Selling Lego on Amazon.com

[Pseudoty]

20 minutes ago, Mark Twain said:

I think they've throttled the amount of inventory most sellers can carry. The continued supply chain issues likely mean they'll skip this year, but who knows. If Amazon's warehouses look anything like the overstuffed aisles in WM and Target, then I imagine we'll see more restrictions come into play at some point. 

https://fortune.com/2022/09/02/amazon-warehouse-expansion-ends-hiring-workers-andy-jassy/

[Mark Twain]

33 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

https://fortune.com/2022/09/02/amazon-warehouse-expansion-ends-hiring-workers-andy-jassy/

At the height of the pandemic, Amazon was bringing a warehouse online every 24 hours--that wasn't really sustainable to begin with. We've seen this with other industries, too. Wood mills in the south being brought back online to meet demand only to shutter 18 months later, etc. I think the big part is US and global industry isn't built to deal with rapid down turn or upturn in supply and demand caused by outside forces. Modern economies really didn't evolve with any resilience to outside forces within their economic structure. 

  

[yyyybird]

What is going on with 71369? there is only 1 seller on amazon?

do you guys all sold out your inventory? I am surprised this set doing so well

 

[Bricklectic]

4 minutes ago, yyyybird said:

What is going on with 71369? there is only 1 seller on amazon?

do you guys all sold out your inventory? I am surprised this set doing so well

 

i see 36 sellers

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Expansion-Building-Collectible-Customize/dp/B08589RHPZhttps://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Expansion-Building-Collectible-Customize/dp/B08589RHPZ

[yyyybird]

3 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

i see 36 sellers

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Expansion-Building-Collectible-Customize/dp/B08589RHPZhttps://www.amazon.com/LEGO-Expansion-Building-Collectible-Customize/dp/B08589RHPZ

my search initially only comes with this list

https://www.amazon.com/LEGO-71369-LEGO-71369-Super-Mario-Bowsers-Festung-Erweiterungsset-Bauspiel/dp/B082WF8MVV/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1VVBJ0IWNMDI5&keywords=71369&qid=1662699432&sprefix=71369%2Caps%2C147&sr=8-2

interestingly, after I clicked your link, both lists came out

 

[legopocalypse]

Amazon Sellers See ‘Scary’ Holiday Season as Consumers Pull Back

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-09/amazon-sellers-see-scary-holiday-season-as-consumers-pull-back?srnd=premium

[cobrakai]

Anyone else ever get one of these performance notifications?  I have no knowledge of anyone I know having an Amazon selling account or leaving reviews on products I sell. Am I supposed to call all my friends and relatives and make sure they don't leave reviews on any Lego sets that some of my competitors might sell? 

We have determined that your account is related to accounts that have written Amazon customer reviews for products that you have a financial interest in. This may include products that you or your competitors sell.

Why did I receive this message?
Family members, close friends, or employees of a seller on Amazon may not write reviews for the seller’s items or negative reviews for items sold by that seller’s competitors. Sellers are not allowed to manipulate ratings, feedback, or customer reviews. Learn more about this policy in Seller Central Help.

Amazon strives to maintain customer trust and provide the best possible shopping experience. As a result, we will investigate when we learn that sellers, vendors, or others have attempted to manipulate reviews. This includes offers of compensation in exchange for reviews.

If this continues, it may result in account deactivation.

We're here to help.
If you have questions about this policy or your account, please search for "Prohibited seller activities and actions" in Seller Central Help.

 

[redcell]

I’ve gotten three of those over the past few months. I’ve appealed each one and it has disappeared pretty quickly.


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[cobrakai]

33 minutes ago, redcell said:

I’ve gotten three of those over the past few months. I’ve appealed each one and it has disappeared pretty quickly.


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Did you just say something generic, like "I have no knowledge of anyone leaving reviews reviews on items associated with my account or competitors" ?

[redcell]

Did you just say something generic, like "I have no knowledge of anyone leaving reviews reviews on items associated with my account or competitors" ?

No, I wrote a long thing explaining how I’ve never taken any action whatsoever related to customer reviews on Amazon, etc., etc. I’ve always avoided anything having to do with customer reviews specifically to avoid claims like this.


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[Bricklectic]

Fun new metric on amazon we can all obsess about now. Account Health score

under 200 your in trouble under 100 deactivated potentially.

im at 216 

probably because of this

[redcell]

Fun new metric on amazon we can all obsess about now. Account Health score
under 200 your in trouble under 100 deactivated potentially.
im at 216 
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2022_09/image.png.83d747894017981e3aefbff3b29244fb.png
probably because of this
http://bp-forum.s3.amazonaws.com/monthly_2022_09/image.thumb.png.319cdf8d0d9f5f22e8f270567a101aa6.png

Where are you seeing that score? I can’t find it on seller central.

