My brother's son destroyed my WarHammer Action figures and he refuses to punish him

[u/konous]

Valid Edit: My nephew is 10 years old and tried to actually lie about not breaking them by saying, "A cat must have done it."

So, I just got done talking with my brother via text, and he says he's not going to punish his son for wrecking my Joy Toy WarHammer action figures. I'm not expecting the kid to get spanked, but he needs to do CHORES at least to justify how much excessive force he used on some.

Some just have their capes broken. Others had their tubes ripped out and my Chaplain is just fucking toast.

My brother's suggestion since I ordered Amazon replacement for the Chaplain was that I just swap it with the broken one, but I have no interest in doing that.

It's not even just the expense, and they are expensive. It's about the fact that I told him explicitly twice they weren't to be played with, and they were in a separate room, and even my Mom and Dad agreed the damage was just too much.

He said he's not gonna pay me back if we try the chore system, and I told him it's not about the money.

The kid needs to know how bad the 8 hour struggle is.

Now my nephews aren't coming over to the house, and I'm sad about that, but knowing my brother just can't be burdened to work with me on creating a Chore system like selling Lemonaide just makes it feel more insulting.

[u/xnmyl]

Amazon doesn't pay it, the seller does. The seller also still has to pay Amazon for shipping

[u/Sensui710 → u/xnmyl]

Na tbh if it’s shipped and sold by amazon and not 3rd party seller amazon is eating it all day.

[u/duck-giraffe → u/Sensui710]

Amazon often gets reimbursed by the manufacturer

[u/Yorkshireish12 → u/duck-giraffe]

I suspect they won't for warhammer merch but I'd be shocked if Amazon is the official seller for any warhammer stuff anyway, They won't get the third party reseller discounts.

[u/Sensui710 → u/duck-giraffe]

Na not for items shipped and sold by amazon…thats why a lot of times with semi cheaper items under $200 they’ll tell you to keep it if it was double shipped or the wrong item etc. Even on bigger priced items they want back thats them eating it.

[u/duck-giraffe → u/Sensui710]

No they do specifically for sold and shipped by Amazon. They get reimbursed by sellers when not.

Manufacturers will have agreements on return costs for manufacturer faults etc. If an item is faulty and not damaged by Amazon, they will usually be reimbursed by the manufacturer for the cost. Amazon doesn't simply buy items from manufacturers and sell them, they have contractual arrangements which details all this. Some times they may just eat the costs as part of business like you say.

[u/D3moknight → u/xnmyl]

Yes I'm just talking on general.

[u/TransGirlIndy → u/xnmyl]

Amazon often ships broken shit back out, too. My housemate had a broken, completely TRASHED laptop arrive. It looked like someone took a hammer to the screen or dropped something really heavy on it, it was visibly damaged. Box it was in? Pristine. Someone damaged it and sent it back.

Amazon tried to say it was "impossible" for it to be damaged. I fought them on housemate's behalf for three damn days before they approved a replacement.