VERO violation for selling a new sealed water filter

[goldrushfinds]

How can the manufacturer not allow me to resell something I bought with my own good money. When I buy something legally, it is my right to do what I wish with it. How in the world can I not have the right to sell it when it is still new/sealed in original box and untampered with?. I just don't get it. 

[lawnmowerpartsstore2]

Welcome to the new world order. Other sellers will be by soon to explain this to you

[tex-421]

Did you cut and paste any of the manufacturer's product marketing/advertising/description?  That could be a copyright issue.  Not many manufacturer's are so petty to care, but some do.

[bonjourami]

Then that mgfr is registered with Ebays Vero program, and doesnt want their new products sold here.

[heckofagame]

Many manufacturers prohibit anyone other than an authorized distributor to sell their products and many don't allow secondary market sales. Some don't allow internet sales. Some don't allow discount sales. Some don't want you to use their name in a listing. The list goes on...

[goldrushfinds]

Nope. No cut and pasting of any of their website info. Just took pictures of the box and described what it was. That's all. 

[tex-421]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but its my understanding that eBay does not enforce manufacturers' restrictions on selling its new products.  Simply selling a new widget doesn't infringe on copyright or trademark issues.  

[goldrushfinds]

The pattern I see emerging is that manufacturers do not like the added competition that such resale sites like Ebay and all the others we know, provide. Therefore, they are striking out to eliminate this competition in any way they know how. The number of things we can resell is getting narrower and narrower, and I think this will be an ever growing problem for sites like this. 

[slippinjimmy]

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@goldrushfinds wrote:

How can the manufacturer not allow me to resell something I bought with my own good money. When I buy something legally, it is my right to do what I wish with it. How in the world can I not have the right to sell it when it is still new/sealed in original box and untampered with?. I just don't get it. 

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You left out some important information.........

What was the item? Not a generic description but the actual item manufacturer!

FYI - replacement water filters are not immune to fakes

[heckofagame]

No, but if it's a VERO request, the listing comes down.

[goldrushfinds]

This was an actual filter made directly by the manufacturer, not a knock off replacement filter. I would think that if the filter were a fake, that that would be the manufacturers obligation to prove. 

[donsdetour]

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@goldrushfinds wrote:

How can the manufacturer not allow me to resell something I bought with my own good money. When I buy something legally, it is my right to do what I wish with it. How in the world can I not have the right to sell it when it is still new/sealed in original box and untampered with?. I just don't get it. 

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Are you sure that new product was no a faked item??

[goldrushfinds]

How can anyone be 100% sure of anything. By all measures, it would appear to me to have been made by the manufacturer. I bought this item at an estate sale and I highly doubt they would go thru the trouble of selling fake products. 

[glasser]

In aq case like this is the issue because trying to sell as new? If sold as open box never used, would it then be allowable?

[simba6]

Many companies don't like the idea of their products being sold at a flea-market.  It "cheapens" the brand in their thinking.  They have been throwing their weight around more and more with the VERO program.