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Amazon Automatically refunded me

  • 26-12-2018 3:40pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14


    Amazon refunded me for a item i bought over Christmas and i didn't issue the refund because the laptop is working fine.

    has this happened to anyone else?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 IrishMayo26


    Bump


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,150 ✭✭✭how.gareth


    Amazon refunded me for a item i bought over Christmas and i didn't issue the refund because the laptop is working fine.

    has this happened to anyone else?

    It’s a mistake I presume, So you got a free laptop? Happy days


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 IrishMayo26


    I didnt even request a refund and the laptop is being used right now lol im kinda weirded out by it lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 IrishMayo26


    well first one was damaged and never arrived just went bk to amazon from courier


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭liamo


    An alternative to the advice from other posters might be to be honest in your dealings with Amazon and alert them to their mistake. It's not your money - even if it came your way through no action on your part.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭liamo


    Being honest is silly? Being dishonest is a good thing?
    OmegaGene wrote: »
    That’s just silly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,294 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    liamo wrote: »
    An alternative to the advice from other posters might be to be honest in your dealings with Amazon and alert them to their mistake. It's not your money - even if it came your way through no action on your part.

    You're an idiot if you do this. Do you think Amazon would do the same for you? I had to hassle them for a week for a refund. Say nothing. Odds are they will realise their mistake anyway.

    Or maybe switch banks tomorrow...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭Dirtdrifter


    They might hit the supplier

    Bezos didn't make his money for no reason


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,294 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    If it were me id wipe all my card details from my account so they couldn't charge me.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭liamo


    Your logic confuses me. Is ths along the same lines as insurance fraud? You know? A "victimless crime"? One that doesn't hurt anyone? Oh wait ....

    MadYaker wrote: »
    You're an idiot if you do this. Do you think Amazon would do the same for you? I had to hassle them for a week for a refund. Say nothing. Odds are they will realise their mistake anyway.

    Or maybe switch banks tomorrow...


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,193 ✭✭✭liamo


    More "victimless crime" attitude.

    Whatever happened to just being honest?
    OmegaGene wrote: »
    It’s amazon, they are a huge company so I don’t think a laptop refund is going to break them, amazon will realise their mistake eventually and if they don’t feck em
    McDonald’s reversed a payment I made to to them in November so I thought I had a free bit of grub but they came back for it lol


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,211 ✭✭✭✭Suckit




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 26,658 ✭✭✭✭OldMrBrennan83


    See what happens. Might get away with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,244 ✭✭✭Guffy


    OmegaGene wrote: »
    It’s amazon, they are a huge company so I don’t think a laptop refund is going to break them, amazon will realise their mistake eventually and if they don’t feck em
    McDonald’s reversed a payment I made to to them in November so I thought I had a free bit of grub but they came back for it lol

    Really?

    Think they need your permission to recapture a payment. At least we do.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,294 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    Guffy wrote: »
    Really?

    Think they need your permission to recapture a payment. At least we do.

    Maybe to take a new payment but not to reverse a refund?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,019 ✭✭✭ct5amr2ig1nfhp


    Yes, happened a few times over the years. They debited the funds from the account eventually. I presume when they did some stock reconciliation. Expect to get an email asking for the return of the item, or else they'll attempt payment on the card or a card on your account assuming you're happy to keep the item.


  • Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 7,730 Mod ✭✭✭✭delly


    I have had refunds from Amazon, or more specifically the original 'hold' has been released and then charged again once delivered. It'll be charged again once the Christmas madness has been caught up on. That's not to say that they don't do partial refunds or credits at the drop of a hat if you give out, Amazon have 100% customer satisfaction at the front of the brain, they really are great.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,294 ✭✭✭✭MadYaker


    delly wrote: »
    I have had refunds from Amazon, or more specifically the original 'hold' has been released and then charged again once delivered. It'll be charged again once the Christmas madness has been caught up on. That's not to say that they don't do partial refunds or credits at the drop of a hat if you give out, Amazon have 100% customer satisfaction at the front of the brain, they really are great.

    I used the one click ordering on my phone to order something, then realised it was the wrong one and cancelled it immediately. The money was gone from my account instantly and it took me 4 days of talking to customer service both online and on the phone to even get them to awknowledge the fact that they charged me. Then I had to wait about 10 days for a refund.

    If Amazon accidentally refunded me I would make sure they never see that money again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    I ordered four identical items this year from Amazon, costing ~€20 each, one of the four didn't work so I sent it back for a refund, Amazon refunded me the entire ~€80.00 for the whole lot. I noticed the large refund about a month later in my Credit Card statement and called up Amazon to enquire and they said it was a gesture of goodwill, happy days for me. There is a reason I do most of my online shopping there and have spent over €10,000 there since opening my amazon account way back in 2005, with my first purchase of a Digital Camera. I estimate I save at least half the price most of time on what I'm buying there compared to the shops here, when you factor in the cost and time of driving to the shops and the ripoff parking also. Anytime I've had an issue with amazon they either replace or refund, and because its online with a record no BS about receipts etc. All my Christmas gifts were bought online on Amazon, mainly around Black Friday.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭Dirtdrifter


    Same here ,1 item of a multipack faulty got refunded the lot

    Surely they'll tighten up on refunds or it just a case of the majority don't bother or is just that the sellers pay so Amazon not concerned


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,420 ✭✭✭.G.


    I've had stuff refunded by amazon without asking for it loads of times but always before they shipped, usually delay in shipping, they refund and retake the money once shipped. Say nothing OP, happy Christmas!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 67 ✭✭Dirtdrifter


    Who's paying

    Is it bezos or the sellers for all these refunds


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,007 ✭✭✭s7ryf3925pivug


    I was bumped around customer service depts for weeks while amazon music wasn’t working. Then they refused to refund months when the service was not working. (Spotify now.) Their customer service is very mixed.

    I’m sure they’ll sort out the erroneous refund. Wouldn’t worry about it or spend it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,081 ✭✭✭theguzman


    Who's paying

    Is it bezos or the sellers for all these refunds

    I'd say its us, I'm sure the fact that 5% or whatever percentage of the product is faulty is just priced into the whole thing.


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