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Amazon's returns process is a complete dumpster fire - they'll slap a "new" sticker on your used crap and put it right back up for sale. Case in point: a small biz got screwed when Amazon resold their poopy swim diaper as brand new, tanking their company. Thankfully, Amazon took immediate action (JK). At least sellers now at least have the option to opt-out of returns being sold as new.

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[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 69 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Because others marked the review as helpful, Amazon increased its visibility on the product page, just as the Barons "were executing a plan to triple their annual sales to $3 million in 2020"

The fact that any returned diaper is resold is fucked. "Amazon should have inspected it" isn't good enough and whoever is in charge of the policy for returns of a diaper to ever be resold can screw off.

If it's Amazon, and Amazon is responsible for that diaper being shipped back out, that review should definitely be removed.

But regardless, "we were just about to triple our sales" is best case complete nonsense, and worst case nonsense stacked with scalping essential goods during a pandemic.

[–] RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

Used - Like New

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

To be fair, if the package is still unopened then a return can totally be resold.

[–] pigup@lemmy.world 39 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can only imagine the smell as some overworked, underpaid Amazon warehouse person stuffs that diaper in.

“Not the worst smell, so whatever”

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 month ago

Maybe the poop stains were from an Amazon warehouse employee who wasn't allowed to leave the line 🤷🏻‍♂️

[–] coolteathatisgreen@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

🍵 profits

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 6 points 1 month ago

Amazon's returns process is a complete dumpster fire - they'll slap a "new" sticker on your used crap

Could have just ended the sentence there and it would still work both figuratively and literally. 🤣

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Even this headline makes it sound like the family's fault lmao.

[–] PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah the article takes its time making it clear who is at fault as well

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Cursed headline