Amazon found ‘lost’ inventory past its prime

Something spooky’s in your inventory. 

What disappears on Amazon never really stays gone. 👻

• Something’s blocking your FBA breakout 🧱
• Found: your “lost” inventory, now expired 💀
• Amazon double billed, then made it right 💸
• The ad cooled off, the tariffs didn’t ❄️
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BLACK MARKET

It’s every seller’s nightmare: your inventory vanishes, Amazon shrugs, and months later it magically reappears—older, dustier, and somehow your problem again.

And yep, that’s exactly what happened to a seller in the forums.

🍪 Quick bits

• Slow-motion loss: Inventory shipped long before expiry vanished, got reimbursed, and resurfaced almost a year later.
• Kicker: Amazon clawed back the reimbursement and sent back expired stock.
• Official line: Perfectly legal under FBA policy, but ethically murky.
• Fix: Dispute the case with the reimbursement ID, proof of shipment, expiry dates, and invoices to recalculate value.
• Takeaway: These “lost and found” blunders happen more often than Amazon admits. Track your reimbursements and speak up early.

💬 SellerBites’ take

Amazon moves fast when it’s charging fees, but somehow misplaces its sense of urgency when it’s fixing errors. 😅

The real pain isn’t expired stock, it’s the time warp that turns refunds into regrets. Keep your docs tight, track your cases, and remember: silence isn’t compliance. 🫠

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BITES OF THE WEEK

• Tariff Tiff: Senate votes to block Trump’s Canada tariffs, with bipartisan support challenging the trade move.
• Search Shake-Up: eBay confirms ads now appear only in Best Match and Top Picks to improve buyer experience.
• ChatGPT Cart Crash: Study finds ChatGPT drives curious shoppers, not conversions, AI referrals lag behind Google and affiliates.
• Export Express: Amazon India hits $20B in global sales as small-town sellers power exports, undeterred by steep U.S. tariffs.
• Star-Crossed Reviews: Amazon sellers, Vine reviewers, and shoppers clash over what those stars really mean, calling for clearer rating standards.

CASH CORNER

Sellers get refund after double billing glitch

Sellers spotting random “Other” fees on their statements weren’t imagining things, Amazon really did pull a disappearing act on their balances.

What looked like a mystery charge turned out to be a carrier glitch that billed some shipping labels twice.

🍪 Quick bits

• Glitch: A carrier tech hiccup caused Buy Shipping labels to bill twice on certain orders.
• Evidence: Duplicate “Other” debits appeared on August 22 and September 10 statements.
• Fix: Amazon’s refunding affected sellers in full, including taxes and postage, and has notified everyone impacted.
• Fallout: The mystery line items wrecked bookkeeping and sent sellers scrambling for answers.
• Cleanup: Amazon says it’s tightening carrier oversight to prevent repeat slip-ups.

💬 SellerBites’ take

It’s not every day Amazon admits fault, but when it does, at least it comes with a refund. Still, “technical issue” feels like code for we weren’t watching closely enough.

Even billion-dollar systems can glitch, but sellers always pay the price first. So next time your payout looks spooky, check those “Other” charges before they ghost your profits. 👻

HOT TOPIC

Canada pulled the ad, but not the tariff trouble

U.S.–Canada trade relations just took another nosedive. President Trump announced a fresh 10% tariff hike on Canadian imports, days after Ontario aired an ad criticizing U.S. trade policy during the World Series.

The ad’s been pulled, but the diplomatic damage? Already done.

🍪 Quick bits

• The $75M ad flop: Ontario’s government used a vintage Ronald Reagan clip to protest U.S. tariffs. Washington fired back, calling it propaganda.
• Tariff déjà vu: The U.S. had already raised tariffs on Canadian imports to 35%, with limited relief under USMCA.
• Canada’s clapback: Canada hit back with 25% retaliatory tariffs in March, paused them in August to reopen talks, then got slammed again.
• Timing couldn’t be worse: The new 10% spike hits right before Q4, threatening higher costs and slower cross-border fulfillment.
• Negotiations frozen: Ontario pulled the ad Monday, but the fallout is already snowballing.

💬 SellerBites’ take

Just when sellers thought tariff drama was cooling off, someone hit replay. The irony? A 30-second ad just melted months of progress.

For cross-border sellers, this means one thing, brace for impact. Higher duties, longer delivery windows, and tighter margins are about to make the winter shipping season even frostier.