Unless
they put some ridiculous rules into place where they would refer customers to retailers & wholesalers that make purchases of the books, and promise not to directly compete with them.
Not exact matches
The move was supposed to
put their output on the same basis as the fish and chip shop down the road, although the heat element (complete with insane
rules as to «ambient temperature») was perhaps more
ridiculous than most.
Landlord
rules that only allow pets under a certain weight or height seem
ridiculous to me and
put in place by those who are unknowledgeable about dogs.