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Gap and promo CD's[ Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#9)
by vesta1953 on Sat Nov 22, 2003 at 08:15:10 PM PDT

Does this mean that any cd you get as a promo item can't be sold because some idiot at the recording company has decided that a promotional item can't be resold? What about the baseball caps that people got as promo items from Pepsi? Or any other promo item that had a limited production and could sorta kinda maybe be considered a collectible? Where is this kind of crap going to end? And eBay, I hate to tell you this, but if I get something like that and you won't let me sell it there, that costs you whatever fee you charge because I'll go advertise it in the newspaper and sell it that way. It may take me longer, but it will still be sold, and you will have lost out on that nice little fee you charge sellers. eBay, you like to profit from the free enterprise system, but heaven forbid you should let others do the same when the big dogs bark.

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Baseball cards[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#10)
by Ed Foster on Sun Nov 23, 2003 at 08:04:06 PM PDT

Yes, when you think about the logic of Time Warner's claim, it would preclude all kinds of collectibles. What if the bubblegum companies had always said baseball cards were for "Promo Only" and the original purchaser couldn't sell them?

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