I Have 10,000 Used Items Listed on Amazon and I’m at Risk of Deactivation for Brand IP Violation. What Gives?

Okay that title was a mouthful. I run an Amazon sellers account, which I have managed for almost a decade. Just under 10,000 items listed.

Along with this I have a brick and mortar camera shop that is an authorized dealer for Sony, Canon, Nikon, Tamron, Kodak and others.

I only sell USED items on Amazon. These are not refurbished or like new items – they are in fact used. Such as vintage film cameras, lenses, camera accessories and film. You get the idea. We have a whole department dedicated to photographing and listing on amazon as well as dealing with customer service inquiries here – it is a pivotal part of our business along with ebay and Etsy.

As my title states, we receive a lot of warnings from amazon flagging our listing for IP violation for the use of brand names such as GE (projector bulbs), Pentax (vintage camera gear – this company is now defunct), and Kodak (which we are a licensed dealer for), Polaroid (which we are also a licensed dealer of), and Vivitar (which is a long defunct company). These complains seem arbitrary which I am sure they are based on Amazon’s system.

What I am looking for feedback on is if there are other sellers like myself who experience selling this type and quantity of inventory on Amazon and how you deal with these issues? Is there a function of the system that we are missing in order to comply with rules for resale of used items? We have extremely similar practices on Etsy.

We have submitted letters from our manufacturer partners verifying that we are authorized dealers but these always seem to come up short of Amazon’s requirements.

Any help or insight would be hugely helpful! Hoping to salvage my account!