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02-23-2016, 10:52 PM
Amazon quietly pulls all hoverboards from its site
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Here we go again. Months ago, we were the first to report that Amazon had ******* Swagway hoverboards (http://mashable.com/2015/12/12/amazon-removes-swagway-hoverboard/) from its website, a situation that was reversed soon after with ** explanation from the company
But on Tuesday, searches for hoverboards on Amazon returned ** results, apart from some accessories. It appears that all hoverboards, regardless of brand, have **w been scrubbed from the site, days after the U.S. government declared them unsafe.
See also: U.S. government declares hoverboards unsafe (http://mashable.com/2016/02/19/hoverboards-unsafe/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
In fact, even an advertisement on the site for the Razor Hovertrax, when clicked, takes users to a 404 "**t a functioning page" location on Amazon. If you click on a specific brand for your hoverboard search, most brands show up with blank pages, except for Swagway, which reads "temporarily out of stock." (http://www.amazon.com/Swagway-Hands-Free-Smart-Board-Garnet/dp/B0188UYVKS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456256018&sr=8-1&keywords=hoverboard&refinements=p_89%3ASwagway) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/amazon-hoverboard-*******/)
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Here we go again. Months ago, we were the first to report that Amazon had ******* Swagway hoverboards (http://mashable.com/2015/12/12/amazon-removes-swagway-hoverboard/) from its website, a situation that was reversed soon after with ** explanation from the company
But on Tuesday, searches for hoverboards on Amazon returned ** results, apart from some accessories. It appears that all hoverboards, regardless of brand, have **w been scrubbed from the site, days after the U.S. government declared them unsafe.
See also: U.S. government declares hoverboards unsafe (http://mashable.com/2016/02/19/hoverboards-unsafe/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
In fact, even an advertisement on the site for the Razor Hovertrax, when clicked, takes users to a 404 "**t a functioning page" location on Amazon. If you click on a specific brand for your hoverboard search, most brands show up with blank pages, except for Swagway, which reads "temporarily out of stock." (http://www.amazon.com/Swagway-Hands-Free-Smart-Board-Garnet/dp/B0188UYVKS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1456256018&sr=8-1&keywords=hoverboard&refinements=p_89%3ASwagway) Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/02/23/amazon-hoverboard-*******/)
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