Replacing a broken set of blinds in my house and apparently no one sells the old standard kind where you pull the cord to raise them, I guess because kids and/or pets could tangle in the cord? Bit of an education in miniblinds today.

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      2 months ago

      oh, Amazon will gladly sell you illegal goods. and no one will stop them

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      1 month ago

      Selling plastic straws is not permitted in the EU anymore, so I’m buying them on Amazon. Don’t know whether these regulations apply only to physical stores or Amazon doesn’t give a damn, but you can go around such laws quite easily.

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        1 month ago

        Selling plastic straws is not permitted in the EU anymore

        For real? Because plastic straws, and not the bajillion tons of packaging materials are the bane of our existence. Right?

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          1 month ago

          Don’t know how the law is worded, but you won’t find plastic straws in physical shops or restaurants, and all juice boxes come with paper straws. I don’t have any issues buying plastic straws, both regular-size and for boxed juices, from Amazon.