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Does Amazon.co.uk comply with the distance selling regulations ?

September 2nd, 2011

When buying products on-line the consumer is protected by the distance selling regulations. Which state in regulation seven

You must give your consumers certain information before they agree
to buy from you. We refer to this as pre-contractual information which
includes the following.

(i) Your identity including sufficient detail for the consumer to be
able to identify the business they are dealing with.

and

(vi) If payment is required in advance, you must supply your full
geographic address

This applies before
goods or services are
received by the
consumer

Ebay now make professional sellers have there contact details on the listing page.

But I can find nowhere on amazon where the contact details of third party sellers are visible