FBA lost and damaged inventory reimbursement policy

If an item you send to us as part of the Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) service is lost or damaged at a facility or by a carrier operated by Amazon or on behalf of Amazon, we will replace that item with a new item of the same FNSKU or we will reimburse you for it.

For an item to be eligible under this policy, all of the following must be true:

• The item is registered in FBA at the time it is lost or damaged.
• The item complies with FBA product requirements and restrictions and with FBA inventory requirements.
• You have sent us the exact items and quantities stated in your shipping plan.
• The item is not pending disposal or was not disposed of at your request or because we have exercised a right to do so.
• The item is not defective and was not damaged by a customer.
• Your selling account is in normal status when you file a claim or when your claim is under review, including during any appeals, for a lost or damaged item.

Seller can check their status by logging into Seller Central. If no alert shows that the account has been deactivated, the seller is in normal status.

If your item is eligible under this policy and we haven't already reimbursed you, you can file a reimbursement claim. The process to a file a claim varies depending on where the fulfillment process your item is lost or damaged.

• Shipment to Amazon
• Fulfillment center operations
• FBA customer returns
• Removals

If you think some of your inventory is missing, use the following tools and reports to help identify or resolve the discrepancy:

• Manage Orders tool (search by SKU or by ASIN if the ASIN exists for only one listing)
  Tip: Use Advanced Search to include pending orders and reserved items.
• Inventory Adjustments
• Inventory Event Detail
• Removal Order Detail
• Received Inventory
• Reimbursements
• Daily Inventory

You can also check your email account for reimbursement notifications from Fulfillment by Amazon.

If you are unable to resolve the discrepancy, contact Selling partner Support.

If we determine that your reimbursement claim is valid, we will replace the lost or damaged item with a new item of the same FNSKU or we will reimburse you for it.

If a reimbursement was made in error, or if a reimbursed item is later found and returned to your inventory, Amazon reserves the right to reverse the reimbursement credit that was applied to your account.

We may dispose of any item for which we reimburse you under this policy, including by selling it. As a result, such items — including lost items that are found after reimbursement — may be listed for sale on Amazon Warehouse or other channels.

Because item prices tend to fluctuate over time and may vary widely from seller to seller, we compare several price indicators to determine an estimated sale price for the item when calculating the reimbursement amount. The price indicators we compare are:

• The current list price you have set for the same item on Amazon or the mean list price if you have multiple listings for the same item
• The median price at which you have sold the item on Amazon over the past 18 months
• The median list price for the same item from other sellers on Amazon
• The median price at which other sellers have sold the same item over the past 18 months

If we don't have enough information to calculate the estimated sale price of a unit using the price indicators described above, we will assign an estimated sale price based on the price of a comparable product. We may ask you for additional information or documentation to help us determine that value.

If we elect to reimburse you for a shipment to Amazon claim or a fulfillment center operations claim, we will reimburse you for the estimated proceeds of a sale of that item.

If we elect to reimburse you for a removal claim, we will reimburse you for the estimated proceeds of the sale of that item, unless the item was in an unsellable condition when removed from the Amazon fulfillment network. For unsellable removal items, Amazon will reimburse you at a valuation consistent with the estimated proceeds of the discounted sale of the unit. We may ask you for additional information or documentation to help us determine that discounted value.

If we elect to reimburse you for a customer return claim, the value of the reimbursement is based on the refund or replacement given to the customer on your FBA order. If Amazon refunded or replaced an item on your FBA order, we calculate the reimbursement value as the refund amount or the price of the replacement item on the original order minus applicable fees and consumption tax.

If you don't agree with the Amazon valuation of a unit, you can file a claim using the Contact Us page in Seller Central within 90 days after we issued the reimbursement.