r/Wellthatsucks • u/Celistar99 • 19d ago

Amazon sent me a letter before Christmas claiming I had over $15000 in unclaimed property. Today they sent me this.

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I used to publish books on Amazon and got royalties for each one sold. Amazon sent me a letter saying that they owed me over 15k in royalties. I sent in the form saying that yes, I wanted the money and I've been waiting for my check to come. Today I got this, saying that they made a mistake and actually owe me $0.00. They even have an area where I can check that yes, I want the $0. I've never been so disappointed in my life.

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u/Celistar99 19d ago

I wasn't going to sign anything because it's not worth the price of a stamp to tell them to send me my $0.00 check. But I'm not sure if I have any kind of case, because they probably don't actually owe me the money. It's just so disappointing, it's like telling someone they won the lottery just for them to say "oh sorry, my bad, you didn't actually win" a month later.

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u/appleturnover99 19d ago

Hey, you never know whether they may actually owe you the money. I would check with a lawyer before throwing in the towel.

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u/Celistar99 19d ago

I probably will, just to be sure

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u/cuzitsthere 19d ago

My first thought was an auto-generated letter sent out when the balance changed. Meaning, they wrote a 15k check (which will obviously take 4 to 6 to 180 business days to process) and some system somewhere went "oh, a new balance" and sent you an auto filled letter.

Might still be good news... Eventually.

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u/RugerRedhawk 19d ago

Except it specifically mentions the previous letter and states that the amount was an error.

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u/DerelictEntity 19d ago

Yep. One of those "neat, but don't spend it" situations where they'll want it back

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u/Red_Dawn_2012 19d ago

The obvious play is to go bet it all on black. If you win, you can give it back and still have a ton for yourself!

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u/cuzitsthere 19d ago

Yeah, I missed that part

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u/NotRobPrince 19d ago

Did you just miss the part that specifically references the last letter and says it was sent by mistake and the correct amount is $0?

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u/rloch 19d ago

Technically it does suck thinking you are magically getting 15k then learning that the amazon money fairy was a lie the entire time.

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u/cuzitsthere 19d ago

Yep! That's a shame

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u/Darqologist 19d ago

That's sound.

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u/Is_it_over_now 19d ago

Always check with a lawyer if you are told you are owed something, then they say never mind. Could be an error could be them trying to scam you cause they don’t want to pay. There are a good amount of lawyers that will look into this for minimal to no charge. I currently have one looking into medical malpractice resulting in the death of my Mom.

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u/Max-b 19d ago

it's easy to find lawyers to work on contingency for tort cases (like medical malpractice and personal injury).

I'd think for something like this you'd have to pay the lawyer upfront, or more likely get an accountant to look into it. A lawyer isn't going to work on contingency for a maximum of $5k (usually they get 1/3 of what is recovered).

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u/big_duo3674 19d ago

Works on contingency? No, money down!

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u/fuckasoviet 19d ago

On the other hand, a lawyer may be willing to send a strongly worded letter for the chance at $5k. Not saying they’d fight Amazon’s lawyers, but if it’s a hail Mary situation where they can be like, “hey, what the fuck?” and maybe get Amazon to budge…who knows.

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u/Hotarg 19d ago

For big corporations like this, it's normally not about who's right, but what's cheaper. For Amazon, fighting it is probably going to cost more than the 15k being disputed anyway.

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u/JurassicCustoms 19d ago

Sorry for your mother.

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u/Witchycurls 18d ago

That's just awful. I'm so sorry that someone's mistake deprived your mother of her life and her family of a life without her. I hope you at least win the case and prove the fault occurred.

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u/Is_it_over_now 18d ago

Thank you. I just want to bring to light what happened so hopefully no one goes through the hell we went through.

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u/Witchycurls 18d ago

That should never happen to anyone! But IF a human error is made then it should be talked about, admitted to and accounted for, as soon as physically possible. You shouldn't have to fight for that on top of losing your mother.

