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Feedback regarding Amazon is heavily divided between frequent shoppers who appreciate the wide product range, competitive pricing, and swift delivery, and frustrated customers detailing significant service breakdowns. A recurring point of friction involves delivery inconsistencies, such as missing parcels and poor communication from third-party couriers, alongside difficulties when attempting to resolve issues through customer support. While many users report a seamless experience with prime services and returns, others caution potential buyers to carefully vet marketplace sellers and manage expectations regarding shipping timeframes.
I ordered a present for my wife for our anniversary. It didn’t arrive.Without going into specifics it was ordered three times. Three times “ out for delivery” was posted, Never arrived!!!!! I went on their online contact system and was promised delivery on a specific date along with a coffee machine that I ordered . I was informed a delivery date… Read more
and asked to be available to sign for the delivery because of the value of the machine, We stayed home as requested ,guess what no delivery. Informed “out of stock” Amazon you have lost me as a customer.You can get goods out of China quicker.!!!!!!
Delivery was quick but the driver did not follow the instructions to leave the package at the front door and left it in full view of the road. This is not Amazon's fault but unfortunately they employ the drivers.
Placed order 24.09.2026 for multiple products which are sent separately by different businesses. Item 1 was sent then I received an email stating issue and its been returned awaiting refund, which wont occur till they receive the package back. Yet it isn't being delivered, doesn't seem to be being return and has been sitting in Brisbane depot for… Read more
the past 8 days.
Item 2 has been sent and goes from point a to b to c then back to a. And around and around. For the last 3 weeks. It looks like it wont be delivered either.
Attempts to sort this issue out are just pointless, customer service is non existent, and talking to (maybe) someone via chat doesn't resolve any issue. Just constantly being told I have to wait for delivery before i can do something, instead of them actually grasping the concept that the issue is the delivery and neither parcel is being delivered.
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Another useless AMAZON delivery driver didn’t even close gate 2 meters from busy footpath
Item not delivered – 24/12/2023 - empty amazon box handed to me after giving a code, was to contain a iphone. The delivery guy started trotting off but I called him out on the empty box, he phoned amazon and filled them in, wanted to unmark it as delivered but they refused. They told him to take the empty box back. I called amazon later and they said an investigation… Read more
had commenced call back in 3 days. Done that and had to send a stat dec with their "specific" wording for a refund. I was told I would get a refund but that person could not authorise a refund of high value, I was then told a manager would need to do the refund due the value. That person in an email threatened me with loss of account privileges or account closure and refused a refund. Started their procedure all over again and back to the same result a second time. I did get another email saying I would get a refund but no refund. I then went to my bank for chargeback, ME Bank, 3 months later amazon claim ME bank took the money back off them but I did not receive the money back in my account until 24th of June 2024.
This is prefect,can't live without – This wig feels really good and it as a great lace Show details
You need to buy three other instruments to calibrate it according manual and my experience – You need to buy 3 other accurate instruments a barometer a thermometer and a humidity meter to calibrate it in order not to have wrong indications.This is written in the manual with fine letters and is in its mode options calibration. By the way I discovered that Amazon as it does not publish a negative review if it has a vulgar world inside like… Read more
did to mine I used the world rubbish to describe it there is an issue ...when customers are very upset if the bad quality of a product most likely will use such terms and they will never know that their review was not published as it does not come any notification but you have delibertly to search in your messages or in reviews if your review was published.....So convenient manipulation....imagine how many upset customers are cut in this way from informing......it would be more honest for Amazon if would publish the review and use dots over supposedly vulgar words
No care at all with delivery – Delivery was dumped and it fell over off the step, then not even picked up and put under cover. See the attached video. Show details
Ordered one day received it the next, I was pleasantly surprised. The CCTV outdoor camera was as it says, easy set-up and I'm very happy with my choice and will probably buy another one for the back yard. Show details
Usually deliveries turn up ok, left somewhere outside my door or I am buzzed when I am home which is why I am giving 3 starts. Based on service lately it would be 1 star. Lately deliveries have been left anywhere, sometimes nowhere near my door. The last 2 deliveries were damaged. The very last one had the packaged open inside a sealed package so… Read more
this was done by the person packing. The recent deliveries are trading cards for my son. Get your deliveries sorted Amazon. It is very frustrating. The returns process can take 2-4 weeks so you are out of pocket until then. Some of the refund process works well. Some doesn't.
