more pricing problems
Amazon 'high pricing' listing suspensions are well known to follow their own peculiar lack of logic, but this is weirder than most.
I have a rather odd book, basically a bit of gay semi-porn, but, hey Im a bookseller and its a book. The only copy for sale I could see is a hefty £140 . To me, that is ridiculous, its never going to sell at that. My copy is damaged, but its a very expensive book, so I listed it at £40.
Within the hour its been deactivated for a 'pricing error ' ? What ? Why ?
Does anyone have any idea why ? Its hardly the end of the world, one book, but Amazons interventions on pricing are just baffling and usually utterly senseless. Like this one.
more pricing problems
Amazon 'high pricing' listing suspensions are well known to follow their own peculiar lack of logic, but this is weirder than most.
I have a rather odd book, basically a bit of gay semi-porn, but, hey Im a bookseller and its a book. The only copy for sale I could see is a hefty £140 . To me, that is ridiculous, its never going to sell at that. My copy is damaged, but its a very expensive book, so I listed it at £40.
Within the hour its been deactivated for a 'pricing error ' ? What ? Why ?
Does anyone have any idea why ? Its hardly the end of the world, one book, but Amazons interventions on pricing are just baffling and usually utterly senseless. Like this one.
10 replies
Seller_19xPhE8YgkmxW
Hi Wobble121,
In Manage Your Inventory can you View reference price?
Somewhere there is a reference price that Amazon is using - although it might be the original cover price! A are supposed to check reference prices across the Internet (but they might not include postage!)
Try knocking a few quid off, and see if the new price is objected to?
All Best
Brian
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
If you list it as 'collectible' the high price warning should go away.
I believe that means it won't be eligible for the buybox but at least it will have some visibility.
Seller_19xPhE8YgkmxW
Hi number_6,
..."but at least it will have some visibility."
Only if the filters don't automatically exclude Collectible, unless they're removed...
All Best
Brian
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
Yes, which is why I qualified it with 'some'. :)
If it is a rare title and there are no competing offers then it ought to be visible but ... Amazon has a tendency to hide listings that it considers 'high priced', even when there is only one available offer.
Seller_N0kQDKMgwda6y
Thanks, I will try 'collectable But there IS another copy for sale, and its £140. That is what is so puzzling and annoying. If £140 is allowed, why not £40 ?
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
Is the other copy listed as 'New' or 'collectable' ?
Seller_N0kQDKMgwda6y
I am not sure, but I relisted mine as 'collectable' and that solved it.
Thank you.
Seller_19xPhE8YgkmxW
Hi wobble121 and everyone else,
Interestingly, Amazon have provided (some) answers, here:
https://sellercentral.amazon.co.uk/help/hub/reference/S9A4Q8K4Q6KT8TV?ref_=myp_lm
It accounts for many of the puzzling elements we've observed, but doesn't seem to allow for Amazon's charges which have to be built into our prices...
All Best,
Brian
