Anybody read?
Import/Export controls have been changing in G20 nations for some years now. I've said all this before in other threads... Expect changes like you've never saw before, they "Anything goes" is changing in many differing aspects. IMHO never since the inception of the World Wide Web (1991 basically) have the challenges in commerce existed that are rapidly coming to the forefront now. Manufacturers, distributors, retailers, governments, authorities are all putting significant pressure and I'm not talking like the past towards changes.
I don't know about diecast cars stuff but let's just for sake of discussion Hot Wheels. The UK or Germany or Australia have authorized resellers who likely pay for that priviledge being approved by a whomever the distributor(s) authorized by the manufacturer allow. Having whatever, 100,000 Hot Wheels annually come in from other nations injures those authorized resellers and the authorized distributors as well as whatever, UK economy. Old, new, used won't be addressed EVER. There are a bazillion toys and even more bazillions of other products. Globalization trade controls have been an issue since globalization began. Manufacturers gift paid domains to distributors and/or retailers.
I went through this 20+ years ago with a company called UBISoft. UBISoft America refused to work with us back in the day as they'd paid US domains... That's distributors and retailers who pay to be licensed to sell said products and WITHIN DOMAINS. So, might see say Gamestop carrying their titles but not Best Buy in the Northeast, yet Best Buy in the South West carry them as say does Gamestop. Sales DOMAINS. So UBISoft Canada did approve us as an authorized INTERNET reseller. If we'd put them in a retail store, yank our license... In fact, we could not sell ANY UbiSoft title back in the day ANYPLACE in North America even via the Internet, our target domain was Australia/New Zealand regions which was fine.
Here's something people need to understand and ADJUST you're scouring for products to resell.
1. The entire of Westernized economies are literally "hyperactive" about counterfeiting and are taking out after it. You may have absolutely nothing to ever do w/ that global organized crime problem. But, just like Speed Limits exist due to crazy drivers impacting everyone... Same same.
2. The smart reseller who want stay ahead of the curve needs to be creating their own products. Because of "All of the above" is and will result in nations, manufacturers, distributorships, authorized resellers etc getting more and more aggressive towards unauthorized resellers and open faced marketplaces.
3. eBay and open faced marketplaces are LITERALLY awash at levels never seen before like a perfectly VERY BAD storm due to handfuls of VERY BIG ISSUES and trying to weather them. As if no way can be found to weather them they are likely to go under via governmental regulatory measures.
It should also be noted that "First Sale Doctrine" is not a global piece of legislation.
