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Chemicals on soothers and costumes with strangulation risks: Warnings issued over Wish products

The CCPC has warned consumers of the dangers of some products sold online.

SAFETY WATCHDOGS HAVE issued a warning for a variety of items sold to Irish consumers from the Wish.com website. 

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) said a variety of products are affected, including toys, chargers and baby soothers. 

The CCPC said it is aware of safety concerns with multiple products listed on a website selling to Irish consumers called wish.com.

“These products are not in conformity with EU and Irish safety regulations and standards and have been purchased by consumers in Ireland. The CCPC has liaised with wish.com to remove the affected products from sale on its platform, ” a statement read. 

Problematic items include: 

  • A USB charger which could potentially give the user an electric shock 
  • A baby soother which contained an industrial chemical
  • Poorly insulated LED lights which could catch on fire 
  • A child’s mermaid costume which has a “risk of strangulation”
  • Children’s teddy bears which have a choking hazard

A list of all affected items can be found here

 

A spokesperson for the CCPC said: “The CCPC is continuing to liaise with the European Commission and our European counterparts about this matter. It is expected that further product recall notices relating to goods sold on wish.com will be listed in the coming weeks.

“The CCPC is advising consumers to exercise caution where they have bought goods from wish.com. Consumers can get information on product safety requirements by calling the CCPC consumer helpline on 01 402 5555 or visiting ccpc.ie.”

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    Mute Ronan Walsh
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    Dec 24th 2021, 3:00 PM

    Who would have thought that something from wish.com was below standard.

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    Mute DERRY1973
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    Dec 24th 2021, 3:13 PM

    Wish makes the Pound shop look like Brown Thomas.

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    Mute Alan Biddulph
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    Dec 24th 2021, 3:57 PM

    Wish is best avoided, I paid €70 for a willy enlarger, most expensive magnifying glass I’ve ever bought.

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    Mute Mickety Dee
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    Dec 24th 2021, 8:26 PM

    @Alan Biddulph: Did anyone look more closely at the problem?

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    Mute Gareth Keenan
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    Dec 24th 2021, 3:00 PM

    If you’re buying anything for babies on wish you’d want your head examined

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    Mute Fergal McDonagh
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    Dec 24th 2021, 5:27 PM

    @Gareth Keenan: was thinking the exact same.
    Unbelievable!

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    Mute Fiona Fitzgerald
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    Dec 24th 2021, 6:46 PM

    @Gareth Keenan: Indeed, and examined with a Geiger counter at that!

    In fairness, I’ve scored the occasional $1 bargain on Wish myself, but they’re not a quality site.

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    Mute Anthony Clark
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    Dec 24th 2021, 6:27 PM

    Baby would be grown up by the time they arrived anyway.

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    Mute Rostyballs78
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    Dec 24th 2021, 3:21 PM

    Just wondering to my self what kind of Chernobyl baby buys baby products from this most reputable of honourable Chinese sites. A quick browse of the site shows them roughly the same price as here.

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    Mute Fr. Fintan Stack
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    Dec 24th 2021, 3:16 PM

    Yeah, But on the positive side, they have top of the range Bose headphones for 30 quid.

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    Mute Paul Crowley
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    Dec 24th 2021, 3:20 PM

    @Fr. Fintan Stack: Genuine fakes I’m sure.

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    Mute Mick Dunne
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    Dec 25th 2021, 7:41 AM

    @Paul Crowley: no your wrong

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    Mute Roger Kennington
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    Dec 24th 2021, 6:16 PM

    i have bought from wish in the past, but , after the rubbish that they sold me, i avoid them like the plague

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    Mute Caroline Otoole
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    Dec 25th 2021, 1:20 AM

    Consumers buying for themselves is one thing, but there are many Irish sellers sourcing their products on Wish etc and selling them without business insurance, serious clampdown needed.
    Customers assume products dispatched from Ireland meet EU standards, but they might not be the case.

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    Mute Jj
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    Dec 24th 2021, 6:57 PM

    I WISH they would go away. Annoying ads and always misleading, cheap crāp scourge.

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    Mute tottkingham
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    Dec 24th 2021, 9:41 PM

    I once bought a ‘genuine smart watch’ from this mob and it burst into flames while charging it. Last time I bought from them or the sister company Geek.com

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    Mute Gary Kearney
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    Dec 25th 2021, 3:32 PM

    I get things there that I cant find here, small things. Handy to be able to get them without massive searches.
    They also have bendable straws which are very important to a lot of people.
    Its a good place to spend a few hours and you may find something you really want.
    I would not spend big sums of money on the site.

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    Mute Mick Vine
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    Dec 25th 2021, 4:22 PM

    10′s of Millions of items listed on Wish.com from more than 500,000 merchants. So Harding shocking a few bits didn’t make the grade. No different to Amazon or eBay.

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