28% of people surveyed unintentionally signed up for Prime - https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/07/accidentally-signed-up-to-amazon-prime-youre-not-alone/I inadvertently signed up to Prime and didn't know until I received my Visa statement. I promptly stopped payment and took all details of my CCard off the account. I am not using Amazon anymore because I do not know how I set it up.
Could there be one of those boxes that you must un tick rather than tick?
I am afraid to go on Amazon site in case I sign up again, this could be counter productive for Anazon28% of people surveyed unintentionally signed up for Prime - https://www.which.co.uk/news/2019/07/accidentally-signed-up-to-amazon-prime-youre-not-alone/
You’re not alone. To be honest I don’t know how Amazon have been allowed away with it for so long. They take very deliberate measures on their site to trick you into signing up to it. I imagine they succeed in tricking older less tech savvy users particularly effectively.
FWIW they’re very quick to issue a refund if you contact them to say you didn’t want the service.
Note you do get the Amazon TV service with Prime, and there’s some good content on there, the price isn’t so bad if you use this.
I am afraid to go on Amazon site in case I sign up again, this could be counter productive for Anazon
the fact that I don't know how it happened worries me,Aw c'mon. If you can use AAM, then you obviously can control your mouse and click finger and can also read what's written on the screen.
As stated you have to actively 'opt in' for prime and in doing so this information is displayed clearly on the screen, including how much you will be paying and your renewal dates. You then go on to 'accept' this. To my mind it is quite transparent and is not in any way 'sneaky', unlike a well known budget airline where you used to have to 'opt out' of extras, up to a few years ago.
If people do not take the time to read what they are signing up for then it begs the question, should they even be on an E-Commerce site.
BTW the above linked Which 'survey' doesn't even constitute a 'straw' poll, while using the headline '28% of people....'. They interviewed 1199 people which represents 0.00038677% of Amazon customers.
Amazon have a customer base of over 310,000,000 so hardly counter productive as you opine.
the fact that I don't know how it happened worries me,
All I can say is I think you’re dead wrong.Aw c'mon. If you can use AAM, then you obviously can control your mouse and click finger and can also read what's written on the screen.
As stated you have to actively 'opt in' for prime and in doing so this information is displayed clearly on the screen, including how much you will be paying and your renewal dates. You then go on to 'accept' this. To my mind it is quite transparent and is not in any way 'sneaky', unlike a well known budget airline where you used to have to 'opt out' of extras, up to a few years ago.
If people do not take the time to read what they are signing up for then it begs the question, should they even be on an E-Commerce site.
BTW the above linked Which 'survey' doesn't even constitute a 'straw' poll, while using the headline '28% of people....'. They interviewed 1199 people which represents 0.00038677% of Amazon customers.
Amazon have a customer base of over 310,000,000 so hardly counter productive as you opine.
I'm not going to argue with you. I just don't agree with you.All I can say is I think you’re dead wrong.
Of 600 of their Prime users, ~30% had signed up accidentally.
and if you choose it the Prime fee doesn’t show on your bill for that order, it pops up later on your credit card.
conveniently underlined for us dullards who accidentally sign up to Prime subscriptions.
Rathcoole only has foundation laid.About 4 years ago I ordered a large item from Amazon to be delivered to a UK address. I must have filled out form wrong as it came to my Dublin address. No one was home so a note was left to say at local parcel post office. In fact I was in UK awaiting its arrival. I left it 5 or so days to fetch same to be told it had been returned to sender! When I enquired further they told me it had originated in Co Dublin and uncollected national parcels were returned in 5 days. Foreign items were kept longer. It seems it had been sent to a warehouse (Amazon?) in Rathcoole and from there went into the An Post system. Well it saved me the bother and trouble of returned rather a large and heavy unwanted item and I was refunded the cost eventually.
Amazon.de, Amazon.fr, etc.
I agree that Amazon.de isn't a patch on Amazon.co.uk.I've found Amazon.de very poor. I first used it about 15 years ago to get a camera and it was great. But now it seems to be focussed on books. I've browsed for t-shirts, fishing equipment, barbecue tools, etc, and it's not a patch on Amazon.co.uk
I recently made a purchase from a Dutch site. "Ireland" appeared in the address dropdown menu along with about a dozen other European countries. I also selected "Delivery" rather than "Collection" and paid for it.
A day later I got an email advising that my purchase was collection only. I then asked how much delivery to Ireland would be. The reply said they don't deliver to Ireland. I then asked for a refund (but didn't point out their shoddy software issues).
I heard no more from them. About a week after I got an alert from Revolut informing me that I'd received a refund,
Caveat emptor.
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