There have been multiple accounts created with the sole purpose of posting advertisement posts or replies containing unsolicited advertising.

Accounts which solely post advertisements, or persistently post them may be terminated.

Amazon is responsible for hazardous items sold by third-party sellers, US agency says

Amazon is responsible under federal safety law for hazardous products sold on its platform by third-party sellers and shipped by the company, a U.S. government agency ordered Tuesday.

In a unanimous vote, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said it determined that the e-commerce company was a “distributor” of faulty items sold on its site and packed and shipped through its fulfillment service.

That means the company is on the hook, legally, for the recalls of more than 400,000 products, including hairdryers and defective carbon monoxide detectors, the agency said. It ordered Amazon to come up with a system for notifying customers who purchased faulty items and to remove the products from circulation by offering incentives for their return or destruction.

Amazon said it planned to appeal the decision in court.

skuzz ,

This really seems like a win that I hope we see more of. On a personal level, I’m so tired of trying to shop at a Walmart or a Target or a Bob’s Web Site and it turns out half the listings are just third party vendors selling on their eCommerce site. Sell the goods you sell. Let other sites like eBay handle third parties.

These big corps do these reseller models just to get a cut of the profits without any liability. Now the liability is coming to get them. Hopefully it will lead to a better Internet shopping experience. Probably not, but, one can hope.

Bonesince1997 ,

I understand what you are saying and agree. You might already know this, but on some sites a workaround that works somewhat is to use the filter “in-store” and it will show you what these stores sell themselves. Now it might not capture all their products, as you are selecting only those they carry in store, but it will filter out the items you are speaking about.

Raiderkev ,

You used to be able to filter the seller to InsertsitenameIactuallywentto.com, but increasingly sites have removed that option. Like fuck off, I went to your website to buy from you specifically so I don’t get wonky Chinese knockoffs. I want to give you my money. Fuckin let me ffs.

HessiaNerd ,

What really drove this home for me was when I was looking for nite-lights for my kids bedroom. We had kinda a woodsy theme so I found some cute mushroom looking ones. Reading the reviews for some of them they would break off and expose the wall 110VAC as bare contacts.

There were dozens of variants and the new ones didn’t have the warnings, but you could tell they would fail just the same (literally just different colors).

Also this

hackaday.com/…/be-wary-of-radioactive-bracelets-a…

scottmeme ,

As they should be, they are full of no name companies that only sell there.

Most of which make defective and hazardous shit at some point or another.

MediaBiasFactChecker Bot ,

Associated Press Media Bias Fact Check Credibility: [High] (Click to view Full Report)### Associated Press is rated with High Creditability by Media Bias Fact Check. > Bias: Left-Center
> Factual Reporting: High
> Country: United States of America
> Full Report: mediabiasfactcheck.com/associated-press/
Check the bias and credibility of this article on Ground.News

Thanks to Media Bias Fact Check for their access to the API.
Please consider supporting them by donating.

Footer> Media Bias Fact Check is a fact-checking website that rates the bias and credibility of news sources. They are known for their comprehensive and detailed reports. Beep boop. This action was performed automatically. If you dont like me then please block me.💔
If you have any questions or comments about me, you can make a post to LW Support lemmy community.

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • •
  • [email protected]
  • random
  • lifeLocal
  • goranko
  • All magazines
    •