Disgusting customer service from 'Abhay' in the Amazon Leadership team. I returned a defective item to the third-party seller, and still haven't been refunded. I have spoken to multiple Amazon associates who assured me this would be resolved and I would be refunded. It is now 3 days later, and still no refund. Photos of my conversation with the Amazon 'Leadership' team member attached. Complaint lodged with ACCC.
Very misleading. Benefits of prime are listed as free shipping with no minimum spend. Apparently that doesn't apply to me, despite the fact that I am not in their excluded post codes. They refuse to ship so many items to me and when I contact they either say the issue will be resolved (it never is) or that it is too bad I am too far from the… Read more
fulfillment centre. I asked them to provide a link to where I can find this information on their site advising that if you are too far away your membership benefits don't apply and they stated that there is no such link. I was basically told too bad, then they had the nerve to more or less try to tell me to buy a kindle if I want books off them. They should provide a lower priced membership with full transparency on exclusions if they want to pull these stunts. Low and very deceptive. I have lodged a complaint with the ACCC
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Order spare battery for my shark vacuum cleaner and I received a second hand battery which was damaged and scratched. When I asked for a refund they sent a return postage sticker that I had to pay to be returned to China. Terrible customer service and rubbish products. Show details
Got the message saying parcel was delivered. Searched in the usual places that I find parcels after delivery drivers chuck them over my wall. This Muppet left the parcel in a totally unsafe place. It was left outside my property on the road where anyone could have stolen it. Luckily, I noticed where it was just before I reversed over it as I was… Read more
thankfully going out not long after it had been delivered. The sad thing is, Amazon complaints department is literally non existent. After wasting a lot of time trying to find out how to complain about the driver I was forced to give up. Poor effort Amazon, I definitely won't be using you again.
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Had two successful experiences with Amazon but third is not positive. Item has apparently been dispatched and was supposed to be delivered 12 August, then the date changed to 14 August and now (@ 18 August) their website states delivery date unavailable. When you look for an option to contact amazon there is not a single option available. I did an… Read more
online search and found an Amazon forum with multiple complaints/enquiries regarding contacting them. Each had a standard responce staing to click the included link that supposedly takes you to contact options for them on their website.
You just go around in a loop and there are no contact options that I could find. If they do exist they obviously do their utmost to make it difficult for you to contact them.
There are also no contact options for their delivery partner, CODEX, on the CODEX website, only an option to track your parcel. When I track my parcel it simply states that it was dispatched on 11 August 2026 at 9pm.
Not so simple when trying to manage a problem it seems? At time of my review, of 2611 reviews 2028 are 1 star.
Edit @ 18/8, by chance thought I'd follow up and, I managed to contact Amazon while I was trying to track my parcel/report a problem etc. Forget which button it was but clicked it and had contact options and selected "Chat". Anyway, they have ordered a replacement...wow! I was advised I'd receive email confirmation but 4 or so days later no email (I possibly misunderstood). However, there is a notation on my account, in orders, that a replacement has been ordered, arriving in 3 days! Fingers crossed!
Edit @ 28/8/26. Unfortunately the 2nd attempt to purchase the cd also failed. The replacement went missing again after a few days. Refund requested and thankfully received. Looks like I selected a dodgy seller on the Amazon platform.
They should be more diligent in making sure their sellers can fulfill orders.
Good luck.
Gave a review for for two curtain items , one a valance and the other a sheer curtain , did two reviews with the same picture , well their AI algorithm told me I was breaking community standards using that same picture for two different reviews , valance and half window lace curtain in the kitchen . Well , didn't like that , closed my account and… Read more · 1
moved on . Chose another online marketplace store , did have alot of online stores to chose from . Probably all for the better . Don't think I'll be doing any more reviews for them .
Ordered a brand new book and it arrived with badly scuffed corners, as there was no protection around the book which clearly had moved around inside the box during transit. I wrote a poor review on Amazon and it was not published as it didn’t meet a long list of unrealistic and confusing maze of requirements, which means I couldn’t complain if it involved any of the basic issues you would normally complain about. Never using Amazon again. Show details
Have used my account in a year, and this awful company locked my account and there is no way to retrieve my account unless I set up a new email. They can [Content Removed] right off. If I could give them 0 stars I would have. With the cost of living biting harder then ever I can’t afford to shop online all the time.
