@Seller_oUftV0kBVfDwy - I'm not sure, but you have maybe confused things by using 2 different bank accounts. Also, it will take a while to verify. I assume the money they have taken is the £30 professional selling plan fee ? No-one here can help you verify, as we don't have access to your account., and you'll probably need to open a case with seller Support (Help, top right) . For full verifiation they do also need to verify your personal details and your business info.
I'm getting fed up now with Amazon so called policy on on refunds and returns. I've been on with a case now for a couple of months and its so annoying here are the basic details:
customer buys 2 of a product in the beauty category
customer requests refund as wrong product sent
amazon refunds customer
I have to pay the bill
customer told not to return product.
I create a case and ask the following questions:
if wrong product was sent then where is my products from my inventory?
why was the product not asked to be returned as if wrong product was sent then how do they know the category?
why am I fitting the bill if the wrong product was sent?
I received this:
Thank you for your patience while we investigated your concern regarding order 204-4549678-9780331 where the customer received an incorrect item.
I completely understand your concern regarding inventory for order 204-4549678-9780331. We have reviewed your case where you questioned why you're being charged when the customer received an item that you don't sell, and why your actual item is no longer in your inventory.
We have contacted our internal team for information regarding your issue. We will contact you as soon as we have an update or if any further information is required from your side.
We encourage you to wait for our response and assure you that our teams are working on your request.
Thank you for your understanding and patience.
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It went backwards and forwards with me not being satisfied until it went to a "specialist team" and gave me a final answer:
We understand your query regarding the order ID 204-4549678-9780331 wherein you have not been reimbursed.
In this regard, please understand that I have checked and found that the unit was generated returned request with reason: "Wrong item was sent".
In accordance with our Customer Returns policy, the items has been identified as non-returnable.
Amazon will not reimburse sellers for items that cannot be returned, unless the item is non-returnable due to a reason for which Amazon takes responsibility.
Amazon will take responsibility for a non-returnable item when it is Amazon faulted ( carrier damaged ) and item not delivered scenarios.
The item is eligible for reimbursement if it is non-returnable, but the refund reason is any of the
following:
1. Amazon faulted (Carrier damaged)
2. Damaged by carrier
3. Received item in damaged packaging
4. Not delivered
5. Missed delivery date
We make that determination based on the reason for the refund request provided by the customer.
Please refer to the Customer Returns for Orders Fulfilled by Amazon help page for more information.
Please be informed that Amazon.com doesn't accept returns of the following items:
Computer laptops, desktops, and Kindles more than 30 days after delivery
- Items classified as hazardous materials or that use flammable liquids or gases (contact the manufacturer directly for service, warranty, return, and refund information)
- Any product missing the serial number or UPC
- Downloadable software products
- Online subscription
- Gift cards (except as required by law)
- Prepaid game cards (World of Warcraft, Xbox 360 Live, Wii Points, etc.)
- Some jewelry orders
- Some health and personal care orders
- Grocery products
- Open software
- Items with special shipping restrictions
- Live insects
Further, I found that the reimbursement was initiated by you
Hence, as per Amazon policy, you are ineligible for reimbursement
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Can someone please tell me i'm not going mad as i feel ripped off. How did i initiate the reimbursement? it actually feels illegal.
Thanks for letting me vent and hope someone has had this before and can advise on it.
regards
I totally understand how frustrating this situation must be. It sounds like you responded quickly, but the claim was still granted because of the 48-hour window from when the buyer first contacted you about the label issue.
When a buyer reports a problem and the seller doesn't respond within 48 hours of that initial contact, they can file an A-to-Z claim—even if you responded within an hour to a follow-up message. The key is that 48-hour clock starts from the buyer's first message about the issue, not from when the claim was filed.
Regarding SAFE-T claims, eligibility depends on several factors including whether you used Amazon's Buy Shipping services with Claims Protection, shipped on time with tracking, and the specific circumstances of the order. Not all orders qualify, which is why you're seeing some marked as ineligible.
Here are a few things that can help going forward:
Aim to reply within 24 hours to any buyer contact to stay well within that 48-hour window. When a buyer says a return label isn't working, respond immediately and provide an alternative solution if possible.
Consider Amazon's Buy Shipping services when available, as these can offer additional protections for certain claim types.
Keep detailed records of all communication with buyers through Buyer-Seller Messages, as this can be important evidence if you need to appeal a claim decision.
If you believe a claim was granted incorrectly, you have 30 days to appeal through your A-to-Z Guarantee Claims page in Seller Central. When appealing, provide any proof of delivery, communication records, or other evidence that supports your case.
Xander,
Sadly, your customer service team don't want to help, and your claims system is geared only to assist the buyer. Perhaps, Amazon needs to remember, that small businesses are helping Amazon fulfill alot of niche areas.
It would be nice, if you guys actually sought to help sellers, when we do ring for help, rather than avoiding us like have the plague, aand handing off to other departments that can't help.
One area of contention, is that if we use your system to obtain mailing products, why do these disappear, after 30 days? Surely, it would be a better business model with this information available, to allow proper monitoring. You don't recognise that all Royal Mail products are now tracked (And they are surely, one of your business partners to allow you to access their products(?).
Finally, on parcels with Royal Mail, they offer a service known as "Tracked 48: No signature" it is an extra 5p on a 2nd class parcel price, however, it isn't available via Amazon, why? Think your missing a trick there.
