Basically, standard sellers pay Amazon $2.35 per sale plus 15% of the selling price.
From following the message boards over there, you’d be led to believe that several dozen people a day begin selling on Amazon without learning either what the fees are or the actual costs to ship most items.
You’re led to believe this because they show up in Amazon’s in-house forums cussing and hollerring about the whole thing…
There’s really no way they could get involved. If they applied any pressure, he could just claim that he broke it, and that the other one he’s listing is a different version. Unless there’s a serial number involved, how could anyone prove differently? He could just say that he used the same listing and picture because he was lazy.