I have been an amazon seller on and off for about 3 or 4 years. I usually just sell old junk like dvds and video games and such. Every once in a while i would get a negative feedback with comments like "video was not what I wanted, seller says what i want doesn't exsist... Avoid this seller." It was the truth, amazon lists the video description wrong. However amazon doesn't care. Now I had another similar negative feedback by a buyer that didn't know what they were talking about. Amazon sent me an email saying my account was suspended indefinately.
I emailed them back threatening to cancel my amazon credit card and cease from spending the $1000 per year that i tend to spend on amazon as a buyer. They emailed me back the next day telling me that i was reinstated but I am on probation. I decided this week i would clean out some closets and I have sold about 60 items in the last 14 days. How do i pay the shipping? Out of my own pocked because the $700 balance i have with amazon is frozen. If that isn't enough... Out of that 700, they are taking 200 in fees.
Amazon gets. 99 per item. They take 6-15% which is ridiculous that it isn't a set rate... This is pretty much making up the rules as they go. Then they have something called a variable closing fee. This is a set amount they charge based on shipping. Why are they charging me more if the buyer wants the item faster? First of all, the shipping fee they set is not enough to cover priority mail. Today i listed a dvd. I listed it for 2.25. The 3 fees together come out to 2.21. So i make $. 04 on this sale after shipping. Fraudulent as ticketmaster. I wish there was a better service to reach as many buyers as amazon does because it is really sad to see all this merchandise go without getting anywhere near the full amount for them.
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