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Ban the use of retail bots in the United Kingdom

Submitted on Monday 18th January 2021

Rejected on Monday 25th January 2021

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Ban the use of retail bots in the United Kingdom

Petition Details

Outlaw the use of retail bots in the United Kingdom, or the resale of goods bought using these.

Additional Information

Following the Sony playstation 5 release in the UK, it has become clear that retail bots have allowed resellers to make profit fourfold of RRP, while children have been left without their desired present under the Christmas tree this year.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.

The Government is not responsible for the means by which individuals purchase goods, but we have published the following petition calling for a related action, which you might like to sign:

Prevent/deter the buying and reselling of goods/services at inflated prices: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/561986

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