Wish has become something of a phenomenon, in the sense that it has become Europe’s go-to place for cheap gadgets, toys, clothing and more, most of which are delivered straight from the PRC to your front door. However, a lot of the products sold on Wish doesn’t meet European safety regulations and now France’s DGCCRF (direction générale de la concurrence, de la consommation et de la répression des fraudes) or in English, the General Directorate for Competition Policy, Consumer Affairs and Fraud Control, are going after Wish for selling substandard and even outright dangerous goods to French consumers.
There is clearly legit reasoning behind it all, as the DGCCRF ordered some 140 different products from Wish – of which most arrived directly from the PRC – and then proceeded to test them to see if they met European safety standards. Out of the 140 products, 45 percent were deemed outright dangerous, although when it came to electronic products, 90 percent were deemed dangerous and 95 percent were not certified for use in Europe. It’s not clear how many of the products were electronic products though, which makes it a bit hard to judge how bad the situation really is.
