Yeah if the post here ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29297139 ) is correct, I don't see how criminal fraud could be fall under forced arbitration. Criminal prosecution isn't even up to the private parties.

That said, I could certainly see why someone might want to avoid devoting their life to fighting Amazon over something like this.

Do you really think this is practical? My employer is suing a tiny operation for 50k USD that he owes them. We have all the paperwork etc. already spent 4K in lawyer fees, just for step one. This is after trying to get in touch with him for months. He doesn’t give a shit.

If it is this difficult to fight a tiny business, how does anyone take on Amazon? There are rare people who are willing to lose their shirts on principle, but most people are just trying to take care of their families.

Best long term solution is to not use Amazon at all. That is also very difficult. So we are all stuck with not much choice

Pretty sure when you sell on Amazon you commit to binding arbitration. Like amazons not gonna stack that deck.