How Amazon.com has failed me.
By The Horse
@TheHorse (238305)
Walnut Creek, California
November 22, 2019 8:15pm CST
I sometimes buy things on Amazon.com. It's usually small stuff, like guitar strings, Patchouli oil, phonograph cartridges, or capacitors for the speakers I restore.
A couple of times, I submitted reviews of products I bought, even though there was no money in it for me.
Over the years, I've received questions from Amazon customers, asking me to provide information about how a paticular product would work in a particular application.
I always replied. I like helping people out.
About two years ago, I started receiving questions from Amazon customers about products I had never bought and never reviewed.
I contacted Amazon, and they told me that my AOL account must have been hacked. They suggested I change my AOL password. I changed my AOL password (a grave inconvenience to me, as I eventually run out of passwords I can remember), but the phenomenon continued.
So now, when I receive such an inquiry, I simply, write "I have never purchased, nor reviewed, this product." Perhaps if enough people do this, Amazon will take more responsibility for this glitch and get things patched up.
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19 responses
@owlwings (43897)
• Cambridge, England
23 Nov 19
I wonder what led them to think that your AOL account had been hacked. Sounds like a typical random response to put the blame on you from Customer Couldn't-Care-Less to me! I wonder why they didn't suggest that it was your Amazon account that might have been compromised or (much more likely) that the items you were asked to answer questions on were things that you had looked at or even things that OTHER people had looked at (or bought) after buying something you bought or looked at (yes, I know, it gets pretty complex round about there, but you know Amazon!).
Regarding passwords, you can either write them down in a place you keep secret or you can use a password manager. I like LastPass (free to use for one device) but there are others. Don't trust your browser to store your passwords, however. That information is stored on your PC and can fairly easily be accessed by hackers, even though it's usually encrypted. Password managers like LastPass store your sensitive information on their servers and, since that is their business, they do make sure that it's well encrypted and secure. Of course, it's security is up to you: all of your data depends on ONE master password and, if you don't make that very secure, that's your lookout!
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
23 Nov 19
Yes...they should be careful but the hardly pay attention towards this.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
23 Nov 19
@TheHorse haha....true. it is all.about stars
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@TheHorse (238305)
• Walnut Creek, California
23 Nov 19
@amitkokiladitya It's all about the bottom line.
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@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
23 Nov 19
I have always had good experiences with Amazon.
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@LindaOHio (222314)
• United States
23 Nov 19
I don't know why this is happening. I've always had a good experience with Amazon.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
23 Nov 19
Sometimes it's better not getting involved and not make any comment on certain things.
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@Butterfingers (66603)
• India
23 Nov 19
This isn't a glitch they just want u to leave a good review of product u never purchased 

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@FourWalls (86661)
• United States
23 Nov 19
Typical customer service (???): “it’s not our fault.” I get that a lot from Honda because there’s a computer glitch in the radio computer that makes the whole dang thing reset out of the blue occasionally while playing the iPod: “It’s Apple’s fault.”
@LadyDuck (502429)
• Italy
23 Nov 19
What a silly comment from Amazon. Even if your AOL was hacked what would have that had to do with people asking you questions about products you bought? I suppose they were hacked and your email account is now "public". No one can see my email account on Amazon.
@Alexandoy (65302)
• Cainta, Philippines
23 Nov 19
So it's like your account is on the Amazon affiliate program? Anyway, is that patchouli for the hair? My wife used to buy the Patchouli soap but it's not in the market anymore.
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@Freelanzer (10782)
• Canada
23 Nov 19
That is indeed strange. I have provided a few reviews and answered a couple questions but they were legit.
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@wolfgirl569 (135722)
• Marion, Ohio
23 Nov 19
I answer the questions when I can. I have not received any for stuff I have not bought. I dislike the ones where the seller messages you with i a few days of getting the item wanting you to review it. Some things you can but other things I want to keep and use for awhile before I leave a review.
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
23 Nov 19
I've read that a lot of reviews on Amazon turned out to be fake. Maybe that's what they're doing, using your name for a product you never bought.
@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Nov 19
I have no doubt it is no glitch but Amazon itself at work. Somehow this benefits their business. Amazon is a big snake in the grass.
@Dyvette16 (4299)
• United States
23 Nov 19
They like to use fake comments to show as if a lot of people buy the product
Such a shame






