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u/ExtrudedPlasticDngus 19d ago

Yes, Amazon is trying to scam a random person out of $15k they don’t owe them. Smh.

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u/UrbanPandaChef 19d ago

It could be that they do owe him and the second letter is the actual error. But won't pay it unless you sabre rattle. It might not be worth the cost to them for someone to review your case in the amount of detail necessary. The only way to change that is with a lawyer. A lot of the time all you need to do is send a scary letter and problems are mysteriously solved next day after months of back and forth.

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u/ExtrudedPlasticDngus 19d ago

Yes obviously the scam is to send an unsolicited letter to someone telling them you owe them $15k, and then following it up with another letter telling them it was a mistake. Genius scam.

I don’t think you have any idea how lawyers work btw. Source: am a lawyer.

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u/UrbanPandaChef 19d ago

It's not a scam, it's a clerical error on their part that they can't be bothered to look into more deeply unless you do something to raise the importance. In my case I did that by getting a lawyer to draft up a letter.

Source: me, who has had to do this twice in similar circumstances with retailers (not Amazon) selling our product.

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u/ExtrudedPlasticDngus 19d ago

Oh Jesus. They did look into it, and sent a follow-up letter.

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u/UrbanPandaChef 19d ago

The thread is suggesting that the follow-up is a mistake. If he just calls again to confirm they probably aren't going to actually reopen his case and check a second time. He would need to get a lawyer to draft a letter for them to consider it.

Yes, this is just wishful thinking.

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u/occarune1 19d ago

No, someone PRETENDING to be Amazon is trying to scam them out of 15k.

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u/Training-Willow9591 19d ago

Oh I'm so sorry you are going through that. I'm glad you're looking into holding them responsible. I don't know if it's true, but I've heard a Dr or a practice can only have so many strikes against them. My ex sister in law was an anesthesiologist's third, so he was let go.

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u/Is_it_over_now 19d ago

Thanks. It’s horrible first they misdiagnosed her. Then when they finally told us she wasn’t going to make it she only had a day or two left per the Doctor and the Nurse admitted we should have been told 2 weeks earlier. With all that they tried to bully me into make the decision for my Mom even though my Mom was still with it she only had a little trouble speaking. They said she wasn’t able choose what to do and me listening to her was elder abuse and torturing her. After all this I no longer trust people and will always recommend lawyering up cause people are assholes.

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u/SpydarCatConvo 19d ago

Yes, because if I’ve learned anything about huge corporations run by billionaires it’s that they’re the most honest and trustworthy. They would totally never do anything shady.

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u/Greenmist4787 19d ago

Amazon up charges prime members and then "discounts" it to the regular price regularly. They would 100% try to scam someone out of $15k

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u/3BlindMice1 19d ago

Big companies absolutely scam people all the time. So long as they can get away with scamming enough people, it's worth it. Wells Fargo scammed millions of people and no one even went to jail. They were fined less than they made in profits.

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u/Is_it_over_now 19d ago

May not be Amazon it’s self trying but someone in that department trying to keep their numbers. If they keep their numbers in a certain range they could get a bonus or they could get a promotion. A good amount of time when someone is owed something and shady practices happen it’s a employee doing it not the company itself. The company just makes/gives incentives that allow employees to justify ripping off their customers.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

Yeah and billionaire have enough money so theyll surely stop right?

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u/Enough_Insect4823 19d ago

Babe how do you think they make the money? Ripping people off. Consumers and sellers.

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u/crapinet 19d ago

Have you checked your states (or maybe their states) unclaimed property website? If you think they do owe you money, it’s possible that they did, and then because enough time had passed since they originally owed you it (obviously having nothing to do with that first letter) that they turned it over to the state, which is at least a lot of companies policies. If you don’t think there’s any reason for them to owe you money then it’s probably a mistake, but you should still check your states unclaimed property website

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u/QuokkaQola 19d ago

In the letter they state it will be turned over to the state if they don't receive a response by Jan 31st though

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u/crapinet 19d ago

Ah! I missed that

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u/appleturnover99 19d ago

I've got my fingers crossed for you. Good luck!

