megahot said:People are understandably frustrated that their Reaper pods are not Reapers. If the seeds were purchased from Pepper Joe and they grew untrue, Ed Currie will send out either another plant of his or seeds of his. As the business side of not being able to sell his pods I understand they are his. He is legally entitled to restrict anybody from selling his peppers. I know it stinks but its just business.
How are the pod his if he sold the seeds & someone else grew them? Is there any legal basis for him being able to restrict the selling of pods if you didn't sign a contract when you purchased the seeds? I mean wouldn't this set a dangerous precedent for the agricultural industry as a whole? Imagine if you are a farmer & you buy some cantaloupe seeds, grow a crop and then all of a sudden the seed supplier decides that those melons cannot be legally sold. I just don't see how that could possibly be legal.