They enter into an exclusive deal with the Chinese factory and then forbid knock offs and all sales below retail price.
Hey, that makes no sense. What do you mean "forbid knock offs"? whether or not a "knock off" is illegal or not has nothing to do with, (nor is it in any way affected by) what we are talking about here. forbid - all sales below retail price.
To do that you have to make everybody buying your product enter into a contract. It's very common and not new. fyi.
You still don't you get it? Someone was in a contact to sell these items at a minimum price. (is this concept too communist or totalitarian or hard for you to understand? I mean, you could buy some other product, right? No one said you have to enter this contract. They said you have to enter this contract if you want buy from them)
So this person got greedy, and decided to sell them cheap on ebay anyway. (screwing it up for everybody else involved in the deal)
And now someone's going to shout "Hey! they weren't in a contract, they were a third party!" WOW. so they used their friend's ebay account.
You realize, don't you, that this gives big dumb companies the ability to shut down their competition?
No, it doesn't, einstein.
These laws generally protect smaller companies. Companies who are trying to highly control their distribution chain.
Should trying to control your distribution chain be illegal? Should a business contract between a buyer and seller be void?
Basically, are you saying that no one can have control over how their product is sold? That contracts mean nothing?
I don't see how any large company could use these laws to their advantage. give me an example. be creative.
'Seriously though, has it come to the point that a manufacturer can end someone's livelyhood on the mere suggestion that they "sold stuff below the price I want my stuff sold at"'
Really, do you have the slightest clue what this is about?
All this about big companies hurting the little guy. These laws protect small businesses. Not big ones.
I wouldn't be surprised if the next comment was something about how Microsoft is putting salons out of business.
I don't really need to reply to you, your words speak for themselves. (and your score of 0)
You are blindly attacking without thinking. obviously.
Kinda remind me of a 6 year old screaming their head off about how dumb the offsides rules is in a soccer/football game. It'll be many years before the 6 year old understands why there is an offsides rule, and that it makes the game better.
That's sure a whole lot of insults from an Anonymous Coward.
I think you're being kinda silly.
First off, I didn't say I sold anything to Mike.
Second, even if I did, how would you know? Is there some law that says Mike has to explain where the creams came from?
In my example, Mike sells the cream for me on ebay, using his account.
How would I get linked to him? Helloo?
I don't think many people in this forum have a clue what they're talking about here. They just have a habit of standing up against bullcrap laws, big corporations, file sharing laws and the like. (which I think is healthy)
The only way to stop Mike from screwing up our distribution chain would be to: "Claim Right to Interfere with eBay Auctions for Charging Too Little"
Unless of course, you know a better way. Do you?
Lets say I have a salon. I have a contract with the cream makers, etc.
Now, I can't sell these creams on ebay, can I? - Breach of contract.
But my buddy Mike sure can!
hell yeahh..
bling bling...
a day spa. She sells expensive creams. These creams can not be bought anywhere else in the county. (well, one or two other places) It's a day spa. They're not just selling creams, it's a whole package. You get a facial or a waxing or a massage or facial. You hang out for sometimes hours. You learn stuff. Then my friend sells you fancy creams that cost way more than average creams. Are they that much better? I don't know. But one of the reasons they sell is because you can't buy them anywhere else. (in town) My friend makes a significant mark-up on the creams. as she should, considering how much time and effort she has invested in marketing them. The salon and the cream company work together.
Now someone comes along and starts selling them on ebay. How did they get them? Used a salon account i imagine. This person can sell them for a tiny mark-up and still make a profit. That means people can go the salon, learn all about how awesome the cream is, and then go buy it on ebay for half the price.
Where does that leave my friend?
The cream company told her there was nothing could do to stop the ebay sales, they were working on it. (trying to eliminate the bad distributer)
Now they can shut it down officially. And thats good for my friend, and the cream company.
We are not talking about people being told they can't sell they're stuff.
We are talking about nasty cut-throat business practices. (that should be illegal)
I usually have to physically cover up other lines of text when i am reading the last page of a good book. If i don't, i see the words ahead and underneath and can't help but process them somehow. I consider what my brain is doing to be healthy and natural.
This new way of formatting i really like. It is easier to read. Why hadn't someone though of this before?
Awesome.
getting lost in the brightest light in blob number four, Michelle Malkin. I had never heard of her before. It was a good laugh for a while, but mostly sickening. Does this mean tons of people are reading crap from the likes of her? If so that's really depressing.
