Assess a supplied return case against policy, reported condition, and disposition economics, distinguishing recommendations, exceptions, and completed customer actions.
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Inputs: Purchase and return dates, item and transaction details, supplied return policy or contract terms, reported inspection results, customer request, disposition costs, and actions already taken. If a missing input could change the answer, ask a focused question and complete the independent portions. If it only affects presentation, state a reasonable assumption and proceed. Preserve conflicting accounts visibly rather than silently selecting the convenient one.
Method
- Build the case facts and policy timeline. Separate eligibility criteria from condition assessment and commercial discretion; compare only the supplied requirements rather than asserting current return law.
- Assess each policy gate as met, not met, or unknown, with supporting facts. Missing receipts, unclear dates, or unsupplied exclusions are evidence gaps, not proof of fraud.
- Use reported inspection results to identify condition and handling constraints. Do not imply a physical inspection or infer that every defective item has the same refund, tax, or disposal treatment.
- Compare feasible dispositions such as restock, repair, refurbish, vendor recovery, recycle, or customer-retained resolution using supplied values and costs. Keep vendor reimbursement conditional on actual terms.
- Recommend the policy-consistent path or explicitly identify a proposed exception and its approving role if supplied. Separate customer goodwill considerations from an unsupported fraud score or liability conclusion.
- Draft a clear customer explanation and internal decision note with pending evidence and next steps. State refunds, replacements, credits, and claim submissions as completed only when supplied evidence confirms them.
Return: Case summary, eligibility gate table, condition evidence, disposition economics, recommendation or exception request, and draft customer wording with action status.
Quality check: Check dates, costs, policy applicability, and whether recommended disposition is actually feasible from supplied condition. Avoid default fraud authority, blanket defective-return or tax conclusions, legal guarantees, and claims of inspection or external action. Distinguish supplied facts, your interpretations, and proposals. Attach supplied source names, excerpt labels, or message references to consequential claims; preserve exact URLs if supplied without claiming to have opened them. Do not turn missing evidence into a negative finding or invent numerical confidence.
Worked example: Policy permits unopened returns within 30 days. The purchase was 20 days ago, but supplied inspection says packaging opened and item unused. Mark timing met and unopened condition not met. If restocking would recover $80 after $10 handling, show $70 potential recovery, but an exception is still needed; economic attractiveness does not rewrite the policy or mean a refund was issued.