A customer purchased a Ministry Of Sound CD but was disappointed with the DJ party style track mastering. She therefore left a negative feedback rather than a product review. I contacted the customer and offered her an alternative product which she loved. She then tried to remove the original negative feedback but has been completely unable to achieve it despite her spending over an hour on the phone to Amazon buyer customer support. She has also sent me a number of Amazon buyer-seller messages to say she wants to remove the feedback but needs help because she is not up with the technology.

After all of her efforts with buyer customer support, the result was an Amazon message sent by buyer support to me to say that I should remove the feedback? (See below)

"...Dear Amazon Seller, This is Amazon’s Customer Service team. A customer reached out to us with some questions about a purchase they made from you. Here’s a description of the issue:

Product: B0714H5FZH Order number: 205-6165475-6531550 Return requested: No

Reason for contact: cx wants the feedback to be removed , please get this done as soon as possible Please respond to this request within 48 hours. Thanks, Amazon Customer Service..."

I got in touch with Amazon Seller support and they contacted the feedback team but the answer coming back was that yes they can see that the buyer is trying to remove the feedback and has technical difficulties but unfortunately there is "nothing they can do".

Lets face it, the software options are difficult to handle, finding where to remove feedback is not easy to find even when you are experienced and the process of contacting support is being made ever more awkward.

This has been an unbelievable and disappointing experience for both buyer and seller surely Amazon can handle these situations better ?

Sometimes I am staggered at what people do. We Always try and help customers where we can and our service record shows that but in over 7 years the worse case of buyer manipulation ever. Really not sure what to do so answers on a postcard.

A customer buys a personalised item of clothing and we ship tracked 48 as always within 24 hours. After we shipped the item the customer asks to change the size. We said we would assist the customer where possible to soften the blow of their mistake so contact us when they receive it. The item was delivered 4 days ago. This morning with no further messages and A-Z saying hasn't arrived and 10 minutes later an order in the size they wanted their order changed to. What would you suggest. Clearly I will appeal the A-Z but pointless I guess.

If you link your RM account then you can't buy 2nd Class Large Letter on account through Buy Shipping you can only buy 2nd Class Large Letter at public prices.

So I don't think this will be the way to go if you are looking at using 2nd Class Large Letter.

The service code in click and drop is CRL48 for Royal Mail 48.

Royal Mail 48 is really for VAT registered sellers as to make it cheap you have to claim back the VAT.

Presently 2nd Class Large Letter is a penny or so cheaper than Royal Mail 48 for 100 gram/250 gram large letters. When the price rises for 2nd Class account post happens in July then Royal Mail 48 is significantly cheaper.

If you link your RM account you can buy Royal Mail 48 through Amazon Buy Shipping.

hello,

I would appreciate some help if possible.

I have had my UK selling account deactivated for almost 6 weeks due to a high ODR %. They seem to think I simply marked orders as sent without sending them

Since the account was deactivated, I have spoken to Amazon Account support staff almost 30 times. Each time they suggest adding new information to my appeal and still I continue to receive the same rejection template email.

I have provided explanations and documentation for everything that has been requested plus more.

Originally, I was asked to provide proof of delivery for last 30 days. Then 60 days. Then 90 days.

Not only have I provided detailed excel spreadsheets with orders going back last 6 months which include tracking numbers, delivery status, refund status if so and reason for this, but I have also supplied picture proof of over 100 deliveries. I have provided my Incorporation documents, banking information, POA and a letter from the courier.

As everything has failed thus far, I tried to escalate my case to the MD office but I keep getting the same rejection emails or no replies at all.

It seems as if Amazon no longer cares much about helping Sellers reactivate their accounts.

Any help would be appreciated as this has become very frustrating and tiresome.

I’ve had deactivations previously and they lasted anywhere between 4-18 months. It’s fair to say, I cannot afford to be waiting that long again without access to funds that are being held.

