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The contention, to me, is if returned or refurbished items are being labeled and sold as 'new', then Amazon may be running afoul of FTC truth-in-advertising law
by washadjeffmad 3y ago
The contention, to me, is if returned or refurbished items are being labeled and sold as 'new', then Amazon may be running afoul of FTC truth-in-advertising laws.
- sparky_z 3y agoIf I go into a physical bookstore, buy a book, walk out with it, walk back in and return it still in good condition, should they not just put it back on the shelf? Would that be fraud? It's technically no longer "new" at that point. True this was returned as "damaged" but how damaged was it? We aren't told and there are no photos.
- JCharante 3y agoWell does the bookstore label it as new? If it's on the shelf with just a barcode I imagine it's sold as is without promising that it's new
- washadjeffmad 3y agoThe condition doesn't matter, either because of one of two scenarios. 1) This is the author, and these are rejected proofs or author copies. In which case, Amazon does not have the rights to sell them because they were not "returns". 2) This book has been sold once, and royalties have been paid, but it was returned, relabeled as "new" and sold again without a royalty being paid on that sale. The author and the customer have been cheated. The thread has likely developed, but this is just going by my limited familiarity with publishing.