Screw Amazon and their low-inventory fee - the FBA stock went to zero, and will simply not be restocked until the busy season is over, so its 100% FBM until further notice.
This, son, is what we call “voting with our feet”.
No fulfillment fee for YOU Bezos! Amazon FBA now is something that fulfills only off-season orders.
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Cant believe we are paying a “placement fee” and then say “experiencing delays receiving…”
Can someone please explain what service they are providing for these “fees” if there is not a “receiving delay”?
It is literally fraud. We are billed for a service they are not timely providing!
Well, the 5-split option was there, but Amazon “highlighted” the 3 split option, and I just assumed that’s the only choice I was given:
Finally after all kind of unnecessary work to rearrange box contents, etc, a light bulb went on, and I re-did my original shipment, and clicked on that 5-split box, and this time scrolled down the page to see the 5 FCs listed there, no placement fee.
My only excuse for my early stupidity is this is only my 2nd shipment of the new system, after a 2 months gap from the first. Lesson well learned, hopefully I’ll remember it in another 2 months’ time. 
I know everyone is different, and this may apply to only a few.
But (for me) if I split my shipment 5 ways,
But If my shipment is 51+ SKU then I am offered only the 1 Location-Placement fee option.
Over 51+ SKUs requires me to send 6 pieces minimum or 30 units per SKU to get the 3-5 location
The delays have migrated to LTL as well as SPD. Shipment picked up on 5-14 isn’t due to be delivered until 6-8. Preposterous! I suppose the delays are due to smart sellers stocking up for Prime Day. I hope that’s the case.
But just a heads up that the network for shipments going further than your old normal DC / FC seem to be taking forever again for LTL.
The 2 closest DC’s that got part of the 5 way split checked in pretty quickly (4 days).
We’ve yet to pay Amazon or Walmart a red cent for placement fees. Requires a little more work, patience, and a bit of risk, but it’s well worth it IMO to play their game.
I used the cheapest option given to send to EAST (Yonkers). Last update was ‘Arrived at Carrier Location’ on May 31st. So that’s great. I have no idea if it’s actually been delivered or lost in a UPS hub. 
That usual means it hasn’t been delivered. Does the tracking info on UPS website telling what the estimated delivery date is?
Isn’t that nice. No choice for splitting for whatever reason, you pay $90 and Amazon experiences receiving delays…
What an awesome system Amazon has put together for their “Partners”
Now I’m playing around with various breakdowns… because I don’t have anything else to waste a couple hours on.
Edit to add: Of course, I could be one of “those” folks that sends in multiple cases of stuff that won’t sell for months and months 
