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Suppliers ship wrong items and refuse returns or refunds

Dropshipping suppliers ship wrong or unordered items and refuse to correct orders or accept returns, leaving sellers out of pocket

Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.

8 public reports · first reported 2 October 2020 · last reported 23 September 2026

Idea report · $19 · No contacts · All sales final

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What's going wrong

Sellers using dropshipping, print-on-demand and supplier marketplace apps report the same failure: the supplier ships the wrong item, a wrong logo, fake goods or products never ordered, then refuses to correct the order or accept the return.

AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.

In the idea report

  • The full summary.
  • The products the 8 reports are about, and how many came each month.
  • Related problems.

No business has been found with this problem yet, so the report has no contacts. All sales are final — no refunds. Pricing.