# Amazon is messing with me. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 13, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682 "2020-05-13T01:03:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/21 "2020-05-13T17:29:49Z")
You have the grandwreks color (or paint) the flowers and glue them to the coffee stirrers. Presto! Instant indoor garden! They could put each stirrer in an amber-colored jar, if you happen to have any of those. StG ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/22 "2020-05-13T17:36:06Z")
The COTUs jump on those “pillows” of air. They make a tremendous bang, and that scares the shit out of the grownups! I very quietly stab them to death and stuff them in the trash can… ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/23 "2020-05-13T17:41:16Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Well, I’m not sure because there were 550 wooden coffee stirrers in the same box. > I’m pretty sure I don’t need another 550 wooden coffee stirrers. At. All. I knew you guys made tea out of sugar but I had no idea you were making wooden coffee. Although I can see why you’d need to stir it up. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/24 "2020-05-13T17:42:28Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > You have the grandwreks color (or paint) the flowers and glue them to the coffee stirrers. Presto! Instant indoor garden! They could put each stirrer in an amber-colored jar, if you happen to have any of those. > > StG Genius enough? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/25 "2020-05-13T18:05:22Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Yeah, \*\*Panache \*\*, you’re still missing that red sheet. 😃 > > Did you look behind the dryer? I looked there. And everywhere else. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/26 "2020-05-13T18:27:14Z")
**Panache** , your missing red sheet intrigues me. When I lose things I turn the house, car or where ever inside out. It would drive me insane til I found it. I had a framed picture of my mother when she was a little girl. I cannot find it. It got packed when moved out here. It’s in this house somewhere. I’ve been searching for 20 years. Ooh, that’s what I need from Amazon. New picture frames. Excuse me. BRB. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/27 "2020-05-13T19:21:52Z")
Oooooo! Use the wooden coffee stirrers to build an annex to Ft Covid? ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/28 "2020-05-13T19:35:49Z")
The coffee stirrers will be a project for the grand-wreks. I just havn’t decided what we will make yet. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/29 "2020-05-13T20:12:59Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Couldn’t remember why I ordered little Amber glass jars with a cork top. 36 of them. :smack: You were going to start selling **Prof. Fundleweisers Invigorating, Revitalizing, Curze-All Tincture, Tonic, Salve, Elixir and Essential Infusion of Vital Vitalities**. ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/30 "2020-05-13T20:45:27Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > You were going to start selling **Prof. Fundleweisers Invigorating, Revitalizing, Curze-All Tincture, Tonic, Salve, Elixir and Essential Infusion of Vital Vitalities**. Made with local moonshine, it’s 125 proof! (hic) ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/31 "2020-05-13T20:56:58Z")
I recently ordered a new Roomba battery via Amazon. I received the battery, it fit, it worked and Roomba is happily scurrying around the house. Monday, I received an e-mail from Amazon, saying they had refunded my purchase. Curious, I looked at my Amazon account. It says they refunded the purchase because the package was either damaged in shipping or returned to Amazon as deliverable. Neither of those things are true since I received the package and made no report back to Amazon - not even their request for a review. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/32 "2020-05-13T21:07:01Z")
That should say un-deliverable ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/33 "2020-05-13T21:15:28Z")
Roombas are creepy. See, It split into 2 Roombas. One came to you the other one is going to an unsuspecting Amazon customer. Amaz-cloning-Roombitus. (Oh god, I hope it don’t come here!) ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/34 "2020-05-13T21:18:26Z")
Well, that was scary as soon as I typed that my gate alarm rang. Someone is delivering. Oh, god. ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/35 "2020-05-13T21:31:55Z")
My Dad gets pretty much two of everything he orders. Today I got MY new LED headlamp. He pays one charge. He gets two. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2020, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/36 "2020-05-13T21:34:09Z")
It was FedX. Not for me. Whew! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/37 "2020-05-14T05:52:49Z")
> [@wolfman](#): > > You were going to start selling **Prof. Fundleweisers Invigorating, Revitalizing, Curze-All Tincture, Tonic, Salve, Elixir and Essential Infusion of Vital Vitalities**. I need a new…something…hadda stare at this for a few minutes to work out that it didn’t actually say “slave elixir” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2020, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/38 "2020-05-14T08:58:24Z")
So I ordered these things called ‘neck gaiters’ 2 to a pkg. Surprisingly they had colors other that camo. They come with a filter pocket that fits right over your nose and mouth. And 20 replacement filter sheets. Yay! Sez I. A really cool face mask (not that I’m ever going anywhere, alas. No matter) I pulled the trigger on them. Get a confirmation email. Good. A few minutes ago I get an email to rate them. I can’t rate them, I havn’t got them yet. I’m ignoring that email. I got another email telling me if I havn’t recieved by May 19th I’ll need to ask for a refund. One more email telling me my order# blah, blah, blah has shipped. I went to Amazon and punch up ‘my orders’ It’s showing them shipped arriving on May 21st. I don’t know who to believe :smack: I’m not getting my cool neck gaiters w/ removable/disposable filters, am I? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2020, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/39 "2020-05-15T07:22:15Z")
I got a box from Michael’s craftstore. First off I had a $50 gift card I needed to use. Second, their website is glitchy as heck. I finally get an order placed. I get an email saying I could do storefront pick-up. No, no I can’t. I don’t live close to a Michael’s. Another headache getting that sorted. Finally it’s getting shipped to me. The box came today. You’d think a craft store would have a box with cute cutouts on their box. Hey, Michaels, Amazon has one-upped you. You need to try harder. I’m disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682/40 "2020-05-16T05:30:22Z")
I went on Amazon to change my default payment method to a debit card. Oh, my freakin’ god, the hoops I had to jump through. Of course I couldn’t remember my password. I’ve had this Amazon acct. since the dark ages. Finally after looking at those screwy little pictures and typing the right numbers/letters I get a OTU password and get into my acct.and my stupid original password was my Mothers maiden name. How dumb was I, lo these many years ago? So I changed it to my first dogs name. Turns out it’s too common, so ‘Lucky’ didn’t work either. Now onto something clever. My first boyfriends name. Yep, that would be Stanley from the 3rd grade. No dice. Dammit! So, I’m going with my maiden name. It’s an odd name. That should work. Oh, wait. My family know my maiden name. What if I order secret things? This won’t do. In the end I just pick a random number/letter combo. And, I made sure I wrote it down. Taped it to my laptop with packing tape. Well, that was stoopid. Peeled it off. Tore up the paper. Again, I don’t know my password. Grrrrrr! And sticky residue is on my laptop. I need to order some kind of cleaner for my laptop. Open up Amazon. They need my password. … Well. That’s special. I ordered my cleaner on the lil’wrekkers Amazon acct. (Her password is my maiden name) I gotta figure out how to get my payment method off her acct. She’ll be buying all kind of useless crap and getting boxes with cute cutout flowers printed on them. Oh…wait. I hate my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-is-messing-with-me/853682.md?page=3)