Amazon - Sold Not For Individual Resale Game

browneyedbazzi

Collabora wrote: »

No legal reason for this. They never used to do this, Coca Cola was the first to start doing this to try and stop retailers splitting multipacks.

every multipack i have purchased has had the dates etc. printed on every item (which is the law)

Some manufacturers leave details off the individual product labels of items in a multi pack in order to make it illegal for the items to be sold separately by retailers. Not all do (for varying reasons) but in many cases a food item that was originally part of a multi pack won't have all the required information on it (ie details of the producer, allergen information, pack size).

RFW

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

The fact still remains that with foodstuff, there is often a legal reason for the "not for individual resale" statement to be written on them.

It's largely a commercial reason, as above I can't think of any legal reasons.
When the supermarkets rose and started selling more and more multipacks they were often cheaper than the wholesalers. To stop small retailers from just buying from the supermarkets they added the "not for resale" label and made it difficult to do so. A lot of confectionery in multipacks is different size to the standard retail items.
As it is packs will occasionally get split and you'll find oddments quite legally being sold in a clearance bin. The only illegal aspect, as mentioned above, is if there are no ingredients and/or date on the individual packet. There isn't anything to stop the retailer from getting that product labelled correctly though.

As for the OP, the only problem I can see with the game is at a future resale, if that isn't on the agenda and you're happy with it, keep it. If, however, it is freely available at the same price without that label then ask for an exchange.

When I was involved with auctions we used to get a fair amount of end of line items and clearance stocks and occasionally had items that had been designed to be given as free gifts. The products are perfectly fine but some people would be very picky, so they often went for really low prices.

LilElvis

Collabora wrote: »

No legal reason for this. They never used to do this, Coca Cola was the first to start doing this to try and stop retailers splitting multipacks.

every multipack i have purchased has had the dates etc. printed on every item (which is the law)

First 2 items taken out of one my cupboards:

Multipack of Smarties - use by date on the individual packs but list of ingredients only on the outer bag

4 pack of Ambrosia Custard - use by date on each carton but ingredients list only on outer cardboard wrapper

Collabora

jjlandlord wrote: »

If the shop is motivated they can put stickers with the required info on each individual item and be legally good to go. But that adds an extra cost.

labels are not that expensive.

I buy inflatables in bulk where the CE info is normally on an insert in individual packs, but as it fair i inflate these and some will have CE details printed on the item, but some dont, so i had CE labels printed just in case and it was £10 for 1000 labels

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

ShaneMW wrote: »

Hi,



Does anyone have any suggestion as to what to do with regards to this as I feel like I have paid for a game that in essence would have been free.

If you aren't happy and the game is still sealed (or arrived unsealed) just send it back as defective and state in the comments box the game is labelled as not to be sold separately, Amazon won't bat an eyelid.

Arguments aside if the OP later sells their game on Amazon marketplace without stating the cover says "not to be sold separately" and the buyer complains via feedback or a A-Z claim which side do you think Amazon will take?

If they do declare it states this that could devalue the resale value.

Obviously the item couldn't be gotten for free as the OP suggests but people who like to collect games or resell them after use in theory have a valid complaint and Amazon's service is so good they'll recognise that complaint as valid regardless of anyone's opinion on whether or not the item can/should/is allowed to be sold separately.

Brooker_Dave

ShaneMW wrote: »

Does anyone have any suggestion as to what to do with regards to this as I feel like I have paid for a game that in essence would have been free.

Is it the game you wanted at a price you were expecting to pay?

If yes, crack on and play your game.

(or get a life and go down the pub with the other grownups)

shaun_from_Africa

Collabora wrote: »

Put it shows you are a troll and not read the thread. When was an Amazon purchased game classed as foodstuff

Remind me, who was it that mentioned foodstuff on this thread before I had even started posting?
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=67801892&postcount=8

Collabora wrote: »

every multipack i have purchased has had the dates etc. printed on every item (which is the law)

Keep stating it won't make it any more true. The required information only has to be on every item if the individual multipack items are designed so the pack can be split and the items sold individually.
If the pack is to be sold to consumers as a single item only, the info does not have to be on each individual item.

EU regulations
http://ec.europa.eu/food/food/labellingnutrition/foodlabelling/docs/qanda_application_reg1169-2011_en.pdf
And guidance notes from the UK Gov't about this EU regulation.

4. This guidance should be read with those Regulations. These Regulations will enable enforcement authorities to enforce Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the provision of food information to consumers (EU FIC). The EU FIC can be found here http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.doc

2.1.3 In the case of a 'multipack' package sold to mass caterers in the context of Article 8(7) of the FIC Regulation and consisting of individually packed items, where shall the mandatory particulars required under Articles 9 and 10 of the FIC Regulation appear?

In the case of a 'multipack' package to be sold to mass caterers and consisting of individually packed items, the mandatory particulars must appear directly on the 'multipack' package or on a label attached thereto.

However, if the individually packed items (within the 'multipack package') are units of sale destined for the final consumer, the mandatory information must appear on each individual item as well.

See, posting factually correct verifiable information is much easier than making unsubstantiated claims isn't it?

shaun_from_Africa

My last post was too late!!

DoaM

Looks like the forum team are on a PPR spree at the moment.

shaun_from_Africa