jeff_14 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: I immediately thought of @redcell when I read this email about new service for FBM: Customer Service by Amazon: Delegate customer service for your self-fulfillment orders to Amazon Hello, You are invited to join Customer Service by Amazon (CSBA). CSBA is a paid service where Amazon takes care of customer service on your behalf for your self-fulfillment orders. We will direct customer inquiries for these orders to Amazon Customer Service so that you do not need to handle them. To join CSBA now and utilize Amazon’s expertise to provide your customers a delightful post-order customer experience, sign up here – Oh great, now I can have 2 different Amazon people conspire with the customer when they return something that was “not delivered, not as pictured, missing pieces, etc” 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 48 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: I immediately thought of @redcell when I read this email about new service for FBM: Customer Service by Amazon: Delegate customer service for your self-fulfillment orders to Amazon Hello, You are invited to join Customer Service by Amazon (CSBA). CSBA is a paid service where Amazon takes care of customer service on your behalf for your self-fulfillment orders. We will direct customer inquiries for these orders to Amazon Customer Service so that you do not need to handle them. To join CSBA now and utilize Amazon’s expertise to provide your customers a delightful post-order customer experience, sign up here – This is almost like paying for the barrel they can bend you over. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkrigger Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Game changer? Sounds huge to me especially if it forces eBay etc to follow suit.https://www.inc.com/minda-zetlin/amazon-new-policy-defective-products-third-party-sellers-liability-1000.htmlSent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donbee Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 Anybody have insurance?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted August 28, 2021 Share Posted August 28, 2021 1 minute ago, donbee said: Anybody have insurance? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Yes . It is actually a requirement but I’m sure over 95% of sellers don’t have it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted August 29, 2021 Share Posted August 29, 2021 repricers may have caused this oddity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cladner Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, Bricklectic said: repricers may have caused this oddity PFT is an aggressive pricer/undercutter with deep stock. they routinely undercut the lowest price on many sets, one i am usually paying attention to is the nebulon b listing by $20 (set moves easily for $139 but then along comes pft pricing at $119 - no in between there. $139 -> 119. just wait til they run out of stock and the price snaps up. then they come back and price $20 less. this seems par for their course. then you get StJohns taking the bait or just plain not having it with PFT's aggressive repricing - hence the penny undercut coup de gras. glad i dumped all of my red t1 stock when they hit $240-250 during April 2020 lockdown. Edited August 30, 2021 by cladner 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
$20 on joe vs dan Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 3 hours ago, cladner said: PFT is an aggressive pricer/undercutter with deep stock. when you say "deep stock" are you inferring hundreds or thousands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 7 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said: when you say "deep stock" are you inferring hundreds or thousands? I can answer this one. EASILY thousand+. He/She/They have dominated the chicken coop/ zombie cave/ beetle listings since last december. and these sell hundreds each month. im sure cladner can speak for other listings, these are just what i noticed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingpig1 Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 (edited) Is anyone seeing insane restock limit fluctuation as we go in to Q4? Increasingly concerned this Christmas is going to be a mess. Edited August 30, 2021 by flyingpig1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 Yep. Mine has fluctuated between 2k-9k since they went into effect with very little rhyme or reason. I've tried to get additional details on what is going to happen with the limits in Q4 with no luck. I've majorly scaled back my plans for Q4 solely because of the restock limits. It will be interesting to see if the limits impact Amazon's bottom line for the year. Sent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk Is anyone seeing insane restock limit fluctuation as we go in to Q4? Increasingly concerned this Christmas is going to be a mess. ,awSent from my LM-V600 using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted August 30, 2021 Share Posted August 30, 2021 19 hours ago, cladner said: PFT is an aggressive pricer/undercutter with deep stock. they routinely undercut the lowest price on many sets, one i am usually paying attention to is the nebulon b listing by $20 (set moves easily for $139 but then along comes pft pricing at $119 - no in between there. $139 -> 119. just wait til they run out of stock and the price snaps up. then they come back and price $20 less. this seems par for their course. then you get StJohns taking the bait or just plain not having it with PFT's aggressive repricing - hence the penny undercut coup de gras. glad i dumped all of my red t1 stock when they hit $240-250 during April 2020 lockdown. 16 hours ago, $20 on joe vs dan said: when you say "deep stock" are you inferring hundreds or thousands? 15 hours ago, Bricklectic said: I can answer this one. EASILY thousand+. He/She/They have dominated the chicken coop/ zombie cave/ beetle listings since last december. and these sell hundreds each month. im sure cladner can speak for other listings, these are just what i noticed. To me this is the real benefit of Q4 - Clearing out the large sellers so that the coming year the price can rise further. It's the few whales with thousands maybe 10k units of sets that really hold back the appreciation. For them its a numbers game, lower profit but huge volume. They prefer to sell at lower prices and keep the sales volume up. It really takes the holiday season to get them out of the way. Could be wrong here but thats my speculation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickology101 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 PFT is an aggressive pricer/undercutter with deep stock. they routinely undercut the lowest price on many sets, one i am usually paying attention to is the nebulon b listing by $20 (set moves easily for $139 but then along comes pft pricing at $119 - no in between there. $139 -> 119. just wait til they run out of stock and the price snaps up. then they come back and price $20 less. this seems par for their course. then you get StJohns taking the bait or just plain not having it with PFT's aggressive repricing - hence the penny undercut coup de gras. glad i dumped all of my red t1 stock when they hit $240-250 during April 2020 lockdown. 