Selling Lego on Amazon.com

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  On 9/23/2021 at 12:35 PM, LegoBro said:

Anyone notice an uptick on restricted lego products today? I could have swore fossils was good to go just a few days ago now shows up as restricted for moi. Noticed a few others seemed to change status as well. Restrictions for the Xmas season?

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Can still list 21320 in UK amazon, no restriction?

[exciter1]

  On 9/23/2021 at 12:35 PM, LegoBro said:

Anyone notice an uptick on restricted lego products today? I could have swore fossils was good to go just a few days ago now shows up as restricted for moi. Noticed a few others seemed to change status as well. Restrictions for the Xmas season?

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Fossils also restricted for me.

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 9/23/2021 at 12:35 PM, LegoBro said:

Anyone notice an uptick on restricted lego products today? I could have swore fossils was good to go just a few days ago now shows up as restricted for moi. Noticed a few others seemed to change status as well. Restrictions for the Xmas season?

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Sometime the restrictions are only for Christmas other times they take longer to open up and in some cases they never do 

[Sfcommando14]

  On 9/23/2021 at 1:05 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

Sometime the restrictions are only for Christmas other times they take longer to open up and in some cases they never do 

The last 18 months, it’s has been the latter.


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[Bricklectic]

  On 9/23/2021 at 1:04 PM, exciter1 said:

Fossils also restricted for me.

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same. dang. was fine in the past. 

[redcell]

  On 9/23/2021 at 12:35 PM, LegoBro said:

Anyone notice an uptick on restricted lego products today? I could have swore fossils was good to go just a few days ago now shows up as restricted for moi. Noticed a few others seemed to change status as well. Restrictions for the Xmas season?

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Are any of the listings non-exclusives?

[Darth_Raichu]

  On 9/23/2021 at 12:35 PM, LegoBro said:

Anyone notice an uptick on restricted lego products today? I could have swore fossils was good to go just a few days ago now shows up as restricted for moi. Noticed a few others seemed to change status as well. Restrictions for the Xmas season?

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I am not restricted on Fossils.  Not seeing any uptick on restrictions either.  What I noticed were increasing takedowns of secondary listings.

[Migration]

  On 9/23/2021 at 1:43 PM, redcell said:

Are any of the listings non-exclusives?

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Yes. 

[smittypop2]

  On 9/23/2021 at 1:48 PM, Darth_Raichu said:

I am not restricted on Fossils.  Not seeing any uptick on restrictions either.  What I noticed were increasing takedowns of secondary listings.

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This...no restrictions for me as well, but soooooooo many dog pages on items I used to sell.  

[gmpirate]

Anyone have a ASIN for Monster Series 14 full case? -- not set.  thanks

[Darth_Raichu]

  On 9/23/2021 at 10:10 PM, gmpirate said:

Anyone have a ASIN for Monster Series 14 full case? -- not set.  thanks

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Google is your friend   The product review is sh*t though

B0142D59Y2

[brickology101]

  On 9/23/2021 at 12:35 PM, LegoBro said:

Anyone notice an uptick on restricted lego products today? I could have swore fossils was good to go just a few days ago now shows up as restricted for moi. Noticed a few others seemed to change status as well. Restrictions for the Xmas season?

Yes, I saw that too. Had a shipment workflow setup last week with ginger bread house and 31202. Today I am restricted on both. Do I continue with the shipment playing dum? It is probably going to lockup when I get to the nexts step of printing labels. I sold tons of ginger bread houses last year. Bought tons for this year. Thanks Amazon.


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[gmpirate]

  On 9/23/2021 at 10:48 PM, brickology101 said:

Yes, I saw that too. Had a shipment workflow setup last week with ginger bread house and 31202. Today I am restricted on both. Do I continue with the shipment playing dum? It is probably going to lockup when I get to the nexts step of printing labels. I sold tons of ginger bread houses last year. Bought tons for this year. Thanks Amazon.


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No.  You will not be able to sell.

[gmpirate]

  On 9/23/2021 at 10:21 PM, Darth_Raichu said:

Google is your friend   The product review is sh*t though

B0142D59Y2

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Thanks.  I couldn't and still can't find this through Google either.  Have to figure a price now 🤪

[brickology101]

  On 9/23/2021 at 11:58 PM, gmpirate said:

No.  You will not be able to sell.

