sticker preventing resale?

[Soccerd45]

I was at Fred Meyer today and there was a sticker on all of the sets saying "thank you for purchasing at Fred Meyer, if you find this for sale elsewhere call and then a 1800 number." Has anyone else encountered this before? (I will post a photo later)

[timtosino]

Walmart, Walgreens and other stores have used them on medications and stuff for years. They are to prevent people from reselling them in their own stores or in places like a flea market.

[brickotopia]

I have seen them at Fred Meyer also, but they seem to be a traditional paper sticker that just peels off.

[DmChylde]

I use a hair dryer takes all those freddies tags off.

[videriant]

Would a sticker like that really prevent people from reselling at a flea market? Why would Fred Meyers even care what happens after a Lego set is sold?

[lordoflego]

Stupid stores

[darrenj72]

Its actually to keep thieves from stealing them and reselling them at flea markets. Next time you go to a flea market and see a seller with a ton of razor blades, electric toothbrush heads and sensodyne toothpaste they are all stolen from retailers and resold at flea markets. Lego has become a huge stolen item at the retail level over the past year hence the stickers