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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by eek2121 on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:25AM (#30875177)
It sounds like you bought a product not sold by Amazon and got transferred to the company in question.

Don't buy 3rd party products sold on Amazon. I always tell people this. They ignore me and then stories like yours pop up.

NOTE: This applies to prime items as well. Amazon's vetting services for 3rd party sellers is nonexistent. I could literally sell you dog shit right now; with no verification I even exist. I've had a seller account for over a decade, and I've not sold a single item. The Amazon Marketplace is an anonymous Craigslist. Please don't forget that.

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Re:I'm a scam prevention expert and I got scammed by imtringued on Friday April 01, 2022 @04:38AM (#30876297)
>Don't buy 3rd party products sold on Amazon. I always tell people this. They ignore me and then stories like yours pop up.

So buy Amazon Basics and nothing else?

Also I tried to avoid buying from third party sellers but the Amazon website is so deceptive that you are bound to buy something from a third party seller at some point. There is obviously no option to hide third party sellers because that would solve the problem and Amazon's opinion is the problem shouldn't be solved.

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