8:47 AM I ordered a pair of boots on Amazon website.
Received order confirmation from Amazon
Boots $73.91
Shipping:
$38.09
Same day 8:57
AM:
I sent an email to Amazon:
"Please cancel order. Shipping WAY too high
9:15 AM:
I called Amazon to confirm the order would be
cancelled. I was told I would need to cancel it through UBSales.
9:20
:
I called UBSales and I was told I had to cancel
through Amazon.
Many phone calls/emails later:
12:25 PM:
Received
order confirmation from UBSales:
Reference #682534
Please allow 3-8 business days for your order to ship.
1:29
PM Email from Amazon.com
RE:order numberxxxxx
UBSales has your order information and can cancel
it for you if it hasnt shipped.
Dec
21 5:01 PM Email from Amazon.com:
Today UBSales
shipped your order .
5:52
PM Email from UBSales:
We received your request to cancel your order.
Unfortunately your order has already been shipped and cannot be cancelled at
this time.
December 22
Boots arrive. I refuse delivery.
December 22 from UBSales
Directs me
to:
http://www.unbeatablesale.com/shippinfo.html
Dec 23 from Amazon
I understand that you have already refused the
package. As soon as the package is returned to the seller, a full refund will
be issued to the same payment method used.
Dec 31 Email
from Amazon.com: Item Refund: $55.43
As you can see from UBSales 'Return Policy', the
buyer cannot cancel an order even minutes after it is put in through Amazon. If
they refuse delivery, they are assessed a return fee, the shipping fee and a
25% restocking fee. If they accept delivery and get a Return Authorization from
the vendor, they are still assessed the original shipping fee as well as paying
for the return freight and insurance. So they stole $56.57 from my debit account.
Here's an example that is currently on the Amazon
site for boots from UnbeatableSale.com:
[Price: $85.20 + $42.09 shipping]
Shipping cost in very light print