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Fake and dangerous kids products are turning up for sale on Amazon
- ng7j5d9 7y agoFTFA: Under current US case law, Amazon is not liable when third-party products sold on its site directly infringe on intellectual property or have safety defects. The liability lies with the third-party seller. This is fundamentally different from how the law treats brick-and-mortar retailers like Target (TGT) or Walmart (WMT) or even your corner grocery. Attn Congress: Fix this.
- gok 7y agoAmusingly I recently bought something from Jet (owned by Walmart) because the listing for the item on Amazon had a series of oddities suggesting it was counterfeit. The next day it showed up at my door...from an Amazon courier. Evidently brick-and-mortar retailers are themselves just drop-shipping from Amazon.
- kyaghmour 7y agoThis is the problem: "According to Amazon's 2018 annual report, 58% of Amazon's sales came from its millions of third-party sellers, many of whom ship directly to consumers."
- smokey_the_bear 7y agoI like the Love to Dream swaddle, and recommended it to a friend. They said the zipper broke the first time they used it. Looks like they probably got a fake one. What a nightmare.