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This article mentions a bunch of different practices, some Ok, others not, but seems to disapprove of all of them. Listing food items you got from the trash? D

This article mentions a bunch of different practices, some Ok, others not, but seems to disapprove of all of them. Listing food items you got from the trash? Definitely not ok, whether listed as new or not. Reselling unopened clearance items you bought at Target or WalMart? That seems perfectly fine, what's the problem? Reselling unopened liquidation items you bought in a random grab bag at auction from a liquidator who bought them as returns from amazon? That seems fine as well. Should they be listed as new, like new, or used? That's reasonable to discuss. Reselling thrift store bought items as used? Sure why not. Tons of thrift stores list items especially books on amazon. It's one of my main sources of out of print books. Can't think of a thing wrong with this.

JohnFen 7y ago
> Reselling unopened clearance items you bought at Target or WalMart? I object to this because those items may have been purchased from retailers that I do not want my money to go to. But this, and the rest of the things you list, are actually OK with me, so long as the listing clearly states where the item was obtained from.
- thenewnewguy 7y ago
  Your money isn't going to them, they already have the money regardless of whether the item is sold on Amazon or not. If you want to support specific retailers buy from them directly rather than via a marketplace that allows third parties to list on it.
  - JohnFen 7y ago
    Yes, but I prefer to stay out of that chain entirely. If someone wants to do business with an entity I object to, well, that's up to them. But I don't want to inject myself anywhere in that chain. > If you want to support specific retailers buy from them directly Which I do. The third party marketplace Amazon runs is a significant factor in why I've decided to reduce my use of Amazon to "last resort" status. Although I'm not talking about supporting specific retailers here, I'm talking about inverse -- intentionally not supporting specific retailers.

JohnFen 7y ago

> Reselling unopened clearance items you bought at Target or WalMart? I object to this because those items may have been purchased from retailers that I do not want my money to go to. But this, and the rest of the things you list, are actually OK with me, so long as the listing clearly states where the item was obtained from.

thenewnewguy 7y ago
Your money isn't going to them, they already have the money regardless of whether the item is sold on Amazon or not. If you want to support specific retailers buy from them directly rather than via a marketplace that allows third parties to list on it.
- JohnFen 7y ago
  Yes, but I prefer to stay out of that chain entirely. If someone wants to do business with an entity I object to, well, that's up to them. But I don't want to inject myself anywhere in that chain. > If you want to support specific retailers buy from them directly Which I do. The third party marketplace Amazon runs is a significant factor in why I've decided to reduce my use of Amazon to "last resort" status. Although I'm not talking about supporting specific retailers here, I'm talking about inverse -- intentionally not supporting specific retailers.