Fu*k Amazon, nobody is allowed to make a decent amount of money anymore. I
get hit with like $50 in fees after shipping on eBay for something that
sells for $250, the reselling game is dying very slowly.
whodidit99 November 9, 2014
I think the policy is stupid too. I love the rants: I can tell they are
genuine.
ForceOfWizardry November 9, 2014
I dont think this is an issue with you sellers. This is an issue with the
corporations. The corporations want you sellers to buy from whole sellers
not thrift shops, ebay, auctions, craigslist etc. Im pretty sure Amazon is
in bed with them. Maybe they will do this with books in the future?
Leigh Ann Live November 9, 2014
I was laid off today and wanted to know if you think it is possible to sell
on eBay for a living. Like getting items at thrift stores and resell them.
Thanks so much!
Inge B November 9, 2014
So what are you supposed to do with the DVDs that were all ready listed?
Remove them?
Kyle T. November 9, 2014
Andrew, let me preface this by saying that I thoroughly enjoy the content
you put out on a weekly basis and have received so much invaluable
information from you in the past, and have told and thanked you personally
via YouTube comments. You had a video a while back in regards to the new
Ebay seller standards, as well as Amazon’s seller standards, and stated
that “it’s their sandbox, and if you don’t like it, leave.” Which is
ultimately absolutely true. But I and so many others felt a little slighted
and wanted to voice our opinions in regards to these new rules put in place
and how they were completely unfair to sellers, but you still had that
video saying “if you don’t like it, leave.”
So what I’m ultimately getting at here is that you should be careful what
you wish for. And that maybe next time you will push back against any and
all unfairness in regards to sellers on either platform and not be so
selective in your criticism. If you give anyone an inch, they’ll take a
mile.
Love the content, though. Keep up the amazing work you do.
Best Regards
Persnickety Picker November 9, 2014
Retail reciepts will probobally work. I used regular retail reciepts to get
approved in other catagories. I have also heard from other resellers that
they have used reciepts from Best Buy & Sam’s Club to get approved for the
DVD catagory. I plan on calling Seller Support and asking them tomorrow.
Just a thought. Best wishes!
jdubtxn November 9, 2014
Kinda weird to defend Ebays silly defect rate policy and then turn around
and have issues with Amazon’s new policy.
Michael Belfield November 9, 2014
I have to put in my two cents. If you look at my DVD inventory you will see
I have 1 or 2 of a give DVD not a lot of one item like a con artist would
sell. I would think seeing so many singles in someones inventory would
indicate that they are not selling a bunch of ripped disks.
Fro Do November 9, 2014
Will these rule changes make it to CD’s and bluray discs aswell, i suppose?
cobaltssturbo24 November 9, 2014
Yea i think its bullshit they are picking on the little guys especially
those of us who are very careful about what we are sending in and obviously
not doing anything fraudulent. I recently had one of my disney movies taken
down there are no fba sellers for that movie now I got an email apparently
someone received a movie that was a possible fake so they took them all
down pending investigation or some b.s. I am going to call them and see
whats going on. What really sucks is i had great sources at getting box
sets that i tripled or better my money on and now I wont be able to sell
them. I’m not going to jump thru hurtles I will just sell them on ebay I
guess not my favorite thing to do. There is always books right! lol
ItIsNot1984 November 9, 2014
I’ve been bearish on amazon for a while. I’ve heard video games are next on
their list for restrictions starting with consoles.
Oldsch00lpk3r November 9, 2014
Hahaha just wait until they start expanding categories to music CDs, VHS
movies, Videogames and every other type of media that has rights. You can
almost see it coming.
MrClint39 November 9, 2014
I agree what they’re doing is stupid and unfair. But there may be a more
sinister reason they’re doing it other than their stated reason. It sounds
to me like they’re after people’s wholesale sources and trying to raise the
price of DVDs sold on their site. As for me, I don’t care. I’ll just sell
DVDs on my website when I get it going, I don’t have very many. In the long
run they might be doing us all a favor. Maybe this will inspire a few of us
to create a new DVD marketplace online.
HonestAnimeReviews November 9, 2014
The morning that I woke up and saw Amazon’s email about this was the worst
day of my life so far. I was also thinking the same thing that as far as
dvds are considered I will move to ebay
Marina Vaynman November 9, 2014
I am very competitive..so, I am going to have an EXTRA nice day today,
since you hoped I would not. I am going to ace the stat exam, study, spend
time with my kids and listen to some mindblowingly awsome music. Rants are
fine, but don’t put down your subscribers simply because they decided to
watch your video this morning. Sayonara.
