Countries
Read onlyQuick question. We have a customer who received our product a month ago, and opened a return request saying it was defective. Unlike most returns (where they get a refund on First Scan, and send it back), this customer requested a replacement.
So Amazon submitted to us a new order (at zero cost to the customer), causing us to send another product out to the customer. (Product is $150.00 in value).
We look up the "return" and the tracking number says that it's still not yet given to the USPS. ie They are still waiting for it.
So now we are sending out another free replacement for this $150.00, with no guarantee that the customer is going to return the first one. If that doesn't happen, he essentially has $300.00 worth of products.
What do we do? Do we monitor the status of the return and then contact Amazon after a certain period of time without receiving it? I am not confident that they will just give us back the $150.00 product that we are out.
And why doesn't Amazon require a free replacement to be sent AFTER the USPS receives the item first? Kind of like they do with First Scan Refunds? Why require a seller to send a replacement when the return hasn't even been given to the USPS?
Sending a "replacement" for an order that wasn't scanned in is not a good idea. You should have canceled the replacement order at that time.
As for the original shipment, the buyer has a certain amount of time to return the item, if the item is not returned, the buyer will be automatically charged for the replacement (or not receive a refund)
Happened already since the replacement wasn't scanned in on time....