asharerin Posted August 26, 2016 Posted August 26, 2016 (edited) 5 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said: Yikes! So if I never sold on Amazon before today and wanted to sell LEGO, it's a $1k fee?! Good grief. The $1k fee is the easy part. Good luck getting those invoices from Lego. Ebay is going to have to absorb all of the new sellers which should yield some very nice arbitrage opportunities. Edited August 26, 2016 by asharerin Quote
Kevink24 Posted August 26, 2016 Posted August 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, BrickLegacy said: Yikes! So if I never sold on Amazon before today and wanted to sell LEGO, it's a $1k fee?! Good grief. Doesn't look good. Over in the Amazon forums people are saying..."that those that sold counterfeit type LEGO will be able to be grandfathered in...but those that are legit that can't/won't pay the fee or never sold before are going to be left out". I'm assuming this will push people this holiday season more to eBay, Brick Classifieds, etc. 1 Quote
asharerin Posted August 26, 2016 Posted August 26, 2016 My advice if you are grandfathered in is to make sure to follow all rules and regs, take no shortcuts, and bend over for every customer. Your lego approved selling account is now extremely valuable and has the potential to make you serious coin. 4 Quote
Sauromosis Posted August 26, 2016 Posted August 26, 2016 We dont know for sure that grandfathered is a thing. Some say no. Quote
asharerin Posted August 26, 2016 Posted August 26, 2016 1 minute ago, sauromosis said: We dont know for sure that grandfathered is a thing. Some say no. All I know is both of our selling accounts are grandfathered into the now gated brands that we have sold previously. They are both in excellent standing. I have no idea what the criteria is if some are still getting booted. 1 Quote
ravenb99 Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 I have a feeling this thread is going to get very busy in the next few days... 2 Quote
Kevink24 Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 (edited) 3 minutes ago, ravenb99 said: I have a feeling this thread is going to get very busy in the next few days... Yeah...probably lots of this... Edited August 27, 2016 by Kevink24 3 Quote
exciter1 Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, ravenb99 said: I have a feeling this thread is going to get very busy in the next few days... You guys are doing a fine job. 4 Quote
ravenb99 Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 4 minutes ago, exciter1 said: You guys are doing a fine job. Guess can add some posts to the DS thread instead, needs some after all 2 Quote
Theconfusedgoose Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Thank goodness I just started selling Lego. You guys think I'll be able to get in? If not I'll have to drop all my prices to get rid of these sets. I've sunk all of my savings into Lego. I can afford to lose it all. Quote
ravenb99 Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 I guess these are now worth $1100.. on Amazon anyways. 2 Quote
exciter1 Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 1 minute ago, ravenb99 said: Guess can add some posts to the DS thread instead, needs some after all Quote
Theconfusedgoose Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Just now, ravenb99 said: I guess these are now worth $1100.. on Amazon anyways. You really think you can get that much for that little Lego? You're such a noob. Quote
Theconfusedgoose Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 11 minutes ago, Theconfusedgoose said: You really think you can get that much for that little Lego? You're such a noob. Amirite? Everyone just going to keep me hanging? Quote
Theconfusedgoose Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 They haven't locked down Jack Links yet, thank goodness. 1 Quote
fossilrock Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 I haven't received any messages from the mothership, but I wonder if that's why we are seeing "discontinued by manufacturer" appear in most titles of retired sets. Seems like that could be a "sign" a "trigger" or whatever you want to call it that sets that are discontinued are no longer subject to the gate. But new sets that aren't discontinued will fall under the gate. I'm mostly in those discontinued listings and I don't think these rules will apply there. I just think this will make the QFLL opportunities be force to fleabay (until they gate there), or over to bricklink, or force the Macks to take their platform to a new standard, turning them into kingpins. i'm not sure if long term holds of retired sets are subject to these limitations. I'm not worried.. yet.. But it will suck if Amazon gates out retired sets. 1 Quote
Theconfusedgoose Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Why would anyone choose sub par marketplaces when there is Amazon? I will say that foot traffic on Amazon is unreal from what I've seen. Would take me forever to dump my investments on those other sites. I'll happily cash out and go back to my specialty. 3 Quote
biking_tiger Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 I read all of this on the internet, so it must be true. From what I can tell, LEGO isn't gated, but specific LEGO products are. It doesn't look much different than the Force Awakens gate. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm not Chicken Little, either. 2 Quote
Migration Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Sure was nice of them to pull this right before 4th quarter, not like I don't have a years worth of inventory stocked up and ready to go. Quote
asharerin Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 3 minutes ago, biking_tiger said: I read all of this on the internet, so it must be true. From what I can tell, LEGO isn't gated, but specific LEGO products are. It doesn't look much different than the Force Awakens gate. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm not Chicken Little, either. No all Lego is gated. There are some listings where the original person who made the listing put in a brand other than Lego e.g. Lego 10241 is listed as Creator, not Lego. We will get that fixed up right away tho 30 minutes ago, fossilrock said: I'm not worried.. yet.. But it will suck if Amazon gates out retired sets. Retires sets are gated as well, if they are correctly listed with the brand set as "Lego". The only question is will Amazon become proactive in removing the secondary listings? Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 Tfa gating was different , u didn't need Lego products to get Ungated abd sell Lego . If this is just Lego , u need a letter from TLG or an authorized distributor ; almost impossible to get 1 Quote
joch29 Posted August 27, 2016 Posted August 27, 2016 I'm wondering how this will affect inventory already at FBA. Quote
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