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Purchase Limits: What Resellers Should Know

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Retailers can limit quantities and refuse sales to resellers. Here is how to source without burning bridges.

Why limits exist

Stores want stock available to regular customers, especially on advertised deals.

What it means for you

A posted limit applies to you
Staff can refuse a sale even without a posted limit
Online orders that look like reselling may be cancelled

Good practice

Respect posted limits
Spread buying across products instead of clearing one shelf
Be polite; staff remember

The upside

Limits also protect you. A product nobody can buy fifty of is a product with fewer competing sellers.

General information for resellers, not financial, tax or legal advice. Marketplace fees and policies change; check the current rules before you buy.

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