I ordered some goods from EBay and today 2 parcels from Amazon. One was the goods I ordered, so presumably the order was fulfilled by Amazon.
However, the other parcel contained a large box of cat food. I don't have a cat and I certainly didn't order it. I have no idea why I received it, except that there was a note saying ' a gift from Charlie Alderton Projects'.
I tried to contact Amazon, but there was a very long wait. The customer service robot said that if the parcel was unsolicited, I should keep it of donate it to a charity.
Has anyone experienced anything like this? What did you do?
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If you Google 'Amazon cat food scam' it makes interesting reading! If you've received what you were expecting, that's good; local animal rescues would probably be very grateful for the cat food.
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There was something about that sort of thing on the news last week. It concerned some customers who'd ordered high value items, but were sent items like catfood etc. Apparently also items like that are sent by some sellers, who then hope to get better reviews and ratings. Amazon are investigating, this is the link to the BBC news item https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-65310418
In the cat food parcel, I found a note saying that it was a gift included with the item that I had ordered. Strange... The cat food is probably more expensive than the item I ordered.
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As stated above, this is a common ploy to gain reviews for the article.
Personally I consider this to be bad practice and would therefore give a poor review stating that it was unsolicited.
A bit of online digging online shows a company of that name registered in Warrington. The nature of business is listed as "other information services not elsewhere classified".
Yes, I'd already tried to find out who the sender was, but it looks just like a name set up for trading. Most of the self employed IT people I worked with had 'trading names' for tax & VAT reasons.
Oh, and I've started to get emails from Amazon with the subject 'na'. These go into Junk and I don't open them. I've reported them to Amazon.
Post last edited on 03/05/2023 09:33:21
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Amazon employees have been stealing valuable orders from picking lists and substituting them with cheap unwanted items from the warehouse. By mailing something the system assumes the correct item has been sent and limits your credibility.
If you haven't reported this yet repack the item in the original packaging and video yourself unpacking it.
In future always video yourself unpacking packages from Amazon and Ebay, always video yourself repacking them if you have to send them back and video yourself handing the package in at the post office.
Once everything has gone right you can delete these boring videos.
Some scamsters are after your email address so respond only through official Amazon/Ebay channels.
Scamsters often send big bars of chocolate, it's best not to eat it.
If you like reviews of scam products watch Krazy Ken's Computer Clan channel on You Tube. He spots all the red flags in products adverts and then buys the items to see how bad they are.
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Topic: Strange parcel from Amazon.
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