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When you buy sonething, you own it. Unless there is some legal agreement inplace at the time of sale you can resell, bundle, modify and resell to your hearts delight.
This is called the first sale doctrine. First-sale doctrine - Wikipedia
For example, the statement above about seeing labeling stating “for individual use, not for resale”, “labeled for individual use only”, etc... This by and large is a essentially a suggestion.
In the US once you own something you own it, and can dispose of it as you see fit. Companies can slap any label they want on any product. That does not make it a binding contract.
As an example, you’ve seen the stickers on stuff that states something like “warranty void if opened”, these are not even legal.
FTC: "Warranty Void If Removed" Stickers Are Illegal
There are some exceptions to this of course, such as modifying and selling movies due to copyright laws, or if you sign some contract stating you won’t do something as a condition of the company selling the product to you directly. Even then if challenged the company may not be able to enforce these conditions because of first sale doctrine.
But there is no such agreement if you buy it on the open market, so by and large once you own something it is yours to do with as you please.
If this wasn’t the case you could not paint yiur car, change the wheels on your bike, etc and then sell it.
People even make businesses off buying products, modifying the product and then reselling them. Example is colorware that buys electronics like apple iphones, paints them, and resells them.
ColorWare
Now, there are some weird laws on the books in some specific industries, most of these seem related to copywrite or other intangible products.
I’ve been involved in some projects involving event tickets. Some states have weird laws such as in Hawaii, it is illegal to resell boxing match tickets above face value, but all other tickets are free game. Other states have individual laws in this regard.
SeatGeek 101: US Ticket Resale Laws
But event tickets are not a tangible product to begin with. It’s essentislly an option contract giving the bearer the right to attend an event at a specific time in a specific place. So the event organizers have lobbied for laws in states to regulate these transactions.
This is called the first sale doctrine. First-sale doctrine - Wikipedia
For example, the statement above about seeing labeling stating “for individual use, not for resale”, “labeled for individual use only”, etc... This by and large is a essentially a suggestion.
In the US once you own something you own it, and can dispose of it as you see fit. Companies can slap any label they want on any product. That does not make it a binding contract.
As an example, you’ve seen the stickers on stuff that states something like “warranty void if opened”, these are not even legal.
FTC: "Warranty Void If Removed" Stickers Are Illegal
There are some exceptions to this of course, such as modifying and selling movies due to copyright laws, or if you sign some contract stating you won’t do something as a condition of the company selling the product to you directly. Even then if challenged the company may not be able to enforce these conditions because of first sale doctrine.
But there is no such agreement if you buy it on the open market, so by and large once you own something it is yours to do with as you please.
If this wasn’t the case you could not paint yiur car, change the wheels on your bike, etc and then sell it.
People even make businesses off buying products, modifying the product and then reselling them. Example is colorware that buys electronics like apple iphones, paints them, and resells them.
ColorWare
Now, there are some weird laws on the books in some specific industries, most of these seem related to copywrite or other intangible products.
I’ve been involved in some projects involving event tickets. Some states have weird laws such as in Hawaii, it is illegal to resell boxing match tickets above face value, but all other tickets are free game. Other states have individual laws in this regard.
SeatGeek 101: US Ticket Resale Laws
But event tickets are not a tangible product to begin with. It’s essentislly an option contract giving the bearer the right to attend an event at a specific time in a specific place. So the event organizers have lobbied for laws in states to regulate these transactions.
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