Can anyone share with me their experiences with selling on Amazon.   I sold some stuff years ago and am now thinking of listing some items on there again.  I know their policies and prices have changed.  I am getting tired of the ebay fees and more the people purchasing on there trying to scam.  I am wondering if it makes sense to sell and ship self, or if there is a way to send them all items and fulfill for you.  What are the cost benefits or lack off from either way.  

 

 

Thanks for any information or experiences.  

How did this one survive the culling  

5 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

How did this one survive the culling  

They are not done yet. I keep getting emails that they have already removed due to ASIN listing restrictions blah..blah... 

No more grace period notifications. 

5 hours ago, Bricklectic said:

How did this one survive the culling  

They should just fix or combine listings. Look at all those reviews.

Well this is not good

Effective September 3, 2025, we’ll require annual testing or document verification from a Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) organization 

3 minutes ago, chaozz said:

Well this is not good

Effective September 3, 2025, we’ll require annual testing or document verification from a Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) organization 

Does this apply to us that sell on branded listings or does every individual seller need to do this?

I don't mind the cost to test if needed. But I doubt as a reseller I could jump through all the document requirements this process will likely need

I think Amazon wants a cert for every single toy on the site, and wants a new test every year, Toys are only tested 1 time, Not sure manufactures are on board with paying to redo the exact same test every single year,  If this is really true a huge amount of toys will be wiped of AZ just in time for XMAS

Someone turn out the lights on the way out. That is prety much it. 

12 hours ago, smittypop2 said:

Someone turn out the lights on the way out. That is prety much it. 

Well said.

13 hours ago, smittypop2 said:

Someone turn out the lights on the way out. That is prety much it. 

 

1 hour ago, vasp said:

Well said.

its that bad?

Hasnt there been something like this before

Everyone just breath ffs or go watch that idiot’s YouTube channel

 

1 hour ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Everyone just breath ffs or go watch that idiot’s YouTube channel

 

True lol.

But when the sell on amazon thread is as active as the daily deals thread  not good sign either way

Anyone in the Midwest has a 42101 they can help me self fulfill? 

Got an authenticity complaint resulting in a violation on my account.

Customer was unhappy with damaged box so he messaged me. Initially I offered 15% back, when he replied angrily that I shouldnt be allowed to sell on amazon, I just refunded 100%.

Still, apparently he complained to amazon that I sell fake legos. 

Unbelievable how there people out there that will literally destroy someone's business and livelihood for a trivial complaint.

1 minute ago, Bricklectic said:

Got an authenticity complaint resulting in a violation on my account.

Customer was unhappy with damaged box so he messaged me. Initially I offered 15% back, when he replied angrily that I shouldnt be allowed to sell on amazon, I just refunded 100%.

Still, apparently he complained to amazon that I sell fake legos. 

Unbelievable how there people out there that will literally destroy someone's business and livelihood for a trivial complaint.

This is so evil!! There is really nothing we can do as a seller to protect ourselves.

I'm assuming the violation will go away after a period. So you should be good. 

1 minute ago, freakchem said:

This is so evil!! There is really nothing we can do as a seller to protect ourselves.

I'm assuming the violation will go away after a period. So you should be good. 

Yeah lesson learnt. Need to refund ASAP 100%. You never know who you are dealing with...

The violation goes away after 180 days. I got one before.... But I think if you get multiple ones it might be more problematic, I don't know, say if you get 2 or 3, if that will cause a deactivation.

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... 

You never defend 100%. You ask for it back then your refund 

10 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

You never defend 100%. You ask for it back then your refund 

It's not worth it based on what just happened to me. One impatient customer that doesn't like your response can jeopardize you're entire account.

I'd rather devote .x% of my sales as refunds as "account protection" costs. A bit like the mafia protection costs of old  

Better to be wrong with amazon selling privileges than right with none, funds and inventory confiscated. 

I know FAR too many ppl (not lego sellers) that have lost 6/7 digit businesses for the infamous section 3 complaints.

13 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

You never defend 100%. You ask for it back then your refund 

btw this was a FBA (I'm 100% FBA) sale that the customer nonetheless messaged me about)

29 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

It's not worth it based on what just happened to me. One impatient customer that doesn't like your response can jeopardize you're entire account.

I'd rather devote .x% of my sales as refunds as "account protection" costs. A bit like the mafia protection costs of old  

Better to be wrong with amazon selling privileges than right with none, funds and inventory confiscated. 

I know FAR too many ppl (not lego sellers) that have lost 6/7 digit businesses for the infamous section 3 complaints.

btw this was a FBA (I'm 100% FBA) sale that the customer nonetheless messaged me about)

The logic is sound, but that doesn’t guarantee the customer won’t leave negative feedback — which could then be picked up by bots systems and result in a case being opened.

4 minutes ago, Brick625 said:

The logic is sound, but that doesn’t guarantee the customer won’t leave negative feedback — which could then be picked up by bots systems and result in a case being opened.

yup, thats the absurdity of it. even after 100% refund you are still at the whim and mercy of some petty karen.

But at least you've done all you can do..... thats my philosophy.

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 

  

7 minutes 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 

  

I wanted to but forgot to join. Did they say the deadline date?

9 minutes ago, SleepingGiant said:

 

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

  

Hes very into Walmart these days. But I saw a similar warning on my walmart account today regarding toy certificates...

They didn't say a deadline.  Everything will be ASIN based and will come in waves with different deadlines is the way I understood it.  They also said if a toy has any "playability" it would not be excluded from the under 12 testing.   Lego sets 12+ would not require testing   

Of course this comes right after the listing violation debacle where I still have 3500 units stranded.  I have another week or so before auto-removal and my front porch looks like Santa's sleigh exploded.  

 

 

26 minutes ago, SleepingGiant said:

They didn't say a deadline.  Everything will be ASIN based and will come in waves with different deadlines is the way I understood it.  They also said if a toy has any "playability" it would not be excluded from the under 12 testing.   Lego sets 12+ would not require testing   

Of course this comes right after the listing violation debacle where I still have 3500 units stranded.  I have another week or so before auto-removal and my front porch looks like Santa's sleigh exploded.  

 

 

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

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.