The absertity of high pricing warnings
Had a warning yesterday of a high pricing error. Not a problem; it wasn't an active listing and I can't say I'm particularly concerned with those warnings.
It was inactive because it sold on Amazon a couple of months ago for the price they are telling me is too high.
At present there are no copies of this book on Amazon.
The absertity of high pricing warnings
Had a warning yesterday of a high pricing error. Not a problem; it wasn't an active listing and I can't say I'm particularly concerned with those warnings.
It was inactive because it sold on Amazon a couple of months ago for the price they are telling me is too high.
At present there are no copies of this book on Amazon.
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Seller_ZVAz3d5lZuGid
Like you, am sure that most of we booksellers are sick of all these supposed high pricing errors. Why can they not just let US decide what price we want to sell at, and not be dictated to by the current market price, especially when older books and they tell us to sell at the original price !
Seller_19xPhE8YgkmxW
Hi Allen
I had one recently - my price of £1.44 was 'too high'.
The reference price was £1.75 - the new price in 1986 - and because Amazon was selling it, there was an assumption that there would be no additional shipping costs...
Of course the earliest you might receive this book was next June - after Amazon had sourced more copies from the publisher!
'Nuff Said!
Brian
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
I have also had several recent warnings for books in my inactive inventory.
The high pricing error thing is totally absurd.
It would be ok if it was simply a warning rather than a suppression of the listings in question but that isn't the Amazon way.
It isn't helpful and causes nothing but problems for genuine sellers.
Meanwhile, the real rogues who list phantom duplicates at ludicrously inflated prices continue to get away with actual, deliberate price gouging on an industrial scale.
Seller_N0kQDKMgwda6y
Rubbish, ennit.?
Considering the exorbitant fees we pay we should at least be able to set our own prices without this sort of idiocy.
Seller_AlYpsVHv0gj21
To my mind this is an indication of how Amazon's "bots" are running things. There seem to be very few humans actually doing anything to prevent this sort of thing happening.
Just to go off topic slightly I have said many times over the last 4 or 5 years that a "too low pricing" policy should be enforced. I believe that amazon do have this policy but I dont see any evidence that Amazon enforce it on books. There are still far too many books at ridiculously low prices
Seller_0XWc3TbYeT9US
Best I've had - denied a listing due to high price when I was £80 less than the only other seller - which was Amazon themselves, with no stock and an ETA of four months. Go figure. Or, more accurately, go eBay.
Kai_Amazon
Hi @Seller_FQHkqHJI5SqTh,
Thank you for reaching out to us.
We understand your concern about the high pricing warning. Our system flags prices that appear significantly higher than recent market prices, even for inactive listings.
If you relist later and receive the same warning, consider adjusting the price slightly or setting minimum/maximum price rules.
Best,
Kai
Seller_RAXEWLxQ2dbmN
In my experience, neither of these options are valid. Simply adjusting the price slightly almost never works. Only drastic price drops are accepted by the system. Setting minimum/maximum prices also do not stop the 'high price alerts'.
I don't mind receiving the alerts for genuine mistakes.
I recently had a couple of items suppressed because I'd missed out a full stop when editing. What should have been £9.50 became £950!
In the main however, Amazon should assume that sellers know what they are doing, especially when the seller readjusts the price numerous times after receiving an alert and the item is still suppressed.
At the other end of the scale, why are certain sellers allowed to list thousands or millions of bogus duplicated ASINs at highly inflated prices?
With particular reference to books, It appears that Amazon's pricing algorithm is incapable of recognising when ISBNs have been cloned and relisted under duplicated ASINs.
Here is a random example:
Overpriced cloned ASIN with altered title and no ISBN
If you relist later and receive the same warning, consider adjusting the price slightly or setting minimum/maximum price rules.