Yep, you are right, they would go stranded right away. I opened a case and the customer service lady I spoke to sounded helpful but I am not having too much hope.

I have a friend who sells legos only on Amazon too and that person is not restricted on these two listings. That person started selling a few months earlier than I and that was several years ago. We are both the same type of third party seller and we both sell only Legos but I have always done about 1/2 of what that person sells annually. So, unless the few months difference about when we both started makes the difference, it surely looks to me like the more one sells on Amazon, the more doors open up.


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[Mark Twain]

  On 9/24/2021 at 12:22 AM, brickology101 said:

Yep, you are right, they would go stranded right away. I opened a case and the customer service lady I spoke to sounded helpful but I am not having too much hope.

I have a friend who sells legos only on Amazon too and that person is not restricted on these two listings. That person started selling a few months earlier than I and that was several years ago. We are both the same type of third party seller and we both sell only Legos but I have always done about 1/2 of what that person sells annually. So, unless the few months difference about when we both started makes the difference, it surely looks to me like the more one sells on Amazon, the more doors open up.


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Generally, yes, but that still doesn’t explain some of the bizarre gates that appear randomly.


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[gmpirate]

  On 9/24/2021 at 12:22 AM, brickology101 said:

Yep, you are right, they would go stranded right away. I opened a case and the customer service lady I spoke to sounded helpful but I am not having too much hope.

I have a friend who sells legos only on Amazon too and that person is not restricted on these two listings. That person started selling a few months earlier than I and that was several years ago. We are both the same type of third party seller and we both sell only Legos but I have always done about 1/2 of what that person sells annually. So, unless the few months difference about when we both started makes the difference, it surely looks to me like the more one sells on Amazon, the more doors open up.


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It's still random.

[Bricklectic]

sorry if i missed this - i didnt see the email about q4 fbm requirements yet, has it been waived this year  

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 9/24/2021 at 8:07 PM, Bricklectic said:

sorry if i missed this - i didnt see the email about q4 fbm requirements yet, has it been waived this year  

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They didn’t send it yet 

[Bricklectic]

  On 9/24/2021 at 8:08 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

They didn’t send it yet 

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thanks. strange

[jeff_14]

  On 9/24/2021 at 8:08 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

They didn’t send it yet 

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I don’t see how they can send it now. Assuming it’s the same qualifying period as past years, it’s over now and you can’t send a notice about how to qualify in the past when we can’t time travel. 

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 9/24/2021 at 8:54 PM, jeff_14 said:

I don’t see how they can send it now. Assuming it’s the same qualifying period as past years, it’s over now and you can’t send a notice about how to qualify in the past when we can’t time travel. 

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They will either just open it to everyone ( my guess ) or just close it without notice for those who don’t quality per previous guides. 

[Bricklectic]

  On 9/24/2021 at 8:54 PM, jeff_14 said:

I don’t see how they can send it now. Assuming it’s the same qualifying period as past years, it’s over now and you can’t send a notice about how to qualify in the past when we can’t time travel. 

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  On 9/24/2021 at 9:12 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

They will either just open it to everyone ( my guess ) or just close it without notice for those who don’t quality per previous guides. 

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yup, its amazon, fairness to sellers isnt their top priority. 

I think it's been brought up before, but the theory that they have shipping issues and want more sellers is seeming more plausible by the day

[brickology101]

  On 9/24/2021 at 9:28 PM, Bricklectic said:

yup, its amazon, fairness to sellers isnt their top priority. 
I think it's been brought up before, but the theory that they have shipping issues and want more sellers is seeming more plausible by the day

That theory does not seem to hold water or at least not entirely considering that Amazon gates authorized sellers to sell some items during the holidays.


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[Bricklectic]

  On 9/24/2021 at 9:33 PM, brickology101 said:

That theory does not seem to hold water or at least not entirely considering that Amazon gates authorized sellers to sell some items during the holidays.


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gating is a different beast, no one has plumbed the depths of the confounding algothrimic logic that governs the gates.