Re:Tell HN: I was permanently banned from eBay in one hour
by sitkack on Sunday May 08, 2022 @08:47PM
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I have on of the not-sought-after Horowitz and Hill CE (counterfeit editions) [1]. Amazon was like, "lol, that was a marketplace purchase, no refund!" even though I just clicked "buy it now, prime shipping!" from the main product page.
Amazon sucks. It should be broken up.
[1] https://artofelectronics.net/the-book/counterfeit-editions/
For standard run of the mill customer support they're still pretty great. I was shopping for new wireless earbuds last fall and tried out a few different ones. 2 of the 3 were defective and I didn't like the third-- they hurt my ears to wear them.
For the two defective ones, I'm not sure why but the normal return button wasn't available and I had to go through chat support. I explained they were defective and I wanted to return them. They told me they'd issue the refund, no need to actually mail them back, so I didn't have to go through that hassle. And these were high end ear buds, a total of $400 worth of tech.