ishtat
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I guess most of you people have bought books through Amazon, I have for more than 15 years. Recently I bought 4 books for $152 (112USD) of which $27 was for freight. All four books of differing sizes and weights and arrived in one box, one was fine, two had slight - just about acceptable damage. One - not the largest but the heaviest was wrecked, spine split, pages torn out and back cover torn off. The problem was caused by different sizes in one box rattling around but no packing. The box came from USA to OZ.
However, to get a replacement or refund you have to send back the damaged item which in this case will give me a single postage cost as great as the cost of the book - so not worth it.
Lessons learned
1. Order each book singly because they always come tightly packed.
2. Remember your local bookshop.
3. Emigrate to a country which has its own Amazon warehouses. Freight costs are a bugger.
4. Amazon Hong Kong don't seem to stuff up like Amazon US. Mebbe they do a lot more foreign orders.
Anyone else with experiences or advice?
However, to get a replacement or refund you have to send back the damaged item which in this case will give me a single postage cost as great as the cost of the book - so not worth it.
Lessons learned
1. Order each book singly because they always come tightly packed.
2. Remember your local bookshop.
3. Emigrate to a country which has its own Amazon warehouses. Freight costs are a bugger.
4. Amazon Hong Kong don't seem to stuff up like Amazon US. Mebbe they do a lot more foreign orders.
Anyone else with experiences or advice?