{"id":11514,"date":"2025-10-05T15:35:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/the-silence-that-speaks-volumes-part-infinity1\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T15:35:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T05:05:58","slug":"the-silence-that-speaks-volumes-part-infinity1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/the-silence-that-speaks-volumes-part-infinity1\/","title":{"rendered":"The silence that speaks volumes, Part \u2018Infinity+1\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Amazon:\"Amazon:\"Amazon:\"Amazon:<\/p>\n

When the world\u2019s largest online retailer asks an unpaid customer to debug its own systems, you know something has gone very wrong.<\/p>\n

Amazon\u2019s Executive Customer Relations\u2014those mysterious figures known only as \u201cEthan R.\u201d and \u201cAngelique\u201d\u2014have now admitted they cannot resolve a simple phone verification glitch without asking me to supply yet another video walkthrough, complete with timestamps, showing their own system fail in real time.<\/p>\n

This after weeks of \u201cescalations,\u201d apologies, and platitudes about how much they \u201cunderstand my frustration.\u201d<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s pause on that for a moment. I\u2019m a psychologist and writer, not a systems engineer. Yet somehow, I\u2019ve been asked to film myself attempting to log in, as though this problem originates with my thumbs rather than Amazon\u2019s backend validation layer.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the truth I spelled out to them in my latest email (screenshots below):<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThe issue occurs before the One Time Password process even begins, which means the fault lies inside Amazon\u2019s own validation layer, not at the point of user input.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In other words, their code\u2014not my behaviour\u2014is broken.<\/p>\n

Their own engineers could reproduce this error in under a minute simply by trying to sign in to a Kindle Direct Publishing account using any valid non-US phone number formatted correctly (for example, +84 for Vietnam or +61 for Australia).<\/p>\n

The error \u201cThe phone number you\u2019ve entered is not valid\u201d would appear instantly.<\/p>\n

I even cited known patterns from KDP, AWS, and Seller Central forums, where developers have already confirmed that the issue stems from Amazon\u2019s authentication microservice failing to pass the phone number correctly to its One Time Password provider\u2014usually Amazon Connect or Twilio.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a customer problem. That\u2019s a system-architecture problem.<\/p>\n

So, in my reply, I laid it out plainly:<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cIf Amazon wishes me to continue supplying data and video evidence to help its engineers debug internal code, I\u2019ll be pleased to issue a formal invoice. My consulting rate is USD $1,000 per hour.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Because at this point, that\u2019s what I\u2019m doing: unpaid consulting for one of the richest companies on Earth.<\/p>\n

To make matters more absurd, when I cc\u2019d legal@amazon.com<\/strong>, the email bounced.<\/p>\n

The mailbox is full.<\/em><\/p>\n

The legal inbox of Amazon\u2014the trillion-dollar company building \u201cEarth\u2019s Most Customer-Centric\u201d empire\u2014is full.<\/p>\n

I have now forwarded the entire exchange to Doug Harrington<\/strong>, Dharmesh Mehta<\/strong>, Steve Downer<\/strong>, and the Washington State Attorney General\u2019s consumer protection unit<\/strong> with a single line:<\/p>\n

\n

\u201cThis case has now crossed the threshold from technical failure to consumer rights issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

If Amazon wants to fix its systems, it can do so in-house.<\/p>\n

If it wants to outsource that work to me, it can pay my invoice.<\/p>\n

Until then, the silence continues to speak volumes.<\/p>\n

\n

Lesson for Amazon<\/h3>\n

When organisations stop listening, they stop learning.<\/p>\n

Ethan and Angelique are likely good people trapped in a bad system\u2014one that values protocol over problem-solving, and \u201ccase numbers\u201d over accountability.<\/p>\n

Leaders, here\u2019s the truth: your customers don\u2019t expect perfection.<\/p>\n

They expect proportionality\u2014an appropriate, human response to a solvable issue.<\/p>\n

When the fix is simple and the system insists on delay, what fails isn\u2019t technology. It\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Screenshots<\/h2>\n
\"Amazon:
Amazon: Ethan R\u2019s stunning email to me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amazon:
Amazon: My reply to Ethan R stunning email<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Amazon:
Amazon: Legal\u2019s email inbox is full. Stunned, much?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Up until now, every message he sent ended with an invitation: \u201cPlease don\u2019t hesitate to reply to this email with any questions or concerns.\u201d So\u2026","rel":"","context":"Trong "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-lessons-for-leaders-banner-1024x452-7TXfXq.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-lessons-for-leaders-banner-1024x452-7TXfXq.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-lessons-for-leaders-banner-1024x452-7TXfXq.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-lessons-for-leaders-banner-1024x452-7TXfXq.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11511,"url":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/amazons-customer-relations-failure-part-oh-ive-lost-count\/","url_meta":{"origin":11514,"position":2},"title":"Amazon\u2019s customer relations failure, Part\u2026 oh, I\u2019ve lost count","author":"Lee","date":"4 Th\u00e1ng 10 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Amazon\u2019s latest request borders on the absurd. After weeks of back-and-forth, after hours of lost time and royalties trapped in limbo, I have now been asked to provide yet another video documenting the very glitch I\u2019ve already explained multiple times. Let\u2019s pause for a moment. 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For the first time, he used the word systemic. He also stopped demanding I make another video\u2014perhaps realising that my unpaid internship in Amazon\u2019s diagnostic department had gone on long enough. His latest note thanked me for\u2026","rel":"","context":"Trong "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amazon-acknowledgement-is-not-action-banner-1024x452-GIMGrK.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amazon-acknowledgement-is-not-action-banner-1024x452-GIMGrK.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amazon-acknowledgement-is-not-action-banner-1024x452-GIMGrK.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Amazon-acknowledgement-is-not-action-banner-1024x452-GIMGrK.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":11563,"url":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/the-silence-that-speaks-volumes-final-update\/","url_meta":{"origin":11514,"position":4},"title":"The silence that speaks volumes. Final update.","author":"Lee","date":"18 Th\u00e1ng 10 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"After weeks of circular emails, robotic replies, and a level of corporate indifference that could power a Kafka novel, Amazon has finally done the impossible. My Kindle Direct Publishing account access was restored. 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Not solved, not fixed. Just finished. This morning, Ethan R. from Executive Customer Relations (still surname withheld, naturally) wrote to say Amazon \u201cwon\u2019t be able to provide any additional insight on this matter.\u201d That\u2019s corporate code for \u201cwe\u2019re washing\u2026","rel":"","context":"Trong "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/category\/general\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-ghosts-own-error-banner-1024x452-MChKue.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-ghosts-own-error-banner-1024x452-MChKue.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-ghosts-own-error-banner-1024x452-MChKue.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/amazon-ghosts-own-error-banner-1024x452-MChKue.jpg?fit=1024%2C452&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":306,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"leehopkins","display_name":"Lee","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/46a5b7042fdba8e2b39697b8e8c6d0ab3361275fa22ff61bc83e5d79b4475217?s=96&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11514"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=11514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}