Amazon has stopped sending overseas rupee checks ?!?

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  1. jeevsud

    jeevsud Active Member

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    I have been regularly receiving Mturk checks over the course of the last year. The average delivery time 10-20 days.
    But this month I have received 'zero" checks from them, even though they have "dispatched" 4 checks in the last month and a half.

    When I checked with my local post office today, I was shocked to find out that they have received no international checks in the last month and a half. This has never happened before. Not receiving 1 check is understandable... but 4 checks in a row.
    This means Indian workers will receive no checks or will have to wait months for their checks.
    Has Amazon started sending false "dispatch e-mails", but not actually dispatching the checks?....:confused: scary!!

    Has anyone else encountered the same issue recently??
     
  2. shariqueahmer

    shariqueahmer Banned

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    True scary tales


    Even I'm waiting for a $250 check for over a month now. And there are many people reporting that they haven't received any checks this month. This is really frustrating. Now you will also find some posts here who will reassure you that they have received checks but most of them will be americans who have direct account deposit facility or a few indians who did receive their checks. But we are talking about the majority of the people. I even contacted Amazon to cancel the $250 check so that I can purchase a laptop from their website but they said even the check can't be cancelled. Maybe mturk is planning to stop sending checks to indians from now onwards like it does to everybody else except americans who get cash but everybody else has to buy stuff from amazon.com after paying exorbitant shipping and custom duty charges.
     
  3. 646count

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    I don't want to fuel a fire in any way, but does this have anything to do with the hold on accepting new Mtruk workers a little while back? My first thought when hearing about that was are they getting ready to close down international work?? Just a thought I had, I KNOW NOTHING !!

    Hope you guys get your checks soon. I get anxious about $20, let alone $250 and 4 checks....good luck
     
  4. shariqueahmer

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    I don't think they are going to stop international work as mturk has turkers in every country but maybe they just want indians to buy their products from amazon.com and not receive any checks like they have for all turkers except US.
     
  5. Whimsy

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    Unfortunately, I don't think it's a coincidence that they happened near the same time -- but I believe it had to do with systems upgrades/changes. People are still getting their checks, but not everyone - even if they have consistently in the past.

    I believe they will receive their checks, but unfortunately I think they'll have to wait until the 6 week time frame is up and then request a reissue and mailing of the check. Some US workers also had issues right around the same time (myself included), and that's why I'm thinking it had something to do with changes they made to the "system", not something directly aimed at Indian workers.
     
  6. aaa_sss

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    hi i received my cheque sterday , usually it takes 10 days for me to receive a cheque but this time it took 12 days( this dont make big difference) , so i think nothing is there to worry.
     
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    I think you're right. Everything happened right around the same time: New captchas, total hiring freeze that is now just non-US hiring freeze, and checks not being sent overseas. It could be a glitch happened in that time that affected checks being sent out. Since India is the only country to receive checks, they are the only ones that noticed that issue. It did happen right around the same time everyone started getting notifications about updating their tax info, which happened right around the same time Amazon announced their need to charge sales tax nationwide.
     
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    ^^ Agreed with both posts above sounds like its just a bug in teh system gettng its self worked out.
     
  9. shariqueahmer

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    Whatever maybe the reason, I will not do any more hits until mturk sends this check. I can better spend this time transcribing for other online transcription companies.
     
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    Really scary. I withdrew a check last month and got it 2 weeks back. Faced no issues. There was only a usual wait period of 12 day. Ordered another check 5 days b4 and Amazon confirmed that the check is in the mail. Am eagerly waiting for it to arrive, hopefully in the next couple of days. Will post an update here if i receive the check.
     
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    One big fact is the posts of not recvn cheques has been here for so long til now when these changes have been put forward by Amazon

    Neverthless, people are still recvn cheques
     
  12. jeevsud

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    The point here is, that an unusually large number of Indian workers, including those who have been receiving checks without any problem for the past year, have encountered this problem at the same time. This can't be a co-incidence or stray occurrence.

    Also, for informational purposes, when was your most recent withdrawal and in how many days did you get your check?
     
  13. shariqueahmer

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    I can guarantee you that Mturk is in the process of closing down of sending checks to indians. They want indians from now onwards to buy their shit stuff from Amazon.com like everybody else does with exorbitant shipping and custom duty charges. This is my prophecy and I'm very good in that.

