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Guess who got scammed by Amazon itself (not the seller)
They closed the temporary account (and called us suspicious) i made to buy a referbished phone out of money that we scraped up and cancelled the order without giving our currency back

My partner needs a new phone because their pinephone is too glitchy to use reliably and their uk samsnug doesn't have all the bands needed to have a reliable connection

Go ahead and boost this around to spread awareness and we can't scrape up enough money again to buy another phone because of it

#amazon #fuckamazon #Scamazon

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Dear @euronews @tech-news-euronews why are you on amazon-hosted #flipboard? That seems like a way to leak engagement data to a totalitarian, #gatekeeper corporation, which people call, scam'azon due to such #antitrust concerns.

Is flipboard an #AGPLv3, transparent, good faith actor on :butterfedyC: fediverse? There is no mention of such on the webpage, and when I tried accessing the terms of the service, it redirected to a googl-hosted page and information wouldn't display without enabling javascript, which i refuse as a matter of principle. Displaying terms should not require #javascript

Is euronews aware that scam'azon and goggle have known financial ties to a criminal, expansionist regime, that is now even facing warcrimes and genocide charges?

Maybe euronews ought find a more ethical instance.

CC: @REA @EUCommission @EC_NGI @EC_OSPO
#bigdata #amazon #scamazon #euronews #bds #google

About FlipboardTerms of Service - About Flipboard

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Platformer · Amazon’s Q has ‘severe hallucinations’ and leaks confidential data in public preview, employees warnBy Zoë Schiffer

Over the years we've been proponents of the #ShopEthical website. As they should, Shop Ethical give 'scam'azon an 'F' rating, .

shopethical.org.au/search?q=am

Meanwhile, the site is hosted on 'scam'azon servers.

Woops!

There's a pattern with the more ethical products. They were basically always the locally-produced, organic and #biodynamic foods, and never #fastFood chains.

Happy voting with your dollar.

www.shopethical.org.auSearch - Shop Ethical
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@melissabeartrix @SleepyZee
The use of the word "#scam" is appropriate.

What if we told you the scam gets #inception-level deep. As in, while you use #AusPost your packets are decrypted by Amazo- (snip) we mean, #scamazon.

We should also point out the #Medibank was scam'azon, also. A point conveniently omitted from all #legacyMedia coverage that happened to find us.

SAY NO #Scamazon, and #labor #union hating Squinty Botox.

for most electronics, here in NYC i wanna give a shout out to not only BestBuy but B&H and PC Richard.

i’ve had nothing but positive experiences buying refurbished computers from Newegg.

ihave neighbors who rave about both Costco and Microcenter.

just don't buy from wannabe Lex Luthor, Jeff Bezos

❝ Best Buy’s competing Prime Day sale offers huge price drops off laptops, TVs, and more
xda-developers.com/best-buy-48

XDA Developers · Best Buy’s competing Prime Day sale offers huge price drops off laptops, TVs, and moreShop tons of deals at Best Buy with discounts on some of the best hardware from brands like LG, Samsung, Microsoft, and more.

RANDOM REMINDER,

fuck #Scamazon

and contrary to the article, may i suggest: DON'T BUY FROM #AMAZON

use them as a search engine, then go directly to the vendors/manufacturers’ website.

this is the best way to find out if the business is legit.

i’ve also found out that many vendors put on scamazon their overstock or lesser quality products.

another benefit: less impulse buying.

and no money to Bezos.

❝ That Amazon 'Deal' Might Actually Be a Hidden Price Hike
lifehacker.com/that-amazon-dea

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y'know... been thinking about how all the strikes are related, in one way or another, to #SCAMAZON and...

since Ms. ex-Bezos, Mackenzie Scott, can't get rid of her billions fast enough; donating money to the unions welfare/survival funds should be her top priority

#Local346 makes the papers for the books Amazon sells

#SAGAFTRA #WGA make the entertainment for Amazon's Kindle division

#UPS delivers the packages sold thru the site

even #Nurses are part of Amazon's new Health Care division