Fellow sellers, I'm seeking some advice on a frustrating situation I've encountered with another seller undercutting repeatedly.

I initially found a product with great profit margins over 100% ROI and there is about 10-15 sellers. I matched the current Buy Box price and sales were going well for about a month. Then yesterday, another seller started hugging the Buy Box, going just 1p below the current buy box.

It's evident they are using a repricing tool to constantly undercut the lowest price by 1p in order to solely maintain the Buy Box themselves. While I understand the motivation to capture all the Buy Box sales, it's exasperating when sellers configure repricers so aggressively just to box others out.

This particular seller has over 200 seller feedbacks, so they are an experienced seller who surely understands pricing strategies. As a result of their relentless undercutting, my potential ROI on this product has plummeted from over 100% down to only 5-10%.

I've now sold out of my inventory for this item. My question for everyone reading is would you continue sourcing more of this product knowing you'll likely just enter another Buy Box battle? Or would you cut your losses and move on to other products?

I'm all for healthy price competition, but it feels unethical when sellers setup repricers to continuously undercut by the smallest increments just to own the Buy Box. I wish we could agree as a seller community to share the Buy Box rather than trying to monopolize it. But I realize that's unlikely to happen.

Any thoughts or advice on how to approach this type of situation would be appreciated.

Here's to better seller karma for all of us.

Hi, Mine all started going through about a month before yours and I have just received the payment, I got an email every 4-5 days saying they are looking into it and then ne day my payments had the VAT refund on there, I applied on May 16th for the refund as had got the same vat excemption status like yourself before that, hope this helps .

Hi,

So in march i applied to be exempt from paying VAT on seller fee's as im not VAT registered and have been incorrectly charged since opening my account, that was granted and in the response from seller support i was told

''We are glad to inform you, that you have been updated in our system as VAT exempt on Merchant and FBA Seller Fees as of 7th Mai, 2024.

If you wish to request refund of any previously charged VAT, please contact us any time after 16th June 2024, referring the original Case ID 9764898132 Please also note, in order to refund you all the overpaid taxes we require the tax returns for all to be refunded years, please provide them in your new Case after the 16th June''

So i waited until the 16th of June to request my refund, opened a case and sent all my tax documents and requested the refund, this is seller supports response below. They havent given me a definitive answer saying yes my refund is being processed, im told there's no update and to be patient? It doesn't look like amazon wants to give the refund judging by this email, can anyone please advise, is this the response you recieved when you requested your refund?

Thanks

That is a standard email and similar to the one I received. How long it takes is different for each seller depending on how far they are going back, whether they have to request further information etc.

Mine took about 4 months

hey

when I list my varsity jacket with variations that status shows"Incomplete " After the listing all variations go to Draft folder

anyone can address this issue?

best regards

ASif

Hello @Seller_enSavL2eKdfg9,

Have you been able to list your product since you last posted?

If not, you can give me a case ID and an ASIN and I will gladly look into it.

Regards, Spencer

Your POA cant blame Evri it needs to be an acceptance that it is your fault, especially with that number of undelivered feedbacks. I appreciate evri have issues and theres the opportunity for scammers but I cant imagine that many people actively leaving negative feedback if they actually had the item.

Do your proofs include all the proofs of actually posting the item? and proof of invoices showing you actually had the stock?

In my POA I did not directly blame Evri or any courier.

I took ownership and acceptance of fault completely.

I have included hundreds of pictures of proof of delivery from the courier website.

for items not delivered, I had attached invoices showing I purchased said items and provided bank statements to go alongside.

hello,

I would appreciate some help if possible.

I have had my UK selling account deactivated for almost 6 weeks due to a high ODR %. They seem to think I simply marked orders as sent without sending them

Since the account was deactivated, I have spoken to Amazon Account support staff almost 30 times. Each time they suggest adding new information to my appeal and still I continue to receive the same rejection template email.

I have provided explanations and documentation for everything that has been requested plus more.

Originally, I was asked to provide proof of delivery for last 30 days. Then 60 days. Then 90 days.

Not only have I provided detailed excel spreadsheets with orders going back last 6 months which include tracking numbers, delivery status, refund status if so and reason for this, but I have also supplied picture proof of over 100 deliveries. I have provided my Incorporation documents, banking information, POA and a letter from the courier.

As everything has failed thus far, I tried to escalate my case to the MD office but I keep getting the same rejection emails or no replies at all.

It seems as if Amazon no longer cares much about helping Sellers reactivate their accounts.

Any help would be appreciated as this has become very frustrating and tiresome.

I’ve had deactivations previously and they lasted anywhere between 4-18 months. It’s fair to say, I cannot afford to be waiting that long again without access to funds that are being held.

Regards

someone please help

@Seller_TSXM2A5nxWSuH

@Seller_hnDMgUKxMh1V4

Hi guys,

A few days ago we received a message from Amazon saying that our USA account (we don't sell there) has been suspended until we complete an ID verification video call. Our UK store was still working OK, so we did the thing where you select 3 video call time and dates and awaited confirmation. No big problem...

Fast forward a few days and no confirmation message has come through and now our UK seller account has been suspended. We chatted to support who just told us to re-book a video call and just deal with the suspension. The nearest phone call slot (assuming it happens) is next week. That's at least a full week of suspension due to Amazon failing to confirm a video call.

Surely this isn't right? We can't afford to cease trading for a full week like this, especially when it's no fault of our own.

Is there anyone from Amazon who can expedite this?