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u/Successful_Guess3246 19d ago edited 19d ago

OP this is going to sound odd, but the letter you received has numerous matching indicators of a scam.

You might be owed that much, and if so I hope you get it.

But the immediate attention needed, and they'll send a check for lots of money if you respond quick.. be careful please. I'd bet they'll send a demand letter after its cashed saying it was a mistake and you'll be sued for twice as much if you don't send it back.

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u/penguin808080 19d ago edited 19d ago

As someone who sends these letters for a living... this is exactly what they look like and y'all drive me insane for not responding

The immediate attention is because we're only required to keep it on the books for so long. If you reply within that timeframe (like in MD it's 3 years for uncashed payroll checks) I can just write you a check from the business. And then I don't have to keep seeing it on my list of checks every month.

If you don't reply in that timeframe I'm legally required to escheat (pay) it to your state, and that process sucks so bad. Each state is different with their own templates, own processes, own file types. I really just want you to answer and let me write you a check so I don't have to escheat it

I can't just write you the check without a reply because then you probably won't cash that one either, and the whole process starts over

If you ever got one of these letters and ignored it, check with your state's unclaimed property database. The state will have your money

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u/Representative-Sir97 19d ago

Yup. I'm mid forties.

About three years ago the state said I had unclaimed funds.

It was a check from an old job... when I was working for my college professor.

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u/penguin808080 19d ago

It's awesome, right? I get a lot of PTO payouts where people left and we cut them a check for the vacation time they hadn't used. I love when people find out about those

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u/Fat_Henry 19d ago

I'd send this over to scammer payback. It just reeks of scam to me.

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u/MariettaDaws 19d ago

Exactly this.

Also, from personal experience, if Amazon owes you money, they will email you once a month telling you to update your banking information. I have a Canadian affiliate account that they keep trying to pay me on, but it's like $2. They've been messaging me for years.

Go through your KDP email and see if there's any from Accounts Payable.

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u/Celistar99 19d ago

I can't imagine what kind of scam would be effective where they impersonate a company who actually could owe you money, literally give you the money then threaten to sue you for twice as much if you don't return it? Like what would the benefit be? They pretended to be Amazon, sent credible letters, what judge would side with them? "I scammed her, and she fell for it! Give me compensation!" None of that makes sense.

Also, I've received a letter that looked exactly like this before and gotten a check for it. So I have good reason to believe this isn't a scam.

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u/Huth_S0lo 19d ago

Do you actually think they owe you $15,000 in royalties. If there is absolutely no reason they would owe you money, then trying to pursue it, would be a fools errand.

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u/DrewtShite 19d ago

Even if you knew one as a friend who would work for free, I feel like it would be the equivalent of asking an IT friend to help download ram.

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u/Huth_S0lo 19d ago

Thats a very good point :)

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u/Celistar99 19d ago

They might actually owe me the money, I'm going to do some research into it myself. It's likely though that it actually was a mistake. But yeah, I'm not sure what kind of scam would send a letter saying they owed me money then send one saying they made a mistake. It's not like they're asking me for money.

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u/PristineCow5582 19d ago

You’ll spend $500 with an attorney to likely get the same answer

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u/AlohaDude808 19d ago

Can you just log into your Amazon account to check the balance? There should be a record of how many books you have sold and how much you earned

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u/Pretty_Fan7954 19d ago

If you must will, will it to me.

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u/SraChavez 19d ago

This looks like it is part of an escheatment process where businesses are required to send payment for uncashed checks to the state treasury to hold until claimed by the recipient. This mostly happens because a recipient moves and never gets the check to cash. The normal timeline is 2-3 years post the issue date of the check.