Latest follow-ups
A toy robot not as discribed, not a big issue but the refund, really a big shame of that o so big company! Had to wait 11 day and then got a nother mail, it could take another 7 days max.! Hahhaha totally waited exactly 13 days minimum. And not only… Read more
that, you get a really irritating costomer service/stupid robot and above all provoking emails afterwards that complaint is baseless bla bla bla
Follow-up · Follow up/ end of this little argument was really a un describable joke of words and breath of mine!!! Can you imagine that because of aa bit of combination of to much idiots and way of live of now, I tried it again to buy some products of them! ( -I really believe in second chances!) Out of 3 products, 1 really was not a joke but even worser… Read more
Waiting months for delivery – Ordered track pants in July and still waiting for delivery. Really disappointed and shocked that Amazon can not fulfill an order.
Follow-up · Amazon just simply cancelled the order with no explanation whatsoever. Guess it was a mistake that they were not prepared to honour.
Repeatedly leaving my parcels on the lawn, upgraded to leaving them on the lawn in the rain. All my parcels have instructions to leave my the door or on the porch as I am disabled and seriously ill and can’t get to the mailbox a lot of the time and… Read more
that’s repeatedly ignored. Customer service has gone downhill and I’m repeatedly bounced between people and tonight was transferred after I said no and just left with nobody because I wanted actual follow up that I was told would happen and didn’t. You can’t email anymore so it’s phone call, chat or nothing. And chat is a joke. It took me over an hour to just get a refund and have the rained on parcel reported and now no follow up as promised. Amazon used to be such a help but it’s a mess now and keeps costing me more and more time fixing their mistakes. Items damaged from being packed ridiculously badly (funko pop boxes in envelopes instead of boxes, glass items shipped together loose with no packing material and so on. Just pure incompetence and lack of basic common sense) and then replacements arriving exactly the same after promising they will be ok the next time and then having to fight for refunds. Paying more with Amazon to get something on the delivery date required and then items not showing up as promised, it’s a mess now and it’s so disappointing as it used to be reliable and an absolute lifesaver for a disabled and very sick parent to a young child but now it’s wasting my time and i can’t actually use my service I pay for, for a lot of things as I know they won’t be in giftable condition or will be broken or will be out of date or have very limited date. It’s gotten so bad. I will likely cancel my account at this point as it’s not really a benefit anymore and they don’t seem to care anymore.
Follow-up · I’ve had very little assistance regarding the matter despite filling in about six contact forms and responding to four or five emails that just never went anywhere. It’s been over a month and all they have done is put my private medical information into the delivery instructions without my consent like the people doing these deliveries even bother… Read more
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Positive reviews
I have used Amazon since tit first came here to Australia, and for the most part I like it, easy to use, many products at decent prices. I don't mind that sometimes things are a little more than a shop or ebay, having it delivered is the plus. I have had a few issues with the kinds of cheap or dodgy products sold over the last 3 or so years, but… Read more
with reverse image search in a browser it's easy enough to find a real price. My last major issue was recently, I had to put a temporary block on my payment card, which for other services was fine, but Amazon made the whole thing a bigger struggle than it should have been, while none of the details changed on the card after I lifted the temporary block Amazon would not recheck the validity of the card, despite how many times I tried, so I was left having to buy an Amazon e-gift card to give my account a valid payment method before I could delete and re-enter my cards details, so what should have been a quick verify of a card turned into 45 minutes of me needing to purchase a gift card, add it to my account, change all payments over to it, delete my card details and re-enter them. For a massive company like Amazon this should not be the way it's done. And while I will still use Amazon to buy and stream stuff I am left a little disheartened that I had to waste 45 minutes of a Sunday afternoon fixing an issue I should never have had in the first place. For this I removed 1 star, otherwise very few issues I couldn't resolve myself and a couple of minutes.