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To participate in Vine, you must:
Be a Professional Selling Partner
Have a Brand Representative or Reseller role assigned to a registered brand in Brand Registry
Have an active FBA listing
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Have a Brand Representative or Reseller role assigned to a registered brand in Brand Registry
Have fewer than 30 reviews on the product detail page
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Hi everyone,
I’m hoping someone here has experienced something similar and can offer advice, because I seem to be completely stuck in a loop with Seller Support.
I sell handmade greeting cards on Amazon UK and applied for a GTIN exemption at the beginning of January (4th Jan 2026). The exemption was created on my account, however it was set up incorrectly.
Seller Support has confirmed (multiple times) that the exemption lists the manufacturer as “Generic” instead of “Handmade”, which means I still cannot list my products and I’m blocked from selling. This has now been ongoing for over 30 days.
I’ve escalated repeatedly, copied in senior contacts, including the MD of Amazon UK, and every response I receive is essentially the same generic message saying:
the issue has been identified
a technical fix is being worked on
I will be contacted once it’s resolved
Despite this, nothing actually changes on my account, and there is no timeframe, no manual correction, and no workaround offered. Meanwhile I’ve lost over a month of sales, including key seasonal trading.
My questions to the community are:
Has anyone had a GTIN exemption created incorrectly like this?
Were you able to get it manually corrected, and if so, how?
Is there a specific department, wording, or escalation path that actually worked?
At what point is this considered a system error that needs urgent intervention rather than another waiting period?
I’m not asking for special treatment — I just need the exemption that already exists to be set up correctly so I can list my handmade products.
Any insight or shared experiences would be hugely appreciated, as standard Seller Support responses are no longer moving this forward.
Thank you in advance.
Hi
I'm reaching out to a Moderator for help and advise please.
@Maja_Amazon @Julia_Amazon @Julia_Amzn @Winston_Amazon @Ash_Amazon @Spencer_Amazon @Sakura_Amazon_ @Abella_Amazon @Ange_Amazon @JiAlex_Amazon @Simon_Amazon @JiAlex_Amazon @Abella_Amazon
Order I.D. 203-6866926-6896311
A-Z Claim Value: £172
We sold an item (sale price £172 inc vat ) to a customer on 20/10/25 of which the customer received. The customer then logged a return on 24/10/25 as the item was no longer needed. Amazon auto-authorised the return and issued the customer with a pre-paid EVRI label. The customer delivered it to an EVRI drop off point on the same day.
On 17/11/25 we received an A-Z claim under the heading different from what I had ordered and the claim stated "Return package delivered to seller, but I haven't received my refund yet."
I appealed the A-Z claim with Amazon with further information advising that EVRI had not delivered the item back to us and the last tracking entry was:
Nov 04, 2025 05:10:03 PMEurope/London -Birmingham 2 GB Package is undeliverable and returning to sender because it is damaged.
Amazon denied the appeal and refunded the customer with £172. Amazon advised us that the item was delivered to us
"We have reviewed all available information and confirmed that the merchandise for the order was correctly returned on Oct 24. Since you are responsible for this return, we have reimbursed the buyer and debited your seller account"
From this stating it was delivered on the 24/10/25 one can only assume they are relating to the date the item was given to EVRI by the customer.
I have spoken with the customer who advised he received notification from EVRI that the item had been damaged whilst in transit and to contact Amazon. The customer did contact Amazon Customer Services who advised that Amazon would make a claim with EVRI and Amazon issued the A-Z claim to us. I have tried to speak to EVRI but they advised they can only talk with the account holder which is Amazon.
We are currently in a position where we supplied an new item which was returned with an Amazon issued EVRI label which in turn got damaged in transit. We have lost £172 and not received the item back. We also have an A-Z claim against our performance metrics and we have not done anything incorrectly.
Could any help please so I can try and rectify this?
Regards
Ian
What is the position on A-to-Z claims when shipping is purchased through Amazon using a connected Royal Mail account, and the item shows as scanned as delivered but with no signature, while the buyer says it was not received?
I got 30 days extention with ANR/3 and proof of submission. I tried 3 times and 3rd time finally they approved the extention.
I am not really sure if this timeframe will be sufficient to get back the VAT # in Italy.
hopefully we all will.
we have now around 35-40 days ..
time is ticking...
Hello Sellers,
We are facing a critical issue with one of our best-selling SKUs and are hoping to get guidance from the community.
We have sent stock for the same SKU to Amazon FBA three times, and each time, the inventory has gone missing in the warehouse. This has resulted in our product being out of stock, which is impacting sales significantly.
Here’s the situation in detail:
We sent 5 SKUs in one shipment, and all other SKUs are accounted for and available. However, all 200 units of the problematic SKU are missing.
We have raised multiple cases regarding this issue, but none have provided a resolution so far.
Notably, we had previously sold 30 units of this SKU to a vendor. Now, it appears that the missing 270 units are showing as available for sale under the vendor account, which leads us to suspect that our FBA stock is being mistakenly allocated to the vendor.
Despite contacting Amazon support and internal teams, the issue remains unresolved.
Has anyone else faced a similar problem where FBA inventory is misallocated to a vendor account? Any insights or steps to escalate this effectively would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you in advance for your help!