Regards

someone please help

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So after a lot of back and forth I have finally gotten to the bottom of the problem.

Customer wanted a straw hat. My hats are made of simulated straw (and says so in description). So their actual complaint was bogus as they had not read the description correctly and the fact they used 'inauthentic' in their complaint caused so much aggravation. The customer was just a normal customer - they had no authority on the issue, were not brand holder or anything so for Amazon to give any credence to such a complaint in the first place was a bit ridiculous.

Nevertheless, Amazon wanted last 365 days invoices from my supplier. I got my supplier to send me copies of all invoices from May 2023. I would send invoices, Amazon would come back to say they could not verify supplier (they had made no attempt at even contacting supplier as I asked the supplier) so then Amazon wanted suppliers supplier invoices. I would explain there was no suppliers supplier as I bought directly from the manufacturer who designed and produced the hat. Then Amazon would ask for last 365 days invoices, I provided and whole sequence kept repeating.

Finally an Account Health Specialist I spoke to (for the third time on the issue) said that if I went to Manage Orders, and searched last 365 days for the ASIN that the number Amazon said I had sold was greater than the number of units I had bought on the invoices.

So I checked - the trouble was

1. As Amazon kept asking for invoices from last 365 days and that is what I provided - items sold May 2023 were actually bought in April 2023 - so these invoices were missing and this stock meant my total bought was higher than Amazon calculated just from looking at last 365 days. So I provided invoices from April 2023 to May 2024 instead

2. Looking at the sales Amazon said I had made I realised they were counting orders made - not sales. There were many refunds where customer had returned the hat and it had then gone back into stock and re-sold. So the number reported by Amazon was higher than actual sales.

Taking into account units bought in April 2023 and the returned/re-sold items and it proved I had bought more units than had actually sold.

When appealing , Amazon only allows files to be uploaded and has no box for additional information. So I created a Word document containing the above information with actual figures showing my calculations and finally Amazon have agreed I can continue selling the item.

So for a month now I have been tied up on the issue. And all because Amazon gave credence to 1 complaint out of 1000 from someone who had no authority on the issue - and because Amazon could not understand basics of having to buy in stock before it can be sold (hence they needed more than last 365 days invoices) and the fact they were counting orders made and not actual sales.

Received a policy warning that someone had made a counterfeit/authenticity claim on a product I sell.

Now as I buy the product direct from the manufacturer who designed and make the item, and I have been selling it for several years I wasn't unduly worried.

So I go into appeal - and it asks me to submit invoice dated within last 90 days and also dated before the claim was made showing I bought at least 10 units.

So I send in invoice from 9th May showing 25 units bought.

Now I get an email saying the information was not sufficient. Amazon now want me to submit invoices for last 365 days showing total units matching what I have sold over the last 365 days!!

This is frankly ridiculous - I have submitted last 6 months worth invoices and a Letter of Authority from the manufacturer giving me re-sell rights. Im not going back further. This is not Amazon seeing if item is counterfeit - it cannot be as I buy direct from the manufacturer who designed and make the item. It is either a competitor making an unsubstantiated claim or Amazon themselves who want to start selling the item for themselves and checking to see how many units I sell through other channels because they can now see how many units I bought and they know how many I sold on Amazon.

Im getting very disheartened with selling on Amazon with their constant interference in my business and constant requests for documentation. I also received yet another request from Amazon to prove my VAT status because they say the name on their records does not match up with my VAT Certificate. Strange how this test passed before. Anyway, so I have had to download and send in my VAT Certificate yet again - and lo and behold the names match exactly between the Certificate (that they have had now several times) and the name in Amazon Business Information. Im seriously thinking of quitting altogether.

Did you try JoeyJo's method & if so, did it work? I keep getting the 'Invalid Charge Method' every time funds are ready to be disbursed.

I haven’t moved house, I haven’t changed my bank, I haven’t changed my bank card, my bank card has not expired - this just happened out of the blue.

