I've never had a problem with them. I sent something to my grandaughter last week, chose the 7 day free shipping, it took 2 days!

Yikes--I wonder if it's spam? I have an Amazon credit card and buy from them all the time. Of course, I've had maybe two returns in all these years, and only one complaint of poor packaging (which they fixed). I don't know who would complain of expensive postage; most items ship for free with a $25 order.

I also sell on Amazon, and adhere to the limits Amazon sets on shipping charges. Sometimes this means I lose a little money on the shipping. So I'm certain Amazon buyers are not getting ripped off on shipping.

I've not paid for shipping on Amazon for years - I wait until I have 25 worth of items and then order - if it's not an immediate need. I'm not sure what they could be talking about either - have had very good experiences with Amazon

Yes, just good experiences with Amazon, too. I've been getting my computer ink there as there are some comparatively good deals. I even bought my lawn mower through Amazon!

My DH always says if I stop ordering from Amazon, they'll go belly-up.....I probably get at least one order a week...never pay shipping since I'm a "Prime" member.

It seems that no matter what I'm looking for and not finding... FINALLY a lightbulb goes off in my head and I think..."Amazon!" and more likely than not, I can find it there and at a cheaper price than I would have paid locally. I thnk I read this week where they shut down a shipping operation in Texas because the Texas legislature was going to make them collect sales tax on orders shipped out of there. I was not happy to see the loss of 300+ jobs.

I don't order very often, but never have had a problem at all..

We buy from Amazon at least once a week. No problems at all, and even the free shipping is usually only 2-3 days.

I don't buy from them too often, maybe 2 or 3 times a year. You made me go over to check out my account, and all is fine. I am now, however, thismuch closer to ordering a Kindle for myself. Bought one for my son for Christmas and now I want one...

Every time I order I spend around $100. I only buy books and movies.

I know that Amazon and Overstock will no longer sell in certain states (Illinois is one) because those states are making them charge sales tax. So that might be what's going on.

Never any problems with Amazon and no shut down notice either. I just ordered the steam mop from them and am waiting for it now. As usual, shipping is free!

No notice. Never a problem. Share a Prime Account with DS.

Sleeperblues, you may have misunderstood the issue. Amazon and Overstock are still selling to the good people of Illinois, but they are cutting ties with the affiliates here. I've linked to an article that explains it better than I ever could.

Here is a link that might be useful: Amazon in Illinois

Thanks, Woodsy

the issue that we were discussing over there was that Amazon has a practice of banning customers, some for very minor issues, another forum I am on there were a few people there that it happened to, they posted copies of the email from amazon and the reason for banning, both were due to having returned items, one gal had been shopping there for many years and had in all that time only returned a couple of items in the under $50 range, when they began searching google they found many many with the same thing happening to them. Amazon not only banned them from purchasing on amazon but those that had bought Kindle's from them found that their library was locked down and they were no longer able to access the books which they had bought and paid for. Plus they were cut off from customer support for their Kindle and could not buy books any longer which pretty much made their kindle useless.
The thing I thought was very wrong in the equation was blocking them from the books which they had already paid for and owned.
I had never ever heard of this from Amazon either and was surprised till I did a google search.
On the cases where someone is trying to do wrong and a con job by buying and returning big ticket items I can see them doing something but these were just regular people doing regular ordering and were given no warning at all simply banned and were not even allowed to contact them.
It almost made me wonder if there was some disgruntled Amazon employees doing it to cause Amazon problems. Apparently the website consumerist has had some cases reported to them.

That is about all I know about it. If it had not happened to some regulars on another forum I am on I probably would not have known of it. I order from Amazon all the time too, never had to return anything yet fortunately.

this is what I found using google
Amazon Banned Me

Thank you ravencajen for clarifying this post. That is what I was trying to post.