[News] Amazon.com Shark Fin Soup Update

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After this site and many other major Diving websites reported on 3rd January 2007 that Amazon.com was carrying a Shark Fin Soup product, we are pleased to report that this product has now stopped being sold via Amazon.com. However, Diving Blog ...

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[tecdave]

This is the response I got from Amazon when I emailed them,

'Thank you for writing to Amazon.com with your comments.

We have great respect for your concerns. One of our goals as an
online retailer, however, is to offer our customers the ability to
purchase a wide variety of products on our site. It is unfortunate
but inevitable that some of our customers may find a few of these
items objectionable.

Please note that the items in our Gourmet store are offered by third-
party merchants--they are not sold directly by Amazon.com.

Our seller's agreement specifies the following restrictions
concerning the sale of living creatures:

"The sale of live creatures and illegal wildlife products is
prohibited, and this includes any type of pet or livestock ... the
sale of live shellfish and crustaceans is permitted, as long as the
seller adheres to all state and federal laws concerning the delivery
and sales of these perishable food items."

We always value customer feedback, and I have passed along your
desire that we exclude items of this sort from our site.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us at Amazon.com.


What do people think?

Not sure its good enough really!!!!!!
We need more action.

[joe123321]

Originally Posted by tecdave

This is the response I got from Amazon when I emailed them,

'Thank you for writing to Amazon.com with your comments.

We have great respect for your concerns. One of our goals as an
online retailer, however, is to offer our customers the ability to
purchase a wide variety of products on our site. It is unfortunate
but inevitable that some of our customers may find a few of these
items objectionable.

Please note that the items in our Gourmet store are offered by third-
party merchants--they are not sold directly by Amazon.com.

Our seller's agreement specifies the following restrictions
concerning the sale of living creatures:

"The sale of live creatures and illegal wildlife products is
prohibited, and this includes any type of pet or livestock ... the
sale of live shellfish and crustaceans is permitted, as long as the
seller adheres to all state and federal laws concerning the delivery
and sales of these perishable food items."

We always value customer feedback, and I have passed along your
desire that we exclude items of this sort from our site.

Thank you again for taking the time to contact us at Amazon.com.


What do people think?

Not sure its good enough really!!!!!!
We need more action.

I agree

more emails go! go! go! go! go! go! go!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!