This refund policy is to be used as a resource by dropshippers who work with matedropshipping.com (“Mate”).
Please review the following policies carefully.
ALL DISPUTES SHALL BE OPENED ON Mate. Otherwise, Mate will terminate cooperation with you immediately.
Mate offers a quicker dispute solution and will appreciate it a lot if you provide:
a. Photos or videos of the damaged item to prove damage. If the photo cannot prove the products are damaged, please upload the video.
b. Screenshot of the e-mail or dispute received including name, date and content. In other words, a customer has sent the complaint (Through PayPal Dispute or other Gateway, e-mail, etc.).
c. The products need to be returned to Mate if our agent asks for a return.
Except for the important interpretation, Mate will make a refund, resend, or accept the return for any of the following cases:
Orders are lacking tracking information, in transit, pending, expired 60 days after orders departed from Mate warehouse. Following countries and shipping methods may be different:
a. For orders shipped to the USA, it will be counted 45 days after orders departed from Mate warehouse.
b. For Brazil, it is after 110 days counting from the date that order departed from Mate warehouse due to the strict customs clearance at Brazil.
d. For some special shipping methods, Mate cannot deal with your disputes. (See the following important interpretation)
Notes:
Sometimes, the order had arrived at the nearest post office to the buyer and make it pending because of insufficient address, package unclaimed, no such number, etc. It will be much more convenient for clients to contact local post office or go to the post office for delivery.
Due to such conditions as national realities, phone numbers, and religious beliefs in Israel, packages will be normally delivered to self pick-up cabinets, which may lead to packages being long overdue. Therefore, it will be much more convenient for clients to contact the local post office or go to the post office for delivery.
Sometimes, local tracking numbers may show a sign for delivery, but the end customer claims that the package has not been received. In such cases, Mate will spare no effort to verify the real situation, which could be a long process (1-2 months), but there is no guarantee that of a positive result.
Mate will not deal with the refund or resend if the tracking information shows the order is delivered.
a. If Your clients do not receive the package, a non-delivery certification issued by the local post office with an official seal is necessary.
b. Tracking information alert. The tracking information shows Alert, the reasons are listed as below:
a) Incorrect/insufficient address.
b) No such number.
c) Unknown recipient.
d) Refused.
e) Do not pick up in time.
f) No safe delivery location.
g) Uncleared customs.
h) Others.
Notes:
a. The local distributor will deliver 1-3 times according to the actual situation. If it is still unclaimed during the delivery period, it will be returned to the local post office for storage in 3-7 days. Meanwhile, Your clients need to pick up the package by themselves. Otherwise, the product will be returned to the sender, our logistics company. During the return, Mate takes no responsibility if products have been lost.
b. If the logistics company provides return service to China, Mate will put the products in your private inventory and will not refund them when we receive the returned items.
c. Mate cannot offer a refund or resend if you don’t process the undelivered orders or packages destroyed by logistics companies.
Mate offers a full refund or a replacement if packages arrived are badly damaged.
Mate offers a partial refund or a replacement if packages arrived partially damaged (except thread, slightly wrinkled, small scratches etc.).
Notes:
a. For fragile products, a refund is highly recommended.
b. For damaged packing boxes, Mate cannot offer any refunds or other after-sale services due to the long-distant international delivery.
c. For ordinary, electronic products, Your clients shall complain or open a dispute to you within 30 days after packages are delivered.
d. For service products, Mate refunds you the cost of the product which is the price in China market. If you have Mate quality inspection service. Otherwise, Mate will not take any responsibility for them. (See the following important interpretation > Service products)
Mate has a strict quality control process before products are dispatched. Mate will deal with incorrect or missing products as follows:
a. For incorrect products, Mate offers a full refund or replacement.
b. For products with wrong color, size which doesn’t affect product function, etc., Mate offers a refund or resend if you provide a screenshot of your clients’ complaint including name, content and date.
c. For parts missing which doesn’t affect product function, Mate may refund partially or resend the missing part; for parts missing which affect product function, Mate will resend the product only.
d. For accessories, Mate will resend the accessories.
