EU to make Temu, Shein and Amazon liable for 'unsafe' goods, FT reports

[cavok@lemmy.world]

Paywall? https://archive.is/KAARg

[slopppyengineer@lemmy.world]

Move fast, break things, pay damages

[absolutelynotavelociraptor@sh.itjust.works]

This can potentially kill the likes of temu and shein and clean up of garbage all of amazon marketplace.

Great news for us customers.

[zagorath@aussie.zone]

Why the fuck would they not already be?

[obelix@feddit.org]

That would be great. Currently you're kind of fucked when it comes to customers rights: Amazon, but also nearly every other "platform" like eBay is full of chinese sellers. You order something and if their product burns down your house or harms you, you're fucked. Or the seller is one of those dropshipping get richt quick idiots that is basically acting as fall guy for pushing unsafe products into Europe. If your house burns down, well, he is fucked, too.

[tal@lemmy.today]

reads a few web pages

I don't know about the EU, but it looks like in the US, if Amazon is selling a product directly -- as it once did for all products -- it bears liability. But if it is just acting as an intermediary between a non-Amazon seller and a customer -- kind of like how eBay works -- it doesn't. I assume that in that case, liability is on that seller.

[wizard_pope@lemmy.world]

Cool. Hurry up and get rid of them.

On a separate note. I recently got a recall message from Aliexpress for a wireless charger. Was honestly quite surprised they actually cared.

[loganninefingers@lemmy.ca]

Must've been REALLY bad haha

[wizard_pope@lemmy.world]

No idea. never really used it much luckily. Bit I don't really see what the big issue with a 5W wireless charger can be

[olafurp@lemmy.world]

Aliexpress quality control is much better than Stein and Temu. It's reflected in the price. You have to toe the line or get removed as a seller if the product doesn't match the description. I've bought phones of Aliexpress and a laptop and they all matched the brand and specifications. The laptop did come with a Chinese windows but a Linux install fixed that easily.

[thisphuckinguy@lemmy.world]

Thank you, Europe

[barsoap@lemm.ee]

Because many of the sales on those platforms currently are classed as "import by private consumer", directly between seller and buyer, the platform doesn't get involved.

At least Amazon and Aliexpress should only have to flip a switch, both have EU warehouses at which point the seller does the customs stuff and the buyer is not an importer, any more.

The whole "private import" scheme was never meant for these kinds of trade volumes, anyway, border authorities have no chance to keep up with huge volumes of individual packages as opposed to large consignments, and when they flag down your package it's a huge pain in the ass because you'll have to fetch the package, in person, from one of their offices which might be three towns over. And explain to the official that it wasn't you who mislabelled the contents, or requested to do so.

[wizard_pope@lemmy.world]

Yeah I have never really had any real issues when buying from there.

[showroom7561@lemmy.ca]

EU is like the dad the rest of the world wish we had.

[vieuxqueb@lemmy.ca]

As a Canadian I wish we could be part of EU instead of being stuck with loud, polluting, selfish, violent neighbors.

[olafurp@lemmy.world]

Short circuit overheating comes to mind

[ayyy@sh.itjust.works]

I have had issues on some of the really cheap stuff, but I got my money back on the first try.

[asetru@feddit.org]

I wonder if Canada could realistically join?

[jokedeity@lemm.ee]

Facebook ads are about to get even more insane.

[maalus@lemmy.world]

Depends on an issue. You mostly hear about the good stuff, not the bad / idiotic part.