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> 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.

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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.

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.

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