Last summer, Amazon lost a total of 1300 units, never to be seen again, so we had to do FBM to keep the product “in stock”. This year, we saw the placement fees and the low inventory fees, and decided to not let Amazon lose a large number of units, and then charge us “low inventory fees” for their incompetence. So no FBA fees for you, Amazon, we went FBM again this summer. (Ours is a very seasonal product)
Amazon FBA may end up being how we address the “off season orders” when volumes are lower. They may never become competent enough to handle a product that sells 20,000 units in 2 months, and then maybe 1,000 total the rest of the year without forcing us keep them “overstocked” to avoid one fee, only to encounter a storage fee when sales quiet down.
I simply don’t think they grasp the concept of a seasonal product.