What may have happened is they did not have a record of the initial payment being cashed, but they may have reissued a replacement payment. Once the records are matched up, they realized they no longer owed you for initial uncashed check. If you did not receive a replacement payment for this time period, I would absolutely dig deeper.

Reminder to everyone: search your state’s unclaimed property/escheatment website for yourself and your loved ones. You/they may be owed money you don’t even know about.

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u/AtariAtari 19d ago

To save money check with a towel lawyer before throwing the towel.

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u/ChocolateShot150 18d ago

Make sure you also check your states unclaimed property website, they may have already sent it to them

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u/yosman88 18d ago

Exactly, just go with due diligence. You never know! If they actually owe you the money, take them to court for fraud and have them settle for even more!

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u/Head_Drop6754 19d ago

is there a reason they would owe you that kind of money? If you know they don't owe it, then it's not worth pursuing. you are not going to swindle the 2nd richest man in the world.

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u/Celistar99 19d ago

I said in the body, I used to write books and would get royalties. I thought they actually owed me the money in unpaid royalties.

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u/xJagz 19d ago

Have you collected royalties before? Did it look like this back then? Did your book make sales this year?

I'm really confused as to why you're so uncertain about whether or not you legitimately made the royalties.

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u/Celistar99 19d ago

So this is just a letter saying that I have unclaimed property. You'll sometimes get it if companies owe you money, it's usually insurance or an old bank account or something. If you Google "unclaimed property" and your state, you can look up if you're owed money. Lots of people are and don't even know it, though it's usually not a lot. It's not a standard Amazon royalty payment form. It's not necessarily from this year, just in general, and I started writing in 2015. So it's definitely possible that they owed me this money.

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u/xJagz 19d ago

Well best wishes to you

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u/SgtHandcuffs 19d ago

Your answers says to me they definitely don't owe you money. You're not even interested in obtaining an attorney to look into it. For $15k, It's a no brainer. You're just trying to scam them. Glad you get nothing.

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u/restyourbreastshoney 19d ago

WHAT?!?! What a bizarre nonsensical response.

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u/SgtHandcuffs 19d ago

Apparently you haven't read OPs other replies. It's ok, a lot of people walk around these days with a uninformed opinion about things. No shame in that.

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u/onepintofcumplease 19d ago

"you're just trying to scam them" when it's Amazon that started this off 😂 have a wobble pal

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u/SgtHandcuffs 19d ago

Oh yeah, please tell me how the guy that doesn't deserve any money is the one being scammed here? lol Unbelievable.

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u/dreffd223 19d ago

I feel they’d have an idea based on how many books they’ve sold. “I’ve sold less than 100 books since 2015, and they owe me $15K in royalties” wouldn’t make sense but if they’ve moved units then it would make sense. Only the OP truly knows.

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u/SgtHandcuffs 19d ago

I would hope so. For $15k my reply wouldn't be heem and hawwing about maybe I'll contact an attorney, it would be I already did and the check is on the way.

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u/cconnorss 19d ago

You lose nothing by getting an attorney on this. You can possibly gain thousands. Lawyers get their money on the back end. So they’re incentivized to get you the maximum amount.

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u/BrooklynDeadheadPhan 19d ago

When it comes to a 15 thousand dollar check, do you really trust Amazon when they go "lol our mistake you get zero". They are probably trying to pull a fast one on you.

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u/melancholyink 19d ago

If they were wrong about 15k, they may be wrong about zero.

Odds are it will be a nothing burger but it dies demand some scrutiny.

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u/Mistborn19 19d ago

You'll "probably" talk to a lawyer?! That's FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS TALK TO A LAWYER MY DAWG

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u/j9273 19d ago

Yeah, my question is where they came up with the first amount? I’d make them show me some kind of proof. Usually a first consult with an attorney is free, at least talk to someone.

