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I opened a Wal-Mart account precisely because I needed to buy a specialty tool from a vendor that was on Amazon but I couldn't purchase because of "reserved for Prime" BS. The same vendor magically had it available via Wally world. Amazon doesn't have everything in house.

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That's fair, I personally avoid those third party sellers for the off chance you get ripped off or get a bootleg/knock off.

I hope your experience(s) had neither of those?

I vet the sellers that seem legit but I don't want my financials and contact info lingering in their sketchy backend systems. There are plenty of good businesses out there with poor IT skills where Amazon/Wal-Mart/Shopify can be a trusted middleman.

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