How I didn’t get a PS5 delivered by Amazon – Reader’s Characteristic

Not all deliveries attain their vacation spot (pic: Sony)

A reader particulars a irritating day ready for his PS5 to be delivered and what occurred after he realised it was by no means arriving.

I wished to share my story of woe with your self and readers. One I sense (and skim) isn’t an remoted case in these PlayStation 5 scarcity occasions

I assumed I’d been a selected one, managing to acquire a pre-order for the PlayStation 5 console from Amazon. Oh fortunate fortunate, fortunate me I assumed. Issues have been wanting up for 2020. I might banish a number of the horrors of the earlier months. With some well-placed digital escapism from my strained NHS vocation.

On launch day I ready an area beneath the TV for the approaching new arrival. Perused my shiny new copies of Spider-Man: Miles Morales and Demon’s Souls. Held the brand new spare controller, imagining the gaming goodness that might quickly be upon me.

Began to observe the advance Amazon monitoring system on my telephone, exhibiting my console’s progress. It appeared like an eternity watching it go slowly down from its tenth cease away to lastly subsequent supply.

Finally it was simply exterior my home, the supply van pulled up on my highway. The motive force didn’t transfer for a number of minutes, possibly catching a a lot wanted break. Solely to see him flip the van round and take off down the highway. Odd I feel, possibly he’s been known as away on an vital errand.

My telephone flashes into life, with an Amazon message telling my beloved console has been delivered and handed to the resident!

WHAT!

‘Is that this some sick joke?’, I cursed.

It could’t be taking place. A fast name to Amazon buyer providers ensued.

‘Have you ever checked along with your neighbours?’, a transcripted voice asks me. Not attainable I clarify once more, if he didn’t even depart the van!

Or except he threw it from the van, I couldn’t see how this was attainable, I silently thought to myself!

‘May you contact the errant driver?’, I ask hopefully. ‘Sorry we’ve no approach of speaking with drivers.’

‘We are going to examine and get again to you, I’m certain we are able to type this out.’

‘Is there anything I will help you with?’, I get duly requested.

A number of days later and plenty of calls to the formulaic Amazon buyer providers the investigation concludes my console has been ‘misplaced’ in transit. As my merchandise is out of inventory they can not resend a alternative unit. That’s a shock as its preliminary pre-order offered out in 5 minutes, because it’s rarer than the provable hen’s tooth.

My closing encounter with Amazon’s beloved Buyer Companies.

‘We want to give you a £5 reward voucher to your inconvenience’

‘No thanks, however please might I to be allotted a console when the following cargo is available in. That’s the least you are able to do beneath the circumstances.’

‘I’m sorry that’s not attainable, Amazon doesn’t have that facility to do this, simply attempt to re-order as soon as again in inventory’

Amazon on-line response to this debacle is, ‘We’re reaching out to each buyer who’s had an issue and made us conscious so we are able to put it proper’.

Actually Amazon, I don’t assume so! Oh pricey, it’s again to the PlayStation 4 for the foreseeable future. That pile of uncompleted classics is beckoning me.

The ethical of this tragic story is, in the event you actually wish to assure a console on launch day from Amazon, signal as much as be one in all their drivers. Sorted!

By reader BlinkBrown (Andy)

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