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If you purchase a toy at Amazon and it is contaminated with lead or cadmium paint, you would not notice. And even if you would, there is no one legally respons
by startupsfail 4y ago
If you purchase a toy at Amazon and it is contaminated with lead or cadmium paint, you would not notice. And even if you would, there is no one legally responsible. That outfit in China that sold it doesn’t care. And Amazon is just a marketplace and is not responsible.
Toy stores (Toys”R”Us) used to be a thing. They were legally on the hook, if they’d sell contaminated toys. Now no one is. And unfiltered toys from China are shipped directly.
- hippich 4y agoRecently I relisted a simple 3d printed attachment for Nerf gun on Amazon. It got assigned to toys category. Listing never went live because they wanted all kinds of documentation about kids safety. Obviously it was not worth it for me and I dropped the idea. I did sell it in the past without all these issues. So things do change in terms of safety, and likely because there is at least some liability on Amazon
- startupsfail 4y agoAre you in China? It is likely prohibitively difficult to obtain the required documentation in the US, because very few manufacturers make toys here. For comrades in China, the link to documentation forms, pre-filled is likely available to anyone who needs it. There is probably a tutorial/package how to sell toys on Amazon.