Amazon charging fees for UPS returns in cost-cutting move
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Amazon has instituted a new fee for some returns at UPS Stores in order to compensate for return costs.
The Seattle-based tech giant has instituted a charge if return options at Whole Foods, Kohlâs or Amazon Fresh locations are closer or just as far than a UPS Store return location. The new fee for returns at UPS stores supplements existing charges for delivery driver pick up of returns. 
An Amazon spokesperson confirmed the changes, first reported in The Information, in an email to Seeking Alpha. The representative characterized the fee as small and noted that Amazon continues to "offer convenient, easy returns to Amazon customers, with one or more options for label-free, box-free returns at no cost.â 
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This story has been updated to include a comment from Amazon.