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A distributor under the Consumer Product Safety Act is rather different: > The term “distributor” means a person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sol
by Aloisius 2y ago
A distributor under the Consumer Product Safety Act is rather different:
> The term “distributor” means a person to whom a consumer product is delivered or sold for purposes of distribution in commerce, except that such term does not include a manufacturer or retailer of such product.
There’s no grey zone here.
Amazon tried to claim the exemption for third-party logistics providers, but that’s specifically for carriers and forwarders and limited to those who solely receives/holds/transports consumer products without taking title, but Amazon goes beyond that by marketing those products to consumers for sale.
- jjk166 2y agoIs Amazon selling the product, or are 3rd parties selling a product on Amazon? If the latter, Amazon is not a distributor. Amazon does not take title of the goods it receives, holds, and transports. While I think Amazon is sufficiently involved to count as a distributor, it definitely is not clear cut.
- _aavaa_ 2y agoMy money goes to Amazon, my credit statements say Amazon, my customer support is through Amazon, my returns are through Amazon, the website I go to is Amazon, the boxes I get say Amazon. To a buyer, they are acting in a way that is indistinguishable from being a seller (if we wish to humour their claim). If the law does not classify them as the seller, then the law needs to be update to reflect the present day.
- Aloisius 2y agoIt doesn’t matter. The definition of distributor in the statue does not require Amazon to be the “seller” or take title.