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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I don't think it's fair to compare Amazon's Marketplace to Walmart, unless you are comparing third party sellers on Walmart's website.
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Here's "Amazon's A-to-z Guarantee."
We want you to buy with confidence anytime you make a purchase on the Amazon.com website or use Amazon Pay; that's why we guarantee purchases from third-party sellers when payment is made via the Amazon.com website or when you use Amazon Pay for qualified purchases on third-party websites. The condition of the item you buy and its timely delivery are guaranteed under the Amazon A-to-z Guarantee.
(Emphasis mine.)
Either this guarantee means something to them or it doesn't. If it doesn't then they're liars. My niece's experience seems to indicate they're liars.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
Yeah, that's valid. Like I said, I'm not am Amazon fan myself. I think making different cities dance to maybe score an Amazon headquarters is tacky and gross. They aren't angels.
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My other point is valid also. If you GUARANTEE third party sellers, you either
really guarantee them, or you don't. So whether Amazon reneges on "guaranteed" two day delivery or reneges on their "A-to-z Guarantee" for third part sellers, they're still breaking their word.
On eBay you actually have some protections. On Amazon you, apparently, have empty promises.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I still like them better than Walmart, who in my neighborhood alone moved from one location to another directly across the street and ripped down a bunch of trees to do it, while leaving their old store an abandoned shell. It's not just in my neighborhood that that's happened, either.
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I'm not really going to defend Walmart. Just, right now, I like them better than Amazon. It's kind of like defending Barnes & Noble because they're losing business to Amazon
after they (B&N) ran all the independents and smaller chains out of business. Lesser of two evils kind of thing.
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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I'm happy to see them attempting to change their reputation and hopefully it continues. I just think of them as synonymous with blight. A very wealthy family vacuuming cash out of poor areas while paying bad wages and running others out of business until they are the only game in town. They have a way to go to repair that reputation.
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I'm not thrilled with corporate America either. Whether its Walmart, Amazon, Google, Facebook ...