Hello,
I am looking for some emergency assistance with a chargeback from a customer who ordered 60 Cell Phones from us on Amazon.
Here are some of the facts:
-The customer ordered 60 Cell Phones from us on 1-28-2025
-The order was shipped On Time (the same day) and scanned by the carrier on that day
-Amazon Buy Shipping services used, and a 'Claims Protected' Shipping method was selected.
-The customer emailed us saying that they did not receive the items, even though they were delivered and signed for by the customer.
-The customer filed a chargeback for the full amount of the order - $7,497.00. The chargeback reason code is C08 which is for Merchandise not Received -- The exact circumstance in which the Claims Protection under Amazon Buy Shipping is meant to protect sellers from.
-This past Sunday, we received an email that the chargeback was granted to the customer and that our account was debited for the full amount.
-We responded to the chargeback email citing the policy, but we keep receiving the same generic response that the Chargeback decision is decided by the card issuer.
However, while the card issuer may make their decision on who wins the chargeback claim, similar to A to Z Claims where Amazon elects to Grant claims by either 'Seller Funded' or 'Amazon Funded'.
In this case, since the policy states that we are protected against situations where the buyer reports problems with delivery, we are supposed to be protected by Amazon. If we knew that there was an over $7000 risk when filling this multi quantity order, we would have NEVER shipped it. Amazon has placed us in a precarious situation financially, and we can not afford to take this loss, nor should we, based on Amazon's own written policy.
I am looking for help from mods here to escalate, because we are not getting a real human response when responding to the chargeback team.
The Order ID for this order is : 114-7657127-7448216
Greatly appreciate the help.
-Maurice