A Second Cease and Desist Letter for Reselling

The companies that think that resellers are ruining their business are ridiculous. It is like saying the used car sellers are putting new car sellers out of business. The people that are buying products from eBay never intended to purchase them at full price anyway....

Big Brand needs to focus their energy on shutting down all the counterfeiters out there instead of putting the squeeze on Resellers who are trying to earn a living legitimately

To put it in perspective for people agreeing with the cease and desist: How would you feel if you couldn't say the word Chevrolet when trying to sell your used car? "What kind of car are you selling?" "I'm not allowed to say." "Do you have pictures of it?" "No, that violates their trademark."

They can only protect their Trademark if you are "advertising" their product. The C & D letter is a bullying tactic, nothing more. If , and I mean "IF" they dragged anyone into a courtroom, and as we all know that hasnt happened (and it wont) , they have to prove that you, me or anyone else was "Advertising" their product. And a sell or resell is not advertising their product. I have worked for a Judge for 25 yrs and I am not an Atty. I am telling you, they are bullying , and EBAY is allowing it. I dare them to take me to court, they will lose and they know it, it would cost them way to much. EBAY should stop removing items because EBay doesnt own the items!

Cease and desist letters are not legally binding, they are basically legal bullying

I agree with you 100%! We bought it, we own it and have the right to resell.

i remember when i worked in a retail store and i got something on sale and planned to resell it and it had the store brand on it and it was like a one time item too, well someone told the manager and i got called in and got told i could not do that, and i said why not, because it had are brand on it, pulled out my phone and show him over 10k of listing with just that name alone, the next reason was you can't be selling are stock, my reply to that is 'who owns it me or you' in the end it belongs to me, i paid for it and walk out the door, so any rights you have to, is gone and its no longer yours and i can do what i what with my item. walk out and never got question again

This is minor but, if resellers were not in the game how many hundreds of thousands of pounds of perfectly good items would end up in the landfill or our oceans? I buy 90% of my items second hand because of this very issue. Our planet needs resellers!

1000% agree with everything you said. All these reseller sites need to fight for us resellers or they won't have a business either. It seems they just give up without a fight. They need to realize how much money they are losing by taking stuff down.

Tell them you're not selling them, you're reselling them.

I am starting to sell this week. Many inherited items. Ty for the inspiration!

strength in numbers. We need an organization with attorneys to back us to make these people follow the first sale doctrine before they put us all out of business !

I used an Iwalk last year when recovering from a foot surgery. Paid about $165 new. Great find for someone on the second hand market. (Can’t imagine if I was prevented to resell if I wanted). I bought a knee scooter used for less than I could rent one for the couple months I needed it. Keeping everything to lend out to any family or friends who might need it in the future.

Thank you, Kevin, for all you do for our community! Why are people worried about your business decisions? 😂🤣 They watch YOUR videos yet have no faith in you. Silly folks out here are always poking their heads into others' houses while theirs is a mess.

I got a letter of cease and desists. They claimed I purchased their product from their manufacturer. I told they I purchased their products from a retailer and have receipts to show I paid full price. They said ok you can sell out that product and that’s it.

I WANT YOUR SHIRT!! My sister and I used to get those at the little country store down the road when we were little a very long time ago!!

If I had a brand and people resold items with my brand on it I would consider that free Advertising!

Love finding cool hats like the lakers one you showed! I found a 90’s 76ers hat that the fresh prince used to wear in the show. Sold in 24 hours for $90. Thanks for all the education!

Awe new puppy. Fun. We're going to have a new baby over here soon.

I am thinking of selling a used car, which was used when I bought it, could this idea of companies not wanting someone use their name be transferred over to EVERYTHING? Ridiculous! I agree with you🤦🏻