Amazon to customers: dispose of your hoverboards
Customers who have purchased hoverboards for Christmas gifts have been told to "dispose" of them and take a refund, after three of England's biggest retailers stop sales of the chinese made Self Balancing Scooters, better known as Hoverboards.
Reportedly seen in an e-mail by the Telegraph, Amazon, the internet retailer asked customers to take their self balancing scooters aka hoverboards to a local recycling point for electronics and electronic equipment. Two other retailers, Argos and John Lewis had also stopped selling Hoverboards after reports came out about the popular toy of the year catching fire and exploding.
Guestimates suggest that around half a million people in England have bought hoverboards as Christmas gifts. Another million or more are considering purchasing them.
Many people thought only "cheap chinese made" hoverboards were the ones with fire risks, however it's recently emerged that Swagway, one of the leading brands have also caught fire. The truth of the matter is all of these are chinese made and mass produced. Though a varying quality of boards can be found, there really hasn't been one company who's emerged as having a safe, reliable and well built product.
A spokesman for Argos said customers with concerns about its Nevaboard products, which it has taken away for testing, could obtain a full refund no matter when they bought the products.
Amazon customers with models suspected to be faulty will be issued with automatic refunds for the full price which can range between 200 pounds and 500 pounds, which for our USA readers is over $750 will be issued a refund within days.
Many people thought only "cheap chinese made" hoverboards were the ones with fire risks, however it's recently emerged that Swagway, one of the leading brands have also caught fire. The truth of the matter is all of these are chinese made and mass produced. Though a varying quality of boards can be found, there really hasn't been one company who's emerged as having a safe, reliable and well built product.
A spokesman for Argos said customers with concerns about its Nevaboard products, which it has taken away for testing, could obtain a full refund no matter when they bought the products.
Amazon customers with models suspected to be faulty will be issued with automatic refunds for the full price which can range between 200 pounds and 500 pounds, which for our USA readers is over $750 will be issued a refund within days.
One person recently interviewed regarding this issue said...
"I wasn't expecting to get a refund – my hoverboard has had no problems and I've had it for four months.
"I don't use it that much any more anyway – it was fun for a while then just gets boring. Like most trends I think this time next year hoverboards won't be on people's Christmas lists."
Amazon has stopped selling all hoverboards while it investigates. It confirmed that it had sent the emails and would be processing refunds, but declined to say how many customers were affected.
It has removed all hoverboards from its website, including Swagway models.
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