Company That Threatened to Sue Negative Reviewer Just Lost Its Amazon Account

[Jesus Malverde]

The consequences of one negative Amazon review might have just cost a company its business.

Earlier this week, a man took to Reddit asking for legal advice, saying a law firm was threatening to sue him for writing a negative review about an Internet router.

The company that sold that router, New Jersey-based Mediabridge, through the law firm, claimed that the review contained several assertions that were "false, defamatory, libelous, and slanderous." The reviewer claimed the company faked positive reviews and stole the design of their product from another company.

Companies have been able to successfully sue over false online reviews in the past.

In the days after the law firm made its threat, the man who wrote the Amazon review has taken down his original review and his post on Reddit. But that's not the end of this for the company.

Leaders at Mediabridge now say that Amazon has revoked the company's seller account, preventing the sale of Mediabridge products on Amazon.com—the only site through which it currently sells its products. That might mean the loss of jobs for many of the company's employees, the company claims.

Read More: http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/company-that-threatened-to-sue-negative-reviewer-just-lost-its-amazon-account-20140509

[hlthe2b]

1. Good for Amazon for intervening against these tactics. n/t

[AleksS]

2. Only tangientially related to the OP, but why is "Think of the jobzzz!!!" a get-out-of-jail-free?

Only tangientially related to the OP, but why is "Think of the jobzzz!!!" a get-out-of-jail-free?

From the OP: "That might mean the loss of jobs for many of the company's employees, the company claims. "

It seems more and more lately, companies are trying to avoid consequences of truly outrageous actions by crying: "Think of the jobzzz!!!" "Why won't anyone think of the jobs?"

"Sure, we poured toxic sludge into the pristine lake and killed everything in it, but if you fine us for that, we may have to cut some jobs!"
"Sure we XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, but if you penalize us, then we may cut jobs!"

Or more specifically: "Nice jobs you got there. Sure would be a shame if somethin' happened to them..."

It's borderline hostage-taking.

[Jesus Malverde]

4. I think that was the attorneys speaking about their own asses...nt

[Egnever]

3. wow that is sort of surprising

coming from amazon but good for them.