Dropping of Shipment to Amazon
Can anyone tell me if i can drop my shipment of to my local amazon warehouse which is only a couple of miles along the road from me, when I create a shipment plan it has an address in Lincoln but I can take them myself free of charge, just not sure how to go about it ?
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Seller_f5cnodyVjLD4S
Sorry Bud, you can’t do that, please see the “regs” unless you want the boxes to just disappear that is? …
Seller_EJIX7rqDNQJi2
Amazon doesn’t allow sellers to deliver their FBA shipments into warehouses in person. You will need to use a professional carrier.
Seller_z6B2L9xab6HlP
There are a couple of sellers that take their own items to their local FC but the following conditions apply:
- Your shipment needs to go to the designated FC. You could keep redoing the shipment until your local one comes up
- You’d need to pretend to be a “professional carrier” (which you could do by saying it’s a sideline job handling only your shipments) and book the delivery slot using Carrier Central - be prepared to get a 3:30am drop off appointment!
- You need to abide by the FC vehicle and driver requirements e.g. medium vans and larger only (no cars or car-derived vans), steel toecap boots, hiviz
Seller_kjXDHcJtTU3MN
I remember when I first started doing FBA (about 5 years ago)…back then, they allowed me to rock up to their Milton Keynes FC in a car …i.e. a queue of big lorries waiting to dock… and then me in a Renault Megane …with 4 or 5 cardboard boxes inside!
They then introduced a “VAN ONLY” policy (no cars) …so I used to go to the Milton Keynes B&Q branch & hire a Hertz van ‘by the hour’ …drive like a demon to the FC, unload & get back - always tried to do it in the hour! (20 mins each way, 20 mins to unload). …all done with a van that had “B&Q” plastered over the side in massive letters!
Upon reflection, I’m embarrassed for myself.