10220 @ $169.99 is low considering the set MSRP was $119. Other retired sets they sell are not undercut by as much I don’t know why. Just an observation.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sozial Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 4 hours ago, brickology101 said: 10220 @ $169.99 is low considering the set MSRP was $119. Other retired sets they sell are not undercut by as much I don’t know why. Just an observation. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Well they had a little time getting all that stock Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 Is anyone else not receiving 5% back on their Amazon.com store card when they use their business account ? CS said the 5% only applies to personal account unless I get the Business AMEX Prime card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 46 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: Is anyone else not receiving 5% back on their Amazon.com store card when they use their business account ? CS said the 5% only applies to personal account unless I get the Business AMEX Prime card Hmmm, never knew that. My personal account has my resale permit number too. Does the AMEX give 5% back too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, gmpirate said: Hmmm, never knew that. My personal account has my resale permit number too. Does the AMEX give 5% back too? yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said: yes Does the regular Amazon card have rewards limit too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, gmpirate said: Does the regular Amazon card have rewards limit too? I don’t think so iirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmartin33 Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 2 hours ago, gmpirate said: Does the regular Amazon card have rewards limit too? It does not but proceed with caution. My account was just closed by Synchrony. I assume the reason was too many transactions (I was making 5+ extra payments every month to lower my balance so that I could buy more (aka they were losing too much money on me). Sucks cause they keep all my reward money so make sure and redeem those rewards every month just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, cmartin33 said: It does not but proceed with caution. My account was just closed by Synchrony. I assume the reason was too many transactions (I was making 5+ extra payments every month to lower my balance so that I could buy more (aka they were losing too much money on me). Sucks cause they keep all my reward money so make sure and redeem those rewards every month just in case. A basic tip - fundamental rule of thumb - "cycling" is a big no-no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 50 minutes ago, cmartin33 said: It does not but proceed with caution. My account was just closed by Synchrony. I assume the reason was too many transactions (I was making 5+ extra payments every month to lower my balance so that I could buy more (aka they were losing too much money on me). Sucks cause they keep all my reward money so make sure and redeem those rewards every month just in case. Are you kidding me? They specifically told you that? Or what did they say? I've had freezes put on two of my credit cards for making extra payments but they told me it was a sign of fraud and that's why. One was Target which I was making extra payments on to clear buying power, but the other was just a personal use card. I've heard of it happening with other people too so I didn't give it much thought. Just another fraud hassle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 1 hour ago, cmartin33 said: It does not but proceed with caution. My account was just closed by Synchrony. I assume the reason was too many transactions (I was making 5+ extra payments every month to lower my balance so that I could buy more (aka they were losing too much money on me). Sucks cause they keep all my reward money so make sure and redeem those rewards every month just in case. 55 minutes ago, Bricklectic said: A basic tip - fundamental rule of thumb - "cycling" is a big no-no. Here's some others courtesy of dansdeals: https://www.dansdeals.com/credit-cards/avoid-credit-cards-closed-red-flags-trigger-financial-reviews-adverse-action-shutdowns/ relevant portion: Cycling through your credit line multiple times per month Banks give you a set credit line, which is the maximum risk they want to take on. Some banks will close down your card if you max out your credit line and pay it off multiple times in middle of a billing cycle. I have many friends shut down at chase for this behavior. And wayyyy to many to mention that have been shut down for others. Chase is the worst for shutdowns but synchrony has an awful reputation as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmpirate Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 I think it is a fraud risk, not their aversion to people spending too much. One rep I spoke with said they shut the card down to make sure payments do not come back on them. During that conversation they said two weeks to make sure. They will shut cards down if you make too many purchases in a day too. I think two times is the max they will decline and then have you approve it. After that they will tell you that you are good to go but really you have to wait until the next day. And they will not explain it to you, that's just been my experience. PITA but that's the world we live in. Especially in other countries, there are people pounding the system constantly with fraud tactics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted August 31, 2021 Share Posted August 31, 2021 3 minutes ago, gmpirate said: They will shut cards down if you make too many purchases in a day too. I think two times is the max they will decline and then have you approve it. After that they will tell you that you are good to go but really you have to wait until the next day. And they will not explain it to you, that's just been my experience. I find chase to be the worst. Amex tolerable. Discover by far the best. Discover I absolutely destroy with 30 Target and Walmart orders consecutively for sam e amounts before finally they figure its a good idea to check with me if i authorized. Chase -2 or 3 and they get nervous. In general I tread super light with chase since i have a zero % aPR card with balance and 300k in point so i dont want to risk a closure with them. Plus they have the largest sign up bonuses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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