[Roadman]

I'm under the impression third party items fulfilled by amazon use amazon's very own delivery and return procedure, therefore any refund method you choose to carry out will result in the same outcome regardless if sold directly by amazon or not. So I'm pretty sure the third party seller won't be affected.

I can't speak for the delivery system, but the return procedure is different. The third party seller will of course be affected. It's their product they are selling. I don't think Amazon will reimburse them. The courier will if they insured the package.

Edit: I didn't read the "fulfilled by Amazon" part. On the SE'ers end, the return procedure may be the same as well. Either way though, the seller is directly affected as it is their product.

In that case I apologise. My assumption was indeed on amazon reimbursing the seller since the return is going back to their warehouse, therefore in theory under their security and safekeeping.

Edit: I've seen your edit (lol) . Thanks for the info.