Notes:
For size problem, Mate will appreciate it a lot if you can measure the product according to the correct measurement method and provide us the photo of measurement. Then, our dispute team will deal with your disputes quickly.
For orders cancellation, Mate offers a full refund before products are processed by warehouses.
a. After payment, POD orders cannot be canceled as it is customized.
b. After payment, preorder inventory orders cannot be canceled as it is special products and only available for you.
c. After payment, video and photo orders cannot be canceled as Mate has planned and prepared for you after payment.
You cannot ask for a dispute if the order has been delivered for more than 7 days. Your dispute cannot be resolved when tracking information from a third party is untraceable.
Mate takes no responsibility for any product damaged or shipping delay caused by the act of god, including but not limited: epidemic situation, international situation, strike, war, earthquake, flood, virus, storm, heavy snow, customs inspection. However, Mate will notify you by Mate Chat, Skype, Email, Line, WhatsApp etc.
Some shipping methods are not trackable when orders arrived at some Countries, States, or Cities. Mate lists those shipping methods in advance and will not accept any disputes when you choose those shipping methods to some countries, including:
PostNL、Electric PostNL、Railway Economy.
Notes:
When choosing certain shipping methods, the remote addresses will be charged additional cost.
Due to limited international transportation, Mate will not accept any disputes when your orders are shipped to the following countries:
Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Andorra, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Greenland, Canary Islands, Iceland, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican, Bahrain, Kuwait, Afghanistan, Antigua, Anguilla, Albania, Armenia, Angola, Argentina, American Samoa, Aruba, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Barbados Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Bahamas, Bhutan, Botswana, Belarus, Belize, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Cook Islands, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia Fiji Islands, Falkland Islands, Micronesia, Faroe Islands, Gabon, Grenada, Georgia, French Guiana, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guadeloupe, Equatorial Guinea, Guatemala, Guam, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Iraq, Iran, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati, Comoros, Saint Kitts, North Korea Kosovo, Cayman Islands, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Saint Lucia, Sri Lanka, Liberia, Lesotho, Libya, Morocco, Moldova, Montenegro, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Republic of North Macedonia, Mali, Myanmar, Mongolia, Saipan, Martinique, Mauritania, Montserrat, Mauritius, Maldives, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Nepal, Nauru, Niue, Oman, Panama, Peru, Tahiti, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, Palau, Paraguay, Qatar, Réunion, Romania, Serbia, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, Seychelles, Sudan, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, Republic of South Sudan Sao Tome and Principe, El Salvador, Syria, Eswatini, Turks and Caicos Islands, Chad, Togo, Tajikistan, Timor Leste, Turkmenistan, Tunisia, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Tanzania, Ukraine, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Saint Vincent Island, Venezuela, British Virgin Islands, United States Virgin Islands, Vanuatu Samoa, Bernel, Curacao, Saint Eustacius, Saint Martin, Nevis, Somaliland, Saint Bafulimi, Yemen, Mayotte Island, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Products can be returned to Mate China warehouses only. But we do not suggest returning products to our warehouses, because the international shipping cost is high and it takes at least 3 months to arrive at Mate China Warehouse. Most of them will be lost during the return. Also, most of the returned products will be damaged on the way.
For more details and particulars, please consult your agent.
Service products apply to the following interpretation.
a. Any disputes arising from products damaged or shipping delayed, Mate may not refund the product cost.
b. Any disputes arising from bad quality, Mate may not accept as the supplier is not Mate.
Mate shall not accept any unreasonable disputes, including but not limited to:
a. The buyer does not like it.
b. The product description is not real.
c. Products smell unusual.
d. The buyer ordered the wrong items or SKU.
e. The shipping address was provided incorrectly.
f. Product difference was negotiated in advance.
g. Tracking information deleted by logistics companies or local post offices.
h. In some cases, packages returned/discarded/detained due to the consignee’s failure to comply with the work of customs clearance in line with the foreign trade policies of certain countries.