Are websites allowed to sell RADAR keys?

[scaredoflove]

And sell them at a large mark up?

Have seen a website selling the above - £4 + £5 postage

I've reported them the RADAR but have heard nothing back and the site is still selling them

Just looked at the other options for postage

next day del - £8
next day before 1pm - £9
sat del - £10

It's unbelievable - if you have a disability, you can get them from RADAR for £3.50

yes you can and truth you can buy them from most moibility shops to without any proof or council offices

though they are only 3.50 at hem

I'd be speaking to your local Trading Standards Office.

I think there was a lot of trouble about this a few years ago; I'm sure RADAR will be interested but not sure what they can actually do about it.

I have written to RADAR telling them about keys for sale on ebay. They expressed surprise and said they would be looking into it. Cue deadly silence and continuation of sales of keys on ebay.

I am not sure RADAR have a grip on sales of these keys. Perhaps the system should be handed over to local authorities or somewhere where proof is needed

I would imagine it is the use of the key that is restricted, but it seems nothing can be done:

"Some keys can be restricted but only based on the lock type used. When R.A.D.A.R. chose to use a standard 5 lever mortice lock which carries no security restrictions of any kind that argument/avenue was firmly closed. If they had chosen to use a security lock when the scheme was first introduced they could have implemented some restriction of sale." www.onlinekeycutting.com/Radar-key.html

Odd. We got ours for DS2 free at the local mobility office. We just had to show DLA award letter. We only have to pay if we lose the key and have to get it replaced, and then it's £3.50.

we got ours from the council for 3 quid years ago (my husbands disabled) i didnt know anyone else sold them its naughty as at the council i had to prove his disability

I will say that I would highly recommend them to anyone who has a child like DS2 that panics over noise. The noise in a typical public toilet is so overwhelming for him - the echoes, music on loudspeaker in shopping centres, other people talking, toilets flushing, hand dryers - and he is so upset he cannot even get past the entrance much less actually use the toilet! In the disabled toilet using the Radar key, we can control the noise as we're the only ones in the room, so he doesn't have to worry about the dryers going off or multiple toilets flushing without warning. It has made SUCH a difference when we are out and about with DS2.