jmdt Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 11 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: Are these existing listing from before Christmas? Do you see the same thing when you add an item to sell? I just added 3 items and it seems to have allowed me to do so. They are added as active items and they are Lego. After the first week of January it seemed to allow me to change it to nonFBA but then changed it to "blocked unless FBA" so I want to see if the listings hold or whether they will be converted to "blocked unless FBA" as well. Has anyone else experienced these issues? Quote
jmdt Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 (edited) 3 minutes ago, asharerin said: There is your answer. Stay far far away from Disney items. This looks to be a duplicate listing made by someone to circumvent Disney restrictions. Just be thankful you were not completely banned. Can you say more about this? I think I might have made the listing because I have this item (I bought it from Amazon 3 years ago) and Amazon changed it to a newer version "Cars 3" instead of "Cars" (what I have). Edited February 4, 2016 by jmdt Quote
jeff_14 Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 3 minutes ago, jmdt said: I just added 3 items and it seems to have allowed me to do so. They are added as active items and they are Lego. After the first week of January it seemed to allow me to change it to nonFBA but then changed it to "blocked unless FBA" so I want to see if the listings hold or whether they will be converted to "blocked unless FBA" as well. Has anyone else experienced these issues? Because I did not qualify for the holiday selling period all of my toy listings were converted to "Blocked Unless FBA". After the period ended, they were still listed with that status until I manually changed each listing (say by adding 1 cent to the price) and changing the start selling date to a current one. Maybe try that 1 Quote
Darth_Raichu Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, jmdt said: I just added 3 items and it seems to have allowed me to do so. They are added as active items and they are Lego. After the first week of January it seemed to allow me to change it to nonFBA but then changed it to "blocked unless FBA" so I want to see if the listings hold or whether they will be converted to "blocked unless FBA" as well. Has anyone else experienced these issues? These are leftover from holiday ban. For some reason they were not lifted when they were supposed to. Of course, since this is Brickpicker forum, we have already covered this 1 Quote
jmdt Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 7 minutes ago, jeff_14 said: Because I did not qualify for the holiday selling period all of my toy listings were converted to "Blocked Unless FBA". After the period ended, they were still listed with that status until I manually changed each listing (say by adding 1 cent to the price) and changing the start selling date to a current one. Maybe try that How do I edit the start selling date? Quote
jeff_14 Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 4 minutes ago, jmdt said: How do I edit the start selling date? It's one of the many fields in the listing. Should be about halfway down the page after you click on edit. Quote
jmdt Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Just now, jeff_14 said: It's one of the many fields in the listing. Should be about halfway down the page after you click on edit. I can't seem to select edit as an option for items that are "blocked unless fulfilled by FBA" . . . Quote
jeff_14 Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Just now, jmdt said: I can't seem to select edit as an option for items that are "blocked unless fulfilled by FBA" . . . That's odd. You should be able to edit any listing regardless of its status. Try doing one listing at a time and not multiples Quote
jmdt Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 5 minutes ago, jeff_14 said: That's odd. You should be able to edit any listing regardless of its status. Try doing one listing at a time and not multiples I've been trying to edit it individually (far right side of the listing with the multiple options?). For items blocked unless FBA, edit does not seem to be an option. It is the default options for items with a different status. Quote
jeff_14 Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 22 minutes ago, jmdt said: I've been trying to edit it individually (far right side of the listing with the multiple options?). For items blocked unless FBA, edit does not seem to be an option. It is the default options for items with a different status. I don't know what else to tell you. That's how I fixed mine 3 weeks ago. Quote
jmdt Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 18 minutes ago, jeff_14 said: I don't know what else to tell you. That's how I fixed mine 3 weeks ago. Thanks for your help! I just deleted the items and will add them after 24 hours since adding it seems to bystep the problem. Thank you everyone for your help! Quote
grackleflint Posted February 4, 2016 Posted February 4, 2016 Here's one for all the FBA vets.... Had a set returned and deemed unfulfillable due to customer damage. I put in a removal order to get it back and I am denied with a message "Inventory temporarily unavailable for removal as a result of an in-progress transaction or other process – please check again in a few days." I try for over a week and then decide to ask Seller Support. This is what they tell me: "Be advised that currently this unit (along with many others) hasn't been stowed and therefore sidelined to help us (CVG2) deal with some of our capacity issues with the fulfillment center. This freight will not be available for approximately a month, possibly longer. It was moved to an offsite storage location to alleviate peak capacity concerns. When we bring the freight back into the fulfillment center to stow, the seller will have access to drop removal orders at that time." They have provided an estimated time of a month before we can place a removal order for this unit. I kindly appeal to your patience and understanding in this regard." Huh? WTF? I can't sell it and I can't even get it back for at least a month. I have asked them to at least reimburse me for the monthly FBA storage fee, pennies but still.... Quote
pcaster Posted February 5, 2016 Posted February 5, 2016 Returns seem to be really screwy right now. I had a set returned to my inventory and the customer refunded all in the same day yesterday. The order was from mid November so I opened a case to find out why the customer was able to open a return in February. The support staffer quoted a return date of late November. Trying to get some more info out of seller support, but I'm thinking there might be a pile of returns that they didn't process during the busy season... Quote
