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VK3DRB:
I personally have purchased illegal products from Amazon. Amazon is actively selling non-compliant products in Australia right under the noses of our "out-to-lunch" regulatory authority, the ACMA. It seems Amazon is too big to care, and the government is too weak to do anything about it.
PlainName:
It's unlikely Amazon are selling the products. Most probably it is a foreign vendor using the Amazon marketplace to advertise, and you buy from them (clue: it ships from China) rather than Amazon. As such, you'd be the importer and therefore the one to blame. Not really any different to going on Aliexpress and buying illegal stuff, except Amazon are the payment processor.
tooki:
Yeah but that’s the entire problem. Amazon doesn’t really want people to realize it’s not the vendor. It’s a very, um, “convenient” setup for them: offload the risk, pocket the transaction fees (and logistics fees, for FbA vendors).
Siwastaja:

--- Quote from: tooki on November 19, 2023, 02:59:37 pm ---Yeah but that’s the entire problem. Amazon doesn’t really want people to realize it’s not the vendor. It’s a very, um, “convenient” setup for them: offload the risk, pocket the transaction fees (and logistics fees, for FbA vendors).

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This is why I avoid Amazon as much as possible. Why would I pay premium for a site which makes it look like I'm getting something from a western supplier, yet still get the exact same China stuff I can buy from Aliexpress honestly.
tooki:

--- Quote from: Siwastaja on November 19, 2023, 03:15:06 pm ---
--- Quote from: tooki on November 19, 2023, 02:59:37 pm ---Yeah but that’s the entire problem. Amazon doesn’t really want people to realize it’s not the vendor. It’s a very, um, “convenient” setup for them: offload the risk, pocket the transaction fees (and logistics fees, for FbA vendors).

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This is why I avoid Amazon as much as possible. Why would I pay premium for a site which makes it look like I'm getting something from a western supplier, yet still get the exact same China stuff I can buy from Aliexpress honestly.

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Yep, same here, I rarely use Amazon anymore. And with Amazon’s search having been utterly ruined by this marketplace BS, even finding name-brand stuff is so time-consuming that it’s just not worth it. I’ll order from one of the Swiss online shops instead.
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