Sellers Sue Amazon Over Payment Holds

Third-party sellers on Amazon.com and eBay are different in many ways in terms of size, location and the types of items they sell, but they all have at least one thing in common: when they ship an item, they want to be paid quickly. After all, they must pay for the shipping outlay as well as all their other expenses. So when marketplaces place holds on payments, whether its Amazon or eBay's PayPal payments service, it puts a squeeze on sellers.