Fair point. Not all sellers are good, for sure. This does take some buyer responsibility. I do feel that buying something that I can reasonably tell is the seed I'm looking for, planting it in small containers to test that they're as advertised, and then transplanting to my garden is acceptable. I have bought from bigger sellers and had nearly identical experiences as the small Etsy ones. I only buy from inside my country. Additionally, some of the small sellers actually are licensed. This is all much better than buying a burpee "pollinator/meadow" mix that's just Siberian wallflower and Chinese stuff mixed in with 5-10% native aster.
So I guess it needs more context than simply "go buy from Etsy."
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