Burned by Amazon-Canada

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I got burned by Amazon Canada (not a seller on their site, but A.ca themselves), when acquiring the two Dilllinger albums released Unidisc.
1- I haven't got any complaint about their debut album sold at a reasonable 14.00$ (the album is OK, but lots of weaker stuff, short playing time and a stupid never-ending drum solo), 
2- but somehow my order their musically-better second album (at the same price) got changed and became a 26.00$ item, but on top of that it clearly wasn't new as the back label (between the tray and the back spine of the jewel case) had been folded in its middle prior to being inserted between the plastic elements
3- not only did they jack-up the price by doubling the second album's price, but they certainly made no effort to diminish the shipping/postal cost by using DHL
4- delay: this took three months to arrive in my mail-box
5- the idiots didn't fill out the custom label correctly and the package was stopped by the customs and I got sucked into paying another 26.00 (€, this time) importing fee. 
6- not happy about the course of things, I can't even return the shipment, because they didn't insert a return address sticker in the package, and there is no way to get in touch with them
7- I reviewed the albums fairly negatively on their site, but mainly criticized Amabitch's handling of the whole shebang, and they mailed me (no-reply box of course) that my reviews were not acceptable so they were withdrawn. So they're aware of my discontent and don't offer a mediation.
8- basically for two (fairly average) Dillinger CDs, I got scammed of 66.00$ (CDN) and another 26.00€ at the customs, and they're getting away with it, because it's not worth my while to try to find a return address and actually ship it back (at my cost, since there is no return sticker)
f**k, I hate the GAFAs. 

The weird thing is that I'd had no problem the previous month with ordering the Fiori/Harmonium thingie at a very decent price ( < 30.00€ for a double disc, shipping incl.) and it was mega-quick (less than 14 days)