Amazon Says It Will Keep Selling Taxi Signs Because It Is Not a Crime ⇥ cbc.ca

Sophia Harris, CBC News:

The taxi scam has several variations but typically ends the same way: the victim pays with a debit card, then the scammer secretly steals it and hands the victim a similar but fake card. Shortly thereafter, money disappears from the victim’s account.

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CBC News bought a taxi sign from Amazon for $35. It has a magnetic strip on the bottom, so it easily sticks to the top of a car.

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But Amazon told Way — and CBC News — the signs will remain on its site, because the company isn’t breaking any rules.

I cannot think of a legitimate reason someone would purchase a taxi sign off Amazon.

Just because something is not a crime, it does not mean it is okay. Amazon, like most other massive corporations, tends to argue it can regulate itself and does not need government intervention. Fine — prove it.