How to avoid a bad shopping trip on Amazon

We've got some simple tips you can take to keep Amazon's Alexa from eavesdropping into your conversations and potentially sharing them. Amazon shipping horror stories put the onus on the shopper to be careful when buying. For most Amazon shoppers, the experience is likely a seamless one: you search for a product, perhaps read reviews and see related items, and if you're an Amazon Prime member, you'll likely have it delivered quickly. It should be that simple – especially when Amazon's $178 billion in annual sales rank the company as the largest Internet retailer and marketplace in the world. Alas, shopping on Amazon doesn't always go smoothly.