Do you sell on amazon?? I need your help !!

[BlueSugar]

I've been selling books and stuff on amazon.com since the summer
my grandmother's old books
my mother's collection
my personal collection (i'd rather die than sell)
and my school texts that I've saved

i'm out of school, trying to work full time, support my sick mother, and now that i can't make ends meet... i was selling EVERYTHING that had an isbn/sku etc # on it... movies, books, work out equipment, random electronics, tools... I'm having a fire sale. I've got a whole corner of my tiny apartment (which I share with two dogs, my brother, my boyfriend and my mother) sectioned off stacked to the ceiling with stuff to sell.

I was doing great till a few scammers, and complainers hit me with negative comments on my rating thiniemabob and amazon doesn't like that apparently. I refunded in full despite knowing the items went out. I put confirmation on half of them because i can't freakin afford to put it on all of them - and the 3 people that complained on me - are 3 of which that didn't have the confirm - and amazon shut me down permanently. what the hell??
this so sucks


if this was some stupid side thing, and i had 50 items, I wouldn't be crying... but I have loans, and my car payments, rent, her bills, gas, .... bills.... to pay, and I was making at least $300-400 a month.

please tell me there is a way around this.
please tell me I can use my boyfriend's bank account, and a different email account... and relist *gulp* well over 100 items...again... and continue selling???

please... someone help me

 

[SweetErika]

Are you really making that much more on Amazon than you would through Craigslist, eBay, used stores, local markets/sales, or any of the many other places you could sell your stuff? Especially when you factor in your time listing and the hassle of mailing stuff, being booted off, etc.?

Have you considered making your buyers pay for insurance on their items, if they want it, like many ebay sellers do? Then, if you mail it and it doesn't get there, it's more of their problem for choosing not to insure it, or the post office's problem if it gets lost or damaged en route.

Have you talked to Amazon and explained the situation? Is it possible the three complainants were really one person trying to rip you off? I'd say it's very likely if they were your last three customers, or all three happened in a very short period. Although you did say you had scammers AND complainers...is it possible any of those were valid?

Does Amazon have a way for you to respond to the complaints, like eBay does?

I don't know if Amazon keeps track based on email address/bank account, or IP address. I suppose you could try to re-list at least one item with different info to see if it works.

If you're that desperate for money with three wage earners (assuming at least brother and bf have jobs) in your household, perhaps it's time to look at budgeting differently/cutting expenses, getting other jobs (either different, or second jobs) or assistance (foodbank, help for your mom, etc.). Especially because eventually you're going to run out of stuff to sell...