    I have just purchased a monitor from Amazon.com for $100 with my gift certificate and I had to pay $70 extra as shipping and custom duty charges. So in total I had to pay $170 for a product with a price tag of $100. Can you believe it? They are simply ripping me off. That's why they prefer people buying their stuff from amazon.com instead of sending them checks.
     
  14. vasu19802

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    I received my last check within 10 days. This time i have been waiting for my check since july 17.I requested on july 14th and received confirmation mail on july 17th. I contacted mturk team several times and they are telling that I have to wait till 21 aug. after the date they can investigate and reissue the check. i am not getting what they investigate about never sending check. when i asked about the details of that they gave the information including the check number. I still afraid that my earnings does not reach to me after they reissue and how long i have to wait for that.
     
  15. vijay1975

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    Hello vasu19802,

    If they gave details like cheque number etc., it obviously means that the cheque had indeed been prepared... May be it had got lost in transit and for replacement cheque, they require a time period of 6 weeks... Keep a tab on your local post office though in the meantime. Seems to be a case of misplaced mail - that is the whole issue. Don't be afraid and jump to conclusions and in the process, terrorize others.
     
  16. keval32

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    Here is my story:

    I am working on Mturk.com since last 2 years, I've received each and every cheque within 10-12 days, I remember only one incident where it took longer which is an exactly a month.

    But from last 2 months I am facing problem, my 3 cheques are pending from last 2 months.

    Here is my statistics for the cheques I ordered:

    1st Cheque: 6th June, 2012-----Not received within 6 weeks. Got reissued it on 27th Jul, 2012, still not received.

    2nd Cheque: 16th June, 2012-----Not received within 6 weeks. Got reissued it on 7th Aug, 2012, still not received.

    3rd Cheque: 11th July, 2012-----Not received yet, waiting.

    4th Cheque: 28th July, 2012-----Received it within 6 days!!!!

    How odd is that, that I received the 4th cheque which was in mail on 28th July, 2012 within 6 days, and I am still waiting for the 1st cheque which was reissued and was in mail on 27th July, 2012, a day earlier than the one I received??

    Though, can't say anything for sure but I think there is problem at our Postal Department on higher level, some batches from Singapore are getting delivered and some not.
     
  17. keval32

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    When they say they'll investigate, they won't do anything except checking with Citi Bank that whether the cheque they sent to you has been already redeemed or not. If not, they'll reissue the cheque. That's it.
     
  18. jeevsud

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    Receiving an Mturk Cheque nowadays is like winning the lottery!!!

    Hi Keval,

    My case is identical to yours. I have received only 2 checks in the last 2 months.
    Conclusions:
    1. The checks are not being dispatched properly from Singapore in the last 2 months
    2. The clearance and dispatch of International Mail at our domestic airport is mishandled.
    3. After arriving at the main Post Office, the sorting and dispatch to branch offices is pathetic.

    The sad thing is, that there is no way to find out which one of the above 3 factors is to blame.
    Meanwhile, we the workers suffer. :mad::(
     
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  19. vasu19802

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    hello vijay1975,
    I enquired in my local head post office about the cheque after 15days when i received the confirmation mail.they told they did not have any mails of me. and they told they did not give any response to ordinary posts. generally the cheque reached to me with in 10days. If mturk really send the cheque if it really take 6 weeks i can wait for that.when i saw some posts in mturk forum i am really afraiding about mturk and i am not terrorizing others. I still did not gets my mail and tomarrow the deadline for that. hope i can receive my earning after reissue the cheque as normal. I think this is not correct mturk sending this valuble cheques via ordinary post.
     
  20. vasu19802

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    hello keval 32,
    if it happened like what you tell you it is very happy. then why did not you get your previous 3 cheques after they reissue so far. I am not suspecting mturk. If there is any problems they can intimate the mturkers that there is some delay to reach your mails. according to that we can prepare mentally. in a senior mturker words the chques are some times reach in time and some times it can take very delay. i still trusted his words.but when i am reading some posts in mturk forum i am getting afraid. hope you can receive your previous mails as normal as soon.
     

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