My shipment THEFT levels at Amazon have reached new heights.

FBA18TYKV7BX is my 20th shipment to have suffered losses in 36 months, totaling at least 1059 units LOST/STOLEN, of which 10 shipments and over 700 units were stolen in the last 10 months alone.

It also takes 8-10 weeks to just receive product, this before I can address the theft and that is a 2-4 week process in of itself. So, I am looking at 2 1/2 to 3 months to get my product into inventory. That which doesn't get stolen, that is. This is just simply unbelievable.

Its getting worse as time progresses. What product eventually gets through is used for back orders, my PDP bounces back-n-forth on a daily basis from shipments taking up to 3 weeks, "1 or 5 left in stock" before quickly becoming "Currently Unavailable", or Unsearchable altogether. This has now become the cycle I am tied into and it is literally killing my business.

Of my last 2 shipments of 150 units each, 152 are missing/lost/stolen, its mind-boggling! As a result, I have ZERO inventory. I have 2 shipment totaling 500 unit en route as I write, but based on current experience, it will take 8-10 weeks before they are received and there is no guarantee that the quantity that makes it through will keep my PDP up for more than a week... and then the cycle starts again

There is an obvious pattern here. I continually reach out to support and get none. My tickets are either ignored entirely, responded with script generated responses that have absolutely nothing with my issue and concern. If I ever get the option to phone someone, I am either hung up on, transferred into oblivion, or told any number of stories about someone calling me back - who never, ever does.

The simple fact of the matter is it's self-evident that what is happening is bordering on criminal activity. This activity is apparently going on unchecked at Amazon facilities and transcends any internal policies by breaking the law

I AM DESPERATE - I NEED TO SPEAK TO SOMEONE IN AUTHORITY.

2022

01. 03/15/22 - FBA16MGPZ5N5 - 201 units of 300 stolen/lost

2023

02. 03/30/23 - FBA176QZN2ZF - 116 units of 150 stolen/lost

03. 04/20/22 - FBA172MNLNX6 - Unknown units stolen/lost

04. 07/03/23 - FBA178MQRWF1 - 8 units of 150 stolen/lost

05. 08/01/23 - FBA17B0QWTBM - 1 units of 150 stolen/lost

06. 08/23/23 - FBA17C0Y2ZKS - 13 units of 150 stolen/lost

07. 09/18/23 - FBA17D9YL9M7 - 40 units of 150 stolen/lost

08. 10/10/23 - FBA17FTYRX3D - 39 units of 150 stolen/lost

2024

09. 06/11/23 - FBA17HW137NB - 5 units of 150 stolen/lost

10. 03/04/24 - FBA17S6TWT9W - 2 units of 150 stolen/lost

11. 04/02/24 - FBA17WGT1LPK - 119 units of 150 stolen/lost

12. 04/24/24 - FBA17YSWDQDK - 25 units of 150 stolen/lost

13. 06/24/24 - FBA184PT7F93 - 103 units of 150 stolen/lost

14. 08/19/24 - FBA18BCWB1XH - 120 units of 150 stolen/lost

15. 09/12/24 - FBA18DSTW3YD - 8 units of 150 stolen/lost

16. 10/09/24 - FBA18HBF8PCS - 23 units of 150 stolen/lost

17. 11/04/24 - FBA18KPXZ5W4 - 92 units of 150 stolen/lost

18. 12/05/24 - FBA18N0MK59Q - 78 units of 150 stolen/lost

2025

19. 01/22/25 - FBA18T5BX149 - 2 units of 70 stolen/lost

20. 02/10/25 - FBA18TYKV7BX - 56 units of 150 stolen/lost

21. 02/12/25 - FBA18V2FSMNX - 96 units of 150 stolen/lost

For the first time ever in my 15+ years on Amazon my OTDR is below 90%. Late shipment rate you ask? 0 % as everything is shipped on time.

This is happening because of Amazon forcing us to not be able to pad our handling and shipping times. This infuriates me. I used to have 2-3 day handling but ship the day of or the next morning and everything was always delivered on or before the promised date....but nooooo...we have to delight the customer with fast shipping and handling times so we were forced to change everything to next day on shipping time. now we are at 86% OTDR even though everything was shipped on time with tracking scans proving it on shipping purchased from Amazon.

How in the world does Amazon figure this "delights" customers? I know for myself I hate being told a delivery date and then the item shows up late. I probably only purchase 5% of what I used to purchase from amazon because of this. You can no longer trust delivery times promised and it is to the point now where I would say 90% of the things I do order from on Amazon show up at least 1 day late and 90% of those are fulfilled by Amazon...but the rules don't apply to them.

Hi,

We're looking for some insight from any Seller who has dealt with this.

There have been two charges on our account labelled as "Other", one for about 5k and another for 50k, totaling $55,682.63.

We sell only via Amazon FBA, and reading the forums on what can be classified as 'other', none of it fits - especially not for that massive lump sum of money.

I've contacted Amazon seller support, but it's been 2 weeks, and I haven't heard back from them since they "escalated it." I've followed up every few days to get an update, and there have been 0 updates. I've attached a screenshot of our support messages, all they've said it "We're escalating this and it's being reviewed".

It'd be greatly appreciated if anyone has any tips on what to do, or if the moderators can step in here.

Can Canadians selling on amazon.com get paid in USD? I have USD business banking accounts in Canada.