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<blockquote data-quote="Staffan" data-source="post: 9455841" data-attributes="member: 907">That's where we differ. The product does not belong to Wizards. The store has bought it. Not being allowed to sell the product is a civil matter between Wizards and the store, and has nothing to do with the buyer. The only party Wizards should be able to bring legal power to bear against is the store. If they want something from the buyer, they have to come to an agreement with him, but they have no right to demand anything from him, anymore than they can make any demands about the PHB on my bookshelf.You seem to be under the impression that the store is just acting as a Wizards storefront, with inventory being owned by Wizards until it's sold to a customer. That's not how things work. Stores buy things from distributors and publishers. It is then theirs. They may or may not be limited in what they can do with them by contracts, but it's still theirs. Breaking a street date is a civil matter, not a criminal one.Not their property.It does belong to the buyer. He paid for it. It is his.The owner of the cards, not the holder.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Staffan, post: 9455841, member: 907"] That's where we differ. The product does [B]not[/B] belong to Wizards. The store has bought it. Not being allowed to sell the product is a civil matter between Wizards and the store, and has [B]nothing[/B] to do with the buyer. The only party Wizards should be able to bring legal power to bear against is the store. If they want something from the buyer, they have to come to an agreement with him, but they have no right to demand anything from him, anymore than they can make any demands about the PHB on my bookshelf. You seem to be under the impression that the store is just acting as a Wizards storefront, with inventory being owned by Wizards until it's sold to a customer. That's not how things work. Stores buy things from distributors and publishers. It is then [B]theirs[/B]. They may or may not be limited in what they can do with them by contracts, but it's still theirs. Breaking a street date is a civil matter, not a criminal one. [B]Not[/B] their property. It does belong to the buyer. He paid for it. It is his. The [B]owner[/B] of the cards, not the holder. [/QUOTE]

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