Returns

Did it go back on the shelf, or did it just disappear?

Refunding the money and putting the item back are two different decisions. Lunix makes you make both — and if you defer one, it stays on a list with a price on it.

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Came backBack to shelf 18 To supplier 3 To trash 1 22 units returned · 18 back on the shelf

How it works today

1The money goes back on the card.
2The item goes under the counter and nobody writes anything down.
3It is missing at the next count, and by then nobody can say when.

How it works in Lunix

Every item that comes back gets a destination

Not every return is the same movement. Something fine goes straight back into sellable stock; something faulty joins that supplier's open box; something worthless is written off and the loss is recorded. And when you genuinely do not know yet, «decide later» is a real answer that keeps the item on a list instead of under the counter.

Return · Where does the item go?
Back to shelfBack into sellable inventory when the return is confirmed.
To supplierJoins that supplier's open box.
To trashWritten off, and the loss is recorded.
Decide laterWaits in the pending queue for a proper look.
Never arrivedThe item never arrived. The loss is recorded with no unit.

What you have not decided yet, and what it is worth

Deferred is not lost — but it is not free either. The pending queue shows every item still waiting on a decision, how many days it has been waiting, and the money sitting in it. Lunix calls that value on hold rather than a loss, because it can still be resold or credited. What it will not do is let it quietly age out of sight.

Returns · Awaiting a decision
PPower bank 20,000 mAh2 daysOrder #4471 · $18.40 on hold
UUSB-C cable 2 m6 daysOrder #4468 · $4.10 on hold
SScreen protector 6.1"19 daysOrder #4455 · $2.30 on hold
SScreen — iPhone 12 Pro23 daysOrder #4402 · $64.20 on hold

The supplier's box, and the credit that comes off what you owe

Faulty goods pile up per supplier in an open box. When you close it, the totals freeze and it prints as a report you can send them. The credit they give you is recorded against the box — and you can apply it straight to an open purchase order, which reduces what you owe that supplier instead of becoming a promise in a chat.

Returns · Supplier box RTV-0219
Distribuidora Caribe$55.206 units · applied to PO-2148
Almacén Nacional$142.002 units · credit claimed
Global Supply Co.$0.003 units · supplier did not credit
The number it surfaces

The rate, the reason, and how much of it made it back to the shelf

Not just how much came back, but what happened to it — which is the number that tells you whether returns are a cost or just a movement.

3.1%Return rate, 30 days
18 / 22Units back on the shelf
$197.20Supplier credit claimed
$64.20Value on hold, 23 days

One number is worth watching on its own: supplier returns that were never credited. Goods you shipped back and never got money for are a real loss, and they show up as their own line in profit and loss rather than quietly thinning your margin.

Make the stock move when the money moves.

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