Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-11-12 22:48:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 155C583DC6DA86890EEF438DBA4ECA29B4106A26C73B62F075A2FB878729AEBB
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Drop shipping scheme. The product is sent from an online marketplace like AliExpress for a fraction of the price. The item is shipped from China, so tax and import duties will apply and consumer and data protection are limited: https://taxation-customs.ec.europa.eu/buying-goods-online-coming-non-european-union-country_en https://www.ccpc.ie/consumers/shopping/buying-outside-the-eu/ https://www.gov.uk/goods-sent-from-abroad https://www.onlineshoppingrights.co.uk/buying-from-overseas-sellers-online-do-your-uk-consumer-rights-apply.html Read more about drop shipping: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53759932 https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:https://www.ft.com/content/c4623efb-fb9d-41fb-94c4-6b302b12c7c0 https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kxepa/twitter-users-are-warning-each-other-about-its-junk-ads-with-community-notes https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ak9/twitters-verified-scam-store-accounts-thrive-as-humans-flee-the-site
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