Why did that listing get removed?


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[Bricklectic]

30 minutes ago, redcell said:

Where are you seeing that score? I can’t find it on seller central.

Why did that listing get removed?


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account health

 

 

 

Edited September 11, 2022 by Bricklectic

[redcell]

That’s strange…I’m not seeing it.


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[yyyybird]

anyone has 1000 score? I am seeing my score is just at the pass line, 200

[Bricklectic]

when sending EU versions for FBA - is label by merchant a must? I just packaged up some EU beatles to send in but it occured to me that perhaps the UPS not matching Amazons database might be an issue. 

[Darth_Raichu]

Good read on dropshipping on Amazon forums.  One guy posted a creative way to cost dropshippers some money and the dropshippers (presumably) flagged that post to hide it from view 

https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/t/reporting-an-arbitrage-drop-shipper/1255240/8

 

[scatttcat]

Question. Not a Lego product (hasbro figurine) but question still is relevant.

I got a return 3 weeks after sale, after it was back in warehouse Amazon said product wasn’t sellable, I requested it be given back to me to maybe sell the figures loose…. NOPE both figures completely removed lol, ******* buyer just sent an empty box back to amazon with no figures.

Is there ANYTHING I can do… or is this just a lost cause. Haha


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[Bold-Arrow]

34 minutes ago, scatttcat said:

Question. Not a Lego product (hasbro figurine) but question still is relevant.

I got a return 3 weeks after sale, after it was back in warehouse Amazon said product wasn’t sellable, I requested it be given back to me to maybe sell the figures loose…. NOPE both figures completely removed lol, ******* buyer just sent an empty box back to amazon with no figures.

Is there ANYTHING I can do… or is this just a lost cause. Haha


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Open a case and ask for a reimbursement on removal order. Need to provide LPN, Shipment ID, removal ID , tracking number and Picture of the product , lpn , the white slip and the box it came in . Should get some if not all $$ back 

[gmpirate]

How to determine LTL or not?  I made up a couple scenarios with shipments.  One with 300 lbs and one with 1000 lbs.  Both LTL's came to double than normal small packages.  I must be doing something wrong?

[redcell]

How to determine LTL or not?  I made up a couple scenarios with shipments.  One with 300 lbs and one with 1000 lbs.  Both LTL's came to double than normal small packages.  I must be doing something wrong?

What are you shipping? How many different LTL shipments is it getting broken into? How many boxes are in the shipment?

I’ve generally found that the cost of LTL is only ever more than small package shipments when the weight of a single load is between 150-200 pounds and the weight is split between a bunch of different boxes.


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[gmpirate]

Well, the 1000 lb shipment got split auto into 2 pallets -- 10 boxes total (wanted to just use web form).  I made every box 45 - 50 lbs, 24x24x24.  All Lego.  Think got split into two shipments.

I'm trying to figure how the price gets determined.    Thought going from 300 lbs to 1000 lbs would at least do it.

[cmartin33]

I remember testing LTL vs. single box shipment prices about a year ago. I don't exactly remember the result, but the conclusion I came up with was that LTL wasn't worth the trouble. However, it'd be a big pain for me to do LTL, so that probably factored into it. But, it probably wasn't significantly cheaper either....otherwise it would have been a harder decision.

[redcell]

Well, the 1000 lb shipment got split auto into 2 pallets -- 10 boxes total (wanted to just use web form).  I made every box 45 - 50 lbs, 24x24x24.  All Lego.  Think got split into two shipments.
I'm trying to figure how the price gets determined.    Thought going from 300 lbs to 1000 lbs would at least do it.

Beats me. The best guess I’ve got is that it had something to do with the number of boxes you had. I generally don’t bother with LTL when I have that few boxes. When I’m sending shipments of 100-200 boxes, I’ve found LTL to be about 1/2 to 1/4 of the price of UPS, particularly with shipments of case-packed sets.


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[gmpirate]

3 hours ago, redcell said:

Beats me. The best guess I’ve got is that it had something to do with the number of boxes you had. I generally don’t bother with LTL when I have that few boxes. When I’m sending shipments of 100-200 boxes, I’ve found LTL to be about 1/2 to 1/4 of the price of UPS, particularly with shipments of case-packed sets.


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Ok, maybe I'll try that and see what happens.  Or maybe I'll skip it altogether since I've gradually moved more to FBM anyway . . .