Amazon Favors Overseas Sellers in Winning the Buy Box

by: thriftyone

may want to get used to the new normal at AZ..have you seen this article?http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-02-09/amazon-is-bu
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by: RKTOYS

I really don't see why people sell on Amazon.  20% commission fees, flat $4.49 shipping vouchers that don't even come close to covering actual costs, and now priority for Chinese receiving ePacket handouts?

by: zenbreeze

They certainly invaded me.  They've been illegally using images of my paintings to make jewelry.  I've reported the listings to Amazon and found that they won't remove listings if the Chinese seller is using FBA.  They give you the runaround instead.  My sales are down 90%.  I've found competing sweatshops selling the same counterfeit pendant even.  

by: madam H

I've noticed this as a buyer on Amazon... three or four recent purchases in a row, of small items, all arrived from China.  There was no way to tell from the listing or seller information provided on Amazon that the seller was overseas.

I would never have bought these items from a international seller, aware that our government bureaucrats, in all their infinite wisdom, have forced the USPS to extend below-cost shipping rates for U.S.-bound mail from China.

These buying experiences have made me seriously reconsider shopping Amazon, as I strongly believe in supporting small business.  Will typically buy items from 3rd party or FBA sellers rather than from Amazon directly.

I do NOT appreciate ordering a small item, waiting a couple of weeks for it, only to discover the package contains a customs label and Chinese origination address.

by: topdog

I have to believe this is what is behind Amazon refusing to take some SKUs for FBA (citing lack of space). It looks like they're reserving space for Chinese crap, much of which the US buyers don't even want. (Most buyers would prefer to buy from, and deal with, a US seller, and trust the authenticity of US sold goods far more than Chinese goods)

by: Moonwishes
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Shaking my head. I'm so tired of Chines sellers. They are like Whack a Moles. You report them for whatever they are doing wrong and if Amazon does kick them to the curb someone 'else' is there the next day with the same listings doing the same thing. I found one Chinese seller with like 25000 product, supposedly. Everything they had was under the category of car GPS systems! This included boxes of crayons, kids art kits, sewing patterns that no way could they even have in inventory (I assume that if someone was stupid enough to buy from these guys they would have bought MY copy of the pattern). All their prices were 400-500% higher than regular prices. The list could go on. I don't mind working hard, but I do mind having an unfair playing field.

by: sellerchick

Ditto on the unfair playing field. They rip off everything, have cheaper shipping handed to them by our government, and they DONT pay federal or state income tax like we do! That's a huge cost-advantage savings over us! Amazon is forced to report OUR sales, they should be forced to withhold income tax on these foreign sales and pay up!  

by: clerk12345

Do you ever think of selling your products to China directly if your products are applicable?