C.R.A.P.

[peter-green]

thought I would change the subject,good article this morning about the creek.it would seem that they are no longer interested in certain low $ items.the above acronym is for cant realize a profit

sick of hearing about GCT,I use auctions myself and do not have much use for gtc.I run at least 500 no reserve auctions starting at a buck each year,half of this goes international.

love the EDELCON.I can ship all of my used goods anywhere for about $12.25.I highly recomend it,I have stopped INTL priority mail ,with edelcon I think its better and faster,excellent tracking,no need for pesky insurance.with risk comes reward,my international customers are the best

China will never have what I sell so I could care less about them as competion

[my-cottage-books-and-antiques]

castle, the acronym is the one used by Amazon employees internally to designate these goods. Amazon chose it, and the OP just quoted it. To be honest, I guess I'm now so old and jaded that I didn't realize the term still had any shock value.

[castlemagicmemories]

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@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
castle, the acronym is the one used by Amazon employees internally to designate these goods. Amazon chose it, and the OP just quoted it. To be honest, I guess I'm now so old and jaded that I didn't realize the term still had any shock value.

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I understood that the acronym is the one used by Amazon; but my statement still holds true; but I suppose that is the point of a good acronym~it must spell out something to be of any use.  Age is relative as is shock value as it is in the eyes of the beholder and age may have nothing to do with one's perception.  One can be jaded at 16 or 60; it just depends.

[rixstuff]

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@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
Of course it should. I haven't suggested anything else. The article is merely pointing out HOW Amazon is going about that. Amazon also has a long history of watching their 3rd party sellers, and if one of them is doing really well with a particular product, Amazon will run its ROI calculations and figure out: do we make more money from the fees this guys pays us, or could we make more by selling the product ourselves? If they conclude the latter, the seller is gone and Amazon starts selling the product.

Nothing wrong with that, just maximizing profit....but the seller who was tossed under the bus might be rethinking his desire to sell on the platform.

But I agree, business is business....

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Here's the other side of that policy.  If there are limits on how low you can price, it may very well prevent one of the things that so many folks here whine about: Chinese sellers listing for 99 cent and free shipping.  That other site is also much more on board with closing down counterfeits when they are reported. (Maybe not the FIRST report but they do track them and take action against those who rack up too many). They are also hip to the "US sellers" who take 6 weeks to ship (because it is coming from China!) and note those who get too many INR reviews.

[*madison]

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@castlemagicmemories wrote:

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@my-cottage-books-and-antiques wrote:
castle. I read the article he's talking about. That is EXACTLY what the acronym stands for. The OP is mistaken when he calls out low priced goods----high priced goods are included. The issue isn't the price per se, it's whether Amazon believes they can make a sufficient profit on the item or not. Let's say I wholesale a certain product to Amazon (I don't, let's just say I do) and they resell it. Let's say I also advertise on Amazon. What A is doing is basically saying: Your wholesale price is too high, we can't make enough money selling this, so either lower it to where we want it or we won't let you advertise here anymore.

They play hardball over there.

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I believe you, and I understand, but seriously, that acronym, like many, was chosen for its' shock and attention grabbing value, whether by the OP or not, and that was what my comment referenced.  They wouldn't get the same effect with PUNP, Profit just not possible, or any other similar combination.

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I have to agree.

I don't read many threads, but I clicked on this thread only because of the title.  PUNP would not have got me to read this thread.

Case proven.