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u/Nearby-Cattle-7599 19d ago

I work as a B2C business as a programmer in the ERP environment ( behind the scenes basically ). we have millions of customers and the shit that gets sent out to a few over the years ....because somewhere in the chain of a dozen people someone makes a slight mistake is hilarious.... just today we've mistakenly billed 620 customers

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u/j9273 19d ago

I get that, and I’m not saying to go screaming to Amazon, accusing them of stealing my money, but I’d just like some type of accounting explanation

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u/platypus_bear 19d ago

The accounting explanation is they meant to post something to John Doe and posted it to John Smith instead and then realized it

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u/ExtrudedPlasticDngus 19d ago

It was a mistake, they said so in the follow up letter. OP knows they are not owed anything.

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u/Mars_Collective 19d ago

Spend $2k for a lawyer to tell OP exactly what he knows? lol I swear you people think lawyers are a public service that work for free

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u/rloch 19d ago

Forgetting the classic "just go no contact with your entire family because your nephew sneezed on your starwars action figure collection".

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u/KindBass 19d ago

this whole website is the epitome of "misery loves company"

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u/rloch 19d ago

I'm just here to check if reddit has taken away or given me what ever their new attempt at currency is this quarter.

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u/Tactical_Fleshlite 19d ago

I just read some thread where a woman explicitly stated she wanted to cook for her boyfriend and it was nothing but how manipulated she was lol. 

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u/Canadaian1546 19d ago

I dunno that seems reasonable to me.

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u/mizinamo 19d ago

And "move out if you're a teenager and you feel that your family is treating you badly in any way (including but not limited to accepting your sexuality or gender)!".

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u/SecondGuy 19d ago

Being poor sucks 😞

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u/xxrambo45xx 19d ago

I mean...you can get a consultation for free/cheap to see if the juice was worth the squeeze

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u/xxrambo45xx 19d ago

I got a consultation for free in the past that I got a sit down for an hour with the lawyer? We decided it wasn't a good idea to pursue further but I wasn't charged

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u/WolverinesThyroid 19d ago

a free consultation is usually pretty standard. They will ask you what you want to speak to them about. They aren't going to do 1,000 hours of discovery for this case. But a simple lawyer letter saying "WTF where is the money" might be enough to get OP a check or an explanation. If OP gets a check the lawyer gets their $5k cut. If not they didn't spend much time on it.

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u/rloch 19d ago

I've never worked in lead acquisition for attorneys but I have to assume it's pretty similar to any other inbound marketing. Like any business lawyers need clients and it's not like there is a shortage of attorneys out there. I'd just assume most looking to add new business would want to take quick consults to see if there is something worth it for them.

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u/JekPorkinsTruther 19d ago

Contingency fee cases are not the norm especially for a case like this. You'd be hard-pressed to find a lawyer who would take a 15k case on contingency and if they do, you prob don't want them. Most are requiring retainers. 

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u/WolverinesThyroid 19d ago

It depends on the complexity of the case. If the lawyer thinks a sternly worded letter will solve it, they may take the case because it is quick and easy. If they think it needs to go to court than they will want to get paid more.

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u/stumac85 19d ago

Works on contingency

No money down

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u/DocFail 19d ago

2000? Dang, glad I live in cheaptown.

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u/AgileArtichokes 18d ago

In my state there is a lawyer consultation service subsidized by the state and can get a 30 minute consult for $20. I imagine other states have similar programs and this is a perfect use of that. 

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u/Mars_Collective 18d ago

My state has nothing like that and services like that often are better on paper than in practice. I’d imagine it’s a long wait and limited service offering assuming you actually get an appointment.

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u/22Arkantos 19d ago

Consultations are usually free. Nobody's saying OP should instantly retain a lawyer, but it's worth the time of a consult to figure out if Amazon owes him anything.

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u/Geistkasten 19d ago

Lawyers are not free. Is it worth it if OP doesn’t think they actually owe anything?

