A simple yes or no would have sufficed.
MY RESPONSE: No, it wouldn't have. You would have bitched and moaned - - just like you've done now - - if I had merely answered with a Yes or No.
I am not an idiot
MY RESPONSE: Well, that's still debatable, based upon your original question.
and I did not expect to get "something for nothing" as you implied.
MY RESPONSE: Then why did you write?
I expected a bargain which is not unheard of on Ebay.
MY RESPONSE: Oh, so it's not the "sale" of the perfume itself that you're bitching about! It's that you believe you didn't receive the perfume for a low enough price. So, if you had paid, say, $3.00 less, then you wouldn't be bitching and moaning, right? At what price would this whole thing make you feel better? $3.00 lower? $5.00 lower? $10.00 lower? Free? What would make you happy?
The seller is the one who got something for nothing. They paid nothing for the item and received funds from myself as well as over a hundred other unsatisfied customers.
MY RESPONSE: So, what's your point about that. So what? If my brother GIVES me his car, and I decide to sell the car, is that wrong of me to do? The perfume is still property, and it has "value". The seller posted his/her price, and you agreed to that price REGARDLESS of where the perfume had come from, and REGARDLESS of whether the seller received them for free. The perfume still has a monetary "value".
Maybe it is not legally wrong to resell samples, but ethically, I would feel like garbage if my place was reversed with the seller.
MY RESPONSE: Really? You'd feel like garbage?
In summary, you have no case for anything. You're just thinking that selling "Not for Resale" goods is illegal. You're wrong - - especially when the merchandise falls into the hands of a third party.
IAAL
