Look up the price of a past order by voice
A user asked Alexa+ what their last Purell order cost to decide whether to keep or return an extra box. ·
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- What they did
- The user had Alexa+ Early Access and, while unpacking deliveries, asked by voice, “how much was the last order of Purell hand sanitizer that I bought?” Alexa+ looked up that specific past Amazon purchase and answered with the item’s price, so the user did not have to search old orders on their phone. The person then decided what to do with the duplicate order.
- How it went
- Alexa+ returned the prior price as $17. The user first planned a return, then updated that Amazon’s return flow would not accept hand sanitizer, but the automated chat still issued a refund without requiring a return.
- Worth knowing
- The useful catch was not Alexa+ but Amazon’s policy: unopened hand sanitizer was not returnable through the normal flow, though automated chat refunded it anyway.
Try it yourself with Alexa+
Alexa, look up my last order of [product] and tell me what I paid in total and the price per unit. Then tell me the order date and whether it is still within the return window. Don't start a return or place any order until I tell you to.
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Source: Reddit · Jul 12, 2025
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