<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Amazon on MarkJacobsen.net</title><link>https://markjacobsen.net/tags/amazon/</link><description>Recent content in Amazon on MarkJacobsen.net</description><generator>Hugo -- gohugo.io</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:31:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://markjacobsen.net/tags/amazon/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>At Amazon, Bots &gt;= People</title><link>https://markjacobsen.net/2022/07/at-amazon-bots-are-greater-than-people/</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://markjacobsen.net/2022/07/at-amazon-bots-are-greater-than-people/</guid><description>&lt;p&gt;So it’s “Prime Day” and I figured I would go check if the very expensive router I just purchased was cheaper… and boy was it. So, I figured I could just contact a person and they’d adjust the price no problem and the world moves on. BIG MISTAKE. No. They want you to reorder the EXACT same thing, have it shipped to you, and return the EXACT same thing right back to them instead of just doing a price adjustment! You have got to be kidding me! Don’t believe me? Check out the chat thread…&lt;figure class="wp-block-image size-full"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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