I am not a 'professional' seller...I have used my account to sell two reasonably rare text books....for a smallish amount of money, approximately £20.

But now getting the money as a disbursement is almost impossible. I have requested the disbursement a few times, and it hasn't come through....the last time I checked there was a message along the lines of 'in progress'. Now (a few months later...) I have got an email about the account being set to inactive and loggin in now, the account has now been set to inactive and I cannot see much at all in terms of detail.

After clicking on 'Account Info', on the global dashboard I am getting a message that:

'You currently have limited access to Amazon selling services. To receive disbursements, verify at least bank account. Start bank account verification here.'

I click that link and come to a screen that says 'Inactive account; You have attempted to access a store that is currently inactive. To reactivate your store, you may be required to add a new credit card and verify your identity. Please be advised that it may take a few minutes for your store to be reactivated.'

I click 'Continue' and I get to a screen titled 'Charge Methods'...and there is a method there and when I click 'Manage Charge Methods' it is flagged as 'active'.

Thing is....I went through this process a few months ago.... I was told I needed to update the charge method...I did and it was and still seems fine, but the account is inactive and....now, do I need to put another charge method in? Or can I verify the one that is there? I am running out of bank accounts to use. I changed the address to one that included the phone number in a different format but that hasn't done anything.

This feels like such a scam......making it so difficult to get such a small amount of money back so I will give up and Amazon can keep it....this whole thing is absurd.

We've been trying to transfer a relatively small amount of money from Amazon to our bank account, which has always been linked to our Amazon account. We've never changed banks—it's the same account we've always used.

Every time we go through the verification process, it just loops endlessly. Then, Amazon deactivates our account, forcing us to go through the entire reactivation and identity verification process for what feels like the 20th time.

Amazon provides no real communication—everything is automated, and there is no way to speak to an actual person. We're simply making a straightforward request, but the barriers they put up make it nearly impossible to resolve.

Their only response is to contact them again through Seller Central, but cases keep getting closed without resolution, leaving us stuck in the same frustrating cycle.

Hello all,

Hope you are doing well!

Has anyone noticed that Amazon seems to be competing with its own sellers on nearly every listing? They sell products at such low prices that it's impossible to match them.

For example, I sell Monopoly Deal cards. I source them directly from the main distributor in the UK (NDA) at £4.13 per unit. However, Amazon is selling the same product for £4.99. If I were to match Amazon's price, I would incur a loss of £1.60 per unit—and that’s not even including prep and UPS charges.

Does anyone have any advice or suggestions on how to navigate this situation?

Thank you in advance!