[HN Gopher] High-value Amazon orders 'switched for cat food', sa...
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       High-value Amazon orders 'switched for cat food', say customers
        
       Author : rwky
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2023-03-11 19:52 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | Trencin wrote:
       | So what's actually happening here? Amazon is allowing fraudsters
       | to sell on their site, or someone within Amazon is switching
       | products before they're delivered. I would have thought this
       | could easily be avoided by only ordering from authorised sellers.
        
         | nytesky wrote:
         | From the CCTV phone delivery story, it sounds like fraud by
         | some delivery drivers?
        
       | iancmceachern wrote:
       | This happened to us at work this week. We ordered a bunch of 5g
       | modems and got a bunch of knee braces.
        
       | nytesky wrote:
       | Is the only with 3rd party sellers?
       | 
       | Does it happen with other retailers like Best Buy or Target?
       | 
       | Are they buying for below market prices?
       | 
       | So many questions...
        
       | brianjking wrote:
       | Lol, so I used to work in the live events business. We would have
       | to order and ship many PA speakers to various trailers when the
       | equipment would break, generally to a hotel where one of the
       | event staff was staying. We would tend to order from Amazon since
       | the event staff wouldn't be in the same spot for long.
       | 
       | One of the times, we ordered a 500-watt Behringer PA speaker;
       | these are around 2 feet tall. While sitting and eating dinner, my
       | phone kept ringing repeatedly. I eventually picked it up only to
       | have the event manager say "Hey, so I got the speaker...but upon
       | opening the box it's full of dolls from the movie Frozen".
       | 
       | The box had all of the Behringer branding on the outside, was
       | sealed, and had the styrofoam to protect the "speaker", but
       | inside...all Elsa.
       | 
       | The strangest part was the Amazon rep didn't ask for the dolls
       | back or even for proof; they simply reshipped the speaker the
       | same day.
        
         | chrismeller wrote:
         | In the US it's actually illegal for them to require that you
         | return mistakes like that thanks to the FTC.
        
           | brianjking wrote:
           | Yup, just was a funny thing to have happen. I remember saying
           | "wait, what?" then to have the Amazon rep not even ask for a
           | photo of proof, just accept it and move on.
        
             | brutus1213 wrote:
             | In Canada, was asked to ship back some exercise supplement.
        
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