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Amazon has instituted a new fee for some returns at UPS Stores in order to compensate for return costs, per a new report.
According to the Information, the Seattle-based tech giant is instituted a charge if return options at Whole Foods, Kohl’s or Amazon Fresh locations are closer or just as far than a UPS Store return location. The charge is aimed at “deterring customers from using UPS when they have lots of other choices, presumably as a way of reducing the cost of returns for Amazon.” The new fee for returns at UPS stores also adds to existing charges for delivery driver pick up of returns.
Amazon did not immediately return a request for comment on the report.
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