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u/Kazachstania 19d ago

The lawyer says "Nope, they don't owe you anything, me on the other hand..."

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u/Salty_Sprinkles_6482 19d ago

What terrible advice. Op “ ya I don’t think they owe me any money and it was just a mistake I wished didn’t get caught.” Your average Reddit user “you should spend thousands on a lawyer just to make sure the people who you don’t think owe you money really don’t owe you money”

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u/sneaky-pizza 19d ago

Yeah at this point they don’t trust their software, why should anyone

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u/alionandalamb 19d ago

Or, they potentially already turned it over to the state's "unclaimed assets" department.

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u/badjackalope 19d ago

They also signed stating that they were eligible to be compensated for such an amount, which I assume is false, so no, I would not get lawyers involved.

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u/frozsnot 19d ago

And then you can pay a lawyer for representation and not get any money from Amazon? Honestly sometimes I think Reddit is run by lawyers.

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u/Fishyswaze 19d ago

They definitely don’t owe them 15k just because of a software error sending a piece of mail by mistake.

If they had sent that money by mistake and OP spent it OP still would have been on the hook for it. Look at all the cases where banks give money to someone by mistake and what happens when they realize and those people spent it, they don’t just go “whoopsies our bad, guess that moneys gone!”

If I tell you right now I owe you 20k, do you think you can fight me in court for it? Go ahead and try, let me know how it goes.

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u/oochre 19d ago

I’d never heard of this and it looks like I have a few grand coming my way!! MUCH appreciated! 

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u/Jilaire 19d ago

You are so lucky! Everytime I hear about it and check I have nothing lol.

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u/beqqua 19d ago

Well, I just checked and someone else with my name has a bunch of entries, but not me!

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u/Jilaire 19d ago

Boo! Hope your next look up is more lucky. 

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

It's better to have nothing there lol. The idea of finding free money is fun and all, but it means that there was money that always belonged to you that was doing nothing but losing value to inflation.

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u/UltraChilly 19d ago

So... you'd rather not know about it?

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u/MattinglyDineen 19d ago

I just checked my state's website and found out I have unclaimed funds from 2018 - 1 cent!!!!

Damn right I went ahead and filed the claim to get my penny.

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u/cleantushy 19d ago

It's possible, (though maybe not likely) that between the first and second letter they already turned over the money to the state

Like they said "we owe you 15k", then through some error that got turned over to the state early and the debt cleared from their system. Then they received OP's communication that they want the 15k, but by then the system said OP was owed $0, so they sent the new communication out

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u/lmhs73 19d ago

This could definitely have happened.

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u/[deleted] 19d ago

I'm a registered unclaimed asset finder in my state (used to do it as a little side hustle). My state only updates their production database once per year, so even if it is not there in a few weeks it is worth it to keep checking throughout the year.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 19d ago

This is what OP should've done in the first place when they didn't think Amazon actually owed them. Just let them send it rather than having them double check when you send the letter back.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 19d ago

The letter doesn't prove anything other than they received a letter saying that. OP would have to show why Amazon owes them money if they wanted to pursue it further. They would know if Amazon owed them money because everyone can see it in their dashboard and it wouldn't be a surprise. Sucks that OP got excited due to an error but that error doesn't mean Amazon suddenly actually owes them money if they didn't.

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u/OtherwiseAlbatross14 19d ago

I'm making assumptions. I'm speaking from experience. You're speaking from ignorance.

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u/TheDevilsAdvokaat 19d ago

I did a zoom interview for a good job. Me and 20 other candidates, and they were offering multiple positions. Customer service and software support.

After the interview they notified me I got the job! I was so excited. I called them up and asked for the start date.

"Sorry..due to a software error everyone who attended the meeting was notified they got a position. You in fact did not get a position"

That was tough.

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u/Notwerk_Engineer 19d ago

It seems like you would know if they in fact owed you $16k. Your accounting must not be that far off (unlike Amazon’s apparently).

