22 minutes ago, Jackson said:

What's the super-secret platform he mentions at 3:52?

 

How's everybody feeling about the Lego market? Sales are by far as slow as I've ever seen them in 10+ years.

I'm about $3,000 less than last julys sales but I haven't been trying to sell anything either. 

It's weird, I'm down about 50% from last year, but even with the recent Amazon issues July is probably going to be my busiest month of the year so far.  I haven't reduced prices either to sell through stuff, don't know what's going on.

2 hours ago, behopkin said:

How's everybody feeling about the Lego market? Sales are by far as slow as I've ever seen them in 10+ years.

Prime days were better than December for me

44 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Prime days were better than December for me

respect, crushing it

5 hours ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Except almost everything he said is wrong aside from the fact that he needs to stop making videos but what do I know 

Him, Shane, and all them other clowns need to stop making videos and go away

5 hours ago, Jackson said:

What's the super-secret platform he mentions at 3:52?

You have to be a VIP member or join his VIP club to find out....And it also helps "If You Know What You're Doing".....LOL

Amazon is d-e-d dead.  I got more sales on ebay this month which is hilarious

Did anyone put together a master list of which Lego products are being ripped from Amazon?  I assume individually we only know the ones we "have listed already".  Have a bunch of stuff I'm waiting for the 4th quarter but maybe I should be unloading now . . .

9 minutes ago, gmpirate said:

Did anyone put together a master list of which Lego products are being ripped from Amazon?  I assume individually we only know the ones we "have listed already".  Have a bunch of stuff I'm waiting for the 4th quarter but maybe I should be unloading now . . .

It is pretty much alt listings, gwp and exclusives ( target, walmart, etc )  that Amazon.com never sold. 

There are ASINS falling off the list.  A few sets but many are CMFs and foil/paper bags (these have never had UPCs) ... so there is a glimmer of hope something will change.  

On 7/18/2025 at 10:56 PM, Tonka858 said:

got this email today from a customer

 

Never received the item. Was going over my old purchases and noticed it

Bitmain Antminer S9 Bitcoin Miner, 0.098 J/GH Power Efficiency, 1…

 

 

Purchase date

Mar 12, 2018 1:26 AM PST 😂

Qty: 1

Id: B01MCZVPFE

Updated defense tips:

• Keep shipping records for at least 6 months 7.5 years

Edited July 22Jul 22 by I am Niko

13 hours ago, Bold-Arrow said:

It is pretty much alt listings, gwp and exclusives ( target, walmart, etc )  that Amazon.com never sold. 

So, guess LotR Brickheadz will be falling off . . . 😆

Actually dang, I have a lot of Brickheadz I'm going to be stuck with.  Brickheadz, helmets, GWP's . . .

Edited July 22Jul 22 by gmpirate

Balrog Brickheadz got nuked?!?!?!

What does everyone do for FBA discrepancy when purchased through retail? Has anyone successfully used Walmart and Target receipts for reimbursement?

 

Edited July 28Jul 28 by Bricklectic

39 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

What does everyone do for FBA discrepancy when purchased through retail? Has anyone successfully used Walmart and Target receipts for reimbursement?

 

Yes, they usually do . They only reimburse cost now 

32 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Yes, they usually do . They only reimburse cost now 

Thanks! My main concern isnt Amazon turning me down. Rather questioning my ungating status if my receipt shows Walmart.

 

In general, all submitted invoices are part of your permanent record. Anytime amazon wants to conduct a wave of new gating they can look at the body of your submissions. Not sure if this thought process is paranoia or smart 

2 minutes ago, Bricklectic said:

Thanks! My main concern isnt Amazon turning me down. Rather questioning my ungating status if my receipt shows Walmart.

 

In general, all submitted invoices are part of your permanent record. Anytime amazon wants to conduct a wave of new gating they can look at the body of your submissions. Not sure if this thought process is paranoia or smart 

I don’t think you really need to worry about that. Amazon knows that there are no legitimate distributors of Lego as per their policy. 
but yes , anything you submit to Amazon is there forever. I know ppl getting caught submitting the same invoice that they submitted years ago and just changed the date on it 

23 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

terrible because we can no longer challenge.

Also, no more labeling by amazon come 1/1/2026

1 hour ago, Bricklectic said:

terrible because we can no longer challenge.

Also, no more labeling by amazon come 1/1/2026

We get some many negs that are for other sellers and items

 

at 50 cents a pop that want to do away with that? 

On 7/29/2025 at 7:19 PM, Bold-Arrow said:

In 2023-2024, I noticed Amazon made strange moves that would hinder 3PS abilities to sell.  I thought these were due to chaos in large organization like Amazon causing 1 department not seeing what others are doing.   In 2025, looks to me like Amazon's goal is to destroy or at least thoroughly minimize its 3rd party selling platform.  There have been too many changes pointing to coordinated effort on Amazon's part.  Their middle management have to be so incompetent as to not see the near term impacts these changes to pricing, FBA fulfillment, returns, erc will have to their bottom lines. 

Although I could be completely wrong and this is just a rambling from an old man 😛

 

20 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

In 2023-2024, I noticed Amazon made strange moves that would hinder 3PS abilities to sell.  I thought these were due to chaos in large organization like Amazon causing 1 department not seeing what others are doing.   In 2025, looks to me like Amazon's goal is to destroy or at least thoroughly minimize its 3rd party selling platform.  There have been too many changes pointing to coordinated effort on Amazon's part.  Their middle management have to be so incompetent as to not see the near term impacts these changes to pricing, FBA fulfillment, returns, erc will have to their bottom lines. 

Although I could be completely wrong and this is just a rambling from an old man 😛

 

To me, it has seemed like they hired McKinsey or some other management consultant who came in identified a bunch of ways that they could save money to boost their bottom line.  The reimbursement change alone is sure to yield them hundreds of millions of dollars each year with a simple stroke of a pen.

makes sense. the small amounts they make from small sellers doesnt justify the reputational and legal costs.

They are aiming to streamline their business to a leaner core of very large 3p sellers with vetted supply lines seems to me.

2 hours ago, redcell said:

To me, it has seemed like they hired McKinsey or some other management consultant who came in identified a bunch of ways that they could save money to boost their bottom line.  The reimbursement change alone is sure to yield them hundreds of millions of dollars each year with a simple stroke of a pen.

 

1 hour ago, Bricklectic said:

makes sense. the small amounts they make from small sellers doesnt justify the reputational and legal costs.

They are aiming to streamline their business to a leaner core of very large 3p sellers with vetted supply lines seems to me.

Good points.  These explained the changes that seemed coordinated.  The pivot to larger 3ps would spell the end for smaller sellers like me all the same.