[kingcharles]

I expect Amazon to bring an entire legion of lawyers against you in a situation like this and basically bury the arbitrator in paperwork.

Does the contract say if Amazon would have to pay all your fees if you win? Or would you be out either way. Usually in court in the USA you often lose all your legal costs even if you do win.

[nikkwong]

I feel like it would probably somehow go poorly like you're outlining. I have a naive version in my head as to how this could work out well; but I imagine in reality that this would be as nightmarish and stressful as possible, ending in a loss and putting me even further into the hole financially.

It's just so messed up. $24K of my money that they're holding; that's not all profit for me. It probably cost me at least $12K to generate that $24k. So I'm already so far in the hole that I can't afford to keep going deeper.