Good riddance, Amazon

Amazon recently closed my seller account.I found out that I cannot even log on to my seller's account to reply email or respond to the A-to-Z claims on July 27, 2012. I am being robbed. Amazon completely shut me down. I’ve read numerous horror stories about what happens when AMAZON.COM blindly follow their draconian rules without applying common sense; When people ask me what exactly I have against AMAZON, I say the same thing every single time: Amazon have all the power of a bank and yet none of the responsibility.

If AMAZON.COM want to hold your money, they can, and they will. A freeze on your account means you absolutely cannot get at your own money. Can a bank do this to you? No, they can’t. So why should AMAZON?

Most importantly, it means that I can finally leave Amazon behind. Sadly, I expect I’ll have to battle to withdraw the $11552.78 dollar or so that’s still sitting in my seller account Amazon have been sued before for withholding sellers’ money and I’ll take them to court if I have to.

From my experience and that of others who’ve suffered the same, it’s clear that Amazon are interested in buyers, not sellers. Amazon hold money amounting to thousands — literally thousands and thousands and thousands — from sellers without any valid reason, when not even your bank is legally allowed do that? (I’ve expanded on this point in this comment.) AMAZON, you are the scourge of the internet.