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So I bought a product for €200 on Amazon.com. I am slightly ashamed of doing so but I did, didn't know where else to find this type of product. So after a few days they told me they would not be sending me the product for whatever reason. So I would be getting a refund. They said if I hadn't gotten the refund within 5 days I should contact support. So after 5 days I contacted support. And as soon as I did that, they sent me an email claiming that they require me to upload a picture of my "government issued identity document". They write that if I don't do that "You may continue shopping on Amazon, but you will no longer be eligible for a refund on the order ". Surely they have no right to do so right? They claim they've noticed some suspicious behavior on my account, but all I did was order a product, pay for it in advance, which they decided not to ever deliver to me. It's not me who's being suspicious here.

Anyone else had this experience? This a clear dealbreaker for me. I feel shame for ever having bought something from their store.

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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Won't that blacklist your address from ever buying from amazon
(unless you go beg for mercy at the altar of Bezos)
The "one time one free gift" from amazon policy !

I have bought nothing from them sinve last year. I feel no loss whatsoever. Please try if you haven't already. It is not nearly as hard as you think it is.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 weeks ago

Won’t that blacklist your address from ever buying from amazon

So, win-win.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, maybe. But it sounds like OP is pretty fed up with Amazon at this point anyway, so maybe going nuclear isn't the end of the world.

[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

AH yes ! Then it's good bye gift ! I recommend a very high quality laser projector !

[–] renamon_silver@lemmy.wtf 3 points 2 weeks ago

In that case, op gets to avoid similar situations in the future