Amazon and UPS extend seller-fulfilled returns system through October
📦 Amazon heard, and they listened.
Partnering with UPS. Amazon is now offering extended use of a seller-fulfilled returns system for its customers. This option will now run through November 1st after it was scheduled to end on October 2nd. This “short-term experiment” of customers dropping off returns at a UPS store seems to be working. The goal? Get the consumer to feel comfortable with spending more. While there is a fee for using a UPS or a USPS shipping label for returns, Amazon has promised to reimburse the bill.
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