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Jul 22, 2016
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Well CNN has had to retract a couple stories lately. Just sayin. Also some firings because of it .

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petMonster

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That GTS Distribution email posted above is a bit misleading. It's worded as if it's referring to all Topps product from all sources anywhere on Amazon. If Topps has agreements with distributers like GTS, and if GTS has agreements with other smaller distributers/companies that wish to sell Topps product, then Topps obviously has a right (I'm assuming it's in the contract) to put restrictions on the sale of that product. After all, it wouldn't be a true monopoly if they allowed distributers to do whatever they want.

But Amazon isn't a Topps distributer; it's a marketplace (like eBay) through which all kinds of people (big companies, small companies, and regular collectors) can sell product. So Topps can't legally prevent Amazon from allowing regular sellers to sell through Amazon's marketplace. Anybody who buys Topps product outright without signing any kind of distribution agreement is covered under first-sale doctrine, which means they own the product itself and can sell it wherever they want, to whomever they want, and for whatever price they want, so long as they are not altering the copyrighted/trademarked product.

So basically we won't be seeing Dave & Adam's or Steel City Collectibles (assuming they are under a Topps agreement) selling on Amazon any time soon, but as long as there are regular buyers like us selling on Amazon, that shouldn't stop. Unless of course Amazon CHOOSES to go along with this for all sellers because of some sort of business deal that's happening.

Why Topps would have a beef with Amazon is probably like someone else mentioned...maybe they don't like product being dumped and devalued there. Or perhaps all of this was Jeff Bezos's doing. Maybe he's trying to take over Topps or something because he's pissed off about this:

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