Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box instead of a Sony A1

Re:Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box ... by matsemann on Sunday May 30, 2021 @02:54AM (#27331172)

Lots of books on Amazon are now printed on demand. In theory a smart and possibly environmentally friendly practice.

But you end up with smudgy pages from a bad printer, pages missing, and a book binding not lasting more than a day.

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Re:Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box ... by techdragon on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:21AM (#27331307)

I find it especially galling when for a document title search, I’ll see public domain reports (NASA NTRS PDFs for instance) ranking higher in Google results for buying a print on demand copy via Amazon at significantly inflated prices, or honestly just what is plain disgustingly greedy, the many charlatans selling them as kindle ebooks, sometimes as multiple skus with different prices, trying to profit from people that don’t know any better.

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Re:Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box ... by erik on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:14AM (#27331274)

This sounds more like you are getting counterfeit books, not print-on-demand.

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Re:Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box ... by ubercow13 on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:45AM (#27331421)

It’s a real thing [1] - although you might think they were counterfeits on arrival if you weren’t aware of this service

[1] https://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazon-Print-on-Demand-Guide/b?ie=U...

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Re:Amazon refused to refund $7k after shipping an empty box ... by matsemann on Sunday May 30, 2021 @03:51AM (#27331442)

Yes, it sounds like it. Which says something about the quality of Amazon's product, heh.

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