A book about life, love, and creativity. Jason M. Jones takes us on an enchanting journey through 10 years of Entrecote and his love of restaurants and hospitality. The luscious photographs and recipes display Jason's exuberance and love of life. This volume, "ENTRECOTE", is a must-read for lovers of food. It is much more than a recipe book. We are looking forward to the next 10 years, Jason. Well done. Show details
Apart from not posting all I want to buy as I don't live in a city, I love Amazon. Great prices, actual customer service, very easy refunds & way better quality clothes than the cheap chain stores here. Household stuff is also better priced than the price gouging supermarkets with the bonus of never having to set foot in a store. Appliances, car… Read more
parts, gardening, pets, tech, coffee as it's way cheaper when on sale than anywhere else, chocolates. There isn't much I don't buy from Amazon.
Negative reviews
I ordered 5 autometer guages from Amazon for $793 . The order was cancelled as they said they could not supply it but the product is still available from manufacturer and numerous suppliers. Their excuse was it was damaged and then not deliverable but it was never delivered. Amazon held my funds and I couldn't re purchase from third party and I… Read more
have had to escalate to get money refund and their response was we will refund in 14 days . Then you can re order from us.
Purely unacceptable service for a global provider
Money refunded in 14 business days
Bezos scammed me - sent me a damaged goods and refusing the refund/return. I paid for return shipping that bounced back and Bezos is refusing to make good. Scammers. Amazon Germany
Purchased a document camera. The software supplied would not work. I was charged postage from China. To return it by post would cost almost the cost of the item. So I am stuck with it. I will not be buying items that come from overseas. The purchase was from Amazon Australia, so the item should be returned to Amazon Australia.
Recent reviews
Amazon have had critical failings on multiple counts and further failed to rectify the issues. I am boycotting the company and recommend other Australians do the same. In addition to this review of Amazon's shopping portal see also my review of Amazon Web Services (AWS). My first issue with Amazon arose when they forcibly signed me up to Prime… Read more
without my consent some years ago. Additionally, the process to finally get removed took 37 steps to complete, almost guaranteeing people would quit before completion. They never refunded the Prime fees I was charged. I complained to ACCC and to my knowledge they did nothing. In America however, Amazon was sued via a class action and found guilty. Fast forward a decade or so, and when compensation cheques were finally mailed out, they were also sent to the affected Australian customers, including myself.
However, Amazon sent USD bank cheques. Australian banks all stopped processing foreign currency bank cheques 3 years earlier in 2022. Therefore, Amazon issued the compensation in a legacy format, ensuring recipients could never cash the cheques. Even when paying compensation after being found guilty via a globally-reaching class action lawsuit, Amazon still weazled their way out of refunding money effectively stolen from customer's bank accounts.
More recently, I purchased Amazon vouchers through Qantas' Frequent Flyer portal. Amazon accepted the voucher codes and applied the credits to my account. I allocated items to my cart and purchased the items. I reveived emails telling me the senders were preparing the items for dispatch.
However, Amazon then sent me emails telling me my account was suspended and under review. They requested photoID, and I took the photos of both sides of my license. They approved that, but then sent more emails telling me my account was still suspended. They now asked for evidence of purchasing the vouchers, so I uploaded screenshots of the vouchers I had received from Qantas after purchasing them on Qantas' Frequent Flyer website.
Without any oppirtunity for further discussion, Amazon closed my account. They blocked the purchased items from further processing. They did not refund the $400 of vouchers. When I tried to login online I met messages saying the account was permanently closed and I should contact their customer support. I tried to do this via their website but kept being routed to login first, which I could no longer do due to the account being closed.
I reviewed their associated emails which advised me even if I spoke to their customer support team, the decision was irreversible and there was nothing they could do.
So, Amazon learned nothing from stealing money from customers by forcing them unwillingly and surreptitiously onto Prime subscriptions, and they are now further stealing from customers by selling vouchers they refuse to accept as payment.
This is on top of locking customers in to AWS subscriptions which fail to deliver AWS services.
Note also that the ACCC are sueing Amazon for selling Prime Video subscriptions as an ad free product, and then later introducing ads despite the ad-free sales proposition.
I ordered 2 numbers of exact same product 2 weeks ago. I received one only on 28/09/2026. I saw a message that It was despatched from facility. No updates so far. Order number 00993499680014054586. I ordered because they promised I will receive in 2 days!!! Today already 8 days passed!!!!
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