Selling Lego on Amazon.com

[smittypop2]

Just to be clear...Amazon did specify some things that are intended for 12+ that still look like children's toys are still subject to documentation if they decide that. I know that most McFarlane, NECA, Sideshow/Hot Toys, Mezco, Super 7, etc. are sold as and marketed for adults and packaged as such. Most of them still very much look like toys/action figures. I would love for all those to be exempt, but Amazon is clearly run by robots and AI and who knows how they will interpret things going forward. I would be ecstatic if even half my inventory survives the purge.

[Bricklectic]

36 minutes ago, smittypop2 said:

Just to be clear...Amazon did specify some things that are intended for 12+ that still look like children's toys are still subject to documentation if they decide that. I know that most McFarlane, NECA, Sideshow/Hot Toys, Mezco, Super 7, etc. are sold as and marketed for adults and packaged as such. Most of them still very much look like toys/action figures. I would love for all those to be exempt, but Amazon is clearly run by robots and AI and who knows how they will interpret things going forward. I would be ecstatic if even half my inventory survives the purge.

ah if so, all Lego technically can be built by less than 12. Its just a marketing ploy by lego  

Edited yesterday at 01:40 AM by Bricklectic

[gmpirate]

2 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

Very informative. So the strategy is to focus on 12+ sets now. Hmmmmm....

Under the current circumstances and lack of clear future why would you focus on anything?

[Bricklectic]

Coincidentally, a different buyer complained about missing pieces and I received a email from amazon saying they are launching an ASIN investigation.

Has anyone else had this? I'm wondering what the timeline is and what has happened for other people. If they ask me for invoices I am toast...

[carini26]

15 hours ago, SleepingGiant said:

Anyone else join the Toy compliance webinar today?  I did and I'm 99% sure resellers are done on Amazon.  I'm just waiting for the 3000+ compliance request that should hit in the next couple of days.  And at that point, it's gonna be a race to the bottom until the due date.  THEN... after all the genuine Lego listings are gone... Amazon will be over taken with "Compatible with Lego" listings.  

It's not feasible to test Lego products because every color and every plastic has to be tested.  I once got a pallet of 9516's examined by CPSC and they told me I had to supply testing records.  Not just the results of the test (these can be found on the Lego compliance website) but also the testing methods used and details of the test.  Of course Lego doesn't supply this (I even begged Lego) and after getting quotes from multiple approved labs ($15,000-$20,000 per lego set) ... my only option was to sign it over to CBP to be destroyed.   

I wish I knew what "Secret Marketplace" the Brick Bucks guy is talking about 

  

Curious if you visited Amazon's procured third party list for testing?  Most of the approved providers are outside of the US.  Some don't even test children's toys. 

Many of the sites give limited information and some are flagged as not secure, lol.  I feel for 'Bob' from customer service who works for one of these companies and is probably used to a few inquires a week.  

[dcdfan]

18 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

And it's crazy because it can happen from anything. Last week I got a complaint that a speed champions set I sold had star wars pieces inside. All my stock is 100% new so its impossible I thought. Then I realized, what must have happened is that someone returned a set to amazon and switched the inside, and then amazon thought it was new and original and resold it. They obviously arent spending time looking it over too carefully. 

And theres nothing we can do to protect ourselves... 

This is why I weigh every set I purchase. Since I don't usually purchase just 1 of anything, it's easy to know if they don't weigh the same.

[freakchem]

6 hours ago, dcdfan said:

This is why I weigh every set I purchase. Since I don't usually purchase just 1 of anything, it's easy to know if they don't weigh the same.

Since when we have to weigh every single Lego set? Are we selling cokes or toys?

[Bricklectic]

Walmart joins the fun  but so far doesnt seem to have actually affected my listings. Maybe lego is excluded hopefully.

[vasp]

Wonder where all this special compliance regulation is coming from. This administration is supposed to be anti-regulation. Did'nt they de-regulate CFPB. I guess they don't care about CSPC

[smittypop2]

11 hours ago, dcdfan said:

This is why I weigh every set I purchase. Since I don't usually purchase just 1 of anything, it's easy to know if they don't weigh the same.

That is what I am not getting. This does not seem like something this current government would care about at all. I feel they would tend to be way in the opposite direction. The only thing I can think is that the larger Toy companies are pressuring this to decrease sales of older toys and increase sales of newer toys for them. Either that or some cabal of insurance companies or testing companies had some sort of pressure or influence applied. 

[gmpirate]

3 hours ago, smittypop2 said:

Toy companies are pressuring this to decrease sales of older toys and increase sales of newer toys for them.

That's what I think.

My only other thought is Amazon/Walmart might figure they can make more selling their own products rather than fees off 3rd party sellers.  With the increased cost of doing business that has exploded over the past few years they might figure there is less overhead managing the inventory of thousands of 3rd party sellers.  Probably a combination of things like this.