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They enter into an exclusive deal with the Chinese factory and then forbid knock offs and all sales below retail price.
Hey, that makes no sense. What do you mean "forbid knock offs"? whether or not a "knock off" is illegal or not has nothing to do with, (nor is it in any way affected by) what we are talking about here.
forbid - all sales below retail price.
To do that you have to make everybody buying your product enter into a contract. It's very common and not new. fyi.
You still don't you get it? Someone was in a contact to sell these items at a minimum price. (is this concept too communist or totalitarian or hard for you to understand? I mean, you could buy some other product, right? No one said you have to enter this contract. They said you have to enter this contract if you want buy from them)
So this person got greedy, and decided to sell them cheap on ebay anyway. (screwing it up for everybody else involved in the deal)
And now someone's going to shout "Hey! they weren't in a contract, they were a third party!" WOW. so they used their friend's ebay account.
You realize, don't you, that this gives big dumb companies the ability to shut down their competition?
No, it doesn't, einstein.
These laws generally protect smaller companies. Companies who are trying to highly control their distribution chain.
Should trying to control your distribution chain be illegal? Should a business contract between a buyer and seller be void?
Basically, are you saying that no one can have control over how their product is sold? That contracts mean nothing?
I don't see how any large company could use these laws to their advantage. give me an example. be creative.
'Seriously though, has it come to the point that a manufacturer can end someone's livelyhood on the mere suggestion that they "sold stuff below the price I want my stuff sold at"'
Really, do you have the slightest clue what this is about?
All this about big companies hurting the little guy. These laws protect small businesses. Not big ones.
I wouldn't be surprised if the next comment was something about how Microsoft is putting salons out of business.
I don't really need to reply to you, your words speak for themselves. (and your score of 0)
You are blindly attacking without thinking. obviously.
Kinda remind me of a 6 year old screaming their head off about how dumb the offsides rules is in a soccer/football game. It'll be many years before the 6 year old understands why there is an offsides rule, and that it makes the game better.
That's sure a whole lot of insults from an Anonymous Coward.
I think you're being kinda silly.
First off, I didn't say I sold anything to Mike.
Second, even if I did, how would you know? Is there some law that says Mike has to explain where the creams came from?
In my example, Mike sells the cream for me on ebay, using his account. How would I get linked to him?
Helloo?
I don't think many people in this forum have a clue what they're talking about here. They just have a habit of standing up against bullcrap laws, big corporations, file sharing laws and the like. (which I think is healthy)
The only way to stop Mike from screwing up our distribution chain would be to: "Claim Right to Interfere with eBay Auctions for Charging Too Little"
Unless of course, you know a better way. Do you?
Lets say I have a salon. I have a contract with the cream makers, etc.
Now, I can't sell these creams on ebay, can I? - Breach of contract.
But my buddy Mike sure can! hell yeahh.. bling bling...
a day spa. She sells expensive creams. These creams can not be bought anywhere else in the county. (well, one or two other places) It's a day spa. They're not just selling creams, it's a whole package. You get a facial or a waxing or a massage or facial. You hang out for sometimes hours. You learn stuff. Then my friend sells you fancy creams that cost way more than average creams. Are they that much better? I don't know. But one of the reasons they sell is because you can't buy them anywhere else. (in town) My friend makes a significant mark-up on the creams. as she should, considering how much time and effort she has invested in marketing them. The salon and the cream company work together.
Now someone comes along and starts selling them on ebay. How did they get them? Used a salon account i imagine. This person can sell them for a tiny mark-up and still make a profit. That means people can go the salon, learn all about how awesome the cream is, and then go buy it on ebay for half the price. Where does that leave my friend? The cream company told her there was nothing could do to stop the ebay sales, they were working on it. (trying to eliminate the bad distributer) Now they can shut it down officially. And thats good for my friend, and the cream company. We are not talking about people being told they can't sell they're stuff. We are talking about nasty cut-throat business practices. (that should be illegal)
More likely that man is a whore.
I usually have to physically cover up other lines of text when i am reading the last page of a good book. If i don't, i see the words ahead and underneath and can't help but process them somehow. I consider what my brain is doing to be healthy and natural.
This new way of formatting i really like. It is easier to read. Why hadn't someone though of this before?
Awesome.
getting lost in the brightest light in blob number four, Michelle Malkin. I had never heard of her before. It was a good laugh for a while, but mostly sickening. Does this mean tons of people are reading crap from the likes of her? If so that's really depressing.