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The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:34 am
by Knoyleo

(Who knew C4 were just uploading their documentaries onto Youtube now? Great to be able to watch on demand and ad free!)

Oobah Butler, the guy who managed to get his garden shed placed as the number 1 London restaurant on Trip Advisor, has been going undercover in Amazon, investigating working conditions, union busting, sales of dangerous goods to children, their tax avoidance, and even selling bottles of piss through the website as drinks. Probably not going to show anything that people aren't expecting, but it's still a pretty shocking reminder of just how shitty they are.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:36 am
by rinks
How much for the bottles of piss?

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:38 am
by Memento Mori
rinks wrote:How much for the bottles of piss?

Make an offer.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:40 am
by rinks
Memento Mori wrote:
rinks wrote:How much for the bottles of piss?

Make an offer.

What are the "delivery options"?

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:44 am
by Moggy
rinks wrote:How much for the bottles of piss?


2 cans of Fosters.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:45 am
by rinks
2 cans were for Guinness.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 12:10 pm
by kazanova_Frankenstein
Man, I NEED to eat at that shed.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 1:56 pm
by Octoroc
rinks wrote:2 cans were for Guinness.


I got that.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:12 pm
by Prototype
I ordered 2 SSDs from amazon in the last few months. Both had no SSDs in them. Theft must be through the roof.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 6:46 pm
by Knoyleo
Prototype wrote:I ordered 2 SSDs from amazon in the last few months. Both had no SSDs in them. Theft must be through the roof.

That or people abusing the automated returns process that he used in the documentary. I've read plenty of instances elsewhere of people ordering "new" components only to receive something that's been tampered with and been replaced with old parts.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 8:10 pm
by Prototype
Knoyleo wrote:
Prototype wrote:I ordered 2 SSDs from amazon in the last few months. Both had no SSDs in them. Theft must be through the roof.

That or people abusing the automated returns process that he used in the documentary. I've read plenty of instances elsewhere of people ordering "new" components only to receive something that's been tampered with and been replaced with old parts.


You wouldn't blame them going through those conditions and helping themselves to something to compensate themselves tbf

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:17 pm
by Knoyleo
Prototype wrote:
Knoyleo wrote:
Prototype wrote:I ordered 2 SSDs from amazon in the last few months. Both had no SSDs in them. Theft must be through the roof.

That or people abusing the automated returns process that he used in the documentary. I've read plenty of instances elsewhere of people ordering "new" components only to receive something that's been tampered with and been replaced with old parts.


You wouldn't blame them going through those conditions and helping themselves to something to compensate themselves tbf

Absolutely not.

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 9:47 pm
by Moggy
Knoyleo wrote:
Prototype wrote:
Knoyleo wrote:
Prototype wrote:I ordered 2 SSDs from amazon in the last few months. Both had no SSDs in them. Theft must be through the roof.

That or people abusing the automated returns process that he used in the documentary. I've read plenty of instances elsewhere of people ordering "new" components only to receive something that's been tampered with and been replaced with old parts.


You wouldn't blame them going through those conditions and helping themselves to something to compensate themselves tbf

Absolutely not.


What's the worst that can happen to them? Forced labour in shite conditions for strawberry float all pay?

Re: The Great Amazon Heist - Channel 4 Documentary

Posted: Thu Oct 26, 2023 11:49 pm
by OrangeRKN
Just finished watching this, was fun. Hope it boosts the amazon boycott brigade