Is Amazon FBA worth it?

[Lucynda]

Its to expensive for me. Plus I have heard tons of nightmare stories from people who have thousands of dollars worth of inventory with them and then get their accounts suspended and deleted over stuff amazon employees have done with their returns and amazon don't return the inventory.

[agent006140]

if the inventory is counterfeit goods,by law,AMZN should destroy them ,not return them.
HaVE you ever watched a video on how the Dutch CUstoms dept mowned down container load of Chinese counterfeit coming into AMsterdam port?

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by Lucynda

Its to expensive for me. Plus I have heard tons of nightmare stories from people who have thousands of dollars worth of inventory with them and then get their accounts suspended and deleted over stuff amazon employees have done with their returns and amazon don't return the inventory.

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some states have now asked AMZN to charge sales tax on bubble wrap,packing when it fulfills your product,insisting that you the seller is purchasing goods and services from AMZN FBA.

[agent006140]

Originally Posted by ddm50

So is Individual more worth it for an eBay seller.

IF YOU ARE A small seller,and your goods are small items easy to store and ship,you should do it yourself.
Most Ebay sellers store their goods in their home or storage ,they may pay a neighbor kid/retiree to pack and ship .
There are some dvd seller on AMZN who use FBA,I guess they have so many in stock and keep buying from liquidation lots,they dont want to be bothered to ship themselves.
I have seen one seller who even have his item spread out in different AMZN warehouses,as far as Australia and so Australian buyers will buy from him as shipping cost would be local cost

[agent006140]

But then there are some AMZN sellers who only sell on AMZN,when a retail store like WMT superstore closing,they will send several people with a U haul or semi trailer and pick up assorted items and list them on AMZN,they claim their gross margin is 100%.
When WMT superstore closes,the discount can be anywhere 35 -65% and you dont have to pay shipping to commercial carrier,if you order from 10 different manufacturers,shipping can be a lot.
One shop came with a $100,000 credit with a local bank,I guess they probably contact WMT days before the sale and it would set up a special place with cashier to service them.
Some will come with their own auto/.station wagon,u haul.
It could be WMT,SEARS,Kmart,Pier1,Bed bath etc,these days so many stores are closing

[agent006140]

BTW,Pier1 Import is closing many stores,they have some interesting items imported from Thailand,Indonesia etc