Re:Goodbye Amazon
by zelon88 on Friday April 28, 2017 @12:41PM
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And the risk of keeping inventory value that you're never going to sell. Amazon takes their speakers, but will never send the unsold units back. Making expensive speakers according to MRP projections with no reliable demand is a time-bomb for a small company like this one. Especially if they're already unsatisfied with Amazon's performance, why would they risk thousands of dollars worth of product for no reason? It doesn't seem like they're trying to scale-up to be Bose. They seem to just want to hang out, make money, and make diesel speakers.
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https://services.amazon.co.uk/services/fulfilment-by-amazon/...
>Requesting a Removal Order (Return or Disposal) of Product Units
>What is a removal order?
>It’s either a return of a product unit back to you or a disposal of the merchandise by the Fulfilment Centre.
>How long will it take to get the item(s) back?
>Typically, return requests take 10 to 14 business days to pick, pack and dispatch.
Re:Goodbye Amazon
by aruggirello on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:18PM
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This applies to sellers, not suppliers (when a product "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com"). The Amazon supplier terms and conditions are atrocious, they squeeze you like a lemon.
Re:Goodbye Amazon
by jakemoshenko on Friday April 28, 2017 @01:18PM
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As of this time I can't actually find their listing on Amazon, but it's likely that they're "Ships from and sold by Amazon.com" as the traditional retailer, and not using FBA with their own webstore.
But that would also be true if they were selling their speakers through Walmart, Best Buy, Sharper Image. This is a laundry list of complaints that boils down to "Amazon is a retailer." And who didn't know that? If you want to sell at retail you need inventory.