activated via Amazon.

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jemy26@reddit

And the driver that dropped it off will get a violation and lose their job. Why don’t people talk about this more?

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Shiro_Neverland@reddit

For others reading this, keep in mind they will likely inform you to file a police report. It sounds intimidating but nothing really happens. I'm guessing it's just to inform them that packages are getting lost in x area so beware of sending in too many.

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JimmerAteMyPasta@reddit

I didn't realize but my wife was using my credit card for her prime membership (I agreed to it at some point but forgot). I noticed on my bank statements that I had prime membership fees and a bunch of $15 Amazon channels charges. So I cancelled my card and told the bank I've been frauded, and they refunded my money. But it was her the whole time. In reality though we just got $150 of free prime lol, was kinda funny when I realize she was the one "frauding" me

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bluecat2001@reddit

If the banks follow through it might cost you more than the price of prime.

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welmanshirezeo@reddit

He's still been frauded though?

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CrazyDave42@reddit

Technically not fraud, is a dispute, and banks have their own teams for those. If they did refund, the bank could then take the money back and then won't help with the dispute. Source: have called about card fraud before and they read you this info

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JimmerAteMyPasta@reddit

I've probably been refunded for fraud 4 times now, neverhd any disputes. If it were like $1,000, the bank probably would dispute it.

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naga-ram@reddit

Yeah a $150 is probably way less than what they'd pay an investigator to figure out the truth.

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BagHolder9001@reddit

depends if they got rid of the ring at Mordor or not

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sir-lancelot_@reddit

Most banks probably aren't going through the effort for such a small amount unless it's a repeating thing

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awall222@reddit

Look out, Amazon has been known to permanently blacklist people who dispute charges.

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JimmerAteMyPasta@reddit

Meh, was an honest mistake for me and I don't have an Amazon membership anymore so I'm gouda

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HuTao_Main_Genshin@reddit

Order something big and expensive and say you never got it. Alternatively order a nice grill and say it sucks, they will refund you and you keep the grill bc it's a hazard to ship back

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shahn078@reddit

This will hurt the shop that sold it. Amazon keeps the fees regardless. Shop loses the item + negative profit.

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HuTao_Main_Genshin@reddit

Even if ships and sold by Amazon? What about Amazon branded products?

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Shiro_Neverland@reddit

As long as it says shipped and sold by Amazon you're fine.

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shahn078@reddit

Both Amazon and the seller lose if their own product is being returned. Cos they can't sell it as new so will have to either sell it as renewed (recoup some cost) or trash it (lose all). For an independent seller, however, it's much worse. They may be paying amazon a heft fee to store and ship/fulfill the order. Amazon keeps those fees regardless and all of that is subtracted from the seller's cost of doing business.

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ponzLL@reddit

It's true! I bought a bunch of UPSs for my 3d printers, and it turned out they weren't big enough to run them, so when I tried to return them to get larger ones, Amazon said they weren't allowed to take batteries back, so they just refunded me. So I got 4 nice UPSs for free to back up other devices and then just bought the 4 larger ones I needed.

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Ndtphoto@reddit

This is probably the best nugget of info in the whole thread.

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pentox70@reddit

If you have any worn out but cosmeticly clean devices, you can order new ones and return the old item in the box. Sometimes you can even get free upgrades if the items look similar enough for the minimum wage worker to casually glance at.

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pinkphallicobj@reddit

Go on r/illegallifeprotips2 and look up “dna” in the subreddit search

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abelb23_@reddit

December 2023 they changed a few policies some returns require government id lol also if you haven’t returned your tree yet do it asap sometimes they can place a hold on a return up to 90 days so good luck op. It’s hard to really get over on them now a lot of people ruined it for everyone else by doing fake returns lol

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Snoo-48637@reddit (OP)

What are fake returns? Not familiar with this. Also thank you!

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abelb23_@reddit

Filling the original box with random trash lol Amazon sometimes would just accept a return no questions asked and put it back on the site then customers would get a box of random trash causing Amazon to actually check the return. Nowadays you can get your account banned

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Snoo-48637@reddit (OP)

Dang that sucks!! I’ve definitely heard of those but have no experienced it.

