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Find a Location

Amazon.com has 130 locations, listed below.

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    • Amazon.com

      202 Westlake Ave N Ste 2 Seattle, WA 98109-5264

      BBB Accredited Business
    • Amazon

      4400 12th Street Ext West Columbia, SC 29172-3300

    • Amazon.com

      2020 Joe B Jackson Pkwy Murfreesboro, TN 37127-7792

    • Amazon.com

      1 Centerpoint Blvd New Castle, DE 19720-4172

    • Amazon.com

      1155 Worldwide Blvd Hebron, KY 41048-8648

    Business ProfileforAmazon.com

    Ecommerce
    HeadquartersMulti Location Business
    BBB accredited business
    The Complaints and Reviews shown on this HQ profile may have been submitted against either the HQ itself or one of the corporate-owned locations found under "Find Locations".

    Current Alerts For This Business

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    Government Action: BBB reports on known government actions involving business’ marketplace conduct::
    The Federal Trade Commission v Amazon.com, Inc.

    The following describes a pending government action that has been formally brought by a government agency but has not yet been resolved. We are providing a summary of the governments allegations, which have not yet been proven.

    On June 21, 2023, in the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, The Federal Trade Commission filed a Complaint for Permanent Injunction, Civil Penalties, Monetary Relief, and Other Equitable Relief against Amazon.com, Inc. 

    The complaint alleges Amazon has knowingly duped millions of consumers into unknowingly enrolling in Amazon Prime. Specifically, Amazon used manipulative, coercive, or deceptive user-interface designs known as “dark patterns” to trick consumers into enrolling in automatically-renewing Prime subscriptions.


    Amazon also knowingly complicated the cancellation process for Prime subscribers who sought to end their membership. The primary purpose of its Prime cancellation process was not to enable subscribers to cancel, but to stop them. Amazon leadership slowed or rejected changes that would’ve made it easier for users to cancel Prime because those changes adversely affected Amazon’s bottom line. 


    For now, the FTC’s complaint is significantly redacted, though the FTC has told the Court it does not find the need for ongoing secrecy compelling. Nevertheless, the complaint contains a number of allegations related to the company’s decision not to make changes to prevent nonconsensual enrollment in Prime and the difficulties consumers faced in attempting to unsubscribe from the service. Specifically, the complaint charges that Amazon used so-called “dark patterns” to cause consumers to enroll in Prime without their consent, in violation of the FTC Act, and the Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act.

    During Amazon’s online checkout process, consumers were faced with numerous opportunities to subscribe to Amazon Prime at $14.99/month. In many cases, the option to purchase items on Amazon without subscribing to Prime was more difficult for consumers to locate. In some cases, the button presented to consumers to complete their transaction did not clearly state that in choosing that option they were also agreeing to join Prime for a recurring subscription.


    The FTC charges that Amazon put in place a cancellation process designed to deter consumers from successfully unsubscribing from Prime. Previous reporting about the process in the media has noted that Amazon used the term “Iliad” to describe the process, which the reporting cites as an allusion to Homer’s epic poem set over twenty-four books and nearly 16,000 lines about the decade-long Trojan War.


    Consumers who attempted to cancel Prime were faced with multiple steps to actually accomplish the task of cancelling, according to the complaint. Consumers had to first locate the cancellation flow, which Amazon made difficult. Once they located the cancellation flow, they were redirected to multiple pages that presented several offers to continue the subscription at a discounted price, to simply turn off the auto-renew feature, or to decide not to cancel. Only after clicking through these pages could consumers finally cancel the service.


    The complaint notes that Amazon was aware of consumers being non-consensually enrolled and the complex and confusing process to cancel Prime that the company’s executives failed to take any meaningful steps to address the issues until they were aware of the FTC investigation. In the complaint, the FTC also alleges that Amazon attempted to delay and hinder the Commission’s investigation in multiple instances.

