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Old 04-10-2016, 10:23 AM
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How fun! I hope you will consider selling them here too. I love to buy the kits for those days I don't want to have to think or worry about having the right fabrics on hand to sew. The nice thing about selling here is you don't have to pay commission to anyone for the privilege of selling your things.
If not at least let us know if you put them on ebay (or somewhere else) so we can look and buy from you.
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Old 04-10-2016, 12:41 PM
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You could also sell them on SewItsForSale. They have a facebook and a yahoo group page. Another one is QuiltersFleaMarket (yahoo group).

As long as you are not selling copies, you are fine.
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Old 04-11-2016, 02:55 AM
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Why don't you try to sell them here on the QB? They have a section for things to sell. Where else could you have such a captive audience. Good luck
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Old 04-11-2016, 03:23 AM
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Whatever doesn't sell, please consider donating them to a quilt group who makes charity quilts. Our little group here in Fla. was blessed with a donation of several large kits ( king)... since we make quilts for childrens' hospitals & homeless vet shelters, we were able to get 3 to 5 small quilts out of each kit!
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Old 04-11-2016, 06:47 AM
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You bought it, you own it, you can sell it. Leave it in the original packaging---you will get a better price selling it as new, unused/unopened as opposed to used/opened. As long as you are selling the original item you purchased, not copies of it, you are safe.
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Old 04-11-2016, 08:10 AM
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Both RST, donnajean and Prism 99 are all correct. I worked as a legal secretary for a number of years and also the Quilt Guild that I used to belong too had a long discussion on this very topic. You may certainly sell, or even give away any patterns, quilt kits, etc., as long as you DO NOT copy the pattern instructions and sell or distribute them, as that would constitute a copyright infringement. I am in a similar situation and it may be time to go through patterns that I bought that I know I will never use.
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Old 04-11-2016, 08:42 AM
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Like others have stated. You bought it and you can sell it. I recently purchased a kit on ebay. And like your situation, when I purchased it, it just thought the seller chose not to make it or whatever. The kit arrived, clearly she is photocopying the pattern. It was a little tiny, blurry pattern. I told my friend about the purchase and she said " I think I have that pattern. I bought it in Vegas when I was visiting." She showed the pattern to me, and yes the same one. Only hers was not blurry and tiny. The cover photo on mine was 1 1/2" x 2 ". The seller is still selling this kit on ebay. Some of us follow the rules and some don't I guess. I'm kind of a safe than sorry girl. Plus I would want to be fair to the pattern designer.
Just thought I would add: On every page of this pattern it states that the pattern may not be copied.

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Old 04-11-2016, 09:51 AM
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Originally Posted by gotta-sew View Post
Like others have stated. You bought it and you can sell it. I recently purchased a kit on ebay. And like your situation, when I purchased it, it just thought the seller chose not to make it or whatever. The kit arrived, clearly she is photocopying the pattern. It was a little tiny, blurry pattern. I told my friend about the purchase and she said " I think I have that pattern. I bought it in Vegas when I was visiting." She showed the pattern to me, and yes the same one. Only hers was not blurry and tiny. The cover photo on mine was 1 1/2" x 2 ". The seller is still selling this kit on ebay. Some of us follow the rules and some don't I guess. I'm kind of a safe than sorry girl. Plus I would want to be fair to the pattern designer.
Just thought I would add: On every page of this pattern it states that the pattern may not be copied.
If you report this to eBay, they will stop the seller. Please report it! Here is how to do it:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/...violation.html
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Old 04-11-2016, 10:25 AM
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I would think you would reach a better target audience here on QB.
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