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zamfire@reddit

>Not familiar with this. >I’ve definitely heard of those Pick one lol

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Snoo-48637@reddit (OP)

I wasn’t familiar with it until he told me about it. After the clear explanation, I had heard of it but was unfamiliar with the name.

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

It happens. I work for a company that sells on Amazon. What you’re planning to do doesn’t hurt amazon, only companies like us. You suck.

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Lykan_@reddit

Please grow up. The only people you could possibly hurt are then poorly paid employees .

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Tomahawkist@reddit

hitting amazon by having their underpaid delivery staff haul a christmas tree, yep you really showed the big corporation who’s boss.

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Lensmaster75@reddit

The USPS was their carrier

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The_AlmightyApple@reddit

Speak for yourself i make good pay for my work

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MTBisLIFE@reddit

Please think about the environmental implications of your actions. Sending an Xmas tree back to Amazon will only hurt some minimum wage worker and or a delivery driver while also polluting because they'll just bury it in a landfill. Just keep the tree for next year.

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Geektak@reddit

You're usually hurting the seller on Amazon and not Amazon. lol A lot of the items you buy on Amazon could come from FBA FBM people. You have to see that "Amazon" is specifically the seller to "hurt" them (Amazon basics etc). But again the blowback is trickled down to the normal people who sell on there.

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SinCityLowRoller@reddit

When I worked for UPS there this one lady I always delivered to and the next day she returned everything! The packages felt a bit lighter and I get to see the items once in a while. Ordering 12 packs of socks and returning 10. This can be done with nearly everything that comes in bundles. Likely some of the contents could of been lost during transit right?

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Superb-Counter-9563@reddit

Genius

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Superb-Counter-9563@reddit

I used to order wholefoods deliveries a lot and claim that food was spoiled when it wasnt for refunds 🤷🏻‍♀️

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jeffs2bp@reddit

I GUESS!

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Snoo-48637@reddit (OP)

On a completely unrelated note, what’s your address?

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jeffs2bp@reddit

1100 S Ocean Blvd, Palm Beach, FL 33480

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nicaddict420@reddit

the mar a lago club ? 💀

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jeffs2bp@reddit

That's my address. SEND IT!

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

As someone who sells Christmas trees on Amazon, fuck you, seriously. You’re not fucking over amazon you’re fucking over the manufacturer and/or seller. Go to hell.

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TehCollector@reddit

Hahhaha sorry this was funny

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

What’s the name of your seller profile on eBay I’d love to purchase something from you

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TehCollector@reddit

You crack me up 😂🤣🤣. Thxs for the laughs and reactions.

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

I sincerely wish you nothing but the worst.

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TehCollector@reddit

Peace be with you ✌️ ✝️

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

I hope you step in shit tomorrow

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TehCollector@reddit

Well I hope your Christmas trees get returned 😂🤣😂

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

Hilarious, hoping some random persons business fails and thinking it’s funny. Karma will get you, it eventually comes around. Your attitude is probably why you’re alone on reddit on new years instead of with friends or family

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TehCollector@reddit

Your so easy dude. Little angry man. Joke much?🤣😂🖕

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

My so easy what? Learn how to use English correctly lmao

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BlottomanTurk@reddit

>My so easy what? Learn how to use English correctly lmao You seem to have forgotten some punctuation there, bud. Maybe take your own advice?

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

There’s a huge difference between not knowing the correct word to use and leaving off end punctuation in a forum like you’ve also done in this conversation. You’re mad you’re home alone on Reddit instead of celebrating the holiday, that’s okay. Better luck next year. And calling me little makes me think you’re probably 5’5 at best and projecting your little man syndrome. Go read a book and learn how to use the language you speak

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Criffless@reddit

Yall gonna kiss eachother or what?

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

It is new years after all 😘

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Affectionate_Salt351@reddit

Now kith.

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theMIKIMIKIMIKImomo@reddit

My so angry what? You don’t even know how to write lmao

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Snoo-48637@reddit (OP)

Hahaha

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Lazy_Teacher_7223@reddit

Half stolen

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Viper_rl@reddit

If you have a twitch account you can subscribe to someone using a prime subscription. It’s free to you if you linked your Amazon and twitch accounts and it’ll give 2,50-5$ to the streamer of choice. You can do this once a month

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