I have seen worse than just review scams. I have been offered bribes to change reviews for products as a precursor to getting replacements sent out. I had to demand Amazon refund me that one as they didn't have an issue with it!
I have been exposed to it a lot over the past few months trying to buy a 3080 graphics card. Three sellers have been executing a scam I don't quite understand, beyond a data grab, but I am just not seeing how they benefit. They list the card, you buy it and then they cancel the order 5 minutes later. Then they put the cards up again the next day and the next and keep doing the same thing each time getting 5-10 peoples worth of data. They never actually sell the cards. So far Amazon has done nothing about those companies either. I have been receiving a feisty set of new spam on my amazon email address though so I think it may just be a GDPR breach thing to spam emails but I can't see it being valuable for so few people a day.
Then there is the "we have shipped your product and it will be with you at December 21st" on a new 5800x from launch day. The mail came along with a DPD delivery number that wasn't even the right length. I can't cancel it because its been shipped, except shipping within the EU even by donkey doesn't take 2 months. Amazon hasn't done anything about them either.
Clearly blatant fraud when reported to Amazon is not dealt with so it isn't a wonder the entire platform is now full of fraudsters everywhere. I have been a long time Amazon prime customer, their service was second to none. But the past year even before human malware kicked off has been an increasing problem and its time I stopped. In the instances where I have come across fraud Amazon didn't deal with it, that is my experience of it.
Mine was the same, it was over a $50 item. But when they know Amazon isn't concerned about blatant bribes to buy good reviews they have nothing to worry about on that side and the bigger concern is being called out in reviews of their store and the item being slammed. I guess bad reviews hurt their business quite a bit. Amazon needs to take this threat to its business seriously and I am seeing no signs they intend to.
I have been exposed to it a lot over the past few months trying to buy a 3080 graphics card. Three sellers have been executing a scam I don't quite understand, beyond a data grab, but I am just not seeing how they benefit. They list the card, you buy it and then they cancel the order 5 minutes later. Then they put the cards up again the next day and the next and keep doing the same thing each time getting 5-10 peoples worth of data. They never actually sell the cards. So far Amazon has done nothing about those companies either. I have been receiving a feisty set of new spam on my amazon email address though so I think it may just be a GDPR breach thing to spam emails but I can't see it being valuable for so few people a day.
Then there is the "we have shipped your product and it will be with you at December 21st" on a new 5800x from launch day. The mail came along with a DPD delivery number that wasn't even the right length. I can't cancel it because its been shipped, except shipping within the EU even by donkey doesn't take 2 months. Amazon hasn't done anything about them either.
Clearly blatant fraud when reported to Amazon is not dealt with so it isn't a wonder the entire platform is now full of fraudsters everywhere. I have been a long time Amazon prime customer, their service was second to none. But the past year even before human malware kicked off has been an increasing problem and its time I stopped. In the instances where I have come across fraud Amazon didn't deal with it, that is my experience of it.