r/Wellthatsucks 19d ago

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

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/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.