I just tried to order to fiction novels from Amazon and was shocked by the exchange rate offered. Buyers beware!!

The current rate is $1.35 AUD cents to $1.00 and their rate would you believe is $2.13 to $1.00 US. I think a purchase of $32.73US should be $44.17 where as the charge was $70. can you belive this. Then you have postage on top of this.

Please check this if you buy this is not fair and bad business practice.

I have had an Amazon account for two years. I make appr. $2500 a month, that's what I live on. Last night as I am entering some new inventory into the I am told I cannot my account has been suspended. I have emailed several times, I cannot get a respondence as to why. My overall performance rating is 94%... it went down this month to 90% because of some unjust negative feedbacks. There was a sale that could not even be completed because the hour prior I sold the book on Amazon but their database still showed I had it, a customer tried buying it & I refunded money as I could not complete sale & much to my surprise two weeks later I get a negative feedback from him. I make them a lot of money per month in commission (since they are the highest of all the venues I sell through) plus $40.00 subscription fee for the privilege of paying these crazy fees, unfortunately it is the best venue to sell to the masses & 75% of my sales are done through Amazon. I now have all my money in their account being held for 90 days in case there is a dispute, & I still have not received a respondence as to why. I have two children, & this is how I support them... I am frightened as I really don't know what to do!!!

Today at 8:13 am in the morning somebody bought someting in amazon (79 dollars); in the noon at 12:00 I check my bank accoun and I noticed that there it was a pending transaction and the amount was 79 dollars (in my country is a lot money), so I called my bank to block my account but when I told them that I din't my that transaction they just told me that I needed to wait until 30 days to put an inpungnation (they are so...).

That's the reason that I request you to do something to cancel that transaction in AMAZON, they didn't answer me; before will be too late.

DO NOT DO BUISNESS WITH AMAZON - PASS IT ON TO YOUR FRIENDS

Cindy

My recommendation to you Cindy is the you never purchase anything again

from Amazon.com because they will reply to you that I have been paid which is a

lie. When I as invited by Amazon to sell on there site they never let me know that

they would hold my funds - maybe in there fine print - as I have spent now over a

month trying to get them to pay me it is frustrating - they now owe me 1400 dollars

and appear to be solicitating my past sales such as you to defame my name - Thank

You for your email to them getting them straight - I am so sick and tired of Jeff Bezos

the owner and presidents rip off tackticts I have filed a claim with the State of Washington.

They now have refunded to of my sales and then after presure admitted there wrong - yet

still refuse to give me my money - send the message out to not buy from these folks and

if you get a miniute check out how many consumers they have ripped off around america

if I had known I would have never done buisness with them - the most non responsive

company I have ever dealt with - tell your friends

Barry

-- "Cindy Zwart, RD, LDN, CDE" <[email protected]> wrote:
I have received the order, but the seller states he has not been paid by
you. My concern is not the receipt or quality of the item, but that the
seller has been paid.
Sincerely,
Cindy Zwart
----- Original Message -----
From: <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 11:35 PM
Subject: Your Amazon.com A-to-z Guarantee Claim (Order 102-7300777-3037004)


> Greetings from Amazon.com,
>
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> merchandise received is materially different than described.
>
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>
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These were ordered directly from Dr. Myles H. Bader. I was unable to get them from my usual book supplier (Books A Million). They took a very long time, months in fact. Anyhow I no longer need them and I would like my money back. They have never been taken out of the box they came in. To whom should I return them?