Arthur Crittare November 9, 2014
I was warning people about Amazon cracking down on sellers for the past
year and was routinely ridiculed. Amazon has no use for “the little guy”
and their everyday actions show it. The entire online arbitrage business
model is a leaky dam that is starting to show significant cracks. Don’t let
your livelihood be washed away when the dam collapses!
MetalSandwichFilms November 9, 2014
I wonder if this is Amazon trying to kill the resale market for TV DVD box
sets so they can push people to Amazon prime streaming. I can see the
Hollywood studios playing hardball in their negotiations “We would love to
sell you the exclusive streaming rights to our entire back catalog of
titles, but in return you need to get rid of these thousands of used DVD
copies so we can squeeze a few extra pennies out of our overpriced new
copies before the entire DVD market finally dies.”
Jay Wise November 9, 2014
A large number of DVD’s selling on Amazon do not state the MSRP.
If the original MSRP was $40 2 years ago and you list at $21 will this be a
violation?
inate03 November 9, 2014
Unfortunately, the danger of selling on platforms
Will be interesting to see what happens to ebay after the paypal split
I hear rumors they will require minimum sales that is why they are sending
out sales reports
Wouldnt shock me
Fro Do November 9, 2014
It’s their house, they can and will do what they want, everyone else are
only guests. they’ll kick out private sellers to the curb at anytime.
Freddy D November 9, 2014
I’m a new seller, started in August. I sold my first two DVDS Sept 17 and
18th
2 days after this BS deadline Amazon came up with. You guys got the $25.00
restriction we got full restriction email. Cause we didn’t sell a DVD
between Sept 2013 and September 15th 2014. Lol. Your right. Now we do the
BS invoice dance like I had to do for groceries. Its cool…
. books rock.
Nicolas Leroux November 9, 2014
I did not get that email but I’m on Amazon.ca.. and 100% so far.
David Meyer November 9, 2014
I mainly agree, it is stupid. But I got my three invoices. It was super
easy. I think Amazon just wants to do this so they can say they are tough
on counterfeiting. If they come right out and say it is OK for people to
source from a thrift store, they would be in serious trouble with the
stuffed suit lawyers of the studios. Does Amazon give a a $%^& if we get
our stuff from a thrift store. No, of course not. This is a legal move, and
the wink wink message from Amazon is “just jump through this hoop so we can
all get back to business”.
AMAZON HYPOCRISY & RANT About DVD Restrictions & Rules For Sellers
http://www.pickingprofitsblog.com/amazon-hypocrisy-rant-about-dvd-restrictions-rules-for-sellers/
#Amazon #Ebay #Ecommerce #FBA
Fu*k Amazon, nobody is allowed to make a decent amount of money anymore. I
get hit with like $50 in fees after shipping on eBay for something that
sells for $250, the reselling game is dying very slowly.
I think the policy is stupid too. I love the rants: I can tell they are
genuine.
I dont think this is an issue with you sellers. This is an issue with the
corporations. The corporations want you sellers to buy from whole sellers
not thrift shops, ebay, auctions, craigslist etc. Im pretty sure Amazon is
in bed with them. Maybe they will do this with books in the future?
I was laid off today and wanted to know if you think it is possible to sell
on eBay for a living. Like getting items at thrift stores and resell them.
Thanks so much!
So what are you supposed to do with the DVDs that were all ready listed?
Remove them?
Andrew, let me preface this by saying that I thoroughly enjoy the content
you put out on a weekly basis and have received so much invaluable
information from you in the past, and have told and thanked you personally
via YouTube comments. You had a video a while back in regards to the new
Ebay seller standards, as well as Amazon’s seller standards, and stated
that “it’s their sandbox, and if you don’t like it, leave.” Which is
ultimately absolutely true. But I and so many others felt a little slighted
and wanted to voice our opinions in regards to these new rules put in place
and how they were completely unfair to sellers, but you still had that
video saying “if you don’t like it, leave.”
So what I’m ultimately getting at here is that you should be careful what
you wish for. And that maybe next time you will push back against any and
all unfairness in regards to sellers on either platform and not be so
selective in your criticism. If you give anyone an inch, they’ll take a
mile.
Love the content, though. Keep up the amazing work you do.