    The Commission vote authorizing the staff to file the complaint was 3-0. The complaint was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.


    NOTE: The Commission files a complaint when it has “reason to believe” that the named defendants are violating or are about to violate the law and it appears to the Commission that a proceeding is in the public interest. The case will be decided by the court.

    The staff attorneys on this matter are Jonathan Cohen, Olivia Jerjian, Max Nardini, and Evan Mendelson of the FTC’s Bureau of Consumer Protection.

    Alert:
    Based on BBB Scam Tracker, BBB received information concerning alleged Amazon employment opportunities involving Amazon Data Jobs, www.amazondatajobs.org.

    On Amazon Data Jobs’ website-it indicates it’s not affiliated with Amazon.com.

    BBB has confirmed-www.amazondatajobs.org allegedly offers work-from-home opportunities and is not affiliated with Amazon.com.

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    Government Actions:
    Government Action: BBB reports on known government actions involving business’ marketplace conduct:
    United States of America v Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC

    The following describes a government action that has been resolved by either a settlement or a decision by a court or administrative agency. If the matter is being appealed, it will be noted below.

    On July 19, 2023, in the United States District Court, Western District of Washington, the United States of America and Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon.com Services LLC entered into a Stipulated Order for Permanent Injunction, Civil Penalty Judgement and Other Relief.  The Justice Department, together with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC),  Amazon.com Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Amazon.com Services LLC (collectively Amazon), have agreed to a permanent injunction and a $25 million civil penalty as part of a settlement to resolve alleged violations of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (COPPA Rule) and the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) relating to Amazon’s voice assistant service Alexa. 

    Amazon neither admits nor denies any of the allegations in the Complaint, except as specifically stated in this Order. Only for purposes of this action, Amazon admits the facts necessary to establish jurisdiction.

    The Complaint charges that Amazon violated the COPPA Rule and the FTC Act with respect to Alexa by misrepresenting that they would delete voice transcripts and geolocation information of users of their Alexa voice assistant service upon request and limit employees' access to Alexa users' voice information; by failing to delete children's personal information at the request of parents; and by retaining children's personal information longer than reasonably necessary to fulfill the purpose for which the information was collected. 

    Under the Order also filed by DOJ, Amazon will be required to delete inactive child accounts and certain voice recordings and geolocation information and will be prohibited from using such data to train its algorithms. 

    According to the complaint, Amazon prominently and repeatedly assured its users, including parents, that they could delete voice recordings collected from its Alexa voice assistant and geolocation information collected by the Alexa app. The company, however, failed to follow through on these promises when it kept some of this information for years and used the data it unlawfully retained to help improve its Alexa algorithm, according to the complaint. Amazon, one of the world’s biggest retailers, collects vast amounts of data about consumers ranging from their geolocation data via the company’s Alexa app to their voice recordings collected by Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant service. The company claims that its Alexa service and Echo devices are “designed to protect your privacy” and that parents and other users can delete geolocation data and voice recordings. Amazon also offers Alexa-enabled devices and services targeted to children and collects personal data, including voice recordings, from children. Amazon retained children’s recordings indefinitely—unless a parent requested that this information be deleted, according to the complaint. And even when a parent sought to delete that information, the FTC said, Amazon failed to delete transcripts of what kids said from all its databases.

    The COPPA Rule requires, among other things, that an operator of a commercial website or online service directed to children under 13 years of age notify parents about the information they collect from children, obtain parents’ consent for the collection of that data, and allow them to delete that information at any time. In addition, such a service is prohibited from retaining the information collected from children under 13 for longer than is reasonably necessary to provide the service.

    Amazon claimed it retained children’s voice recordings in order to help it respond to voice commands, allow parents to review them, and to improve Alexa’s speech recognition and processing capabilities, according to the complaint. Children’s speech patterns and accents differ from those of adults, so the unlawfully retained voice recordings provided Amazon with a valuable database for training the Alexa algorithm to understand children, benefitting its bottom line at the expense of children’s privacy.

