From the Kindle Nation Mailbag: "Can I 'return' a Kindle purchase for credit if I ordered it by mistake?"

Thanks to Kindle Nation citizen Maria for writing in with this question:

Hello! I have a question about my kindle. I purchased a book by accident, and at first I did not know that I had bought  it. I must have accidentaly pressed "buy" without knowing  it. I clicked "home" and saw the book load. I tried to go back and undo the purchase, but could not. The book is still new and unopened. Is there any way to undo this purchase?

Maria, it is a fairly simple process as long as you are within the seven-day window that Amazon allows for Kindle book returns.


I recommend making sure you have either the Amazon order number of the 10-digit product number ("ASIN"), or both, and calling Kindle Support.


Kindle Support Phone Number 1-866-321-8851
(1-206-266-0927 outside the US)



Just explain what happened and ask if you can return the ebook for a refund. In most cases your refund should be approved and the book will be removed from your Kindle's Home screen and account.

4 comments:

Jan said...

I have made a purchase by mistake, too, and I simply emailed Amazon and told them what I did, gave them the order number, and asked them would they please make the book go away and refund my money. They did this immediately! Amazon is the best in the world for customer service!

Anonymous said...

Regarding the long-term life of my k2 battery, will it last longer if I recharge it when it is nearly discharged or when it is, say, 1/2 discharged or 3/4 discharged? If the battery can be recharged only so many times, say, 1000, it seems it might be better to recharge it when it is nearly completely d/ced because each of the 1000 charges would be adding much more reading time than if it were say only 10% d/ced.

gayle said...

Just a suggestiion...I too have purchased books by mistake. The default when looking at a book, is on the buy button. Now I always move off of the buy button, so mistakes don't happen.

Debbi said...

I too have purchased books by mistake. I just let 'them' know and it was taken care of very smoothly. I also agree 'Amazon is the best'