3M Purchase Agreement

August 6, 2009

Who actually reads the Terms & Conditions prior to completing an online purchase of consumer goods? After all, we all expect nothing more than one unremarkable paragraph after another of boilerplate. At least, until it is not. The following paragraph stood out while I was glancing through the T&Cs / Purchase Agreement.

BUYER may not resell, distribute or transfer as part of commercial activity the PRODUCT(S) purchased on shop3M.com to any third party.

So, if you buy a pack of bandages from the manufacturer, you cannot resell them?

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1 dreammaker August 7, 2009 at 6:21 pm

in the event of the activity of resell /transfer /distribute being deemed as commercial acttivity, then ,the said clause shall be applicable.So, the key point is how to define and construct “commercial activity”.

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