I received a book that had been written all over, full of notes and scribbles... it was sold as "new".
I complained, and they sent another.
That too was scribbled all over, notes on every page.
The book wasn't that expensive, I was a bit annoyed, but it's a rounding error to me, so I just ordered another thinking no way would this happen again, and because I did need it quicker than I cared to go through the service desk again.
The third was also marked on every page.
I complained, and they gave a refund for the 2nd one but not the 3rd... all of them were ruined though, none of them could be gifted (which was my intent), and ultimately I just sent it to landfill / recycling / incineration.
I keep learning, if I actually care about what I receive I avoid using Amazon. They're fine for some things, but the list of things they're fine for seems to be ever decreasing.
All of this was UK btw, YMMV elsewhere and with different categories of goods, etc.
Also, when I got the refund, which took about 20 minutes of my time, the tone was weird "congratulations, we're able to offer you a refund today"... this wasn't a prize, it was crappy goods and you weren't even fully setting me good, I dread to think of the number of refunds for obviously damaged goods are not honoured such that this was worthy of congrats.
And that's just the immediately visible problems. In some product categories it's difficult to find a single product where the description doesn't outright lie about features or quality, and the only way to tell is the price.
Louis Rossmann recently tested some of the highest-rated fuses sold on Amazon. It took over 8A to blow a 2A fuse.
By now I only order there if I can't find a more local alternative, the only remaining area where Amazon is still ahead (or rather, not behind) are delivery times.
There's a lot of 'That depends...' when it comes to fuse ratings; for instance, a tardy porcelain fuse of the kind used domestically in Scandinavian countries until fairly recently were rated to take 90% over rated load for 1hr before melting; they were basically only going to provide short circuit protection.
Depending on the category of fuse and the time it held at a lower current before ramping it up to 400%, it may have operated as intended.
(Squinting at the C type trip diagram in my fuse box, it appears the fuse will withstand 2x rated load for 6 seconds before tripping, 4x for 1.5 seconds or so.)
I don't rate it highly, but the person who I was gifting it to expressed an interest in trying it.
the three copies I had were all completely filled by other people, meaning I'd received three peoples deepest internal reflections and outpourings in addition to the books all being ruined by being so heavily written in. I've no idea where Amazon gets their books from, these were all sold by Amazon (which was my attempt to try and avoid marketplace things).
I can see why you'd imagine study aids, I guess that happens too.
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I received a book that had been written all over, full of notes and scribbles... it was sold as "new".
I complained, and they sent another.
That too was scribbled all over, notes on every page.
The book wasn't that expensive, I was a bit annoyed, but it's a rounding error to me, so I just ordered another thinking no way would this happen again, and because I did need it quicker than I cared to go through the service desk again.
The third was also marked on every page.
I complained, and they gave a refund for the 2nd one but not the 3rd... all of them were ruined though, none of them could be gifted (which was my intent), and ultimately I just sent it to landfill / recycling / incineration.
I keep learning, if I actually care about what I receive I avoid using Amazon. They're fine for some things, but the list of things they're fine for seems to be ever decreasing.
All of this was UK btw, YMMV elsewhere and with different categories of goods, etc.
Also, when I got the refund, which took about 20 minutes of my time, the tone was weird "congratulations, we're able to offer you a refund today"... this wasn't a prize, it was crappy goods and you weren't even fully setting me good, I dread to think of the number of refunds for obviously damaged goods are not honoured such that this was worthy of congrats.
And that's just the immediately visible problems. In some product categories it's difficult to find a single product where the description doesn't outright lie about features or quality, and the only way to tell is the price.
Louis Rossmann recently tested some of the highest-rated fuses sold on Amazon. It took over 8A to blow a 2A fuse.
By now I only order there if I can't find a more local alternative, the only remaining area where Amazon is still ahead (or rather, not behind) are delivery times.
those are great fuse they don't blow up like the one they replaced!
5 stars, would burn again
Wow, 8A to blow a 2A fuse? That's 4x the value!
There's a lot of 'That depends...' when it comes to fuse ratings; for instance, a tardy porcelain fuse of the kind used domestically in Scandinavian countries until fairly recently were rated to take 90% over rated load for 1hr before melting; they were basically only going to provide short circuit protection.
Depending on the category of fuse and the time it held at a lower current before ramping it up to 400%, it may have operated as intended.
(Squinting at the C type trip diagram in my fuse box, it appears the fuse will withstand 2x rated load for 6 seconds before tripping, 4x for 1.5 seconds or so.)
He increased from 4-8A over a period of over 5 minutes. After going to 10A the fuse failed instantly.
What exactly were the scribbles?
Notes as if someone was using it for study or an exam?
If so, you would expect that they'd want it more than the 14 day return period.
the book is called "School of Life" https://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/tsol-press-who-am-i-jou... and it's designed to be written in. it's a series of self-exploration exercises, where it supports someone who is exploring themselves in some way.
I don't rate it highly, but the person who I was gifting it to expressed an interest in trying it.
the three copies I had were all completely filled by other people, meaning I'd received three peoples deepest internal reflections and outpourings in addition to the books all being ruined by being so heavily written in. I've no idea where Amazon gets their books from, these were all sold by Amazon (which was my attempt to try and avoid marketplace things).
I can see why you'd imagine study aids, I guess that happens too.