Best Regards
Retail reciepts will probobally work. I used regular retail reciepts to get
approved in other catagories. I have also heard from other resellers that
they have used reciepts from Best Buy & Sam’s Club to get approved for the
DVD catagory. I plan on calling Seller Support and asking them tomorrow.
Just a thought. Best wishes!
Kinda weird to defend Ebays silly defect rate policy and then turn around
and have issues with Amazon’s new policy.
I have to put in my two cents. If you look at my DVD inventory you will see
I have 1 or 2 of a give DVD not a lot of one item like a con artist would
sell. I would think seeing so many singles in someones inventory would
indicate that they are not selling a bunch of ripped disks.
Will these rule changes make it to CD’s and bluray discs aswell, i suppose?
Yea i think its bullshit they are picking on the little guys especially
those of us who are very careful about what we are sending in and obviously
not doing anything fraudulent. I recently had one of my disney movies taken
down there are no fba sellers for that movie now I got an email apparently
someone received a movie that was a possible fake so they took them all
down pending investigation or some b.s. I am going to call them and see
whats going on. What really sucks is i had great sources at getting box
sets that i tripled or better my money on and now I wont be able to sell
them. I’m not going to jump thru hurtles I will just sell them on ebay I
guess not my favorite thing to do. There is always books right! lol
I’ve been bearish on amazon for a while. I’ve heard video games are next on
their list for restrictions starting with consoles.
Hahaha just wait until they start expanding categories to music CDs, VHS
movies, Videogames and every other type of media that has rights. You can
almost see it coming.
I agree what they’re doing is stupid and unfair. But there may be a more
sinister reason they’re doing it other than their stated reason. It sounds
to me like they’re after people’s wholesale sources and trying to raise the
price of DVDs sold on their site. As for me, I don’t care. I’ll just sell
DVDs on my website when I get it going, I don’t have very many. In the long
run they might be doing us all a favor. Maybe this will inspire a few of us
to create a new DVD marketplace online.
The morning that I woke up and saw Amazon’s email about this was the worst
day of my life so far. I was also thinking the same thing that as far as
dvds are considered I will move to ebay
I am very competitive..so, I am going to have an EXTRA nice day today,
since you hoped I would not. I am going to ace the stat exam, study, spend
time with my kids and listen to some mindblowingly awsome music. Rants are
fine, but don’t put down your subscribers simply because they decided to
watch your video this morning. Sayonara.
I was warning people about Amazon cracking down on sellers for the past
year and was routinely ridiculed. Amazon has no use for “the little guy”
and their everyday actions show it. The entire online arbitrage business
model is a leaky dam that is starting to show significant cracks. Don’t let
your livelihood be washed away when the dam collapses!
I wonder if this is Amazon trying to kill the resale market for TV DVD box
sets so they can push people to Amazon prime streaming. I can see the
Hollywood studios playing hardball in their negotiations “We would love to
sell you the exclusive streaming rights to our entire back catalog of
titles, but in return you need to get rid of these thousands of used DVD
copies so we can squeeze a few extra pennies out of our overpriced new
copies before the entire DVD market finally dies.”
A large number of DVD’s selling on Amazon do not state the MSRP.
If the original MSRP was $40 2 years ago and you list at $21 will this be a
violation?
Unfortunately, the danger of selling on platforms
Will be interesting to see what happens to ebay after the paypal split
I hear rumors they will require minimum sales that is why they are sending
out sales reports
Wouldnt shock me
It’s their house, they can and will do what they want, everyone else are
only guests. they’ll kick out private sellers to the curb at anytime.
I’m a new seller, started in August. I sold my first two DVDS Sept 17 and
18th
2 days after this BS deadline Amazon came up with. You guys got the $25.00
restriction we got full restriction email. Cause we didn’t sell a DVD
between Sept 2013 and September 15th 2014. Lol. Your right. Now we do the
BS invoice dance like I had to do for groceries. Its cool…
. books rock.
I did not get that email but I’m on Amazon.ca.. and 100% so far.
I mainly agree, it is stupid. But I got my three invoices. It was super
easy. I think Amazon just wants to do this so they can say they are tough
on counterfeiting. If they come right out and say it is OK for people to
source from a thrift store, they would be in serious trouble with the
stuffed suit lawyers of the studios. Does Amazon give a a $%^& if we get
our stuff from a thrift store. No, of course not. This is a legal move, and
the wink wink message from Amazon is “just jump through this hoop so we can
all get back to business”.