I sell books and utilize FBA. I last sent in books about a month ago and this time I sent a 46 lb box of books and the cost is $18.73.... this is.40 per lb... It used to be .35 or .30 per lb roughly.... did they raise the cost? I thought they would be keeping shipping costs the same or even lowering them a little since they charge placement fees.

Ever since placement fees and this new increase for shipping, I have been paying double what I used to pay compared to a year ago.

These new placement fees...

Sending in about 900 units, sized at about 2.5 x 4 x .5 inches in size each. The shipment was split into 2 parts. The items are so small, that I can out them all in the same small box without issue. Prices were as follows..... what a joke.

Total placement fees:

$194.74

Total estimated shipping fees:

$16.07

You are telling me that it costs me $16.07 to ship these 2 boxes, but it is going to cost Amazon $194.74 to "redistribute" them to other warehouses?

And ya, the average reduction in FBA fees is $0.20. That is average for all standard sizes. The smalls like this are $0.16 I believe, which does not make up for the new placement fees. Plus those fees are upfront, so Amazon has our money no matter if the item sells or not and they get that money upfront to send to Bezos now and not later.

Just saying, placement fees for 2 small boxes of products should not be $194.74!!!

I Pay 400 Bucks For Stupidity placement fees, and then Amazon give me a outlying warehouse? some of them UPS not even provide service！I have to pay more to chose truck delivery. So what is meaning of the placement fees? I pay the money and amazon do nothing and my cost is higher than before