The Amazon boxes contained about 1,000 headlamps, 800 glue guns, and dozens of binoculars for children, reports Insider quoting CBS affiliate station WUSA.
Since being shared on Twitter, the post has garnered a plethora of reactions from social media users who also shared their bad experiences of online shopping.
Amazon has invested about $11 billion in India so far and has plans to invest nearly $15 billion more by 2030.
The downsizing in the country is part of the 9,000 layoffs announcement in March by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, according to sources.
In a letter to company shareholders, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said that they reprioritised where to spend resources, which ultimately led to the hard decision to eliminate 27,000 corporate roles.
This action is based on deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not intended to pronounce upon the validity of any transaction or agreement entered into by the entity with its customers.
Previously, users needed to use voice commands to perform some of those actions, reports The Verge.
He also admitted it is not simple to bring thousands of employees back to Amazon offices around the world.
Luckily, the woman did not pay the money as she had opted for ‘cash on delivery’ for the pricey toothbrush. However, she found the box ‘suspiciously light’ after the delivery agent reached with it.
In November, reports surfaced that the e-commerce behemoth was aiming to cut its workforce by around 10,000.
As per a report in Metro, Alan Wood, a retired IT Manager spent 1200 pounds for an Apple laptop as a gift for her daughter. But he received dog food instead.
The company did not reveal the exact number of employees being hit although earlier reports put the number at 10,000 employees or 3 per cent of its workforce.
Amazon has now planned to fire thousands of employees and implement cost-cutting measures due to its recent lack of profitability according to the sources.
With Durga Puja round the corner, several leading electronic showrooms in Cuttack have come up with unique offers to cater for such customers who still are away from online shopping.
Flipkart and Amazon are offering jaw dropping deals on smartphones as Big Billion Days Sale and Amazon Great Indian Festival Sale is all set to begin.
Both the e-commerce sites will be offering a wide variety of products ranging from electronics, mobile to fashion and grocery items.
The summoning of representatives of Big Techs by the Parliamentary panel is in line with its earlier discussions on the matter, with competitive behaviour in the digital market space being the area of focus.
The complaint was filed with Subramanyanagar police station in Bengaluru.
The consumer robot market is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 27 per cent over the next four years, according to Counterpoint's IoT service.
The total fee earned by Amazon on sale of such pressure cookers was Rs 6,14,825.41.