    The FTC said the company failed to put in place an effective system to ensure that it honored users’ data deletion requests and to give parents meaningful notice about deletion. Even when Amazon discovered its failures to delete geolocation data, the FTC said that Amazon repeatedly failed to fix the problems.

    In addition to the data deletion requirement in the order, Amazon will be required to pay a $25 million civil penalty. Other provisions of the order:

    • Prohibit Amazon from using geolocation, voice information, and children’s voice information subject to consumers’ deletion requests for the creation or improvement of any data product;
    • Require the company to delete inactive Alexa accounts of children;
    • Require Amazon to notify users about the FTC-DOJ action against the company;
    • Require Amazon to notify users of its retention and deletion practices and controls;
    • Prohibit Amazon from misrepresenting its privacy policies related to geolocation, voice and children’s voice information; and
    • Mandate the creation and implementation of a privacy program related to the company’s use of geolocation information.

    This matter was handled by Senior Trial Attorney James T. Nelson and Assistant Directors Lisa Hsiao and Rachael Doud of the Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch, Assistant U.S. Attorney Kayla Stahman for the Western District of Washington and Elisa Jillson, Andrew Hasty and Julia Horowitz of the FTC.

    For more information about the United States Department of Justice Consumer Protection Branch and its enforcement efforts, visit its website at www.justice.gov/civil/consumer-protection-branch. For more information about the FTC, visit its website at www.FTC.gov.

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    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1.14/5stars

    Average of 4,549 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    51,059 complaints closed in last 3 years

    22,166 complaints closed in last 12 months

    BBB Rating & Accreditation

    Accredited Since: 8/1/1996

    Years in Business: 29

    Customer Reviews are not used in the calculation of BBB Rating

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    Overview

    Amazon.com offers new and used items for sale through the Internet.

    Products & Services

    Amazon.com offers a marketplace for work that requires human intelligence.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Amazon.com has 130 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Amazon.com

        202 Westlake Ave N Ste 2 Seattle, WA 98109-5264

        BBB Accredited Business
      • Amazon

        4400 12th Street Ext West Columbia, SC 29172-3300

      • Amazon.com

        2020 Joe B Jackson Pkwy Murfreesboro, TN 37127-7792

      • Amazon.com

        1 Centerpoint Blvd New Castle, DE 19720-4172

      • Amazon.com

        1155 Worldwide Blvd Hebron, KY 41048-8648

      Headquarters
      202 Westlake Ave N Ste 2, Seattle, WA 98109-5264
      BBB File Opened:
      8/1/1996
      Years in Business:
      29
      Business Started:
      7/1/1995
      Business Started Locally:
      10/24/2005
      Business Incorporated:
      5/28/1996
      Accredited Since:
      8/1/1996
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      Type of Entity:
      Corporation
      Number of Employees:
      1300000
      Alternate Business Name
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      Business Management
      • Mr. Jeff Bezos, Founder
      • Mr. Brian Buckley, Corporate Counsel
      • Srihanuma Yallapragada, Manager of Customer Care
      • Mr. Andy Jassy, CEO
      Contact Information

      Principal

      • Mr. Jeff Bezos, Founder
      • Mr. Andy Jassy, CEO

      Customer Contact

      • Mr. Aakash Puri, Manager of Customer Care
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (206) 266-1838
        Primary Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Website Addresses

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      Customer Complaints

      51,060 Customer Complaints

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      4,549 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Pj A

      1 star

      11/17/2024

      I no longer can rely on this company because you can end up getting stuck with contaminated food products or other defective items without getting a full refund. They make it so difficult to return or seek a refund that many give up because it takes too much time. Some customer service managers may hang up on you or can’t speak clearly. You also have to make sure they don’t charge you for items you returned. Amazon should be investigated because i think they are defrauding its customers.

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