Interesting legal question re - Amazon

[Under Siege]

Re - My good friends who are a married couple.

 

A year or so ago the Mr had a sellers account with Amazon which later had some issues (Amazon closed the account because they claimed the Mr had breached their terms & conditions)

 

Last week the Mrs opened a sellers account to try and get rid of some unwanted books / Dvds etc.

 

Whilst Amazon initially accepted the account they later shut it down because they realized that the Mrs is connected to the Mr (i.e same Surname & Address).

They have also confiscated funds in the account for a period of 90 days.

 

Surely this is wrong? what about the Mrs' human rights?

 

My point is - If a man commits a crime (and acted alone) there would be no legal sanctions against his wife.

 

Whats your opinions?

 

I am going to help the Mrs compose a letter of complaint. Are their any laws I can quote?

[Weird Al Yankovic]

 

My point is - If a man commits a crime (and acted alone) there would be no legal sanctions against his wife.

 

Yes there would. (If by meaning 'sanctions' against his wife you mean suspicion)

 

If a husband committed a murder and the husband could not be found or evidence needed gathering then it is probably procedure that the wife would be questioned and probably whilst under arrest. (ie Mrs Shipman, Mrs Sutcliffe, Mrs Rose West initially etc)

 

Loss of liberty, although temp, is a sanction, if that is what you mean by a sanction.

 

Amazon need not be obliged to provide anybody with an account in any case and even less so if they think something maybe not quite right is going on.

 

I wouldn't bother whinging about it.

[Under Siege]

I'm not whinging about it!

 

And whilst I know Amazon are not obliged to provide anything I am talking about principles.

 

If a women gets banned from Marks & Spencer's for shop lifting (alone)would it be fair if her husband was banned too?

[Weird Al Yankovic]

I'm not whinging about it!

 

And whilst I know Amazon are not obliged to provide anything I am talking about principles.

 

If a women gets banned from Marks & Spencer's for shop lifting (alone)would it be fair if her husband was banned too?

 

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have put whinging!

 

I know you are acting in your friends interests but I don't think much can be done other than write a letter as you suggested but be polite and ask them if they would reconsider.

 

Situations like this are probably unfair but just like Marks and Spencer's example you gave-if a shop doesn't want to serve somebody then they just don't have to.

[Under Siege]

Yes I think I will go for the polite method.

[davjoh]

They're entitled to refuse to work with Mrs. for any reason they want (short of discriminatory practice, which is not in play here).

 

They have no right to refuse to release funds though, unless they have injunctive relief to do so.