cobrakai Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 43 minutes ago, Bricklectic said: First time selling FBM. When Amazon gives a "ship by Monday to Tuesday" deadline for a Sunday order. Is there any ramifications metrics wise of waiting till Tuesday to ship? Aside from the risk of missing cutoff. Does same day shipping benefit you in any way? Usually better not to buy the label on Sunday either. The first scan from the post office is supposed to be within 48 hours of the label purchase. If the package is lost and someone files and A-Z claim, you always want to make sure you bought shipping through Amazon and the first scan was within 48 hours. I have had many instances that certain Post Offices let stuff sit around for a day or don't scan when they are busy. Usually not an issue, but important with the holiday coming up. I prefer to pack every order within minutes of receiving it, but I try to wait until the next morning on the day I will be shipping it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtrak23 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Bricklectic said: First time selling FBM. When Amazon gives a "ship by Monday to Tuesday" deadline for a Sunday order. Is there any ramifications metrics wise of waiting till Tuesday to ship? Aside from the risk of missing cutoff. Does same day shipping benefit you in any way? Shipping options might change, and you give the buyer more time to cancel. So somewhat better to get it marked as shipped ASAP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 21 hours ago, Lego_Monsters said: What's wrong with FBM? Having to do the fulfillment. With FBM, the work comes when the sales come and you can really spread those out over the year. With FBA, I can spread the work out over the course of the year so that by this time of the year all I'm doing is tinkering with prices, watching the money roll in, and concentrating on buying for next year. And there is no way that I could keep up with the volume I'm doing if I was doing all the fulfillment myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lego_Monsters Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Are you guys shipping those big $350+ sets to FBA also? I’m just afraid of people abusing the return policy and I end up eating the cost of the returns, fees, shipping, and getting back an opened box with missing pieces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bold-Arrow Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, Lego_Monsters said: Are you guys shipping those big $350+ sets to FBA also? I’m just afraid of people abusing the return policy and I end up eating the cost of the returns, fees, shipping, and getting back an opened box with missing pieces. thats a very personal decision that highly depends on your risk/reward ratio tolerance. Also it see,s like some folks have no returns on those while others ( raise hand ) see an uptick in returns. granted with higher sales volume, the number of returns should , again for most seller, go up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, Lego_Monsters said: Are you guys shipping those big $350+ sets to FBA also? I’m just afraid of people abusing the return policy and I end up eating the cost of the returns, fees, shipping, and getting back an opened box with missing pieces. Yes. I cant stand dealing with constant packing and shipping. I love the convenience of stuffing 5 huges sets in a big box and having AMZN deal with the troubles. Yes occasionaly youll have a rotten buyer. Just add the cost to your business model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 10 hours ago, Bricklectic said: Yes. I cant stand dealing with constant packing and shipping. I love the convenience of stuffing 5 huges sets in a big box and having AMZN deal with the troubles. Yes occasionaly youll have a rotten buyer. Just add the cost to your business model. Everytime I see a return email for FBA, my heart skips a beat. I have no idea if the buyer/scammer damage or steal my item, or if Amazon misshandle it. Worst part is, I would not be able to check until 2-3 weeks later. At least with FBM, I can see my lost/damage as soon as I get the item back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legorunner Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said: Everytime I see a return email for FBA, my heart skips a beat. I have no idea if the buyer/scammer damage or steal my item, or if Amazon misshandle it. Worst part is, I would not be able to check until 2-3 weeks later. Yes. I've had 6 returns in the past few weeks. 1 was returned and put back into my inventory, then sold, no problem. 1 shows as customer damaged but has been stuck and won't let me recall it for weeks now. Two were refunded a few weeks ago but still awaiting the actual return, which is par for the course, and then two have just never showed up in my returns to even keep track of despite the refunds. The lack of transparency from Amazon in the return process is frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just FYI, Amazon sellercentral page is having a bunch of glitches this morning. https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/t/wednesday-glitchday-fbm-shipping-sales-summary-home-page-app/738496/8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, Darth_Raichu said: Just FYI, Amazon sellercentral page is having a bunch of glitches this morning. https://sellercentral.amazon.com/forums/t/wednesday-glitchday-fbm-shipping-sales-summary-home-page-app/738496/8 I noticed, blech! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsfan0521 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, exciter1 said: I noticed, blech! I noticed too, but from what I'm seeing, I haven't seen a sales post in 2hrs and that matches up with what others are saying online. So, it should just be a sales reporting issue and not an issue with actually selling stuff. At least, that's what I'm going with for now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, skinsfan0521 said: I noticed too, but from what I'm seeing, I haven't seen a sales post in 2hrs and that matches up with what others are saying online. So, it should just be a sales reporting issue and not an issue with actually selling stuff. At least, that's what I'm going with for now... I tried to list a few things. Some are showing Incomplete, some aren't there at all. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreman Porgy Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Yeah apparently it’s 1970 😧 1 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
House Schubert Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 they have a big ol snafu going this morning. Came in to the shop just to send in a few shipments, and just getting the spinning wheel of death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbacunn Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 I printed a shipping label and it's still showing that the order needs to be shipped. Not good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bricklectic Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 11 minutes ago, jbacunn said: I printed a shipping label and it's still showing that the order needs to be shipped. Not good. same! must be a glitch 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Amzn should stop telling the unpaid interns to deploy their codes right before Thanksgiving Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Achilles Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 App shows data not available. Something similar happened last week for me for a couple hours as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joch29 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 AWS outage being reported... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exciter1 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 22 minutes ago, joch29 said: AWS outage being reported... https://www.theverge.com/2020/11/25/21719396/amazon-web-services-aws-outage-down-internet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 22 minutes ago, joch29 said: AWS outage being reported... Hmm, did this affect the ability to buy? I have not had any new orders in the past 5 hours or so 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redcell Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 AWS outage being reported...And the world as we know it grinds to a halt 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth_Raichu Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 1 minute ago, redcell said: 32 minutes ago, joch29 said: AWS outage being reported... And the world as we know it grinds to a halt And people think Skynet is not real Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yannick29 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 OK, that's why I can not put back to stock some items... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickology101 Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Hmm, did this affect the ability to buy? I have not had any new orders in the past 5 hours or soI think so because I am not seeing any new orders as well since 3:00 am US ET and by now I should have more than just one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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