I received nil help from seller support – templates kept coming. I escalated to a phone call which was also a template, but just someone reading it for me, instead.

I looked at the accounts page again & kept changing things, adding cards, removing cards, re- adding cards. I un-assigned and then re-assigned the UK. Within moments I was able to see my sales page. - so the conclusion is : I do not have an 'Invalid Charge Method'.

But this isn’t over. It keeps happening every time funds are ready to go into my account. Each time I hold my breath whilst going through a silly ritual hoping it will work again. Will this work for you, I don’t know.

Amazon give the impression that they want to give the customer a good service and insist we do this. This glitch stops the seller from gaining access to their Orders page – when orders have already taken place! – Honestly.

Thanks for your reply. I messaged the MD a few minutes after I posted the question. They have now replied and credited our account.

It wouldn't be so bad if the people on the case logs would actually reply properly and listen to reason. 15kg boxes and they claim they were empty, then allocate a couple of items to the boxes so they don't have to take responsibility, it is tantamount to stealing.

Re the courts, do you need to let Amazon know before taking action? On the Gov website it suggests telling them you are taking action along with another overview of the issue and they suggest mediation. Do you do this?

Have your claims actually gone to court? Or do they pay up when someone in legal realised they are in the wrong?

Thanks

Hello, I have been talking to amazon for weeks now about inventory that we sent that they claim the contents didnt arrive.

The next step would be to take them to small claims court. Has anyone done this before?

Just to explain what happened: we send boxes to Amazon on 1 May 2024 via their own UPS service. They were tracked and delivered. The boxes were 15kg each (two inner cartons) with 32 units per box (around 330g each). Totalling 64 units.

They started checking them in, then weeks passed and the checked in quantity stayed on 0. It then eventually said that the shipment was complete and that it was short by 64 units(!).

I made the online request on the shipment for a review, and they said they recounted the stock across the warehouse and found 3 extra products of ours, but a different SKU (I assume this was nothing to do with the shipment, but just three extra items after a re-count)

I contacted them and asked them to investigate, after two weeks they came back and said that the investigation was complete and that they didnt receive any goods. They scanned in the boxes, the boxes were 15kg each. So how on earth have no items been checked off. According to their logic the boxes must have been empty because, of course, they cant possibly have lost the stock or boxes somewhere.

Is the next step making a claim through the courts? Any advice would be appreciated.

I was wondering if someone could help. I've done successful A to Z appeals before but never won one on a Royal Mail Tracked 48 - can someone please help with a template they've used themselves on winning A to Z appeal specifically for a Tracked 48 with photo+gps but NO signature? has anyone here won one and if so would be kind enough to share what they said to Amazon to win appeal?

Circumstances/Particulars

• buyer ordered 3 weeks ago,
• shipped on time AND added tracking to Amazon on time
• correct item shipped,
• photographed before shipping / scanned serial number,
• proof of postage, sent tracked 48 click and drop
• shows tracked and delivered with photo and GPS by Royal Mail ONTIME and before the Amazon delivery ETA
• No signature on delivery was captured.

So order metrics are all good. Few days after delivery buyer messages, 'dont have the item blah blah' we respond with tracking, link to Royal Mail, GPS and ask him to check again and get back to us, no reply from buyer..

This weekend (2 weeks after showing delivered) buyer opens A to Z.

Amazon open and shut case, they issue buyer full refund and take the funds from ME! BUT they give me this BS

"The customer reported an issue with delivery. In this case, the tracking information indicates 'delivered', but the customer did not receive the package. Because you provided sufficient information that proves the order was actually received by the customer, we will not count the claim against your Order Defect Rate."

LOL are they actually taking the p*** because they're even telling me they got decent information to show the order was with the customer and yet they still granted it for a full refund, are they honestly having me on.

So anyway back to my Question anyone won an A to Z on tracked 48 without a signature?