These Items Were Not Prime
Amazon has quickly grown to be one of the most popular electronic commerce websites used today, now with its own video on-demand service and a loyal membership following, and while the site is praised for its wide range of products and amenities, there are certain things that even Amazon can’t sell. For this list, we’re taking an exclusive look at 3 of the items which, for one reason or another, have been banned for sale from Amazon.com or Amazon’s international sites such as Amazon U.K. The full list of banned items is much too heated for YouTube to handle, so check out the video on WatchMojo’s Exclusive page this afternoon (https://www.watchmojo.com/exclusive/), where there will be a new, spicy video coming out every Friday!
“Lady Boy” Costume
There’s always that one person who always goes too far at the Halloween party with a super offensive costume, but this one was controversial enough to get banned from Amazon UK. Orion Costumes had listed a “Lady Boy†costume for sale, consisting of a long wig, and a dress with a penis poking out of the front, while the ad’s tagline suggested it was perfect for embarrassing those around you. Needless to say, the costume received a massive backlash not only from the LGBTQ+ community, but Amazon users from all walks of life. According to Daily Mail, transgender activist Helen Belcher complained to Amazon about the costume, telling the online retailer that the outfit encourages people to regard the transgender population as “fake and exhibitionists, which then places them in danger”. Ultimately, the global criticism lead to its removal from the site in the Autumn of 2015.
The Handgun iPhone Case
Sure, not everyone might see the appeal behind an iPhone case shaped like a very realistic handgun, but that didn’t stop Amazon.com from selling such an item on its website. The case was designed to hold the iPhone where the barrel would normally be on a pistol, but consumers, lawmakers and local authorities were not amused. Amazon eventually removed the handgun iPhone case, after Senator Chuck Schumer took up the issue, and pointed to a federal law banning such realistic looking fake weapons for sale.
A Pedophile Guide
The book selection on Amazon.com contains nearly every possible topic of discussion, yet not all of those subjects are exactly to everyone’s taste. Case in point? “The Pedophile’s Guide to Love and Pleasure: A Child-Lover’s Code of Conduct.” This e-book was met with outrage when it was listed on Amazon.com in 2010, and was removed, according to CNN, under the growing roar of disapproval from critics and customers. Although Amazon defended its users first amendment rights, the uproar and backlash was so swift from this e-book that it was banned from sale.
Want to find out what else Amazon had to ban from its website, including a specific type of meat and a “magic” pill??? Check out the Top 10 Banned Things On Amazon video this afternoon on the WatchMojo Exclusive page HERE!
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