Ask the Amazon.com employee

[The Flayed One]

@Bwind - Nope. I don't think you'd be getting any orders from our warehouse anyway. We're one of Amazons smaller warehouses, and we pretty much just serve the greater Seattle area..

@Dante - Well, we are selling a ton of Year Zero. The new Rush CD (Snakes and Arrows) is giving it some real competition. The new Amy Winehouse & Joss Stone CDs are selling like crazy as well, so it's hard to tell. I'd almost say I'm sending out more of the Rush CD than any other right now.

@__V__ - We don't have in-house shopping, so every order we get is through INTERNETz. If stuff is out of stock that someone orders, the Reno, Nevada store will just ship it up to us on a truck or just send it out themselves. That's where most of our supplies come from.

As far as damaged goods, we get them all of the time. As far as what becomes of them, it depends on the damage. There are lots of problems, like cracked jewel cases, that can be taken care of inhouse. As far as obvious stuff that's not so easy, I'm not completely sure what they do with it. I know offering them to employees is not an option, which I understand.

@DP McCoy - Theres a sleepy head or two, but other than the restroom there's really not any place you can hide to sleep. One guy just usually lays his head down on the table and sleeps at break. It wouldn't do much good to sleep though, since you have a rate you need to make.

[Posher778]

Uhhh.... cough cough.

[The Flayed One]

@Crabapple - It is both. It's several big warehouses & additional sellers. There's an Amazon warehouse in Reno & Atlanta, and I believe one or two more.

As far as gift certificates & such, I can hand out whatever I want to friends as long as I pay for it. If you mean can I hook my mates up, I suppose I could order something for someone using my massive 10% employee discount. Most of the time you'd probably find that even with the 10%, DDD is going to probably be just as cheap (hope corporate doesn't see that;)) so it's really only going to do someone good if they're ordering something like a PS3 or X360.

@Posher - The weirdest orders I get are probably ones with multiple copies of odd items. I mean, I can make sense of most of them. When you see 13 copies of Catcher in the Rye or The New American Collegiate Dictionary, you just figure classroom, library or whatever. When people start ordering 9 copies of the Mannequin DVD, however, I start getting a little creeped out.

[Posher778]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

@Crabapple - It is both. It's several big warehouses & additional sellers. There's an Amazon warehouse in Reno & Atlanta, and I believe one or two more.

As far as gift certificates & such, I can hand out whatever I want to friends as long as I pay for it. If you mean can I hook my mates up, I suppose I could order something for someone using my massive 10% employee discount. Most of the time you'd probably find that even with the 10%, DDD is going to probably be just as cheap (hope corporate doesn't see that;)) so it's really only going to do someone good if they're ordering something like a PS3 or X360.

@Posher - The weirdest orders I get are probably ones with multiple copies of odd items. I mean, I can make sense of most of them. When you see 13 copies of Catcher in the Rye or The New American Collegiate Dictionary, you just figure classroom, library or whatever. When people start ordering 9 copies of the Mannequin DVD, however, I start getting a little creeped out.

LOL. Mannequin.

[crabapple]

Yes, yes I agree. Anyone ordering 9 copies of Mannequin = something sinister

[_____V_____]

Do any people get a refund just in case they get a damaged item packaged to them by mistake? Or is it replaced?

Maybe in most cases, people would simply want a refund. Do they do it?

[The Flayed One]

Originally Posted by _____V_____

Do any people get a refund just in case they get a damaged item packaged to them by mistake? Or is it replaced?

Maybe in most cases, people would simply want a refund. Do they do it?

As far as I know, they get whichever they request. I'm almost positive Amazon encourages replacement items instead, but will give a refund if requested. As far as damaged items go, there are some things some might consider damaged but others wouldn't. For instance, if something is packaged in a "throw away box" then the product might be sent even if the box is a little beat up. I've never really ran into it, but I imagine for stuff like PC games, which the original boxes are considered "throw away" could cause potential problems.

[MoonLit Meadow]

Originally Posted by The Flayed One

When people start ordering 9 copies of the Mannequin DVD, however, I start getting a little creeped out.

Damn, guess I better stop that. How embarrassing :p

[alkytrio666]

Y'ever...seen a grown man naked?

[The Flayed One]

Originally Posted by alkytrio666

Y'ever...seen a grown man naked?

You mean at the warehouse? No, but I've probably had plenty of opportunities. I'm one of the few people there who don't allow theirselves the luxury of perusing books every now and then.