Selling Lego on Amazon.com

[ISO8T0]

Pay to play during xmas season
& amazon makes it hurt.

[Sharkeye]

  On 12/7/2016 at 3:54 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

I hope TP ain't looking at the storage fees that just hit .. yiiiikes 

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$2.25 per cubic foot on standard size items for November and December this year vs $0.72 per cubic foot last year

[Dbroncoboy]

  On 12/7/2016 at 3:54 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

I hope TP ain't looking at the storage fees that just hit .. yiiiikes 

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Yeah Yikes! He may be doing seller fulfilled prime though. 

[Jackson]

  On 12/7/2016 at 1:24 AM, exciter1 said:

I'm not sure why this listing has so many problems?

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An Amazon rep told me it's probably because the "Item model number" under "Product Information" is 70751. I removed my sets from that atrocity of a listing months ago.

[newbie77]

amazon got hold of LEGO, Snowman (40093) ASIN: B00O4EKCDI and ASIN: B0161UAGHE

very very interesting.

 

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 12/7/2016 at 4:15 AM, Dbroncoboy said:

Yeah Yikes! He may be doing seller fulfilled prime though. 

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U might be onto something . That would make sense 

[jerryherb]

no issues with payments here, must be cause youre new and they want to make sure youre not scamming people. that was their excuse for holding payouts my first season.

Edited December 7, 2016 by jerryherb

[pete411]

Toy Planet has parked 440 units of Birds at 13 cents above RPP on FBA. You might as well part these out for spare bricks.

Suh-weet!

[grackleflint]

  On 12/7/2016 at 3:54 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

I hope TP ain't looking at the storage fees that just hit .. yiiiikes 

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  On 12/7/2016 at 4:15 AM, Dbroncoboy said:

Yeah Yikes! He may be doing seller fulfilled prime though. 

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If TP is doing Seller Fulfilled Prime, then they may not be getting whacked with FBA storage fees but wouldn't they then getting whacked with much larger shipping fees to meet the Prime obligation?

Amazon Fulfillment Fees on a United Nations (minimum 2 lb shipping weight) set is $3.72. I don't know of any way a company can end up paying the USPS close to that for 2-3 day Priority Mail shipping. Is there really some major UPS/FedEx discount that comes close to that for 2-day shipping?

Edited December 7, 2016 by grackleflint

[asharerin]

  On 12/7/2016 at 7:41 PM, grackleflint said:

 

If TP is doing Seller Fulfilled Prime, then they may not be getting whacked with FBA storage fees but wouldn't they then getting whacked with much larger shipping fees to meet the Prime obligation?

Amazon Fulfillment Fees on a United Nations (minimum 2 lb shipping weight) set is $3.72. I don't know of any way a company can end up paying the USPS close to that for 2-3 day Priority Mail shipping. Is there really some major UPS/FedEx discount that comes close to that for 2-day shipping?

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If they have a few warehouses around the country it would not be an issue as the close zones are cheap for ground and that will get the item there in 2 days or less.. They are likely to have a heavily discounted shipping rate as well. I would wager they just have everything at FBA tho and are paying the storage fees. That would be alot cheaper than 3 warehouses and staff. I have a hard time believing they have one location and paying for 2 day shipping countrywide lol.

[Bold-Arrow]

storage fees causing sellers to panic .. prices plummeting .. ho ho ho 

[Dbroncoboy]

  On 12/8/2016 at 2:20 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

storage fees causing sellers to panic .. prices plummeting .. ho ho ho 

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Yeah I was going to post something about that here. To me the long term storage fees look extremely high as well and they have put them right in front of your face in the seller dashboard. I can see the sky falling on some of the bigger sets when those dates start approaching. 

Edited December 8, 2016 by Dbroncoboy
Bad gram

[newbie77]

  On 12/8/2016 at 2:52 AM, Dbroncoboy said:

Yeah I was going to post something about that here. To me the long term storage fees look extremely high to me as well and they have put them right in front of your face in the seller dashboard. I can see the sky falling on some of the bigger sets when those dates start approaching. 

