# Bewildering Amazon charge on my debit card **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 3, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128 "2021-03-03T23:00:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128/1 "2021-03-03T23:00:29Z")
What is a WEB AMAZON MARKETPLACE RETURN FEE? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128/2 "2021-03-03T23:03:55Z")
If you return an item to Amazon and it’s not the result of their error, you pay return shipping (return fee). [https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GXM7UWCH63ZJHAVP](https://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=GXM7UWCH63ZJHAVP) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2021, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128/3 "2021-03-03T23:25:44Z")
Some products say “free shipping and free return shipping” near the price. It’s somewhat random, but it’s often the case for things like clothing and shoes; they may also use tailored algorithms based on your patterns of behvaior. Otherwise, as @running_coach says, if you return something because you just changed your mind, you pay for return shipping. What’s not clear to me is why you’d see a separate line item. It’s usually just deducted from the refund amount. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128/4 "2021-03-04T11:40:24Z")
You can return Amazon items for free, at many Kohl’s stores. ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128/5 "2021-03-04T12:58:56Z")
> [@Riemann](#): > > What’s not clear to me is why you’d see a separate line item. It’s usually just deducted from the refund amount. If it’s actually sold by Amazon, yes. But WEB AMAZON MARKETPLACE sounds like it was sold by a third-party vendor through Amazon. I don’t think I’ve ever returned a Marketplace item, but different vendors may well have different procedures, and that one apparently lists the return fee as a separate line item. Maybe? Or does Amazon always handle all such return fees for their Marketplace vendors? ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128/6 "2021-03-04T14:01:36Z")
Another thought occurs… @lissener, have you actually recently returned an item to Amazon or to a vendor that might be using Amazon Marketplace for billing/fulfillment? Because this sort of vague-but-plausible charge seems like exactly the sort of thing a scammer might try… ---
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2021, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bewildering-amazon-charge-on-my-debit-card/937128/7 "2021-03-14T23:03:27Z")
TURNS OUT . . . I had been relying on my debit card to simply deny any charge that went over my balance (I live right on the edge). But I had somehow linked my Amazon Marketplace purchases directly to my bank account. So I purchased an $18 packet of seeds from Indonesia, which with postage went 27¢ over my balance, so my bank charged me $36 . . . and Amazon charged me another $25. Four hours on the phone later, I got the $36 waived and the $25 disputed. And my bank account info deleted. And no, the seeds are not magic beans. But they’re rare plants I intend to sell @$100 when they sprout.