You would need to get in touch with forever living directly in regards to this. We have been advised by them to not allow the sale of their products on our site.
Adverts.ie is a private company and we can decide what is allowed on the site. We have decided not to let these products on the site.
Its pretty clear from here
http://gallery.foreverliving.com/gallery/FLP/download/Marketing/Co_Policy_Eng_NDP_NAmerica_Feb10.pdf
for example Section 14.3.3.4 that you are out of order with trying to sell them online so Adverts.ie are not going to expose themselves to a lawsuit.
Equally they can decide what goes for them.
Depending on the scale of what you are at, Adverts may have provided them with your IP address etc so you may not be out of the woods yet
it just irks me that I've done nothing wrong, yet am being penalised because Adverts aren't strong enough to stand up to Forever Living.
Adverts aren't willing to take on EU law you mean. EU law allows brand owners control how their products are sold. EBay has been fighting that for some time as the premium brands regularly force them to remove items from sale.
Does that law cover second hand goods too?
Slightly off topic but what is the story with this forever living? Friends of mine are involved in it and I now avoid them. Sounds like a cult.
The cosmetics had been bought from the seller (Forever Living). They were unused, and being sold on.
So then the law applies. They are entitled to stop you selling their products.
The rationale that they are allowed under law to control who sells their products. I really can't say it more simply than that.
If you set yourself up online selling new Sony TVs, they are likely to come after you. If you sell a second hand Sony TV at an appropriately marked down price, then they'll leave you alone.
So then the law applies. They are entitled to stop you selling their products.
I wonder if the Competition Authority would have a view on this, though I guess it is unlikely to be top of their priority list. In principle, the idea of limiting or taking action on who can sell your product sounds anti-competitive to me.
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