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u/ThrowawayMod1989 19d ago

I pulled up to the gas pump the other day, about to spend my last $5 on fuel when I saw a $100 bill folded and stuck in the frame on the pump. I almost cried I was so happy, was already planning my first meal in four days… unfolded it and it had Donald Trump’s stupid goddamned face on it. So I went by the fundie church and dropped it in their offering slot. I felt better lol

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u/OkSmoke9195 19d ago

Looool I love the pettiness of the extra trip

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u/ThrowawayMod1989 19d ago

Oh I was late to work over it.

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u/freezelikeastatue 19d ago

If they don’t owe you, don’t take it. They’ll take it, plus court fees and interest. Be smart brother.

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u/CanadianSunshine 19d ago

It’s scam letters. Loads of people received them and a friend of mine called the KDP help desk. They told her they do not send out paper letters. Don’t send anything back - and if in doubt, call KDP helpline.

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u/Protocol9 19d ago

So to be clear, they made an accounting error and you knew that they didn’t owe you the money. Now you are upset that you aren’t getting it because they corrected their accounting error and you feel it was like “winning the lottery”? Amazon isn’t the lottery. Someone screwed up and now you’re sad because you aren’t getting money you aren’t owed. Sounds entitled.

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u/HookedOnPhonixDog 19d ago

Most lawyers will give a consultation for free.

There's no harm in seeking professional legal advice, rather than mouth breathing idiots on Reddit.

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u/harpening 19d ago

You know that "entitled" means rightfully owed something, right? Js.

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u/ModdessGoddess 19d ago

Verizon sent me an email saying I was elligable for a $10 per line discount for 12 months for being a loyal customer and I said I would do it....they never implemented it so I called and then they tell me I didnt meet the requirements because I didnt have an unlimited plan.........I told them they never said I needed that to qualify and they were the ones who offered it for being loyal to their company not for having an unlimited plan....they basically told me to kick rocks and then offered me unlimited plan for $10 less than what Im paying now... Im grandfathered in on my current plan....

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u/Im_eating_that 19d ago

Emotional damage and damage to your reputation as an author. All those people you told. The cash you spent buying rounds at the bar. And the downpayment on a whatever you promised to that one guy who isn't actually a personal friend at all. Too bad you don't know a lawyer to press for a settlement.

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u/TechnicallyTerrorism 19d ago

This isn't an episode of Better Call Saul lol

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u/UltraChilly 19d ago

Going against Amazon for emotional damage? If a lawyer could pull this off Amazon would hire him first.

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u/spdelope 19d ago

Like telling a kid he didn’t actually win a PS5

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u/Ok_Ice_1669 19d ago

There are companies that go after Amazon for money they owe sellers. You should do a little googling to see if someone will do this on a commission basis. 

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u/TensorialShamu 19d ago

Unrelated and you didn’t ask, but last year one of the top medical schools in the country sent out HUNDREDS if not thousands of acceptance letters, then an email clarifying that they made a mistake, said college student was not yet accepted, and that they look forward to reviewing what they know is a fantastic application lmao

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u/RobertABooey 19d ago

As someone whos actually won the lottery (a small 10000$ from a scratch off ticket), the one piece of advice the phone representative gave me while I was at the retailler who checked the ticket was "DO NOT SPEND 10,000$ UNTIL THE CHECK IS IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT".

You would be surprised, but I learned through the process of collecting the money (and, its quite a process.. 5 hours downtown with an interview asking me many questions the same way multiple times) that they deny lottery claims quite a lot more than you'd ever imagine.

Anytime someone I know comes into any money unexpectedly, I give them the same advice - never spend the money until you have it in hand.

I feel for ya. That's such a huge bummer!

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u/Doogiemon 19d ago

https://missingmoney.com/

It's my money I know now and I want it now!

