General thread for gaming news that doesn't deserve its own thread.

[Lord of Pirates]

Amazon bans "cronic returners". Doesn't say how its determined.

Seems to be random based on the whims of some CS goon in India or wherever they've outsourced it too.

[Gypsy]

Maybe if they weren't so full of **** they'd get less returns. I typically just settle for the partial refund when I get a damaged or not new product though, so...hopefully I'm safe?

[zborgerd]

Amazon bans "cronic returners". Doesn't say how its determined.

Apparently their crappy packaging is now supposed to be normal. I've had occasions where replacements were worse than the original.

[Gypsy]

Apparently their crappy packaging is now supposed to be normal. I've had occasions where replacements were worse than the original.

If anyone else but them and Rightstuf really carried anime, I swear...

[banditwolf]

Apparently their crappy packaging is now supposed to be normal. I've had occasions where replacements were worse than the original.

Well that's been clear to me since they almost never add any filler in boxes and usually use bubble mailers. If the USPS didn't suck ass it might not be that bad.

[storino03]

They keep track of customer returns, promo credits received, refunds, etc and each account has a ratio % until which it's deemed abuse. Accounts are then warned and if it continues, closed permanently.

[Gypsy]

I ordered a new hdd off Amazon today. If it's used I'm going to be annoyed but I wouldn't think this would be as much of an issue with hdds...

[Lord of Pirates]

Well that's been clear to me since they almost never add any filler in boxes and usually use bubble mailers. If the USPS didn't suck ass it might not be that bad.

The only thing I'd expect competence out of is a special courier. Thankfully the Fedex/UPS/USPS carriers in my area all treat my stuff nicely. If Amazon bothered to pack properly and not sell clearly used items as new I'd bet the number of returns would diminish.

[Best1989]

I think the last thing with a damageable box that I ordered from Amazon was Axiom Verge. Thankfully it arrived safely. I've seen pictures of how things are arriving now and it's terrible how they are handling shipments.

[Gypsy]

Had a dvd set arrive with a completely broken case due to poor packaging. I'm sure it's my fault though, according to Amazon. The BD set in the package was fine however.

Edit: BD set case was actually cracked, but I'm just gonna keep it.