Shonky sellers of dangerous goods might hopefully get caught out
Summary: The discussion is centered around concerns about sellers providing dangerous goods, with pnc75 and other participants expressing hope that such sellers might be caught and held accountable. Multiple participants are involved in the conversation, indicating a shared vigilance towards ensuring safety and integrity in the market.
From today's Courier mail
Temu, Amazon, eBay and other digital marketplaces would run the risk of multimillion-dollar fines if they failed to remove dangerous products within two days under a plan being pursued by the nation’s top consumer cop.
The legislative powers ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb wants would also put far greater pressure on global online shopping giants to weed out repeat sellers of dodgy goods and hand over buyer complaints data.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission supremo’s new push follows the failure of a voluntary scheme meant to protect shoppers from harmful wares.
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“These are early days, but it is looking to be a focus on the sorts of obligations we have voluntarily had through the pledge, which involve having compliance procedures in place, particularly if the marketplace is notified that products are unsafe,” she added.
The pledge also includes a commitment to remove dangerous product listings within two business days of receiving a take-down request.
*casey*
·5 months agoThanks for posting the information pnc , would love to see it eventuate but have my doubts.
BUT hopefully some buyers will read it and understand that the items they 'already' thought were safe to buy on this site
are , in fact, extremely dangerous.
I'm sure many buyers follow eBay's suggestion of " please take a moment to review our safety policies'
which reveal:
"The following types of items are not allowed to be sold:
Items that are prohibited by law or regulation, including products failing to comply with Australian Mandatory Safety Standards or which are subject to a product ban"
We all know that the site's flooded with all of the above but buyers have no reason to disbelieve it.
Add to the fact that eBay proudly announces eBay's Product Safety Tips !!!
"At eBay, consumer safety is at the heart of everything we do"
To Help Our Community stay safe ..... our products safety tips page on
https://pages.ebay.com.au/safetytips
BUYER BEWARE
Buy your batteries / electronics from a retail shop.
You'll receive a warranty and a guarantee that what you're buying is not one of the counterfeit and/or dangerous items sold on this site which don't pass mandatory Australian Safety Standards
sandypebbles
·5 months agoRemove the market for them too, though I doubt it
Especially those who post on here bragging about how they always buy death trap batteries and it's fine to do so
twyngwyn
·5 months agoI guess they’ll all need more staff….. oh, the long arm of the law…..
pnc75
OP5 months agoYeah, I'm not getting too excited yet, twynnie. Early days.