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this is what you call a perfect storm and going to kill all of our margins

[BrickLegacy]

  On 12/8/2016 at 2:20 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

storage fees causing sellers to panic .. prices plummeting .. ho ho ho 

Hopefully the prices rebound before all
my customers use up their gift cards in January

[biking_tiger]

I must not be looking at the same sets. Example? 

[redcell]

  On 12/8/2016 at 2:20 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

storage fees causing sellers to panic .. prices plummeting .. ho ho ho 

It's the cost of doing business. I want expecting to pay $1500 in storage fees, but it's not a problem given the money that's rolling in.

[Bold-Arrow]

  On 12/8/2016 at 4:52 AM, redcell said:

 

It's the cost of doing business. I want expecting to pay $1500 in storage fees, but it's not a problem given the money that's rolling in.

 

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money won't keep rolling if people start panicking ..December fees will be just a brutal and Feb ltsf are coming up ... in all cases just stating my observations

[asharerin]

I am actually surprised at the strength of alot of sets (AA, R2, HE etc). Seems like the usual dip on sets with truckloads of supply (Red 5, Tumbler etc). Prices will rebound after Feb tho, they always do. 

[landphieran]

  On 12/8/2016 at 6:49 AM, asharerin said:

I am actually surprised at the strength of alot of sets (AA, R2, HE etc). Seems like the usual dip on sets with truckloads of supply (Red 5, Tumbler etc). Prices will rebound after Feb tho, they always do. 

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Slower paced exclusives such as the 70810 SC (360+ to 335) and MKII (320+ to 286) and Haunted house (450+ to 379.00) are quickly dropping in price. I find peoples business decisions rather amusing sometimes. If you have deep pockets or interest in these sets this is the time to buy.

[redcell]

  On 12/8/2016 at 5:04 AM, Bold-Arrow said:

money won't keep rolling if people start panicking ..December fees will be just a brutal and Feb ltsf are coming up ... in all cases just stating my observations

I'm not worried. I haven't seen a huge impact on prices and if people freak out and cut prices too low, they'll get bought out quickly.

[Dbroncoboy]

All my Classic Large Creative Boxes from Black Friday at showed up today finally. Won't be sending them off to Amazon this year. With over 300 sellers and prices in the 60's there isn't much meat on that bone. I sensed this might be the case when they stayed in stock for a bit.

Good chance I'll end up donating them. I'd feel better about that then sending them off to break even for even lose a little through FBA. I don't really want to think about the storage fees for these :-P

[Brickbuilder.g]

Sent some
Stuff in the other day and was reveives on Tuesday but all the sets are showing for sale but back ordered anywhere from the 13-17th...what gives?

[Dbroncoboy]

  On 12/8/2016 at 11:17 PM, Brickbuilder.g said:

Sent some
Stuff in the other day and was reveives on Tuesday but all the sets are showing for sale but back ordered anywhere from the 13-17th...what gives?

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They are distributing your inventory across different FCs

[newbie77]

  On 12/8/2016 at 11:17 PM, Brickbuilder.g said:

Sent some
Stuff in the other day and was reveives on Tuesday but all the sets are showing for sale but back ordered anywhere from the 13-17th...what gives?

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assuming that amazon is the dumping ground of TLG warehouse i.e. TLG gave special discount or price to amazon to move the inventory so they have to wait for it to arrive and dispatch

[asharerin]

  On 12/8/2016 at 11:17 PM, Brickbuilder.g said:

Sent some
Stuff in the other day and was reveives on Tuesday but all the sets are showing for sale but back ordered anywhere from the 13-17th...what gives?

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You sent your items to a distribution center. From there amazon reships to its fulfillment centers. Once they are checked in at the fulfillment centers they will no longer be back-ordered. Google the fulfillment centers. This time of year you want to play around with your shipment quantities to make sure items go directly to fulfillment centers, not distribution centers, so your items are available and not backordered straight away.