Ban on Small High Powered Magnets?

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  Moderatorneil on 09/04/2015 - 22:37

  The specific Banggood posts from today (Both the same product, with same code) were unpublished as it met those criteria.

  Due to the magnet being marketed in the toys category on Banggood, it qualifies for the Australian Product Safety Ban:

  are marketed by the supplier as, or supplied for use as any of the following:
  a toy, game or puzzle (including but not limited to an adult desk toy, an educational toy or game, a toy, game or puzzle for mental stimulation or stress relief)

  (I've highlighted the sentence you left out of your post)

  With things like this we are going to play it safe and unpublish if there is any chance it could be seen as breaking any law.

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  uvbunny on 10/04/2015 - 13:49

  So the deals were removed solely because of the category the items are listed under on the banggood website - if the magnets were listed under a different category the deals would not have been removed?

  Or was there also something in the deal description that was considered to be marketing the magnets as a toy?

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  Moderatorneil on 10/04/2015 - 14:21

  if the magnets were listed under a different category the deals would not have been removed?

  If it is not put in a category marketed as:

  • a toy, game or puzzle (including but not limited to an adult desk toy, an educational toy or game, a toy, game or puzzle for mental stimulation or stress relief), or
  • a construction or modelling kit, or
  • jewellery to be worn in or around the mouth or nose.

  then yes, it seems it is fine to post according to the Australian Product Safety Ban.

  Or was there also something in the deal description that was considered to be marketing the magnets as a toy?

  Nope. If it was in the deal description, we could have edited it. However, some sites market their magnets as toys, jewelery etc. in their product descriptions. These posts would also be banned.

  I guess if they just marketed magnets as you know, magnets then all is good.

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  bargaino on 01/05/2015 - 15:17

  I note the ban is only on local supply. There does not appear to be any restriction on importing for personal use.
  Certainly the ban does not apply to websites like this one. Its not as if it would be encouraging people to import and re-sell, or anything else unlawful.
  It seems that OzB is taking this rather further than required or intended.

  There is a list of restricted imports here (magnets not on the list): http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page4369.asp

  So why are they banned here?

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  SteveAndBelle on 20/05/2015 - 10:59

  Hi all.

  I also found this a little strange and had no idea we were living in such a nanny state until I saw the deal be removed. I jumped at the chance to get some so I placed my order but after reading the comments I wasn't holding much hope they'd arrive… that was until earlier this morning when they were delivered to my desk! Yay :)

  I understand the 'potential danger' of items such as these but you've got to wonder where will all this enforced protection end. The world is full of 'potential dangers', sheesh!