Kenxxx Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 On a similar subject... I opened my account to see that one of my items is "Unfillable"... possibly due to warehouse damage? There's an option to create a removal order (which I haven't clicked yet)... removal is fine but, what about the value of the item? It is a 75030 Microfighter Mill. Falcon... currently selling for about $44 on Amazon Prime (that's why I sent them in, about a week ago). Do I have a chance of getting $44 for this damaged item? How? What should I do next? Quote
Bold-Arrow Posted February 6, 2016 Posted February 6, 2016 I don't think u can remove a warehouse damaged item. U will be reimbursed the going rate minus fees ( give or take ) 1 Quote
Kenxxx Posted February 11, 2016 Posted February 11, 2016 Speaking of removal... I just got back an item I had sent in 6 months ago. In this case, it was a single item I had shipped in a single box, comingled inventory. Anyway, it came back yesterday in the same box I had shipped. It looks like it had never been opened. Quite surprised. Quote
Loghamel Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 I've seen a few related questions, but I don't think any matches my exact situation. Say I have 200 polybags I want to send in. These are 4 groups of 50 polybags. That is, I have 4 polybag sets x 50 that I want to send in. First question I guess is would you guys do co-mingled given that it's hard to 'damage' a polybag. Secondly, if I do co-mingle, do I just toss all 200 polybags in the shipping box with other sets I'm sending in? Do I put them all in a box instead? Do I separate each 50 polybags into ziplock bags and then put them in a box? What variation of those would you guys do for this situation? Quote
zak001 Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 13 hours ago, Loghamel said: I've seen a few related questions, but I don't think any matches my exact situation. Say I have 200 polybags I want to send in. These are 4 groups of 50 polybags. That is, I have 4 polybag sets x 50 that I want to send in. First question I guess is would you guys do co-mingled given that it's hard to 'damage' a polybag. Secondly, if I do co-mingle, do I just toss all 200 polybags in the shipping box with other sets I'm sending in? Do I put them all in a box instead? Do I separate each 50 polybags into ziplock bags and then put them in a box? What variation of those would you guys do for this situation? I wouldn't worry about commingled polybags. I've sent polybags in just thrown in the box with everything else without any problems. (Honestly, I've used them as a form of dunnage.) Probably you don't want to put polybags bunched into larger bags because you run the risk of someone at the warehouse deciding it's a bundle and giving a 50-for-1 special. That said, if you have 200 polybags, why ship them for FBA? Unless you need cash flow, hang on to them for the holiday toy seller qualifying period. Even moving them at cost during that span is worth it to stay on the QFLL FBM train. 1 Quote
Brickson Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 7 minutes ago, zak001 said: That said, if you have 200 polybags, why ship them for FBA? Unless you need cash flow, hang on to them for the holiday toy seller qualifying period. Even moving them at cost during that span is worth it to stay on the QFLL FBM train. Hey zak, I'm not clear on what you mean here, mind explaining? When you wait for the qualifying period, why wouldn't you still send to FBA rather than handling all your own orders? What is FBM? Why sell them at cost? Quote
Kenxxx Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 FBM is "Fulfilled by Merchant" as opposed to FBA (by Amazon). You are correct in that reaching the required total orders on Amazon via FBA will qualify you for holiday selling FBM (at least they have in the past). And I'm sure zak is just suggesting that - if these polybags have low margin - some sellers will still sell them at (or near) cost during the qualifying period, just to make sure they qualify. Quote
Loghamel Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 1 hour ago, zak001 said: I wouldn't worry about commingled polybags. I've sent polybags in just thrown in the box with everything else without any problems. (Honestly, I've used them as a form of dunnage.) Probably you don't want to put polybags bunched into larger bags because you run the risk of someone at the warehouse deciding it's a bundle and giving a 50-for-1 special. That said, if you have 200 polybags, why ship them for FBA? Unless you need cash flow, hang on to them for the holiday toy seller qualifying period. Even moving them at cost during that span is worth it to stay on the QFLL FBM train. The only reason I'm thinking of doing it commingled is so I don't have to label them. It's not that big of a deal, but if it saves me time, I thought I'd do it. I have a few polys I wouldn't mind selling right now just for cash flow. Believe me, I've got about a dozen different items saved up for the qualifying period. I've had that at the back of my mind when shopping for the past 4 months. Quote
exciter1 Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 21 minutes ago, Loghamel said: The only reason I'm thinking of doing it commingled is so I don't have to label them. It's not that big of a deal, but if it saves me time, I thought I'd do it. I have a few polys I wouldn't mind selling right now just for cash flow. Believe me, I've got about a dozen different items saved up for the qualifying period. I've had that at the back of my mind when shopping for the past 4 months. You've probably spent more time talking about it than it would have if you just labeled them. Just saying... Quote
Loghamel Posted February 21, 2016 Posted February 21, 2016 1 hour ago, exciter1 said: You've probably spent more time talking about it than it would have if you just labeled them. Just saying... Of course I have this time. But I figure the if I pick the most economical choice, time-wise, from the beginning, it'll save me time in the long run. Quote
zak001 Posted February 22, 2016 Posted February 22, 2016 17 hours ago, Kenxxx said: FBM is "Fulfilled by Merchant" as opposed to FBA (by Amazon). You are correct in that reaching the required total orders on Amazon via FBA will qualify you for holiday selling FBM (at least they have in the past). And I'm sure zak is just suggesting that - if these polybags have low margin - some sellers will still sell them at (or near) cost during the qualifying period, just to make sure they qualify. No, to do FBM over the holiday period, you need a qualifying number of FBM orders during the evaluation window. And the metrics have to be just about perfect; if you're shipping the minimum amount, a missed USPS acceptance scan / delayed routing center scan could ding you enough to disqualify you. Pristine metrics around the holidays are vital anyway as you want to leave all shipping options available to buyers and show the earliest possible delivery windows. If you don't pass the evaluation for FBM holiday sales, you can only do FBA during the restricted period. Which is plenty profitable! But is also leaving a lot of money on the table. Quote
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