I was rather shocked just now to see that pepper spray and CS gas was available to buy on Amazon despite the buying and selling of the substances being totally illegal and could easily be purchased for as little as a £1 shipped over from Germany.

Amazon said they check everyday and they do not allow illegal products to be sold despite they are apparently checking for illegal scams counterfeit goods etc they say they are still one of the most trusted sites and yet Watchdog were able to purchase illegal substances so very easily.

Ebay filters such items and any that do get past their filters are removed very quickly if they actually get that far, so why is it Amazon fail to have the same type of filters in place.

One lady received an email supposedly from Amazon which featured logo’s and everything you would expect in an email from Amazon telling her payment had been sent and she could now send off her item to the buyer this was not the case as it was a scam and she received no payment, Amazon’s reply was that it had nothing to do with them despite it happening on their website.