How are Used Book sellers able to sell single copies of Scholastic, Marvel, Universal books without invoices for 100?
Now that Amazon requires an invoice from a supplier showing purchase of at least 100 items to get approval to sell Scholastic, Marvel, Universal, etc, how do sellers like Goodwill get approved to sell their single copies of used books? We know that Goodwill gets their books from donations, so they do not have invoices for them. How do they get around the 100 item purchase invoices? or 10 items for other publishers? And why does Amazon require invoices for used books, when it goes against the Supreme Court ruling of the First Sale Doctrine that permits people to resell their used books?
How are Used Book sellers able to sell single copies of Scholastic, Marvel, Universal books without invoices for 100?
Now that Amazon requires an invoice from a supplier showing purchase of at least 100 items to get approval to sell Scholastic, Marvel, Universal, etc, how do sellers like Goodwill get approved to sell their single copies of used books? We know that Goodwill gets their books from donations, so they do not have invoices for them. How do they get around the 100 item purchase invoices? or 10 items for other publishers? And why does Amazon require invoices for used books, when it goes against the Supreme Court ruling of the First Sale Doctrine that permits people to resell their used books?
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Seller_XSqPquQH4FvW1
The 1st sale doctrine means that it is legal for you to sell a used copy of any book. But that doesn't mean you can sell on Amazon - they can put whatever requirements they please on your selling. Marvel has been gated for long time.
I don't know about Goodwill, maybe Amazon will just delete their listings for these books, but I went through my books and deleted the one listing I had. I am selling on 4 other book sites. This is going to impact people who count on selling Harry Potter here.
Seller_KHG1CZFHbhdPz
I received the email from Amazon but it only stated Scholastic items. Does this means books published by Scholastic or are they referring text books?
Seller_wnc1pjYEF5ZqF
Many sellers are grandfathered in.
Seller_6DJnBooP8BZb7
post.We are sellers of used books on Amazon for 15 years, and are not being grandfathered on this policy. And we are getting an enail every day now for an additional publisher being limited. Scholastic, Hallmark, Lionel, Rand McNally, some comic book publishers, and I'm sure there are others. Whitman could be next, and that would really hurt us. What these publishers have in common is they issued great collectible products primarily in the 1940s through 2000.
It appears the underlying rationale is that Amazon wants to deal in commodity products and not collectibles. The question is why?
Seller_qTJiCxRI8PpIZ
What I do is make sure that I do not put all of my eggs in one basket. Sell on multiple venues. It used to be ABE and Ebay were the best but now Amazon bought ABE so they're starting to suck too. Ebay is your best bet for anything you can't sell on Amazon,. For Amazon I always sell in the 'used' or 'collectible' category, which helps for SOME publishers. For stuff like Marvel, Scholastic, Universal, if I can sneak it on Amazon, fine. If not, I try to put it up on other venues. Amazon is no longer the place to sell all used books.
Seller_jwxeKIvkgcQi1
It's all perfectly understandable to me due to Amazon's determination that these products are all highly sensitive in nature.
Seller_4mtlGtoHN5tIN
Goodwill, Declutr, Half Price Books, just to name a few do NOT in fact have an authentic supply chain source, any LOA, or authorized invoices, and yet are somehow are able to continue to sell on Amazon. They receive their garbage products off the street from whoever comes through their door which a good percentage of are in fact fake. I have bought test buys many times and received fake products from these types of sellers. It hurts all the other legitimate sellers who source from authorized distributors and still get gated and re-gated like what happened to us recently.
Goodwill specifically has a special deal most likely with Amazon that was put in place many many years ago before Amazon was huge and is why they have special favoring and do not have to follow the policies and rules for all other sellers.
It is quite ridiculous, we stopped selling video games due to the extremely low Goodwill prices that are impossible to compete with. I mean they get them for free and list them as like new or very good when they are actually trash condition, can not compete with that.
Seller_LcXclxC6bwfCw
I think Amazon treats Goodwill books different, just like they treat Walmart and target. The big corporations get treated differently on here and what I mean is the same rules don't apply. They don't have to worry about suspensions or providing proof of purchases.
Good will sells every book for 5.50 on here and they make less then 20 cents. I don't get why they can't just sell there books in there store. They'd make more money and we would make more money. Thank tank the price on every book listed on here. I just saw a listing and the first 3 PAGES were all good will locations.
I won't shop at Good will because of there greed of online selling. ARC is still very decent to ship at.
Seller_roNdLQpqbVoOH
No, just no.
I've been selling here way longer than Goodwill and there is no "grandfathering" of me. From where I sit, Goodwill is new to this game.
This is your answer.
In spades.
Seller_wnc1pjYEF5ZqF
Many sellers being grandfathered in may not include you. It's not just about time; it's about volume. Amazon obviously looks the way with sellers as big as Goodwill.
