No More Paying A Ransom for Amazon.com Orders

Member since 31 August 2022

Roddie SimmonsActive member08 February 2026 13:55:31

Let me explain. This is not something I think will happen to others, hopefully. I live in a very small village of less than 3,000 people in Northeastern Brazil. There are times when I do not think I can get a product locally (i.e., my computer soundbar did not work for long, so I needed a quality one). Due to a misunderstanding, I can no longer purchase from Amazon.com / Brazil or Mercado Libre. Today was the FOURTH time I have purchased an item from Amazon.com/USA only to have my wife pay a ransom for it from a young man who arrived at our gate on a motorcycle requested payment for the order when it arrived. No More I have vigorously brought this issue up with Amazon, but it continues. The challenge is with the Delivery Service. Sky Postal. They deliver the order to the post office in the next town. This has been done before, but it is a very small post office, and they do not alert us or Amazon that it is NOT going to our place. Instead, the Post Office, short on space has one of its local guys bring it over to our village and he charges $5 Reis for delivery. Yes we can afford it, but it is embarrassing and unacceptable to have our orders delivered that way. Amazon has done nothing to stop it.

Roddie in Retirement😎

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abthree Brazil Expert

Member since 28 December 2017

abthreeBrazil ExpertYesterday 02:05:43

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02/08/26 @Roddie Simmons. That does sound frustrating. But as you say, you live pretty far off the beaten track; Sky Postal is mediocre at best in my experience, but it sounds like they're the only game in town out your way. If your disputes with Amazon BR and Mercado Livre are based on their insisting that they can't deliver to your door, then Amazon US isn't going to be able to do any better and will probably be a little worse. If you can patch things up with Amazon BR and/or Mercado Livre, that might spare you some heartburn. Since you have driver, you might send him by the PO two or three times a week to see whether there's anything to pick up when you're expecting a delivery, but that could cost you more in gas than the R$5 for the kid on the motorcycle.

Roddie Simmons Active member

Member since 31 August 2022

Roddie SimmonsActive memberYesterday 14:21:28

@abthree Thanx, I currently have everything I want and back-ups (a working computer soundbar and an unboxed replacement). My wife has arranged my Man Friday to come work for me each Tuesday, so I may do that in the future.

The truth with Amazon BR is that I asked my wife's former 2nd in command to purchase an item from them. She used MY credit card on HER account. I did not mind (the idea was to help me create my own account). As a result, they think that any item ordered using that credit card it is stolen etc. After an immensely long time, my YouTube channel should launch in the next few weeks. Money earned will go into a special Charles Schwab account with its own card. I may use that one for Amazon purchases.

Roddie in Retirement😎