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Machete sold to 15-year-old boy

July 3, 2009 by samsonites · Leave a Comment

Boy holding machete

Trading standards officers have called for a ban on online knife sales after a machete was sold to a 15-year-old for £1.50 over the internet.

The potential weapon was delivered in the mail in bubble wrap and cardboard to the teenager who was testing underage sales for trading standards.

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Tagged: 18s, Alex Cook, Beggars Belief, Bubble Wrap, Knife Sales, Knives, Lambeth, Law States, Lethal Weapons, London Boroughs, Mail, Purchaser, Salford, Son Alex, Southwark, Status Symbol, Towns And Cities, Tsi, Underage Sales, Violent Offences

Present worries

November 21, 2008 by samsonites · Leave a Comment

By Kevin Peachey
Consumer affairs reporter, BBC News

Counterfeit guitar

The shining Gibson guitar was going for a song on the internet, but any expert could hear it did not play like the real thing.

You might not expect musical instruments to be among the haul of counterfeit or dangerous goods seized by trading standards officers. Read more

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Tagged: Bbc News, Central Database, Chargers, Consumer Affairs Reporter, Dangerous Goods, Dangerous Toys, Economic Climate, European Health, Gibson Guitar, Nightmare Scenario, Peachey, Quality Mark, Safety Requirements, Self Regulation, Shoddy Goods, Straighteners, Toy Story, Tsi, Unsafe Products, Vodka

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