Hi Guys - I have a product I sell (it's my own brand registered product, so nobody else is selling it) and I'm getting low on stock, and the next batch from the factory won't arrive to my warehouse until about a month from now.

I decided I'd raise the price a little, just to slow sales a bit so I don't completely run out of stock before my next shipment arrives. I raised the price by 3.5% - not just here on Amazon, but on all the other selling platforms as well. All the other platforms didn't blink an eye, but Amazon? Why, that 3.5% price increase equals an 'unfair price' - even though the price is exactly the same on all the other platforms as it is on Amazon.

So, Amazon took the Buy Box away and replaced it with the dreaded 'See All Buying Options' button. I lowered the price back to what it is normally, and within an hour I had the Buy Box again.

Basically, Amazon is dictating to me what my prices will be. Two things about this really irritate me:

1) even after the 3.5% price increase, my price is still significantly lower than any competing products.

2) Amazon won't allow me to do what they do regularly. There is a certain product that Amazon sells (I keep tabs on it for reasons), and the normal price is $325. However, whenever they have excess inventory, or if sales are slow, they will lower the price, sometimes to as low as $269. I've seen them do the same with other products, as well.

So, Amazon can fluctuate their prices, depending on market demand and their stock on hand, by up to 20%, but I can't increase my price by 3.5% for the same reasons?

I am so sick of this platform. I really hope the FTC and 17 states AGs bend this unfair, hypocritical, monopolistic company over the barrel.