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Thu June 25 2020 08:43:31

Reader Blocked from Listing Books on Amazon

By: Reader

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Dear Ina,
I sell in books and magazines on Amazon (as well as other categories). Today when I went to list books, about 90% of them did not have the Sell on Amazon button, nor when you clicked on the item was there the "if you have one like this sell on Amazon" link (or whatever the link reads).

I have reached out to Amazon to see if this is just a glitch or if they are gating books. I cannot imagine they would do that as the books I'm selling are 1950s kids books.

Thanks,
Dave



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by: Shanna This user has validated their user name.

Thu Jun 25 11:09:55 2020

All books written before 1984 are to be burned. Easiest way to erase history.

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by: jimcooncat This user has validated their user name.

Fri Jun 26 06:01:04 2020

Dave, would you please share an example ASIN?

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by: papergoy This user has validated their user name.

Fri Jun 26 09:46:28 2020

Sure, B0040HMS40.  I opened up a case. They didn't even read it or so it seems.  They never answered my question and closed the case.  They gave me some verbiage that they are not opening up the category at this time (yet there was never any notice it was closed). A friend had the same thing and got around it by using Firefox and clearing cache.  

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by: papergoy This user has validated their user name.

Fri Jun 26 09:52:44 2020

Sure, B0040HMS40.  I opened up a case. They didn't even read it or so it seems.  They never answered my question and closed the case.  They gave me some verbiage that they are not opening up the category at this time (yet there was never any notice it was closed). A friend had the same thing and got around it by using Firefox and clearing cache.  

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by: papergoy This user has validated their user name.

Sat Jun 27 09:39:52 2020

Update- though it is still not showing the button, NOW if you click on the item itself (to look at the others available), it now says "Have One to Sell on Amazon?"  so the problem is at least partially fixed.

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by: mindelec This user has validated their user name.

Mon Jun 29 02:01:08 2020

@papergoy

i don't even bother looking on the page, i just go to seller central and click the inventory dropdown at the top and then add a product, copy and paste the ASIN in and there you go. worked for the example that you gave.

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by: COVID-19 This user has validated their user name.

Sun Aug 2 17:48:44 2020

1950s and earlier books are likely banned for being politically incorrect, that's why!



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