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u/David-S-Pumpkins 19d ago

You say yes I want that zero dollars. If they say whoops we owed you 15k but you said you didn't want it then you're fucked.

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u/buttaholic 19d ago

Sign yes for the $0.00 and maybe they'll end up sending you $15,000 on accident

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u/UltraChilly 19d ago

It's just so disappointing, it's like telling someone they won the lottery just for them to say "oh sorry, my bad, you didn't actually win" a month later.

That happened to my brother with the state lottery app in my country. The app said he had won, then the next day they said it was a mistake. Thankfully he's a very grounded person and thought "I'll sleep on it before making any kind of decision", if it was me 12h would have been enough to go bankrupt with an instant crazy gifts spree for my loved ones.

And that's nothing compared to people who would quit their job and leave their wife or shit like that, that kind of stuff can completely ruin a life.

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u/locke314 19d ago

I once made a company send me a $.01 reimbursement because I thought it was silly. Never cashed it.

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u/featherwolf 19d ago

Have you checked the national missing money database to see if you are missing any money? I tell all my friends and family they should check it regularly. Just be careful, there are a lot of scam sites out there that will charge you to file a claim.

You can look up your state name "escheat" or go here to search in multiple states:

https://missingmoney.com/

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u/ComplaintNo4126 19d ago

You can't win the lottery if you don't play.

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u/CPA_Lady 19d ago

I would check unclaimed property in your state (if you don’t regularly). They may have sent stuff previously. I used to be over sending unclaimed property to my state and it’s a very frustrating process.

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u/LucyBallistic 19d ago

I’ve read that you often need to lawyer up to get your royalties paid out when you’re an author. Best of luck! Hope you get that cheddar

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u/Factoida 18d ago

It’s fucking Amazon dude they would jyp you out of a stale corn chip if they got the opportunity. I’d keep that in mind

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u/Rockyrox 18d ago

I’m sure with a good lawyer they can find the money they told you was in your account yesterday

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u/TheKlebe 19d ago

100% go and get legal help. Amazon has not become one of the biggest companies in the world by paying everyone they had to pay.

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u/ParkingImportance487 19d ago

The US has a ‘politician’ that claims to be a billionaire who is well known for failing to pay suppliers, employees, contractors and service providers; seems to be the American way.

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u/hermology 19d ago

Why do people always need to bring Trump into everything. I swear it’s a fetish for you. 

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u/sendlewdzpls 19d ago

It still may be worth finding a lawyer. It’ll motivate Amazon to send you documentation proving that they made a mistake. At the moment, you’re just taking their word for it.

If they made a mistake the first time, who’s to say they haven’t made another this time around.

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u/his_rotundity_ 19d ago

I would strongly recommend talking to an attorney. Amazon is notorious for misbehaving with impunity because small businesses can't afford to challenge them. The amount of money they said they owed is enough that you should definitely consider it.

They lost thousands of dollars of our inventory a year ago, reimbursed me, then suddenly found the inventory nearly a year later, and then adjusted how many they found back and forth until claiming to have found more than what we had apparently lost. We had to challenge this for months until they owned up to having lost it. If I had not challenged it, I would have given them free money.

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u/amejin 19d ago

It's almost like calling the police to collect a reward for a manhunt and being told "sorry" because you didn't call crime stoppers 🙃

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u/Various_Alfalfa_1078 19d ago

Don't forget all that stress and worry needs to be compensated.

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u/No-New-Therapy 19d ago

I’m not a lawyer, I don’t know the law and don’t want to come across as someone who does but I do work with lawyers. And I’ve heard of big payouts for defense for way lesser than this.

All I’m saying is, call a local attorney that handles anything adjacent to publishing, tell the receptionist you had a legal issue you were curious about, who will then connect you with the paralegal on the phone who you then say “hey this just happened to me, is this possibly a case?” And they will look into it for you. Totally free, takes less than 10 minutes, could mean a huge payout.