Amazon also mistreats sellers

I am a former Amazon seller in Germany.

I lost my account because of the error "we could not verify you" without another reason and without any notice.

I could not contact Amazon anymore. Amazon stole my money, inventory, job and kindle library!!! 

I tried to reach out to Amazon for half a year, then I tried to contact a lawyer. 

It is not possible to find a lawyer in Europe who will work against Amazon. Only lawyers from the very small country of Luxembourg can do something against Amazon but Amazon bought all them because there are only a few lawyers in Luxembourg. 

I also found articles about Amazon in Germany with the following details:

- every month Amazon bans 1000 sellers in Germany without notice and reason ("we can't verify you" errors)

- the business model of Amazon is to steal the money and inventory of sellers, even after 90 days most of the sellers don´t have money or inventory back. They also do it in the US, but in the US there is a class action lawsuit, but we don't have the chance to do this in Germany.

Some people think that Amazon only destroys sellers if Amazon would like to sell their product. Most seller lost their account after sending in invoices for their products. Not every seller is asked for their inventory invoices. That means you can send inventory to Amazon warehouses with no problems and without sending invoices. But then immediately after selling a product successfully for a while, you need to send in the invoice to get paid. Then Amazon knows your manufacturer supply chain and uses that information to sell directly against you. You will lose all your money and inventory and you will not able to sell again on the internet due to your financial problems. So you did the market research for Amazon and then Amazon sells your product without any competition and you are dead.

Amazon is the most criminal and contemptuous company on earth and you have to force Amazon to comply with the law because they never do otherwise. We need a seller union and better contracts to fix their problems! In my opinion, the contracts are immoral. 

Another problem with Amazon in my experience is seller reviews. Reviews can only degrade other sellers but not Amazon. If Amazon made a mistake, the bad reviews about it will be removed.

For example, with Amazon Wine, only Amazon has the right to place positive product reviews. If another seller also has a similar product and places their own reviews, Amazon will sue the seller for violating the contract. Good product reviews have a very big impact on sales, but only Amazon has the right to manipulate the Amazon algorithms which impact sales to remove the issue with Amazon-controlled reviews affecting listings.

In Germany, any seller has to legally verify their identity, meaning Amazon wants to know their physical address. Amazon has no official address in Germany! They can´t be verified as a seller in Germany! My lawyer to tried to write to Amazon in Luxembourg, but then I got an email that I have to write to a lawyer at a Munich address, but Luxembourg Law applies!

I could write much more about everything Amazon does to hurt sellers, but Amazon itself doesn´t care!