# Shopping on Amazon rapidly turning to shit

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**Created:** [August 12, 2026, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-on-amazon-rapidly-turning-to-shit/1032313 "2026-08-12T17:00:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 12, 2026, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shopping-on-amazon-rapidly-turning-to-shit/1032313/21 "2026-08-12T19:28:26Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> The first thing I noticed is that the order and shipping notifications no longer include what the item is, only the category in which they have placed the item. So instead of a particular food supplement, I am notified about the shipping progress of a “health item.”

That was apparently due to customer complaints, as people did not want “Shipped, I dozen extra small condoms” 😛 to show up in their email.

> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> Today I noticed that I can no longer look at a specific level of star ratings for a product. For example, if I want to check all the 1-star reviews to see what they are complaining about, I

Sure you can. Just click on the “3%” or whatever next to the ratings. I just did that. Quite a few others here also had no issues.

> [@hajario](#):
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> I order quite a bit from Prime but not so much that I wouldn’t know exactly what they meant that day by “electronics” or “personal care item”.

Same here.

I found it slightly annoying but I understand why the change.

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