Amazon "Defers Payment" on Its **OWN** Orders

I was looking at this new “deferred payment” nonsense, and I noticed one larger order for multiple units that was far older than the rest. Most were a week or less old. This one was nearly a month old.

The order was Amazon’s own FBA order, where they buy your product in the USA, and resell it in “other markets” to the occasional customer. It had been ordered with “overnight delivery”, but payment was still “deferred” with the excuse “Delivery Date Policy”.

Soooo, it looks to me like Amazon is riding my float for the “delivery” to customers in far-flung locations, and worse yet, ordering half a dozen units, and withholding payment on all of them because one has not yet been delivered to Amazon’s end-user customer. Nope, that’s forcing me to do something I did not sign up for. I sell ONLY in the USA, and in this case, I sold to Amazon itself, a US entity.

Why make a stink about this? Because it is yet another paper-cut, yet another way Amazon is forcing sellers to finance their often ill-advised attempts at “growth”. Yes, I could turn off all sales to overseas locations, but if a person wants to buy, I will not say no. But I do expect payment for sales, and Amazon does not have special customer terms for purchasing my products itself.

I did not sell anything in India or whatever, Amazon did. I booked a US sale, under the US terms, which does NOT include anything further than delivery to the “customer of record”, in this case, Amazon itself, who ordered “overnight delivery” via FBA.

Grrrrr… Hulk ANGRY! Hulk SMASH!!

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My past experience with FBA International Shipments is that they do not ship promptly and the buyer is not charged until they ship.

This order may be waiting for consolidated shipment to that country and they might not have the buyer’s money. They might not be collecting on the float.

If this situation is not to your liking, you know what to do. King Solomon died long ago and a just decision requires wisdom. A legal decision shows Amazon to be within its contractual rights.

I stopped stamping my foot and crying “this isn’t right” decades ago.

I put up with a lot of crap when it is still good business, and when it isn’t any more, I do not hang in there.

Pay attention to avoiding spikes in your blood pressure.

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Which is of course a legal requirement. Not Amazon’s choice.

An attitude that seems uncommon, at least on the NSFE. Amazing how many people are threatening legal action/FTC involvement over Amazon changing their payout terms with only a 6 month notice; or worse, the ones wondering how they can stay in business if a payout is skipped.

Yep; it’s (generally) not personal; every one looks out for themselves. If you aren’t looking out, that’s YOUR fault, not the guy’s who’s paying attention. (a good example of why I think that any business person should learn and play poker; amazingly similar)

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Keyboard warriors are gonna warrior!

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Then why do they book these as “sales” if they don’t yet have the buyer’s money? In domestic sales, the sale is “pending” until payment is made, or at least payment is possible. I see dozens of orders “awaiting payment verification” at all times, whenever I look.

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