I need a moderator assistance please.
16170274051 is the case number
A customer purchased a book from me (Order 113-1460480-1503407), I shipped the book and they received it. A few days later customer asks to return the $73 book because "a couple pages are creased" and "shipping box is fine, but book is damaged." Not a problem, return the book in the condition it was received and I will refund it. Yes, a couple pages in the book were creased, but otherwise in very good condition.
The customer gets the UPS return label, and a package with that label arrives at my home. It did not "refund at first scan" as usual. I opened the box, and it was a $3 mythology book and a bunch of packing materials so that it weighed the same amount as the other book.
I immediately emailed the customer stating that I received a different book that what I sold and shipped to them. Within minutes, he had filed an A-Z claim stating that I sent him the wrong book and that he wanted a refund for the $73 book, plus tax and postage ($86).
I responded with photographs and other documentation and we went back and forth about it.
Amazon granted his request, I appealed and lost.
I started communicating with Amazon Support about the case, and two different Amazon support people told me I needed to file a Safe-T Claim. You can't file a Safe-T-Claim if an A-Z claim has been filed. The one last night told me I needed to wait 30 days, and the link to re-appeal will show and I could re-appeal. When he showed me where he was looking- it said that I had 30 days TO file an appeal.
This customer was VERY skilled and knew to avoid allowing me to file a Safe-T-Claim. I am not sure if somehow he was responsible for the "refund at first scan" not to work on the return or not, but he went immediately to A-Z, changed the reason of the refund, from "damaged book" to "different book received." He purposely packaged the book in a box (which was around 1 pound) enough for the package to weigh 2 pounds like the original book.
He refused to return the book because by then, he had changed his story from "the book has a couple creased pages" to "I sent him the wrong book." "I already returned the book YOU sent and you owe me $86. Then I get a message from Amazon stating that due to me not responding, they were refunding the order to the customer. Never mind the appeals and the numerous messages sent back and forth between me and the customer and Amazon.
Unfortunately, Amazon seller support- was no help. All I want is to be reimbursed for the A-Z claim payment. I have flagged this customer in my database and I will never sell to him again. I am a very small one-person business out of my home. I package my own orders and I know my books. The book he returned to me has never been in my inventory and I have never sold it.
I'm sure the customer is "delighted" to have the $73 book, and $86 now in cash.
Thanks for listening.