Originally Posted by crashnquilt
... For a retailer, it is actually illegal to purchase retaii from one store and resell the item retail in another store. Unfortunate but true...
How would it be illegal to buy something at retail and then resell it again at retail?
Actually... I think there is a shop in my area that has does just that. Or at least did, to start off with, when she opened up shop after the local Wal-Mart stopped selling fabric. There was a market that was no longer being served, and she stepped in to fill the gap, wisely knowing that her customer base would be comprised of frugal souls.
Doesn't it (re-selling) happen on eBay all the time, where one person buys a set of whatever and then splits it and sells the items separately? How would fabric be different?
I'm no lawyer, but I think the First Sale Doctrine would allow for this.
What am I missing here?