Pricing Errors
Is anyone else having issues with high pricing errors lately? I am suddenly getting hit with high pricing errors for books that others are selling for more money. Example: just got an error on a book that's been in my inventory for two years. It's for 49.99. Another seller has it listed (in same condition) for 68.99 and another for 72.99. Yet another seller has it for 48.99 but not as good condition. I did reach out to Amazon but just got a form letter that they looked into it but you know....oh well.
I've had about 10 books removed lately for this, and every single time there are others selling for much more than my price. Is anyone else going through this? Thanks!
Pricing Errors
Is anyone else having issues with high pricing errors lately? I am suddenly getting hit with high pricing errors for books that others are selling for more money. Example: just got an error on a book that's been in my inventory for two years. It's for 49.99. Another seller has it listed (in same condition) for 68.99 and another for 72.99. Yet another seller has it for 48.99 but not as good condition. I did reach out to Amazon but just got a form letter that they looked into it but you know....oh well.
I've had about 10 books removed lately for this, and every single time there are others selling for much more than my price. Is anyone else going through this? Thanks!
26 replies
Seller_MyXY4Myx9zVcR
Happens all the time. I am thoroughly sick and tired of Amazon telling me my book prices are too high.
How about telling me when they are too low!?
Seller_kNAboD6kRgVt7
The bots don't remove them by listing, taking down everyone they consider too high on each title. More like they go seller by seller. You just have to hope the bots get to the other sellers soon. And it can change, acceptable one day, not the next, back on the next.
I have never seen anyone have a proper resolution by telling Amazon that there are others at higher prices allowed to sell. For all we know, other sellers are taken off, when we are left to sell??
Seller_WAZNnMBpd99sI
hundreds. and hundreds.
Amazon attempting to corral sellers and fix prices and scoop it all up for themselves when someone is successful.
Seller_6hFuE3oTzYyFr
Yes! All the time! Listing at MAP doesn’t resolve the problem. The BOTS wants products listed below wholesale. Amazon has included the price of shipping with the product price. It just simply is not fiscally responsible to sell at a loss. We list items, get a performance warning and remove them. It’s crazy. Amazon is losing money using the very unfair pricing demands and they don’t care!
Seller_XEgSpzMrT5bGf
Yes, the bots have been on a rampage recently. These bots don't take into account by cost, expenses, and returns. It's brutal.
Seller_E8mL3eW2WFX39
All the time, high price, no reference available. Go to my listing and it shows some guy in China. I tell them he isn't authorized to sell, few weeks later another account another listing higher than mine from china
Seller_R2dP7Hunjcdj0
I have said it before, again and again...
The Amazon "Fair Pricing Tool" is flat-out illegal, as it violates laws concerning "Price-Fixing".
The ACTUAL fact is simple:
Prices can ONLY be "Fixed" during a period of Declared Emergency, and even then, it ONLY applies to "Essential Goods".
Books are NOT considered to be "Essential Goods", and so should NOT be subject to the "Fair Pricing Tool".
Movies, Books, Toys, and ALL other collectibles are OPTIONAL purchases, as they are NOT required to live.
Food, Water, Medicine, etc. ARE REQUIRED purchases, as people need these products to live.
While the "Tool" always existed, it rarely appeared to raise it's head and affect Buyers UNTIL the Pandemic hit.
If you remember, one of the VERY FIRST news stories that became a National Story when the Pandemic began was highlighting a few Amazon Sellers who had JACKED-UP their pricing on Medical Supplies (Masks, Gloves, etc) and related Health products. The news stories painted a VERY ugly picture of Shameful Greed on the part of a few Bad Actors, and on Amazon for allowing this to happen.
Amazon's immediate response was to turn the sensitivity of the "Fair Pricing Tool" up to ELEVEN! (Spinal Tap reference)
It is unfair and unjust, and Amazon continues to be able to "Get away with it" for years now.
For Non-Essential products, the ONLY "Tool" that is SUPPOSED to regulate pricing is "The Invisible Hand of the Market" (Adam Smith).
So when you hear about a state A.G. trying to take Amazon to court for this VERY problem, perhaps you should cheer them on, no matter which state it happens to be.
Still waiting on something from AG Bonta in CA on this matter...
Seller_z1JDNz6de1lqc
We have currently 105 listings that have been removed for this issue. Price fixing on amazon runs deeper than what is removed it also applies to listings does not have buy box feature making them semi suppressed for pricing it is still active it will just likely never sell and close to 25% of items we sell are active with no buy box. This is all part of Amazons market manipulation driving customers and sales to New items and away from older items. We now constantly check ebay on these to decide weather to list there or take loss bowing down to amazon and slowly bleeding to death. Fair markets set prices with competition not Amazon driving prices lower to drive transactions for self profit. Just look at what Amazon tells customers when buy boxes are remove it gives you a dirty felling and you avoid items and buy the items Amazon is pushing and should be a class action over this issue as it has likely cost 25% of my revenue since manipulation begun.
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THIS No applicable Reference price MEANS NO DATA SO WHY THE HECK ARE YOU MESSING WITH A LISTING WHEN YOU WERE IN FACT THE ONE WHO DELETED THE DATA!
On the other hand we now increased our ebay in the last year 2200% due to the fact we are forced to check other platforms due to Amazon Price Fixing items.
Seller_tjEFut1sYItOY
We're being hit too. New or like new books compared in pricing to used acceptable. AZ needs to send its robots to reeducation camp to learn about how to price books.
Seller_YBfUTeoG971hG
We have over 300 books currently deactivated, many on listings with higher prices from other sellers. Many of these are the only Like New copy (so any buyer wanting a nice copy rather than a heavily-used one is out of luck). Others are on listings with no other copies on offer. Go figure!
